AUTHOR OF:
• One Step Beyond: Rediscovering the Adventure Attitude
• Straight to the Top and Beyond
• The Adventure Attitude Handbook
• Voices From the Summit
"Success in this generation will belong to those who are 'visionary' enough to predict the future and prepare for it -- and 'adventurous' enough to explore new ways of doing old things."
-John Amatt
John Amatt knows about tough times and the value of struggle in bringing out the best in teams of people! After all, he was a leader of an Everest team, which suffered four tragic deaths in two unpredictable accidents before putting six climbers on top of the world. His experience on Everest taught him about the danger of falling into the trap of complacency and the importance of always questioning the status quo in seeking new ways of succeeding in a rapidly changing world. He is the perfect speaker to assist your team in navigating through the turmoil of today's global economic crisis.
For over 30 years, John has led expeditions to remote regions of the world, making many first ascents of previously unclimbed peaks. Recently, he fulfilled a lifelong dream organizing and taking part in Canada's first successful expedition to reach the tip of the world, Mount Everest. An educator by training, John has delivered more than 1,500 keynote presentations and seminars in 35 countries worldwide. His mission is to encourage people to push beyond their self-imposed limitations, be more personally accountable for their own actions and to embrace effective teamwork by valuing the contribution of others.
TOPICS:
• No Mountain too High: Challenging Change with the Adventure Attitude
• Climbing Your Own Everest: What it Takes to Get to the Top
• Straight to the Top and Beyond: Nine Keys for Meeting the Challenges of Changing Times
• Meeting the Challenge of Change
CLIENT QUOTES:
"The wonderful messages you delivered in your presentation were remarkably consistent with our current theme. Your ideas were extremely stimulating and should result in renewed commitments to higher levels of achievement for every person in our audienceOne veteran senior executive described your presentation as the best he had ever heard."
--American Express Financial Advisors
"I particularly appreciated your insight into the important contribution a team member makes toward the accomplishment of a goal. Your enthusiasm and joy for being part of the process vs. needing to be the one (or two) who were to climb the final steps, was sincere and contagiousa lesson for us all."
--Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Kansas City
"You were fantastic, positive, and motivational! You were everything we expected you to be. The audience loved you and admired you and received you with great pride as evidenced by the thunderous standing ovation."
--Million Dollar Round Table
One veteran senior executive described your presentation as the best he had ever heard.
--American Express
PARTIAL CLIENT LIST:
Aetna
Allstate
American Family
Arthur Andersen
Bankers Trust
Blue Cross Blue Shield
Canadian Imperial Bank
Certified Management Accountants
Cigna
Citicorp
Commonwealth Risk
Datalynx
Deloitte & Touche
Dun & Bradstreet
Federal Reserve Bank
GE Capital
Hong Kong Bank of Canada
IDS Financial Services
Investment Funds of Canada
Kemper Securities
Keycorp
Merrill Lynch
Million Dollar Round Table
National Financial
Paine Webber
PriceWaterhouseCoopers
Prudential
State Farm Insurance
TransAmerican
TOPIC DESCRIPTIONS:
No Mountain too High: Challenging Change with the Adventure Attitude
Setting Realistic Goals and Expectations
Taking Calculated Risk and Being Adventurous
Embracing Fear and Anxiety
Avoiding the Trap of Complacency
Understanding the Values of Commitment
Learning from Setbacks and Applying the Lessons
Questioning the Status Quo by always asking WHY?
Building Trust within an Effective Team
Leading by Personal Example
Taking Pride in Your Individual Contribution
Anticipating the Future and Being Prepare
Climbing Your Own Everest: What It Takes to get to the Top
John Amatt's most popular presentation, the highly innovative and inspirational 'Climbing Your Own Everest' explores the metaphor of striving to reach the top of the world. Illustrated by magnificent color photography from his successful expedition which climbed Everest, and supplemented by music, sound effects, and taped radio conversations, this presentation investigates the qualities we must all bring to bear in climbing to the top in the difficult and unpredictable economic environments of the 1990's.
Concepts explored include:
* Teamwork
* Preparation
* Commitment
* Adapting to Changing Environments
* Setting Realistic Goals
* The role of positive attitude
- set against the life and death struggle on the mountain!
Straight to the Top and Beyond: Nine Keys for Meeting the Challenge of Changing Times
Change is inevitable ... and increasing! Rapid and radical change is the primary challenge facing corporations and professionals today. We cannot stop this change, nor can we ignore it. But we can increase our ability to adapt, to manage change effectively, and to benefit from the numerous opportunities that change creates. In these rapidly -changing times, the metaphor of adventure is the perfect vehicle for articulating the strategy that will help us address this challenge. By definition, adventure involves dealing with the uncertain, the unpredictable and the unknown, just as change involves moving towards a future in which there are no guarantees. To succeed in the uncertain world of the 1990's and the 21st century, we must learn to embrace change, and to become visionary and adventurous in dealing with the economic, social, and political environments in which we must all operate.
The key to future successes will be to develop the "Adventure Attitude" philosophy - a proactive approach based upon the following acronym:
A - Adaptability
D - Desire and Determination
V - Vision and Values
E - Experience
N - Natural Curiosity
T - Teamwork and Trust
U - Unlimited Optimism
R - Risk-Ability
E - Exceptional Performance
Straight to the Top and Beyond will motivate your staff to embrace new opportunities in a changing world, to open up their minds to new realities, and to develop the "Adventure Attitude" strategies that will be the key to success in the future.
Meeting the Challenge of Change
John Amatt presents seminars/ workshops of three to five hours duration, which focus on the theme of "Meeting the Challenge of Change" in corporate and professional life. Designed as an in-house program, this thought provoking seminar has also been effectively integrated into annual meetings or conventions. Content can be summarized as:
A. The Mountain of Challenge
- A global perspective
- The art of progress
- The paradox of comfort
- Change is inevitable
B. The Age of Discovery
- From known to unknown
- Oceans of uncertainty
- A place to sleep in safety
- The choice - adapt or perish
- Complacency and tunnel vision
- The bubble of invincibility
- Leaving the beaten path
C. Seven C's for Success...
- Curiosity
- Courage
- Commitment
- Creativity
- Cooperation
- Communication
- Concentration
D. What it Takes to Get to the Top
- The struggle of life itself, upwards and forever upwards
- Overcoming fear
- Respecting basic beliefs and core values
- Developing peripheral vision
- Teamwork based on trust
- Learning from experience
- F.8... and be there
- Continuous improvement
- Positive dissatisfaction
- Penetrating the barriers of self-imposed limitations
E. Living the Adventure
- Attitude is the key to success...
- Nine principles for achievement
F. Global Leadership
- Characteristics of Leaders for the 21st Century
G. Journey Towards the Next Millennium
Meeting the Challenge of Change will motivate your staff to embrace new opportunities in a changing world, to open up their minds to new realities, and to develop the "Adventure Attitude" strategies that will be the key to success in the future.
TRAVELS FROM: Alberta
FEE CATEGORY: C ($10.5 to 15k)
