If one or more of the above are your needs, Dr. AZ is your guy. He is committed to providing:
He understands that tapping into our limitless individual and collective potential, becoming world-class in what we do, and unchaining our greatness in our own unique ways is a protracted and twisted journey, which needs constant motivation, encouragement, stretching. We all need inspiration on a consistent basis to continue to:
His presentations are filled with:
They are designed to bring change in four major development areas:
Once you identify the development area and choose the topic for your next event, we will work with you to customize each presentation to:
Below are some readily available presentations under each development area.
Dr. AZ provides organizational development presentations that inspire, challenge, inform, and equip:
The organizational development presentations focus on three major aspects of your organization:
Below are just a few readily available topics that may interest you. By the way, they aren’t the final products. We will work with you to customize each by working with you closely.
1.1. Overcoming 1st Timer Syndrome: How to make a smooth transition and excel at your 1st-time leadership role
Based on his recently published book ‘Overcoming 1st Timer Syndrome’, Dr. AZ shares some latest insights, practical approaches, strategies, and tactics to empower new supervisors, managers, and executives to make a smooth transition and excel at their new leadership role. In this presentation, he talks about 1st timer syndrome and why it occurs; how to overcome it quickly; the mindset, skill-set, and character-set first-timers should develop immediately. AZ also suggests how senior leaders and HR departments should support 1st timers in their organizations to make a smooth transition and excel in their first-time leadership roles by going beyond the conventional onboarding process.
At the end of the presentation, participants will:
Click here to watch a short video clip that shares 3 tips on how to reform your onboarding process to equip your new leaders to overcome 1st timer syndrome.
1.2. Effective performance-driven feedback: How to provide consistent and constructive feedback to deliver results quickly
In this presentation based on his recently published book, ‘Overcoming 1st Timer Syndrome’, Dr. AZ equips new supervisors, managers, and executives to deliver quick results and overcome first-timer syndrome by providing effective performance-driven feedback right out of the gate than waiting for the end of the year performance appraisal. He will share the three types of feedback; where they are relevant to use; how to give effective feedback that delivers results; and how to create a pro feedback culture.
At the end of the presentation, participants will:
Click here to watch a short video clip that suggests 3 things you can do to create a pro feedback culture to enjoy continuous performance improvement.
1.3. Take advantage of setting and clarifying expectations immediately: Setting the right tone with your new team by sharing your leadership philosophy
Based on his recently published book, ‘Overcoming 1st Timer Syndrome’, Dr. AZ talks about the importance of setting and clarifying expectations with key stakeholders from the get-go to start one’s new leadership role with the right foot. He explains the need for newly promoted leaders to set the tone and in turn set themselves, their teams, and the organization up for success from the start. AZ shows how to use one’s leadership philosophy to set and clarify expectations from the get-go. AZ also shares the most important elements of leadership philosophy (using his own leadership philosophy as an example), how to communicate, and follow through one’s leadership philosophy to become predictable, consistent, authentic, and credible right out of the gate.
At the end of the presentation, participants will:
1.4. Transform your culture, transform your organization: How to create, nurture, and leverage a unique and robust culture for a competitive edge
By tapping into the research he has done and the experience he developed over the years by helping diverse organizations transform their cultures, Dr. AZ inspires, informs, and empowers your people to create, nurture, and leverage a unique and robust culture to remain competitive. He explains the power of corporate culture, the benefits of having a unique and robust culture, how to create, sustain, and ultimately leverage your corporate culture to succeed and thrive in this highly competitive century, and how to align key stakeholders, products, and services of your organization alongside the shared values.
At the end of this presentation, participants will:
Click here to watch a short clip that explains how we can help you transform your organization by transforming your culture.
1.5. Creating an inclusive workplace that wins: How to build a truly inclusive organization (team) to tap into the full potential of your diverse workforce
As a person who lived in two different cultures and a learning professional who has been empowering organizations for years to embrace diversity and create inclusive workplaces, in this presentation, Dr. AZ inspires your people to embrace diversity, and create a truly inclusive workplace. He shows them the difference between just bringing diverse people to the table, and achieving inclusion by mixing the diverse people at the table well. AZ also increases your people’s cultural intelligence, helps them uncover their unconscious biases, reduces culture shocks when they communicate with people from different cultures, avoids committing deadly cultural sins when crossing cultures for the first time, and more. He also empowers your people to improve their cross-cultural communication competencies, and in turn, get along with their diverse peers, supervisors, and clients better.
At the end of the presentation, participants will:
1.6. Benefiting from project management principles that worked for megaprojects: Turning everything into a project to enjoy extraordinary productivity and remarkable results
As a certified Project Management Professional (PMP) and trainer who has been empowering project managers by providing public seminars and onsite workshops for years, Dr. AZ shows your people how most projects fail because of failure in project management than any other single factor. He then inspires your key stakeholders who sponsor, manage, and support your projects to apply those project management principles that worked for successful mega projects to enjoy remarkable results. AZ empowers your people to turn all ongoing operations into projects (mini-projects) and follow the most important principles of project management throughout the lifecycle of your large and small projects alike to achieve your goals, maximize resources, and meet (even exceed) the expectations of key stakeholders.
