Dr. Lapp speaks about the dramatic changes confronting business today and for the foreseeable future. Not just business but culture itself is changing, placing new pressures on the workplace as well as personal lives as well. The author of books with titles like "Plant Your Feet Firmly in Mid-Air" and "Dancing with Tigers," Lapp's presentations offer guidance for everyone from line worker to CEO on how to recognize the new pressures and how to turn the anxiety they produce into positive and productive results.
Janet is a top presenter on how to adapt to an information society and how to develop skills to thrive with current and future change. She delivers the powerful message that change is not a force to be feared, but an opportunity to be seized... and the choice is ours.
Dr. Janet Lapp wrote and hosted the highly rated CBS-affiliate series "Keep Well" and has been featured in training films such as Coping with Stress in the Real World. A registered nurse and the administrator of a 100-bed psychiatric hospital, Janet then completed her doctoral and post-doctoral education at McGill University in Montreal, Canada. A former college professor, she is a licensed clinical psychologist and member of the American Psychological Association.
Her ideas have been published in professional journals and in magazines such as The New York Times Magazine, American Health Prevention, USA Today, and Newsweek. Lapp is a flight instructor and award-winning race pilot. She has flown solo across the Kalahari desert in Africa and is believed to be the first person to waterski the Zambesi River in her airplane. Janet Lapp believes it's never too late, nothing is impossible, and there are no excuses.
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The Edge of Change: How to Lead the Field During Uncertainty and Ambiguity People leave these sessions not only with energy, enthusiasm and laughter, they will know the mind and skill sets needed to adapt to change, be more likely to discover opportunities rather than negatives in the process, be more likely to keep team morale high, and take more personal responsibility and accountability.
Plant Your Feet Firmly in Mid-Air
Leadership demands the ability to think and lead others in new ways. This inspirational business program is a wake-up call to the future. Knowing up-to-date trends impacting your world, you'll be able to think and lead others in new ways.
Live at the Edge, Lead at the Edge
This inspirational high-energy program will show you how to take smart risks and push you to the edge of what's possible. Hear how companies have broken the mold and pushed the edges in leadership and innovation. The ideas in this program will impact your success, and your enjoyment!
Think Big
The world is changed by big thinkers willing to create big problems with big solutions. Live at the edge, where forward action and creative thought lives. Dump resignation and cynicism, and think in possibilities.
Change Fast
People can change overnight if they have to! With the right systems in place, people can change long-term bad habits instantly. So stop blaming and start moving.
Own It
Everyone in an organization has ownership for the success of the business. When just one person decides to make a difference, miraculous changes occur. Each small act that delights a customer, serves a colleague, resolves a conflict, or improves a process, becomes a force for positive change. Stop making excuses, take action and inspire others to follow you.