Keynote speaker · Employee appreciation
Book Dawn Weir to speak.
The Power of Sincere Words at Work is a talk on employee appreciation that your people will still be quoting the next morning, because the whole room practices giving and receiving a compliment, live.
The talk
The Power of Sincere Words at Work.
Dawn opens with one question: when was the last time someone at work made you feel really seen? Then she shows your people what silence is costing, why a compliment works, and how to give one and receive one the right way.
“You are not competing against praise from a better employer. You are competing against silence, and silence is very easy to beat.”
From the talk
What we do, and why
The story of “compliments for change, Mommy,” and what Compliments for Change does at work and in schools.
What silence costs
Only about three in ten workers were praised this week, and what turnover really costs.
Why a compliment works
What brain research shows, and why we hold back more than we should.
The three types
Personal, Accomplishment and Acknowledgment, with real words to say.
Making it sincere
The four quick questions, and what a compliment is not.
Receiving, live
Smile, say thank you, believe it, take it in. Then everyone turns to the person next to them and practices.
Ten minutes a day
The daily greeting, the send-off, and the routine that reaches everyone, every week.
The challenge
Three sincere compliments today, and one of them to yourself.
Formats
Pick the length that fits your event.
Keynote
15 to 45 minutes for conferences, all-hands meetings and kickoffs.
Breakout workshop
60 to 90 minutes, hands-on, and everyone leaves with words they can use the next morning.
Leadership session
Half a day for supervisors and managers: Supervisor Training, so you own it.
Schools
Staff PD days, back-to-school meetings and student assemblies.
Employee Appreciation Day (the first Friday in March), all-hands meetings, leadership retreats, HR conferences and chapter meetings, sales kickoffs, customer-service teams, healthcare and frontline crews, and school PD days.
Starting at $2,500 for a keynote, plus travel at cost from Las Vegas or Lincoln, Nebraska. Schools and nonprofits, ask about rates. Workbook pages for every seat are available on request.
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Tell us about your event.
Dawn will get back to you about the date, the format and the fee.