Speaking Topics

• Getting a Grip on Time
• From Gumboots to the Boardroom
• How to be a 'Clutter Buster'
• Tap Dancing with Time Wasters
• 24 Hours IS Enough!

(Titles can be modified to be congruent with the theme of your event)

People have many diverse views and experiences of time management.

Many say, 'Oh, I could do with some help in that area - but I can't afford the time!' It should be commonsense, but many people struggle with the way they use their time. It's rarely taught in school or university (apart from brief mentions in tutorials on how to study). And yet the way we use our time, deal with our time challenges, focus, prioritise, plan, delegate and communicate is critical to success in all areas of our life.

The only thing consistent in life is that, from beneficiary to CEO, from shop-girl to supermodel, we all have the same 24 hours in a day. The major quality that separates outstandingly successful and happy people from stressed and struggling souls is the way they make choices in life - hour by hour and day by day.

Robyn Pearce has been down the road of stress, burnout and exhaustion. For years she struggled with her own time habits. The good news is - she won. Since 1992, as a keynote speaker, trainer and author she has shared her experiences and knowledge with thousands of clients in five countries.

Robyn presents her material with a unique blend of commonsense, humour, and practical illustrations, gleaned from both her personal experiences and those of her clients.

Robyn shares her journey from the years as a librarian, then raising 6 children on an isolated sheep-station in Northland, New Zealand, through welfare aid as a solo mother, part-time government-assisted work, to top-selling real estate agent. She then became a business owner and since 1992 has set up a speaking and training business in two countries, starting each time from scratch, with an entertaining variety of 'learning experiences'. As her reputation as an eminently practical and easy-to-listen-to speaker on time management-related matters has spread, it has led her to the boardrooms and conference centres of five countries.

She will delight your audience with her practical and humorous journey.

Ever felt stressed and overwhelmed by the volume of paper on your desk and the information you have to process? Are you convinced the stuff breeds the minute your back is turned? Ever given an embarrassed laugh and said to a visitor, 'Sorry about my office - it's not usually like this!'? Or taken them into the boardroom because you couldn't squeeze them round the piles of clutter parked on every spare chair?

Help is here. Have fun with Robyn, finding lighthearted but very practical solutions to one of the most common workplace challenges.

This is a very powerful and practical session - you'll get the chance to solve your specific problems. In today's flat-out busy world we rarely take time to discuss and brainstorm solutions to everyday time-stealers. In fact, the majority of the answers are always within the minds and experience of the group. What is needed is the opportunity for discussion and an experienced external facilitator with the knowledge to fill in the gaps.

Some of the topics generally selected by the audience include how to run an effective meeting; how to use the company intra-net more effectively; better delegation; what systems can be improved in the company, and how.

A provocative look at the prevalent beliefs around time, and the thorny topic of work/home/family balance. This speech is designed for the groups who already have a good working knowledge of the principles of time management, and want to dig deeper into the vital subject of how we use our time, and the choices we make in life.

How often do you hear people say "If only I had more hours in the day', or 'There's never enough time to do everything'? Do you want more effective workers? Less stressed employees? Where does quality of life and quality of output fit in? And this elusive goal called Balance - how can we achieve it?

How can we stretch time, get back the weekends, and have more quality time with the ones we love, as well as be more effective at work?

We predict that the ripple effects of peoples' slowly awakening awareness will profoundly change the way business is done - within the next 10 - 20 years. Click here to read Robyn's article 'How to Stretch Time - 24 Hours Is Enough!'

Many of our training programmes can be excerpted to provide a powerful keynote speech or conference workshop. Contact us if you feel one of these topics might fit your needs more appropriately than the titles listed above.

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