Garrison Wynn

People in their 20s don’t want what their parents wanted from a job. Also, many Gen Y “potential employees” would rather work temporary jobs (through staffing companies) than commit to a company full time. This means there are far fewer people looking for jobs than anticipated. That means more jobs than job seekers (for the first time since this kind of data has been gathered) creating a “War” for top young talent. And they are not lining up for labor jobs (where you might get your hands dirty} even though they pay four times more than the job they took at the mall! They are also more likely to live at home and less likely to put up with a work environment that cramps their style. Attracting the young people needed to replace your retiring workforce (and making sure they stay long enough to make a difference) is crucial for your organization’s future.

This entertaining yet heavily researched program shows business owners, leaders and managers how to adapt their organization into a company young people want to work for and how to establish a culture they do not want to leave. Besides actually having a work force 10 years from now, the benefits include improved performance and heightened accountability from the millennials who represent your company’s future.

Change is something we all have to deal with, but the stress that accompanies change is more of a choice. In this heavily researched session, Garrison applies his signature humor to a very serious topic.

This fun, comprehensive program offers tools and tips for getting through a big change with very little stress. More importantly, it creates an emotional shift for attendees as they see how much control they have over how change affects them. This session also shows attendees how stress is more about what we believe than it is about what is actually happening. From embracing big transitions post-quarantine to dealing with technology, growth and downsizing, this presentation helps leaders, employees and customers implement necessary changes with minimal resistance.

Easily customized segments can include:

• How to get buy-in on change quickly
•  Why change if things are going well?
• Transitional awareness: How will your actions now affect you post-COVID-19?
• Avoiding anxiety-driven decisions and actions
•  #1 cause of stress: Knowing exactly what to do…but doing something else
• How your belief system creates your experience
• The technology struggle: Similarities first and differences second
• Avoiding blame distribution: Working better together
• How to be right without making people wrong
• Creating your own resistance: Solving problems that solve problems

How to manage faraway teams with near-perfect results without the personal power of onsite encounters, weekly or daily meetings, and the ability to visibly connect and track what people are doing, employees can feel uninformed and distracted. Good remote leadership requires a specific insight that creates a culture of commitment and productivity. And while email, phone, IM, voice text, and Zoom help a lot, those are just the tools to get a job done and not the solutions that will achieve your goals. This fun, heavily researched and virtually delivered session provides the actions and insights that allow leaders to be influential regardless of location.

• Communicating what a good job looks like when it’s finished — not just the steps to get there
• COVID quarantine questions: saying the right things the right way
• Creating clarity and developing a culture of timely communication
• Removing homebound worker distractions
• Improving productivity without micromanagement
• Remotely managing activities and goals
• Building and maintaining motivation
• Creating trust that fuels engagement and performance

This funny, insightful keynote combines relationship building with no-fluff motivation and change to deliver real solutions in uncertain times. Garrison examines the challenges we face (from COVID-19 to communication breakdown) and shows how we can laugh at our problems while using them as catalysts for success. This session covers a lot of ground and provides no-cost, researched-based, easily implemented, proven solutions that your people can use right away.

• New people, new products, and new approach
• COVID-19 (safety vs economics)
• Dealing with new leadership direction
• How to get “buy-in” on change quickly
• Working from home with no distractions
• Communication breakdown: overcoming silo-ism
• Nobody wants to be a “senior beginner”
• Embracing mergers and acquisitions
• Dealing with the resistance to change
• Technology changes and procedural shifts
• Change makes us better?

Prepare to laugh and learn as a decade of Wynn Solutions research reveals what makes owners and managers of top-performing businesses now in the time of COVID so effective – and it’s not what you’d expect! If you enter this keynote session expecting to learn all about best practices and superior strategy, you’d better read the title again. Standout success in a challenging environment/economy often comes from personal advantage, whether it’s perceived value, personality, leadership style, communication skills, allocation of resources, or access to privileged information. This entertaining session takes a realistic look at the influence you’ll need to make sure your knowledge and hard work deliver the results you want.

Whether you are trying to reduce your number of recordables, or prevent a good safety record from creating complacency, this entertaining, “customized for COVID” session is more than just a safe bet. It will get your people laughing, learning, and motivated to create a culture of safety while maintaining productivity in pandemic conditions. This program focuses on developing the personal influence to make things stick, whether you’re helping leaders move change through their locations or getting workers to look out for each other on the job site. Garrison is authentic – a guy who’s been there. He&’s a chemical plant explosion survivor who has developed environmental safety products still in use worldwide. He expertly fuses his experiences into key takeaways such as how to build the trust that makes consistent safety a reality, and “leveling up” your situational awareness. He delivers those takeaways using a humorous approach that will have a serious impact on your event.

• How to get total buy-in from frontline supervisors: the key to maintaining a safety culture
• Safety for all generations: inspiring younger workers and dealing with an aging workforce
• COVID protocols and procedures: the latest on what is working and what’s not
• The REAL truth about distracted driving: the connection between texting and addiction
• How employee engagement is the key to a sustainable safety environment and how to create it
• How mental health issues and stress effect situational awareness: being present in the moment

This funny, insightful keynote combines relationship building with no-fluff motivation and change to deliver real solutions in uncertain times. Garrison examines the challenges we face (from COVID-19 to tough economic circumstances) and shows how we can laugh at our problems while using them as catalysts for success. This research-based session covers a lot of ground and provides no-cost, easily implemented, proven solutions that your people can use right away.

