Bob Wendover

Better Decisions. Better Results.

Nancy's Note:

“Bob is a superb authority on all things related to the workforce. In an age when the employment landscape has turned upside down, there isn’t anyone better to help companies and organizations ‘Figure It Out’!”

Bob Wendover

Better Decisions. Better Results.

Nancy’s Note
“Bob is a superb authority on all things related to the workforce. In an age when the employment landscape has turned upside down, there isn’t anyone better to help companies and organizations ‘Figure It Out’!”

Bob Wendover

Better Decisions. Better Results.

Nancy’s Note
“Bob is a superb authority on all things related to the workforce. In an age when the employment landscape has turned upside down, there isn’t anyone better to help companies and organizations ‘Figure It Out’!”

Expertise

Age Diversity, Burnout, Critical Thinking, Decision Making, Diversity, Employees, Management, Productivity, Workforce

Travels From

Denver, Colorado

Speaking Style

Enlightening, Entertaining, Relevant

About Bob...

A 30-year expert on workplace trends, employee motivation, hiring, age diversity, productivity, and making smart decisions.

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Presentation Topics

Decision Lab estimates we make more than 30,000 decisions per day. Most of these are opt-ins, opt-outs, updates, pop-ups, how-are-we-doing surveys and endless other digital distractions and demands. Top thinkers, however, know how to manage this onslaught and make the best decisions in any situation.

Bob Wendover will teach you how the 3000 corporate managers, business owners and government executives he’s interviewed rise above the cacophony of today’s driven and demanding world and get those around them to do the same. Walk away with secrets and practical strategies you can use to “work wise” and get those you supervise to think and act independently as well.

This session begins with a “tug-of-war” between logic and emotion in which attendees participate. It continues with a discussion of “Who’s the best decision-maker you know and why?” Bob passes out memory aids, including bumper stickers and conducts hotseats during the session, time permitting. He concludes with an amusing poem that helps everyone remember the essentials.

Key Outcomes:

  • Measurably improve the quality and pace of daily workplace decisions
  • Compel those around you to work independently
  • Reduce the number of permission-based questions you answer

Burnout – That sinking feeling you get when the crush of opt-ins, opt-outs, updates, pop-ups, endless interruptions and overwhelming tasks have gotten the better of you.

Today’s crushing number of daily choices are draining your brain of the energy it needs to make the best decisions. As a result, you take dumb shortcuts. You tweet without thinking. You splurge on the outfit that blows your budget. You let the dealer talk you into a warranty you don’t need. Or you simply stop making decisions all together. Sound familiar?

Join Bob Wendover for this practical, uplifting and smart session on how top-ten thinkers manage this daily chaos — and come away with their sanity intact. This session begins with an amusing survey promoting discussion about the causes and impacts of burnout. It continues with a conversation about how simple strategies can relieve this stress. It concludes with an exercise that encourages each participant to take the first small step toward beating their burnout.

Key Outcomes:

  • Discover how one CEO chunks her time and gains two hours per day.
  • Learn to manage the safe decision syndrome that creeps into every significant decision.
  • Eliminate appoplexy by managing your apps rather than having them manage you.
  • Discover how the eliminate – delegate – automate process will save you hundreds of hours per year.

When it comes to hiring, Bob Wendover’s guiding philosophy is simple: “I don’t care what people know. I want to know how they think.” The only true way to determine how applicants will perform on the job and mesh with the culture is to watch them in action.

Bob has been polishing this process as a result of working with hundreds of organizations and writing five books on selection over 30 years. In spite of today’s labor shortages, it is still critical to screen applicants accurately. After all, hiring a front-line professional for just one year is a $75,000 decision.

Bob offers 15 examples of what employers can do to put candidates through their paces using practical simulations. The session begins with an interactive survey for those attending to compare strategies for candidate screening. Attendees will also be offered hot seats, where Bob and the audience generate ideas for successful simulations. It closes with a discussion of how those attending can incorporate practical simulations into hiring without breaking the bank.

 

Key Outcomes:

  • Measurably reduce staff turnover by improving screening accuracy.
  • Reduce staff training costs through accurate screening for critical thinking and problem solving.
  • Improve staff productivity by hiring the best match for each position.

How well do you navigate the age diversity in today’s workplace? The Boomers, Xers and Millennials have been finding ways to work collaboratively. Now the members of Generation Z and their younger siblings are bringing their values, habits and expectations into the mix. Bob Wendover has been regaling audiences with stories of how the generations can go right – and go wrong – for more than 25 years. He is the award-winning author of Crossing the Generational Divide and the turn-key curriculum Generations: Understanding Age Diversity in Today’s Workplace. Loaded with practical examples of how to lead cross-generational teams, Bob’s original program, From Ricky & Lucy to Beavis & Butthead has been presented to more than 1000 audiences. This interactive program will help you to get past the stereotypes so often associated with the different ages and celebrate the contributions of each group. You’ll walk away with simple, but powerful insights for integrating the most diverse workforce the nation has ever seen.

Key Outcomes:

  • How to navigate the differing work style expectations so prevalent in today’s organizations.
  • How to marry the technology strengths of digital natives with the seasoned insights of digital immigrants.
  • How to continually engage restless young contributors
  • How to re-engage seasoned contributors who have their eyes in the exit.

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