Keynotes & Seminars

The Acorn Principle™ — Helping People Grow

"Your greatest, fastest and easiest growth always comes from your natural abilities."
-- The Acorn Principle

Purpose

  • To show people how to grow themselves and their businesses by learning to find the natural strengths in situations and people.
  • To empower them to Help People Grow.

What Audiences Learn (topics available)

  • One hour a day in study will make you an expert in 5 years or less.
  • The Mastery Grid: Purpose & Contribution=Fulfillment
  • How to be a Thought Leader in your field.
  • How to use the eight vital elements of empowerment.
  • How to isolate the traits that make you unique.
  • How to align people into roles and relationships that bring out their best.
  • How to determine "how" a person is smart.
  • How to recognize your priority values.
  • How to motivate people without over or under doing it.
  • How to measure a person's potential "velocity".
  • Ask yourself: How would the person I'd like to be do what I'm about to do?
  • How to structure jobs to increase productivity.
  • How to achieve "optimum" performance.
  • Role agreements vs job descriptions.
  • Three essentials for productive relationships.

Time Frames

  • Speech: 45-60 minutes
  • Seminar: up to 2 hours
  • Workshop: up to 3.5 hours

Applications

  • All leadership begins with self leadership
  • Mastering Change
  • Bringing out the Best in People
  • Empowerment

Presentation Style

Entertaining stories and PowerPoint graphics are mixed with lots of audience interaction and humor. The amount of group involvement increases with longer programs. In some programs Jim uses recorded clips, video segments and music for special effects.

Alternate Titles

  • The Acorn Principle™
  • Bringing Out Your Best
  • Rethinking Yourself, Your Business and Your Opportunities

Supplementary Materials Available