Lapp, Dr. Janet
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About Dr. Janet Lapp
Dr. Janet Lapp’s larger-than-life on-stage personality captures attention and hearts. Her leading edge information gives tools and strategies for change leadership. She engages the audience through humor and customized stories, and switches mindsets by teaching strategies to guide through change. Key messages are accountability and ownership, letting go of what was, a positive attitude, and courage, appropriate for all levels of staff, from the front line to sales to top leadership. She creates Change that Lasts.™
Janet is a psychologist and author who is known for her ability to instill openness and flexibility in audiences.
Two of her top programs create the mind and skill set for leading change.
Former professor, researcher, clinician, and registered nurse, Dr. Janet Lapp was born and raised in Québec, Canada; her PhD is from McGill University in Montreal. She has inspired over 2,000 audiences around the world from Russia to Argentina to Hong Kong–with clients such as IBM, AT&T, Allstate, New York Life, Toyota, and Kawasaki–to adopt a mindset that is successful with change, and to overcome challenges. She presents in French or Spanish for appropriate audiences.
A licensed clinical psychologist and author of five books, she has been admitted to the Speakers Hall of Fame, and one year was rated by Toastmasters as one of the top three speakers worldwide. She is the creator and host of the Emmy-nominated CBS series ‘Keep Well,’ and has appeared regularly on INN, ABC, CNN, and NBC affiliates.
The Ritz-Carlton team and IBM sales used her best-selling book Plant your Feet Firmly in Mid-Air to help create their successful transformations. She is author of four other books: Dancing with Tigers, Positive Spin, Why Won’t They Listen to Me? (pack leadership), and the 2014 release The Four Elements of Transformation (how to create radical and sustainable change).
A pilot and current flight instructor, Janet has flown her airplane throughout South America and Africa, and is a long time member of the Flying Doctors of Mercy (LigaInternational), volunteering monthly in central México.
Fly High! Get Change Fit and Future-Ready
What do people do and what do they think to not only survive change, but to thrive?
Learn what people do who improve after disruptive change. Develop a personal Change Airbag, ready for anything. With flexibility, optimism and courage/perseverence, nothing will get you down.
This is a results-focused program, holding attendees accountable for their own change readiness even during the session.
The Purpose of This Keynote:
- Anticipate what’s coming and let go of what’s in the past. Accept what is or “ride the horse in the direction it’s going!”
- Trade in your analog brain for an upgraded digital one. Know what skills you’ll need. Learn to think like, and get along with, millenials/Gen Z!
- Discover opportunities in change … not just problems. Know how to have hard conversations with strugglers.
- Keep morale high in oneself and one’s team.
- Increase boldness and courage to act, innovate, and take charge – no excuses!
What Bold Leaders Do
This is a future-focused high-energy keynote for leaders from the mid-level to the C-level.
Are you prepared to lead others into the future?
Do you know the six most forgotten leadership skills (that might be taking you down?)
Do you know the new, must-have 2020 skills for the future of work?
Despite uncertainty, can you guide with confidence and courage?
Do you like to laugh, be inspired and encouraged, have the courage to stretch?
What You Will Learn and Be Able to Do:
- Why organizations get stuck, how to get things moving again.
- Don’t just be agile, be predictive.
- Reinvent yourself, or “teach an old dog new tricks” … and get others to do the same.
- Learn how to create a vision that works and drive it down to the front line.
- Find out why “Blocks, Triangles and Tangles” are the #1 killer of change and innovation and what to do about them.
- Be able to teach their teams skills for growth: optimism, emotional flexibility and courage/mental toughness.
“Change is a force to be feared, or an opportunity to be seized. The choice is ours.”
“Take action. The window of opportunity closes quickly.”
Testimonials
“Dr. Janet Lapp reshapes the vision of what is possible. She has a profound effect on the attitudes and actions of virtually everyone who hears her.”
– Sun Microsystems
“Refreshing, humorous, serious, thought-provoking, appropriately ‘intense’, one of the best if not the best, we have seen in our whole IBM careers.”
– IBM Canada
“We had nothing but positive feedback from both our brokers and sales associates Your presentation was exceptionally inspirational, informative, upbeat and humorous, and certainly well received by our group. You are a true professional and it was a pleasure working with you.”
– Re/Max Ontario
“Thank you for your outstanding presentation at the Bell Sales Kickoff. The standing ovation you received from Bell’s 1,000 sales professionals speaks for itself. Your message stirred souls! You were fabulous.”
– Bell Canada
“Your personally tailored presentation was the best that I have ever seen by a professional speaker. In sum, your message was exactly what was needed, and the leadership guidelines you gave us were right on.”
– Pfizer