Easily customized segments can include:

• New people, new products and new approach
• COVID-19 (safety vs. economics)
• Dealing with new leadership direction
• Getting good results from difficult people
• Working from home with no distractions
• Embracing mergers and acquisitions
• Dealing with the resistance to change
• Technology changes and procedural shifts
• Change makes us better?
• Action and adaptability create opportunity

We hear the term “employee engagement” a lot these days; we also hear how recognition, goal alignment and a clear path to success can create it. But how can an individual positively influence the opinions his or her employees and coworkers have about their job during and after the COVID-19 experience? This highly entertaining session backed by Evolve Performance Group/Pew research across 46 countries (and combined with over 70 years of Gallup survey data) shows that the thing people value most is feeling valuable! The session presents specific communication tools that anyone can use to dramatically reduce resistance to change, difficult behavior and employee turnover. The impact of this program reaches far beyond the session itself, creating an emotional shift that fuels immediate implementation.

Easily customized segments can include:

• Curing disengagement: Improving strengths that reduce weaknesses
• How employee opinions create productivity
• Communication breakdown: Overcoming silo-ism
• Managing a remote workforce: Cohesion and motivation
• Separating the data from the drama: Research vs. personal experience
• Managing people for who they are (not who you wish they were)
• COVID-19 leadership: Balancing safety, expectations and leniency
• The truth about employee turnover: The why and the how of retention
• Making sure people see their input in your solutions
• Nobody wants to be a “senior beginner”
• What the most influential managers do differently

Whether you are trying to reduce your number of recordables, comply with COVIDSafe or prevent a good safety record from creating complacency, this entertaining, customized session is more than just a safe bet. It will get your people laughing, learning and motivated to create a culture of safety while maintaining productivity.

This program focuses on more than just following the rules; it is about developing the personal influence to make things stick, whether you’re helping leaders move change through their locations or getting workers to look out for each other on the job site. Garrison is authentic — a guy who’s been there. He’s a chemical plant explosion survivor who has developed environmental safety products still in use worldwide. He expertly fuses his experiences and industry research into key takeaways such as how to build the trust and relationships that make consistent safety a reality. He delivers those takeaways using a humorous approach that will have a serious impact on your event.

Easily customized segments can include:

• What the organizations with the best safety records have in common
• The truth about PPE and what is working now: COVIDSafe and beyond
• Social distancing does not mean reduced communication: Apart together
• Engaged/valued employees are 43% safer and look out for each other
• Safety vs. economics: The link between protection and productivity
• The truth about trust: We are our brothers’ and sisters’ keeper
• Situational awareness: Being present in the moment
• Making sure veterans are supportive of Gen Y and young employees respect experience
• Making change work: Dealing with resistance
• Staying motivated by motivating others to be safe
• Getting people to believe (especially foremen/frontline supervisors) and changing behaviors

Prepare to laugh and learn as decades of Garrison Wynn’s research reveals what makes owners and managers of top-performing businesses so effective – it’s not what you’d expect! If you enter this keynote session expecting to learn all about best practices and superior products, you’d better read the title again. Standout success in a difficult economy often comes from personal advantages—whether they’re cosmetic or based in leadership communication, personality, resources, or access to privileged information. Speaker Garrison Wynn will reveal the ins and outs of getting the job and advancing in it.

Success is more than being good at what you do: it’s about being consistently chosen to do it. Motivational speaker Garrison Wynn helps people understand why their products, services, or leadership styles (or those of their competitors) are selected. People don’t necessarily choose what’s best – they often choose what they are most comfortable with, whether it’s the best or not. We’ve all heard the importance of best practices and superior knowledge, so why aren’t the smartest people with the most information always in charge or number one in their field? This keynote provides original research on managing expectations and emotions and shows there really is more to success than being the best.

In this keynote, Garrison Wynn presents results from the largest management survey ever conducted and combines them with real-life management and leadership solutions to help you get the most from your people, regardless of their skill level. He will teach participants how to manage their ego-driven top producers, how to listen like leaders and make their people feel heard, how to hire for talent and turn it into top performance, how to create a culture of excellence with their most promising people, and how to help their low performers fight their way to the middle.

Whether you are trying to reduce your number of recordables or prevent a good safety record from creating complacency, this entertaining, customized presentation is more than just a safe bet. It will get you laughing, learning and motivated to create a culture of safety. With a focus on generational differences, the program explains why older employees get stuck in their ways and why younger people are more likely to snap a picture of a fire than run from it! Garrison is an authentic guy, with a varied background in manufacturing and finance and even six years of touring as a professional stand-up comedian. In his teens he worked with Magnavox and baseball legend Hank Aaron; and at age 27, he was the youngest department head in a Fortune 500 company’s history. Garrison not only survived a chemical plant explosion but also developed safety products still being sold in 30 countries! He is the author of the bestseller The REAL Truth About Success, has co-authored with Stephen Covey and has been a weekly contributor to the Washington Post. Garrison’s presentation goes beyond a magnetic performance; it leaves you with research-based solutions from his Fortune 100 client list that you can implement right away.