Rick Kirschner is a speaker who unlocks creativity, enhances communication and increases commitment. He creates his presentations using a broad palette of attitudes, behaviors and skills that anyone can learn and employ. Kirschner engages his audience with humor and spontaneity. He adds a defining layer that leverages any prior investment in training. In conference openers for association events, in seminars and training for Fortune 1000 companies, as a faculty member for the Institute for Management Studies and at executive retreats (in many venues); Rick helps his audience find the personal motivation for doing the important work of creating today for a better tomorrow. Kirschner has earned a reputation for excellence over a speaking career that spans 23 years and he has the goodwill and trust of people in industry, education, healthcare and government. He is a best-selling author and renowned presenter whose timeless topics and energetic delivery have touched the lives of people and improved organizational performance the world over. Not wooden or canned, Rick's good-natured speeches and training programs bring out the best in people. He has authored and coauthored of 7 tape programs, an interactive CD-Rom and 4 books, including the international bestseller, "Dealing With People You Can't Stand" and "Life By Design." Rick Kirschner is on the faculty of the Institute for Management Studies and is a sought-after resource on conflict, the changing workplace and life quality issues by such publications as the Wall Street Journal, Executive Excellence, Readers Digest and Success Magazine, as well as NPR, CNBC, Associated Press, USA Today, Reuters, CBC Canada, WGN Chicago and in online forums for Industry Week and Talk City. Titles A Personal Plan To Bring Out The Best In Yourself Hidden Secrets To Expand The Range Of Your Effectiveness How To Bring Out The Best in People...Even At Their Worst Living Your Life By Design Thriving In Turbulent Times Building A Culture Of Creativity And Involvement Service Secrets For Going Beyond The Expected The Art Of Change Topics Change, Customer Service, Leadership, Creativity Click topic above to see more speakers on that topic Speaker's Asking Fee Range $5,000 - $7,499 Click on fee range to see more speakers. This is the starting keynote fee range - other programs may be higher. State OR Click on state above to see more speakers from that state. Fees The fee range quoted means the speaker's fee starts somewhere within that range. Note that speaker's fees are subject to change and some speakers may have special fee quotes.