At the end of the presentation, participants will:
1.7. Balancing tactical with strategic thinking for sustainable success: Going beyond focusing only on the immediate to embracing the big picture to remain effective in the long term
In this presentation, as a learning professional who has been facilitating strategic planning sessions and someone who has been empowering supervisors, managers, and executives to develop strategic thinking, Dr. AZ shows the danger of just focusing on the immediate and becoming solely tactical to survive, compete, and stay alive by meeting immediate needs and addressing urgent matters and crises in the now. He inspires participants to employ strategic thinking in everything they do to add value toward the big picture and greater good, and long-term goals. He empowers your people to keep the balance to be successful both in the short and long term.
At the end of the presentation, participants will:
1.8. Managing priority and time for souring productivity: Transcending conventional time management approaches to deliver extraordinary results on a consistent basis
From his years of experience facilitating time management workshops, Dr. AZ shares how highly performing organizations go beyond the conventional time management approach to managing their scarcest resource to drive productivity. He shows the impacts of mismanaging priorities and how that leads to an unproductive workforce, missed deadlines, wasted resources, poor quality products and services, damaged relationships, multiple crises, and more. Dr. AZ also inspires participants to create a culture that honors time to meet both long- and short-term goals, maximize the use of resources, leverage talents, achieve more for less, and remain competitive by delivering extraordinary results on a consistent basis, and more.
At the end of the presentation, participants will:
• Excel in prioritizing where they will focus on the tasks with the greatest impact on them and their organization
• Learn how to set long and short-term goals, strategizing, prioritizing, scheduling, and protecting our scarcest resources Prioritize each day’s activities in a more efficient and productive manner
• Control their workload rather than spend each day in a frenzy of activity reacting to crisis after crisis
• Handle distractions and time-wasters better
• Manage stress, and improve work-life balance
• Begin practicing effective delegation to free some time from their schedule to do other top priorities
• Develop high-performance habits and rituals to manage important tasks effortlessly
We provide leadership development presentations that motivate, stretch, and empower:
Our organizational development presentations focus on three major leadership development areas:
The available topics below may interest you. Of course, we’ll work with you to customize each by working with you closely.
2.1. Becoming world-class leader of the 21st Century: Developing the key traits to lead your organization (team, community) to tap into the opportunities the century offers and overcome the challenges it poses
In this presentation based on an upcoming book in 2022 on the same theme, Dr. AZ inspires, inform, challenge, and equip your leaders to aspire to become world-class in what they do by developing certain leadership traits necessary in the new era. He also empowers your leaders to go beyond the 20th century mindset, develop competencies, personality, and character necessary to become world-class leaders of the 21st century.
At the end of the presentation, participants will:
2.2. Grow holistically and take your organization to the next height: Creating a holistic leadership development program to raise world-class leaders who are ready for the next level
As an international leadership expert for over a decade, who designs and delivers leadership development programs for some government agencies, corporations, and community organizations, Dr. AZ will equip your leaders to recognize the kind of leadership development programs they need to design if their desire is to raise world-class leaders.
At the end of the program, participants will:
2.3. Turn conflicts into opportunities: How to excel in dealing with conflicts and negotiating to achieve win-win deals
In this presentation, based on his book ‘Soft Skills That Make or Break Your Success’, Dr. AZ empowers your leaders to develop the right mindset and the necessary competencies to turn conflicts into opportunities. He inspires them to refrain from fearing nor hiding from conflicts, but rather turn conflicts into opportunities. AZ also equips participants to excel in negotiating to address those issues that require giving and taking to reach win-win deals.
At the end of the presentation, participants will:
2.4. Manage Change and Crisis Smoothly and Smartly: Developing the right mindset and putting in place robust systems and approaches to thrive amid change and crisis
In this presentation, based on an upcoming book in 2022 and his experience facilitating workshops for his clients for years, Dr. AZ empowers your leaders to excel in initiating, implementing and sustaining change both in times of peace and crisis. He also equips them to be quick and agile to respond to constant changes in technologies, systems, laws and regulations, and the needs and priorities of their people and customers.
At the end of the program, participants will:
2.5. Take your emotional fitness to the next level: How to improve your well-being and those you lead, and the success of the organization by developing emotional resilience
In this presentation, based on his book ‘Soft Skills That Make or Break Your Success’ and his work as a certified emotional intelligence expert, Dr. AZ motivates and equips to manage one’s and the emotions of others to improve relationships, resilience, and ultimately advance the mission of the organization. He also empowers them to constantly upgrade their emotional fitness to succeed at the level of leadership they are in, the challenges they are facing, and the complexity of relationships involved.
At the end of the program, participants will:
2.6. 360˚ Communication: Developing all-around communication competencies for a healthy workplace and increased productivity
In this presentation, based on his book ‘Soft Skills That Makes or Breaks Your Success’, Dr. AZ emphasizes the critical role communication plays and the importance of becoming effective communicators at multiple levels in order to excel in 360 all-around communication both in-person and virtually. He also equips participants to overcome misunderstandings, miscommunications, and communication breakdowns, and take their communication competency to the next height.
