Dale Dauten: Speaker, Author, Innovation Consultant

Speeches by Dale Dauten

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The Gifted Boss

Dale has spent over a decade in search of the country's best bosses and has learned how great bosses create a "magnetic workplace" that is "the best place for the best people" to work. This program includes stories of "talent courtship" and the unusual ways that gifted bosses and employees connect.

Also, Dale coined the word "de-hiring" for the graceful ways in which the best bosses renew or remove underperforming employees. The result is a program filled with ideas that can be applied immediately and can make an immediate impact on a team of leaders and decision-makers.

How To Enjoy Killing the Status Quo

Dale has also studied "gifted colleagues," the people who are so good at what they do they elevate the standards of everyone around them.

You'll encounter surprising conclusions about "organizational energy flows," and the amazing leverage of "circles of helping."

One executive was so enthused by hearing Dale speak to his managers that he took the microphone and announced, "Before anyone leaves today, I want you to write down three things you are going to do differently because of this meeting. I'll want you to give me a copy, because I'm going to call you and follow-up." There was no grumbling, no resistance, because Dale had created that special energy where everyone was eager to put new ideas to use, to "Think like a hero; work like an artist."

The Curious Case of the Dead Idea (and Other Business Mysteries)

One of Dale's clients challenged him with this request: "People at our meeting are going to be tired and overwhelmed with data. We need something that will be entertaining while getting them excited about making use of all the information they've gotten."

Dale's response was to build a presentation around intriguing case studies that confound the usual business logic. He turns these examples into "mysteries" that get solved over the course of the presentation. These solutions, taken together, explain "the logic of high-achievers" while inoculating participants against the forces that block change, leaving the audience eager to get back to the office and try playing the game of business at "the genius level."

The Innovators' Lab

Combine idea generation techniques with the message of "Killing the Status Quo" and "The Curious Case" and you have a workshop that will yield transforming ideas capable of renewing the energy of any team.