Dr. Sheila Murray Bethel's global expertise in leadership and change helps organizations maximize human resources, solve people problems and increase bottom line results. Business savvy and people smart, she understands how to help people be their best and what it takes to make a business work. Sheila is a successful entrepreneur, best selling business author and a hall-of-fame keynote speaker.
Her newest book, A New Breed Of Leader: 8 Leadership Qualities That Matter Most In the Real World ... What Works, What Doesn't and Why, is praised for its timeliness; "... Uniquely in tune with our era of change ... right book, right time."
Sheila holds a PhD in Communications and has served on the adjunct faculty of Indiana Purdue University, San Francisco State University, and the University of Southern California. She is a currently a member of the Advisory Council for Amsted University based in Malaysia.
She is creator and host of two National Public Television Specials, Making A Difference, Saving our Kids and a prolific writer with five books translated into many languages. Sheila has also written over 150 articles and 30 audio/video training programs.
Sheila has worked on projects with four U.S. Presidents and was appointed to the Board of Advisors for America's Promise – The Alliance for Youth, by Secretary of State Colin L. Powell, who is the Founding Chairman. In 1990, she interfaced with the Bush White House and the Polish Parliament to consult with and train Polish businesses being transformed by privatization. She established the first privately-owned business training center in Eastern Europe, located in Opole, Poland.
Sheila is a member of the Speaker Hall of Fame and has been recognized as one of the "Twenty-one Top Speakers for the 21st Century," by Successful Meetings Magazine. With over 3,000 presentations to over two million people in 20 countries, she has shared the platform with former President Gerald Ford, General Colin L. Powell, publisher Katharine Graham, Michael Jordan and Coach Pat Riley, First Lady Hillary Clinton, and Senator Bob Dole, among other luminaries. Her client list reads like a Global Who's Who of Business, Trade Associations, Education and Government.
A master at targeting her presentations for you, Sheila addresses relevant trends and offers powerful, practical guidance for Leadership and Change. She artfully blends content-rich presentations with an entertaining and motivating style. You receive the double benefit of enjoying yourself while learning practical, immediately applicable real-world material for real-world results. She cuts right to the core issues you care about and shows your audience what works, what doesn't and why.
Sheila has a passion for impacting others. When her gifts on the platform help people, she says, "I'm the messenger; it's what happens inside of them that makes the real difference – that's the quiet miracle of personal growth."
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Topic: Leadership
"In my Leadership presentations I engage your audience with real life anecdotes and examples of what works, what doesn't and why. I share insights and knowledge drawn from 20 years of research and experience that are
the principals of my newest book, A New Breed Of Leader: 8 Leadership Qualities That Matter Most In the Real World ... What Works, What Doesn't and Why. We explore the eight critical leadership qualities that matter most in the real world; competence, accountability, openness, language, values, perspective, power and humility. We reinforce the best leadership qualities of the past and update them with new ways to create a sense of community built around a shared purpose. Each person leaves knowing that leadership is not the exclusive privilege of the well educated, the rich, or the powerful. Whether they lead at home, in the community, or at work, they can be a 21st Century leader who makes a difference."
– Dr. Sheila Murray Bethel
Flexible titles (to be tailored for the client):
- "How The Best Leaders Use An Economic Downturn
To Improve Their Organizations"
- "The Power of Being A New Breed Of Leader –
What Works, What Doesn't & Why"
• "Great Leadership In Times Of Change"
• "LeaderShift – Making A Difference In Our
Constantly Changing World"
Major points:
- Understand the powerful 21st century leadership drivers that affect everything that happens to you and your organization.
- How you can forge an inspiring vision with deep leadership competence that builds a shared vision and a sense of community in your organization.
- How leading by example is the key to your personal authenticity that establishes the bridge of trust with all of your followers and stakeholders.
- Reinforce the belief that service as a core value in your organization is a powerful "mind set" that will propel you in a quantum leap into the realm of world-class service.
- Learn to be an inspiring visionary leader who influences shared values, mutual respect, and follower accountability.
- Chart the keys to building a base of cooperation, trust, loyalty, and commitment by valuing the importance of the family and the personal lives of your followers.
Sheila presents an inspiring, refreshing and uplifting approach to effective 21st Century leadership. Her messages are timely, relevant, and fresh ... grounded in the current realities ... real-world material for real-world results. Because she understands the complex issues of leading and operating a profitable business, she'll give you immediately usable ideas, solutions, and strategies.
Topic: Change
"Love it or hate it, constant change is here to stay. My message expands people's comfort levels. It increases both their competence and confidence to live and work successfully in our world, which is changing more rapidly than ever before. I help them keep a sense of humor and balance while gaining more control in any change process. They take away common sense ideas, actions and coping strategies that decrease their stress, increase their productivity and make life more enjoyable. They can apply these concepts to their business and personal life."
– Dr. Sheila Murray Bethel
"How to Accept, Handle and Thrive
on Change"
Sheila will cover a blend of these major points depending on your situation, needs and event time frames:
- Define the new normal, and how to use it on your journey to a better future, both as individuals and as an organization.
- Release your creative enzymes as you identify the three natural stages of any change and how to shape them into strategies that work to your advantage.
- Examine the insights of why we resist change, and learn to use them to let go of the barriers that block your progress.
- Understand the encouraging evidence of "how and why" you are already good at change and apply this new insight to relieve uncertainty and move forward.
- Gain more comfort and control in any process with Sheila's checklist of "change coping strategies."
- Sharpen your flexibility by better understanding the link between risk taking and change so you can more easily adapt and adjust to any situation.
- Improve your perspective, happiness, and sense of wellbeing with "Dr. Sheila's prescription for healthy productive change."
- Reinforce your commitment to build a successful career and design a significant life by using change as a force for good.
- Leave with a spirit of indispensable hope about accepting, handling, and thriving with change.
Sheila's background in the behavioral sciences, her in-depth business experience gained from a global client list, and her personal life filled with extraordinary change all give her the ability to deliver insightful and sensitive common sense how-tos, designed to help you accept, handle, and thrive on change. Her message leaves you hopeful, energized, inspired, and excited about your future.
