Dr. Michael Alexander
If you don't change the way you think about challenges, goals, and problems, you're doomed to repeat the patterns and mistakes of the past, and your attempts at change management are likewise doomed. Problems persist because traditional ways of solving them don't work, and to quote the overused cliche, "The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over, and expecting different results." Often, however, the new solutions are not complicated, they simply require a different mindset - creativity and mental flexibility. And creativity and mental flexibility can be learned, along with the discipline to foresee and prepare for consequences others might miss.
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From the moment Dr. Michael steps onto the stage, the audience knows they are experiencing something new and different. Not just dramatic and entertaining stories, not just humor and excitement, but a real change in themselves. A change in the way they look at problems and in the way they look at the world. They will not be just entertained, they will be empowered!
Michael is an award-winning speaker, true. But, it isn't just about speaking for him. He is an accomplished actor and performer, but his real passion is about results. As an energy economist, he has changed energy production in multiple states. As a professional witness and negotiator, he has won over $1.4 billion for his clients. He is a best selling author. He is the son of the inventor of the bar code.
Let Michael bring the same techniques for problem solving which have brought him and others these kinds of successes, and which which he has shared with managers and organizations across the country to you and your groups. He can provide a keynote or a workshop to suit your needs, or even come in and consult afterwards to help implement the changes he has recommended. Many speakers give great talks, but after a few months, the audiences go back to the way things were before. That doesn't happen with Michael's audiences. Let him transform them. They will thank you, and more importantly, your improved profits will thank you.
We are trained to focus on a problem with laser-like precision. But, if we do that, we are likely to miss the solution which is sitting right next to the problem. This leads to time lost, worker frustration, and lost profits. In this presentation the audience learns a faster and better approach to problem solving, and will improve corportate morale and the bottom line.
Humans, by their nature, have a tendancy to trust what they are told, and do things the way that others have done before them. But, what if what you have been told is wrong? What if the experts, or even your employees, for all their training and expertise, make a mistake. Will you be able to locate and identify where they might be wrong and take appropriate action? This presentation will help you learn when and how to think for yourself and manage your technical team more effectively.
The theory is that the best management styles is simply to hire the best people, inspire them with your vision, and get out of their way. That is a great theory, but it doesn’t work in practice. The actual secret is not to find your management style, but theirs. That means learning to think like an employee, and figure what motivates them. This presentation will help audiences change their thought processes to result in happier, more productive employees, less employee turnover and greater profits.
Dr. Michael Alexander is the son of the inventor of the bar code, and his father taught him early about solving problems, not by technical expertise, but through insight into the workings of complete systems. Out of college, Dr. Michael started his career as an economist, and in that career, he was helped change changing the way natural gas was delivered in Minnesota and throughout the Southwestern United States, and convinced a utility in the Northeast to cancel a nuclear plant. And, as a witness before state and federal agencies and as a negotiator, he has won $1.4 billion for his clients. He also was involved in telephone deregulation, and gave the first nationwide presentation of Windows at Windows World One.
All of this through the simple application of those fundamental priniciples taught him by his father. He now makes it his career… no, his passion, to share those techniques with his audiences, to permit them to change the way they look at problems, find solutions when traditional methods are slow or do not work, and improve the profits and lives of his followers. He does so with clear examples, delightful stories, humor and drama.
| Southern California Edison | Minnesota Department of Public Service |
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| Boston Edison | Northern Trust Bank | |
| Panda Learning Center (Panda Restaurant Group) |
Asian American Professional Association |
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| Dynamic Vision International | Internal Revenue Service | |
| Toastmasters International | Washington University | |
| Babson College | Bentley College | |
| Roosevelt University | Walden University | |
| Montery Highlands Middle School |
FBLA ( Future Business Leaders of America) |
“Michael Alexander has been a colleague of mine for more than 10 years. We worked closely in our organization mentoring and inspiring other speakers to success. His witty but sophisticated sense of humor is refreshing. Michael's biggest asset is his ability to engage and keep an audience's attention. He has a knack for imparting knowledge but leave you wanting more.”
- Jeffrey L. Washington, Motivational Trainer/Speaker/Coach
“Since listening to Dr. Michael's presentation, when faced with a problem I find myself asking 'How would Michael solve this problem?
- Michael Osur, CoVid Response Coordinator for Riverside County
“I had the fortune of observing Mike work with witnesses… It takes a unique aptitude to absorb complicated material and testify as a witness. Mike's exceptional talent is his ability to transcend that skill set and teach others to provide succinct and effective testimony in a courtroom setting.”
- Jeff Renzi, Attorney
“I have known Dr. Michael Alexander more than twenty years, and have attended more than a dozen of his presentations. Dr. Alexander is always concise, and is able to make the most difficult problems clear. Besides being one of the world's foremost experts on the economics of energy, he is also a great story teller and showman.”
- Stuart Goldbarg, Author, Jury Consultant