Liz Bentley

Are you creating an environment of excellence or complacency? We all want to live to our full potential which means pushing ourselves out of our comfort zone, but how often do we do that? Complacency is easy, it’s comfortable, it’s what we know and where we feel secure. While we can be productive in complacency and still get work done, we don’t leverage our greatest talents or produce our very best work. To reach for excellence we must strive to shift the deep-rooted habits and mindsets that live in our subconscious and sabotage us unknowingly. By making changes in areas of our life that haven’t changed in years, we can reach higher levels of growth and performance. This will not only lead to our best work, but also greater satisfaction and happiness; where we feel in flow and ready to jump out of bed to tackle each day no matter the challenge.

How fast we work, the urgency we create and the to-do’s we accomplish each week can make or break our business. In a world of constant distraction where people tend to lose their focus and projects often get derailed, delayed, or dropped, the people who can stay on track succeed at higher rates. This talk will review the habits you need to adopt to work with speed. It will cover how to: have clear communication, anticipate problems, make decisions quickly, create effective meetings habits, build a competent team, tackle fears that sabotage you, avoid distractions, refocus where and when needed, and build healthy habits that will last.

Learning how to give feedback well and receive it well is a constant work in progress. This talk will review how to set yourself up for success. It will cover how to get feedback on yourself, your company, and your team, and how to give it so it will be heard. We will review the importance and strategies with delivery, matching your emotions to your message, understanding the difference between technical feedback and interpersonal feedback and when feedback is not working and it's time to take other actions.