Dr. Janet Lapp
Change and Adapting to an Information Society
Style
Refreshing, humorous, serious, thought-provoking and appropriately intense. A powerful message.
Books
Profile
Canadian-born psychologist Dr. Janet Lapp helps clients get a handle on change. She is one of the most sought-after professional speakers in the world today on how to develop the skills to thrive amid current and future change. She has guided leaders around the globe — from Russia to Washington — on creating positive and productive change. As Janet says, “Change is not a force to be feared but an opportunity to be seized, and the choice is ours.” Graduating magna cum laude with an honours Ph.D. from McGill University in Montreal, Janet is a successful clinician, university professor, author and professional speaker who focuses on the broad areas of change, risk, stress management and most recently, life balance. This program — “Guilt in One Hand, Briefcase in the Other!” — is touching the hearts and funny bones of the corporate community.
Her three books, Dancing With Tigers, Plant Your Feet Firmly in Mid-Air and Positive Spin, are best-sellers. Janet has also developed two three-video teaching sets: Plant Your Feet Firmly in Mid-Air, which focuses on the eight basics of leadership, and A Positive Spin on Change, which focuses on putting a positive spin on negative attitudes.
Clients Comments
“Refreshing, humorous, serious, thought-provoking, appropriately ‘intense’, one of the best, if not the best, we have seen in our whole IBM careers.” IBM Canada
Topics
- PLANT YOUR FEET FIRMLY IN MID-AIR: SEE AN ACT ON OPPORTUNITIES DURING RAPID CHANGE
- Management is dead. Motivational leadership is passé. Every major system is in the process of a major shift. Leadership in this new era requires the ability to think and lead others in new ways. This inspirational business program will give you up-to-date information on new trends impacting your world. These days, everyone is the company can develop and use leadership skills. Do not wait to be told what to do. You know your company's values and mission. Make decisions based on those, and you cannot go far wrong. The worst thing you can do is to sit back and do nothing, with the excuse that you were not told. The most important activity during fast change is to keep moving forward, and the worst thing you can do when things are uncertain are to stop completely. This program is designed to help people: Discover opportunities in rapid change rather than focus on problems, see the positives in current change, thus keep their team morale high, and to develop personal and team accountability.
- GUILT IN ONE HAND BRIEFCASE IN THE OTHER: BALANCE WORK AND THE REST OF YOUR LIFE
- How much do high stress levels and work overload cost your company in lost work days, employee burnout, and decreased productivity? The workplace is so busy that very few have the time to take care of themselves, stay fit, and 'balance' their multiple roles. This high-energy, fun presentation will provide the latest research findings on stress, how to keep fully charged and full-speed ahead without getting off-road or out of fuel. Although real balance may not be possible these days, most people are playing the fool's game of trying to keep up; they doing too much and are unable to discriminate high payoff from low payoff activities. This program will leave people with permission to let go of low-payoff activities, of knowing what is realistic and doable, and provide tools for focus both at home and at work. They will learn state-of-the-art information on how to stay filled with energy, keep their relationships humming, learn fast but effective ways to fight stress, and improve their performance overall.
- HOW TO TAKE RISKS AND WIN UNDER PRESSURE
- Conventional thinking can't keep up with exponential change. Many people have become complacent in their jobs (and their lives), and have stopped pushing themselves into new areas which may be uncomfortable for them. This is the best program when you want your people to leave with new tools and ways of thinking that will create a mindset not of passivity and followership, but of activity and leadership. Creativity and innovation occur at the edge of discovery, when one is pushing oneself into new behaviours and ideas. This program is a wakeup call to the future, and is especially meaningful for incentive winners who, even though they are already top performers, need to keep raising the bar and not rest on the winner's pedestal. Additional points covered in How To Take Risks, and Win under Pressure: Three characteristics of risk-taking and how to develop them. Characteristics that distinguish outstanding performers. The four most common faults that inhibit productivity, performance and profits How to overcome four common blocks that prevent winners from repeating. Why winners should always 'mess with success'.