Speaking Topics – Conferences, Meetings and Keynotes
Pattie Vargas, Principal and founder of The Vargas Group, is an accomplished speaker with over 25 years experience in organizational management, employee motivation, project management and team development. Her business and personal experience translates into motivating, entertaining and inspirational messages with an immediate, practical application.
The Performance Optimizer: Retaining Employees in a Revolving Door World!
In today’s competitive and challenging work environment, where retention is everything, the need for a new type of manager emerges. The Performance Optimizer uses new competencies to ensure employee retention, improve performance through motivation and job fit, and enroll individuals in the collaborative success of the organization.
Strategic Workforce Management - Optimization, Performance and Strategy
When considering cost savings measures, hasty decisions can lead to the elimination of key employees and single points of failure, losing access to historical knowledge and undocumented procedures. Apply a holistic view to workforce reduction to maintain business continuity while building a strategy for the future.
Extraordinary Teams, Extraordinary Results!
Extraordinary Teams can be recognized by their highly functional behaviors as well as their extraordinary results! Does your team have what it takes to move beyond ordinary to EXTRAORDINARY?
The Resilience Factor
Life is what happens when we're busy making other plans- just when we think we have it all figured out along comes LIFE. This message proposes the power of a strong core value system and explores the "upside of the downside."
Building Morale in a Down Market
In challenging economic times organizations must pay close attention to employee engagement and morale. In the face of downsizing and reduced benefits, our workforce can experience depression, anxiety and uncertainty, leading to the deadly Poor P’s: performance, profitability and productivity.
I Don’t Love You, I Don’t Even Like You! What to Do When Barney Doesn’t Work Here!
Have you ever wondered why it’s so easy to work with some people – you think the same way, you take the same approach to work, you just click? And then there’s everyone else…The fast-paced marketplace today requires collaborative relationships. Using the DISC Behavioral Assessment, we can discover our own behavioral style and learn how to recognize the styles of those around us, leading to better communication and less conflict.
Text Me, Fax Me, Call Me… WHAT?
Gen Y, Gen X, Baby Boomers – how can they all get along? Avoid communication disasters and misunderstandings! Whether you prefer to "drop me a line" or "meet me on line" there’s hope for understanding the multi-generational workplace.
Situational Stakeholder Management: Bridging Relationships Across Your Projects
Stakeholders have different needs and expectations. They also have differing agendas, motivations and behaviors! Utilizing situational communication strategies will improve the odds of project success by understanding and connecting with each stakeholders' needs.
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Motivational, inspirational, and humorous keynote addresses can be custom designed to meet your organization’s needs.
