Steve Prentice has dedicated his career and energies to understanding the role of the human being in the workplace. A specialist in Industrial Psychology, he believes that biography speaks as loud, if not louder than theory, he presents audiences with well-researched profiles of the great human-oriented successes and failures in the business world, both recent and classic, to help you identify and refine your own corporate strategies.

Through the research and analysis performed by his company, Bristall Morgan Inc., Steve helps answer questions such as:

• What do I need to know about productivity issues in the globalized digital age?
• Is at-work-wellness a fad or a necessity?
• Is presenteeism something that affects my company?
• What has the success rate been for companies who establish Facebook-style collaborative environments - what case studies can you show me?
• What about generational awareness? Do intergenerational employees work well together?
• What is the effectiveness of telecommuting?
• Which companies have successfully managed multiple time-zone commerce?
• Are blogs and Twitter sources for intelligence-gathering and marketing opportunities?
• And, of course, BlackBerry usage - is it paying off in heightened productivity?

Steve's research, experience and analysis make him a compelling, up-to-date speaker. He has been awarded Platinum Status at the prestigious Meeting Professionals International, for consistently high ratings at the MPI Annual World Congress. He is also regularly invited to speak at the annual convention of the Human Resources Professionals Association, and is a member of the Canadian Society for Training and Development. Steve has the evidence and skills to show just what's working and what's not in the high-speed world of globalized commerce.

Keynotes

FlexTime and the Four Generations: FlexTime, and related concepts such as compressed workweeks offer great promise in the wireless world, but suffer greatly in their implementation. Management and employees alike see both benefits and pitfalls to being physically away from the office, and this is eroding productivity at a time when North American business needs it the most. Steve Prentice has made a study on the trends, best practices, successes failures of implementing flexible hours in the workplace. It is an issue he says that crosses more than one dimension – not only is it a workflow issue, it has direct impact on the multi-generational workplace, and everyone, regardless of age, rank or seniority needs to understand that “flex” is not a perk – it’s a strategy for survival.

Social Networking: The New Productivity Tool? Social Networking technologies such as FaceBook, LinkedIn and Twitter are changing the way people communicate in the time-starved, e-mail heavy workplaces of today. But do they work? Could a proprietary social networking site enhance the productivity of your employees? The answer is yes. CEO's and decision-makers must see past the current "social" element of these sites, that of merely finding high-school friends on line, and they must observe instead how informal, dynamic and instant connections actually reinforce productivity, retention and innovation. In this presentation, Steve delivers the latest information on this development - one that will prove crucial to your company's future.

Time Management for the Digital Age: Case Studies and best practices from the global digital marketplace. Time, business and productivity face different challenges today than even five years ago. Wireless technology, globalized business and high-speed expectations have changed the playing field completely. Not just in small things such as e-mail and meetings, but larger concepts such as sales skills, long-range planning and crisis management. Some companies and individuals thrive in this new environment, others are slipping and failing. This presentation offers examples of the best and worst of work and productivity from around the world. By observing both, audience members will be better able to go back to their teams and draw up realistic operating plans for the future.

Wellness, stress and focus techniques for proactive workplaces. This session delivers a wide range of practical techniques for enhancing productivity in the workplace. Drawing upon case studies of hundreds of companies in North America and beyond, Steve delivers usable facts about food choices, the timing and organization of corporate activities, the relationship between creativity, logic and stress in the brain, exercise, daycare, commuting, micromeetings and many other proactive techniques for maintaining productivity in the workplace. This is not a speech about yoga on the desktop. Instead it delivers a wide range of proven techniques used by companies and departments around the world who wanted to see productivity and profitability increase by focusing on the human factor.

The Wireless Brain and Body is an exposé on the overuse and underuse of technology in the corporate environment. It explores topics such as BlackBerry addiction and Presenteeism, productivity, communication, stress, short- and long-term illness, creativity, collaboration, and much more. The goal of the presentation is not to cast a negative light on technology, but instead, through case studies, and comparative studies of productivity in the decades prior to the digital age, how to best harness the power of technology while at the same time harnessing the top intellectual and physical potential of the human being.

Team Building Through Music. Steve has worked closely with a team-building organization that uses music as a highly effective method for not only bringing team members closer together, but to also demonstrate how skills such as creativity under fire can be maximized. This presentation involves video case studies as well as Steve's analysis of a number of music-based team building programs - the speech is not an ad for any organization, but is a demonstration of the left-brain/right brain synergy that can be attained through the universal appeal of music. As a part-time musician himself, Steve can also offer a miniature demonstration of this songwriting technique, with the help of the audience.

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