A leadership development authority, Chip Madera “The Bald Guy” works with organizations that want to maximize their motivation and performance potential. He speaks over 100 times annually worldwide. Clients include The Mayo Clinic, Verizon, Disney, AT&T, GE Capital and Gatorade.

   After building a Corporate University at a hospital and spending years working with employees and executives assessing their development needs, Chip knows the strategies that result in high performance. He has the know-how to help your audience build a successful organization, a stronger home and a successful life.

   Chip discovered his ultimate purpose after being diagnosed with cancer in 1985. His purpose in life is to encourage and inspire others to seek their ultimate potential. His undergraduate degree is in Psychology and he has a Masters in Human Resources and Organizational Development. Chip is active in the Human Resources field, with memberships in the American Society for Healthcare Human Resources Administration and the Society for Human Resource Management. He has authored four audio resources and published several articles on leadership, change and service excellence.

Programs qualify for CEU credits, certified by IACET:

Radical Leadership, Radical Change:

Great organizations never settle for status quo. Leaders at the top of soaring companies consistently raise the bar of performance and insist on higher levels of excellence and productivity. Your leadership team is well trained and equipped to handle the challenges of the present, but will they be as equally prepared to handle the rising expectations of tomorrow? What’s it going to take to get employees to ratchet up their performance to the next level? It’s going to take RADICAL measures! It’s going to take RADICAL Leadership. RADICAL Leadership is not a new concept. It’s just a new perspective for looking at what kind of leadership truly excites people to follow. RADICAL Leaders possess four demonstrative qualities. These attributes will regenerate your workforce and create the highest level of engagement you’ve ever seen, guaranteed! This hierarchy of qualities, when consistently demonstrated, crafts the kind of environment where hardworking, dedicated workers can and will take their performance to new heights. If you belong to a cutting edge organization that expects everyone to take it up a notch during this budget year—this session is a must!

How to Take Your Life and Career Up a Notch

   So, you’re rising to the top of your career. You’ve played by the rules, advanced your education, and now it feels like your career has hit a plateau. Is your climb to the top limited or is your career ladder just leaning against the wrong building? Everyone can take their career up a notch by focusing their attention on some strategic personal development planning (SPDP). During this session, Chip will share three mandatory ingredients that will give your life and career a jumpstart and catapult you to the top.

   You’ll walk away from this session knowing your passion, your personal purpose and mission, and strategies for overcoming limitations and obstacles on your road to achieving your potential. This session is a must for senior leaders as well as budding professionals who want to experience the height of their professional potential.

During this session Chip Madera will help attendees:

o       Identify their present rung on their personal development ladder

o       Discover their personal passions and how to pursue them on a daily basis

o       Create a personal a mission/vision statement

o       Explore their personal chasm of regret (unexplored regions of their career potential) and strategies to close the gap

o       The keys to mapping out their journey toward success

o       And much, much more

Making Change Your Friend? Coaching is the Key!

   Organizations today are under tremendous pressure to become more effective and perform at the highest levels ever. If an organization desires to progress in an extremely competitive environment, leaders will need to devote more energy and resources to create teams and build positive communications with committed employees. Managers will need to transform into leaders and coaches instead of supervisors, controllers, and authorities. Coaching employees is the key to influencing, motivating, and acknowledging that people are truly your organization’s #1 asset.  This change in management style and type of interaction with people can have a great influence on productivity, excellence, quality, service and competitive spirit.

   The investment in this fun, strategy packed learning experience is an investment that is just as important as capital technology or marketing strategies and will return a benefit to the organization as employees increase productivity, quality and experience exhilarating team cohesion.

During this session Chip Madera will help you explore the following:

o       Strategies for increasing your influence with employees to gain trust and respect

o       Coaching strategies to help employees elevate productivity and morale

o       The keys to helping employees successfully navigate through the challenges of change

o       Motivation and its role in keeping employees engaged and productive.

o       Communication skills that build relationships and maximize team performance

o       Negotiating conflict and fostering self-empowerment, decision making, responsibility and accountability