Good Leaders are Good People!

How to Lead So Others Will Follow –Tip 9 by Motivational Keynote Speaker Jean Gatz This leadership tip sounds like a no-brainer, right? From your own personal experience, however, I’ll bet you've learned that’s not always true. All leaders are NOT...

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Powerful or Powerless – It’s Your CHOICE!

by Motivational Keynote Speaker Jean Gatz Experienced any changes in your workplace lately?  (In the last year ... or the last hour?) No matter where you work or what you do, it's obvious that "business as usual" is no longer...

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Turn Your Liabilities Into Abilities

By Motivational Keynote Speaker Jean Gatz Now we come to the hardest part of implementing my Success Equation in your work and life. It’s time to commit to a plan for self-improvement to overcome any limitations standing in the way...

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Need a Boost?

Add the Right SKILLS to Your Strengths By Motivational Keynote Speaker Jean Gatz If you identified your strengths after reading last week’s blog, you noticed that you’ve needed more than just your strengths to be successful in work and life. And...

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Your Equation for Success!

by Motivational Keynote Speaker Jean Gatz Are you good at Math? It’s definitely not one of my strong suits. In fact, I’m convinced that my Algebrateacher gave me a passing grade - out of pity and fear. I didn’t “get”...

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Easy Choices Don’t Always Get the Job Done!

by Motivational Keynote Speaker Jean Gatz Over the past few weeks we’ve talked about Re-Thinking your choices when dealing with change if you want to STAND OUT from the crowd in a positive way. But let’s face it. Most changes,...

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Changing the “Green Screen” of your Life

by Motivational Speaker Jean Gatz While preparing to record a video training series on leadership for a corporate client, I commented that the green screen in the background wasn’t very attractive. (I think the word I actually used was “tacky.”)...

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Making the Right Call

by Motivational Keynote Speaker Jean Gatz I snapped this photo the night before officials closed the levee to pedestrians in Baton Rouge as the Mississippi River continued to rise.   I heard the story of a ship captain who was trying...

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Favorite “Teachers” in the Classroom of LIFE

By Motivational Keynote Speaker Jean Gatz You’ve got 30 seconds. Name your favorite teacher. Ready? Go! No matter how old you are, where you live or what you do, you’ve probably been part of at least one conversation when people start...

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Ziplining through Challenging Times, Part 2

by Motivational Keynote Speaker Jean Gatz Last week I compared surviving change in today’s workplace to my first ziplining experience. If you missed Part 1, you can find it on my blog at www.jeangatz.com. So… picking up where we left...

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