Laurence Haughton is a bestselling author, a researcher, and an inspiring speaker who can improve the leadership at every level of an organization. He co-authored It’s Not the Big that Eat the Small… It’s the FAST that Eat the Slow with Jason Jennings, authored It’s Not What You Say… It’s What You Do – How Following Through at Every Level Can Make or Break Your Company, and led the research for Hit the Ground Running – A Manual for New Leaders, the newest book by Jason Jennings.
Haughton’s keynote speeches address the practical questions that keep executives and managers awake at night – how to hit the ground running, how to overcome any resistance to change, and how to sustain urgency, focus and momentum despite trying times and tough conditions.
But what makes him unique is that he tells great stories that make it easy for everyone to get the point.
Speaking Topics
The Art of Execution
Half of all strategies and initiatives fail because most managers use execution strategies that are fatally flawed. Laurence Haughton did eighteen months of post-mortems on failed strategies and found the answers for leading the fast and flawless execution of any new initiative. The key deliverables in his 60 to 90 minute keynote are:
- The three building blocks of a successful execution strategy and the flaws that doom initiatives
- How to negotiate expectations from the top and align everyone’s agenda
- The steps that guarantee absolute accountability with no confusion and no arguments at any level
Get More Buy-In
Just as our bodies have an immune system that automatically rejects anything foreign, companies have antibodies that will attack new strategies that challenge the status quo. So like a doctor preparing a patient for a lifesaving transplant, change leaders must give their teams the right medicine to overcome resistance to change. Haughton has learned the best prescription for generating more buy-in and improving the follow-through. In his 60 to 90 minute keynote Haughton gives your leadership team the step-by-step formula:
- Getting everyone to quickly let go of their old ways
- The steps that will get your change initiative off to a great start
- How to identify the people who will never buy-in before you hire them
Sustaining Urgency, Focus, and Momentum
We don’t work in a perfect world. So leaders must know more than how to supervise. They need to know the secrets that drive more individual initiative – how to encourage the willpower that overcomes all obstacles and what they can do to find more people with a fierce sense of urgency and commitment. The key deliverables in Haughton’s 60 to 90 minute keynote on sustaining urgency, focus, and momentum are:
- The glue that keeps teams surging forward despite obstacles and tough conditions
- A simple hiring tactic that identifies people who will put all their heart into following through for you
- How to get more problem-solving communication and cooperation across all levels and less finger pointing.