Participants will learn:
Our personal development presentations inspire, encourage, challenge, and empower individuals:
They focus on 3 major personal development stages:
Our presentations are also:
3.1. The highest level of greatness: Purpose-oriented, Vision-centered, and Values-driven greatness
Based on his book ‘The Highest Level of Greatness’, in this presentation, Dr. Az inspires individuals to aim for the highest level of greatness that transforms their life from underdog to great. He also offers them the opportunity to grade the different levels of greatness, choose the right one, and then equip themselves to discover their purpose, envision, and create their core values to attain the highest level of greatness. Dr. AZ will show examples for each level of greatness.
At the end of the presentation, participants will:
3.2. Unchain your greatness: Explore, Enact, Endure, and Emancipate your greatness to the fullest
This presentation is designed based on Dr. AZ’s book ‘Unchain Your Greatness‘. The presentation empowers participants to step into their birthright of greatness to unleash their greatness. pass through those common four stages successfully, and wherever you may be on the continuum of greatness, you will go to the next level once you pass through this program.
At the end of the presentation, participants will:
3.3. Rewire your brain, redefine your destiny: Transforming your life from underdog to topdog in the area of your passion by tapping into the latest discoveries in epigenetics and neuroplasticity
In this presentation based on an upcoming book in 2022 on the same theme, Dr. AZ inspires, informs, challenges, and empowers your people to tap into their full potential, and ultimately unchain their greatness. He reveals the four major barriers that keep many underdogs down and stay underdogs for the rest of their lives, and how to defeat these archenemies of underdogs by rewiring their brains. Dr. AZ provides very practical insights, approaches, strategies, and tactics to quickly transform one’s epigenetic profile and ultimately begin a new journey toward one’s glorious destiny transforming their life from underdog to topdog within a reasonable period of time.
At the end of this presentation, participants will:
3.4. Developing positive psychology for undeniable results: Developing an unshakable positive attitude that empowers you to unchain your greatness
In this presentation based on an upcoming book in 2022 on the same theme, Dr. AZ inspires, inform, challenge, and equip your people to experience true transformation by transforming their mindset. He shares the process by which one’s psychology was formed, and how to disrupt that if it is disempowering. Dr. AZ also shows participants how to develop positive psychology that delivers undeniable results.
At the end of the program, participants will:
3.5. From Self-awareness to Self-mastery: How to attain greatness in your own unique ways by developing personal mastery
In this presentation based on an upcoming book in 2022 on the same theme, Dr. AZ inspires, challenges, and equips your people to increase their self-awareness, manage what they become aware of, and strive to attain personal mastery. He shares the life cycle of personal mastery. Dr. AZ also provides practical insights, approaches, strategies, and tactics under the 3 stages of personal mastery, which in turn enable them to unchain their greatness.
At the end of the presentation, participants will:
Dr. AZ believes that, unlike in the past, spirituality shouldn’t be left only to religious institutions and spiritual teachers, gurus, and monks. He admires those organizations that have already recognized the significant place of spirituality in the 21st century and began inviting spiritual gurus from diverse religious backgrounds into their workplace to invest in the spiritual growth of their people. Dr. AZ wants you to join these smart organizations and be part of the new spiritual evolution humanity is passing through. Our spiritual development presentations aim at:
The presentations focus on 3 spiritual development stages:
4.1. Practicing mindfulness moment-by-moment: How to overcome stress and keep the work-life balance for soaring productivity and wellbeing
In this presentation, Dr. AZ talks about the importance of mindfulness in the workplace to manage emotions, overcome stress, and keep a work-life balance. He will share the latest insights, tools, and practices to develop mindfulness on a consistent basis. Dr. AZ empowers your people to develop spiritual resilience that enables them to perform at their best even if they pass through lots of stress and stormy situations while pursuing their passion to attain greatness in their own unique ways.
At the end of the presentation, participants will:
4.2. Embrace spirituality, take your leadership to the next level: Increasing your spiritual intelligence to take your organization to the next height
As the collective spirituality of humanity is increasing and many leaders of communities and organizations from diverse religious backgrounds have begun embracing spirituality and have seen significant changes and results. In this presentation, Dr. AZ inspires your leaders to embrace spirituality to take their leadership to the next height. He shares lessons from spiritual leaders that can be applied now to see significant and sustainable changes in your teams and organizations.
At the end of the presentation, participants will:
4.3. Manifest the dream: Practicing a combination of spiritual principles to translate your organization’s vision into reality
In this presentation based on an upcoming book, Dr. AZ reveals key spiritual principles- if used in combination, that can empower one to succeed in translating a dream into reality. He shares some insights and approaches that enable leaders to manifest the dreams of their team and organization within a relatively short period of time.
At the end of the presentation, participants will:
4.4. From awakening to evolving to unchain your greatness: How to recognize your spiritual inner self, restore yourself till you become your highest self
In this presentation, Dr. AZ inspires participants to recognize their spiritual innermost side and continually evolve to become their best version. He also shows how to awaken their spiritual identity, continually evolve, and ultimately attain spiritual mastery. Unchain your individual and corporate greatness
At the end of this presentation, participants will:
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