Speaking Topic Details

Introduction

It’s a leading news story everywhere we turn: Bullying. In the classroom, the workplace, the home, on the road and more: People everywhere are concerned about the sheer volume of disrespect, abuse of power, and lack of civility in our society.  A bully is: a person who is habitually cruel, intimidating, or overbearing, especially to smaller people or those with less agency and authority. A definition of all forms of abuse includes any act in which perceived weakness is exploited. The problem is not only that abuse of power as bullying is so prevalent; it is that many don’t always recognize the many forms it takes, or more importantly, the harmful systems in place that lead to and support bullying. Exploitation of weakness is easily recognized when one person taunts and torments another with verbal or physical threats. Bullying can be subtle and socially supported as when adults overpower children, or through many politically correct uses of arrogance, guilt tactics, weakness, shaming, and comparison, pressure, manipulation, coercion or intimidation. People at any age can abuse power. A 7-year girl admits with a smile, “I get my dad to yell and go out of control by crying really hard and running to my mom.”  For each bullying tactic we know, there are many that go unrecognized and therefore unresolved.

Areas Covered

• Apathy, Shame and Punishment Modeling
• The Lack of Understanding, Celebrating and Guiding Power
• Shifting Power-Over and Power-Under to Power-Within
• The Difference Between Pleasure vs. Joy from Love
• Social Interest and Understanding Consequences

Why Should You Attend?

You should attend this presentation because helping people claim their power, manage and guide it well, and then celebrate the value of it in making contributions and providing support, is one of the most fulfilling tasks in which you can engage. Everyone grows and benefits.

By attending this presentation, you become aware of past models used to control people and how widely these have been wielded for centuries, despite being counter-productive, and costing untold stress and suffering. You learn what to replace them with so that people are redirected and transformed because new ways are understood and applied. This topic helps participants recognize the main causes and solutions for restoring power to each person that serves the most important needs of all.

Who Will Benefit?

This topic most benefits:

• Anyone committed to acquire new approaches to the use of power, and with the result to be people who function in service to one another, support each other and build equity between each other for win/win outcomes for all involved.
• Anyone who is experiencing abuses of power in the form of harassment, coercion, intimidation, shaming, and domination, in their organization and wishes for sound alternative and proven solutions rather than resignation in the face of it.
• Anyone who values the development of personal responsibility, critical thinking, and continuous improvement and wants to support people in adopting these until they become self-reliant, self-managing and fully engaged in their life and work.
• Anyone committed to create healthy relationships and greater success in life and work by addressing the social and emotional aspects of living in order to be exceptional.
• Anyone ready to adopt new thinking and behaving proven to dissolve barriers and create unprecedented collaboration, unity, and love.
• Those who want a common language, concepts and tools for creating responsibility, trust and teamwork.
• Those who want to build healthy interpersonal skills so discouragement, struggles, and stress are greatly reduced.
• VP and C-Suite Executives, Directors (in, but not limited to, Operations, HR, DEI, Technology, Agile or Digital Transformation)
• Leaders in Corporate, Education, Government, Non-Profit, Society, etc. – where development of people is priority)
• Supervisors, Managers and Team Leads
• Mental Health and Wellness Practitioners
• Those Involved in Mergers and Acquisitions