Enliven First - Lou Longo

"Never mistake knowledge for wisdom. One helps you make a living; the other helps you make a life."
- Sandra Carey

"The secret of success is consistency of purpose"
- Prime Minister Benjamin Desraeli

"Remember that you are a teacher, you are helping people, making them feel safer, taking them from fear to love, from ignorance to knowledge."
- Stuart Wilde

"A good leader inspires others with confidence in him; a great leader inspires them with confidence in themselves." - Unknown

The Vince Lombardi Zone (all the quotes below are attributed to one of the greatest motivators and football coaches of all time - in life, not just in sports):

"Coaches who can outline plays on a black board are a dime a dozen. The ones who win get inside their player and motivate."

"Confidence is contagious. So is lack of confidence."

"Individual commitment to a group effort - that is what makes a team work, a company work, a society work, a civilization work."

"Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence."

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What do employees want? What do manager's want from their employees? Are they one and the same or are they in conflict? How can a company be successful if the employees and managers are not on the same page? Not effectively communicating to each other? This dilemma is happening in many, if not all companies, at various levels of the organization. To prove this theory, an investigation was conducted with the following statistics: Employee Statistics Despite years managing hundreds of people in various leadership roles, this data validated my suspicions. But I wanted to be absolutely sure, so I went to my close friends and colleagues who work in a variety of roles and sectors throughout the United States. I asked the question: "On a scale of 1-10 (with 10 being the highest), how inspired or productive are you? Or how about the people you manage or the people you work with?" Attached are their responses with many edited due to length. How Inspired are you? My uncle Tony (what a stretch, a Sicilian like me has an uncle named Tony) once told me "People do not leave companies, they leave bosses" and since he is older than Marcus Buckingham, who has also quoted this, Tony gets the credit here. Statistics show that 80% of the employees that leave their company do so because of their immediate supervisor. "Career, Culture, Choices" is a 90-minute motivational and interactive presentation developed to encourage employees to commit or recommit to consistently delivering superior service and being a positive influence in and out of work. I then follow it up with a 1-day workshop for leaders within the organization entitled, "Leadership and Management" teaches managers various techniques and models to inspire premier quality and productivity amongst their teams. Use the following "Return on Investment (ROI)" calculator to see if my services would be a prudent investment in your people. Keep in mind that this is based on an ROI for one person. Your number is then multiplied exponentially based on how many people attend the workshop and how many each of them has for reports… Please note that this is an Excel Spreadsheet and your Ecomputer may want confirmation upon opening that this is a suitable document. Return on Investment Calculator Student Workshop

What do students want and how do we help them achieve it? Just ask them, they will surely tell you. You need to be willing to potentially have debate and ensure it is healthy and fair. One of the answers is the same things we wanted when we were a student. Much has changed since our student days regardless if it was 50 years or 5 years ago. "Carpe Diem" is an interactive presentation designed for students in 6th grade up through senior year in high school. Latin for "Seize the Day", you may recall this was the premise for the movie "Dead Poets Society" starring Robin Williams. This program engages students to talk about the challenges and expectations they face in and out of the classroom, as well as at home. It talks to them about relationships with their peers, teachers and family and how to work to strengthen, or when necessary, repair them. For students at the collegiate level, "College Culture Choices" is similar to "Carpe Diem" but focuses more on students and the role they play as a college community member and prepares them for life after college. Students, especially in their early teen years are most impressionable. And remember - "Inspire First, Results Will Follow" always applies to everything we do. "Thank you again for coming and speaking at the Red Cross National Youth Institute. Your talk was amazing, and very much appreciated by all the attendees. Here's the picture we took of the group yesterday. Take care! Sohini" Parent Workshop

Parenting today is more complex than ever (and let's admit it, downright scary at times). Technology has provided some great tools and resources but with it, came additional risks to consider. Almost everyone that is currently a parent of a teenager or older, did not grow up with the Internet. Many know less about it than their children these days. "From Cradle to Creator" is an interactive presentation designed for parents (or those planning to be in future) with children of any age. It provides information, examples and statistics on the issues facing our children and the choices they will be confronted with every day. Remember, we were all children at one time or another and despite technology, the issues our kids are facing today are very similar to the ones we faced when we were their age. How did you relate to peers, parents, teachers and coaches? Who inspired you and why? Parents that are positive supporters in education,result in children that are successful in and out of the classroom. If you need further proof, ponder this quote from someone who knew a little bit about what children want: "Our greatest natural resource is the minds of our children." Walt Disney