Motivational Speaker - Dave Carey - Total Access Speakers Bureau

Dave Carey is an acclaimed motivational speaker, consultant, coach, and author aiming to bring joy, hope, wisdom, and encouragement to all with whom he has contact. His clients have included IBM, Merck, 3M, Apple, Starbucks, and numerous others.

A graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy, Dave became a carrier-based pilot during the Vietnam War. After his plane was shot down, he was interned as a Prisoner Of War in Hanoi for five and a half years. His military honors include the Legion of Merit, five Bronze Stars, two Meritorious Service Medals, the Purple Heart, eight Air Medals, and the Navy Commendation Medal. After returning from Vietnam, he held three positions as a commanding officer, including service as Director of the Navy's Leadership and Management Training program. He retired from the Navy with the rank of Captain.

During five and a half years as a POW in North Vietnam's prisons, Dave Carey discovered a profound truth: No matter where you are, how you respond to life's circumstances is up to you. His personal story, told with intensity and humor, inspires and empowers others to overcome seemingly insurmountable difficulties and gain a renewed sense of purpose, satisfaction and control over their circumstances.

The life lessons Dave shares can be applied to every aspect of business, relationships and life as a whole to help you make the most out of any situation. His best-selling book, The Ways We Choose: Lessons for Life From a POW's Experience , is a must have book for anyone dedicated to living a full, enjoyable and satisfying life.

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*Leadership Development: Individuals will achieve insights about their impact on the people with whom they work and learn how to significantly improve their leadership, teamwork, and interpersonal effectiveness. You will analyze the values shown by members of your work group, as well as your own motivations for leadership. You will plan changes to enhance your leadership effectiveness and your interactions with each member of your group. You will receive feedback from co-workers, examine your own motivations for leadership, and plan changes to enhance your leadership effectiveness and productivity.

*Leadership for Effective Teamwork: You will receive feedback from co-workers, analyze the values shown by members of your work group, as well as your own motivations for leadership, and plan changes to enhance your leadership effectiveness and the teamwork and productivity of your group.

*Teamwork Development: Group members gain understanding of their group's dynamics, forces of unification and polarization, and the importance of individual differences. They develop a shared vision and comprehensive strategy for integrating individual strengths, resolving conflicts, fostering teamwork, and increasing productivity. Members of a group analyze the values shown in their team under varied conditions and plan changes to enhance their teamwork and productivity.

*Optimizing Team Performance: Members of a group analyze the values shown in their team and by each member individually and plan changes to enhance their teamwork and productivity in line with team objectives.

*Teambuilding and Organizational Culture: Members of a group analyze the values shown in their team; by each member individually; and in the organization within which they work. Plan changes to integrate teamwork effectiveness and organizational productivity shown in their team and by each member individually and plan changes to enhance their teamwork and productivity in line with team objectives.

*Organizational Development: Members discover how the organization's culture, policies, procedures, and reward systems contribute to, or interfere with, the organization's overall health, productivity, and long-term viability. They determine changes needed to increase individual commitment, blend management needs with effective group performance, and focus corporate action on continuous improvement toward customer satisfaction.

*Organizational Culture Survey: Members of an organization, or a management group, analyze the values shown in their organizational culture and plan changes to reward systems and the structure of work in order to enhance teamwork and organizational productivity.

*Integrating Groups: Members of two or more groups analyze the values shown in their interactions under varied conditions and plan changes to enhance inter-group productivity and effectiveness.

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