Bruce Wilkinson, CSP is a leadership/communication specialist, professional keynote speaker, workplace trainer and author who reinforces personalized messages with humor, passion, enthusiasm and authenticity.

His mission is to help organizations translate their culture into a workplace climate that inspires excellence and accountability. Bruce has degrees in both Safety Engineering and Occupational Safety and Health. He was a two-term elected member of the Board of Directors of the National Speakers Association and is one of fewer than 800 people worldwide to earn the prestigious Certified Speaking Professional (CSP) designation.

He recently retired after twenty-two years of service as a post certified reserve police officer with the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office (New Orleans), where he worked in patrol, emergency rescue and as a member on the police academy staff. Besides his personalized keynotes, he has developed and presented programs on effective leadership, teams, communication, branding, workplace culture/climate, change, work/life balance, managing and motivating employee behavior, humor at work, customer service, sales motivation, safety leadership and personal responsibility.

• One Voice Leadership: The Key to Personal and Organizational Success™ - The workplace of today is more diverse and multi-generational than ever before. Additionally, where a person is born, who raised them, who didn't raise them, as well as what they had or didn't have can make a difference in an adult employee's thinking and thought processes. This reality can make it difficult to motivate everyone to meet the challenges of today's corporate, government and educational institution's mission, vision and core values in order to reach their optimum outcomes? The key to meet this challenge is to create both a culture and matching employee climate that inspires a philosophy of One Voice Leadership so that everyone is educated, motivated and inspired to lead each other in achieving both personal and organizational success.
  
  
• Developing a Culture of Leadership, Communication, Pride, Trust, Teamwork and Personal Responsibility™ - The workplace is constantly changing and many organizations are rethinking the way they manage, motivate and lead their employees. Additionally, today's leaders are faced with increased challenges to create a workplace environment that is more cooperative, friendly, ethical and team oriented. In this informative and fun-filled program, our presenter will demonstrate some unique ways to create a more enjoyable workplace by managing and/or leading by example, through trust, ethics, recognition, integrity, respect, communication, teamwork, employee dignity, empowerment and having a sense of humor.
  
  
• Developing and Implementing Both a Culture and Climate of Personal Responsibility™ - Staff shortages, customer expectations, employment issues, workplace threats, technology challenges, regulatory compliance and multi-generation employee conflicts can take their toll on a sometimes overworked workforce. As a result, any organizations have decided to implement a positive and consistent workplace culture through their mission, vision, values, goals and strategic objectives. Unfortunately, the reality is that organizational culture doesn't always translate into a matching employee climate at the first line supervisor and employee level. In this highly engaging, informative and fun-filled session, Bruce S. Wilkinson, CSP will demonstrate effective techniques and implementation strategies for how to both develop and implement a first line leadership and employee accountability climate of trust, respect, integrity, teamwork, communication, inclusiveness, customer service, championing change and personal responsibility.
  
  
• Going for the Gold in People, Service, Quality and Performance™ - There is a Nike commercial that goes like this: "True competitors know that they do not win the SILVER - they lose the GOLD!" It's true! I'll bet you have never seen a cheerleader at a sporting event put two fingers in the air and yell "We're number two! We're number two!" It never happens. This will be an enthusiastic, informative and fun-filled program that will demonstrate some unique and effective ways to motivate both designated leaders and other employees to constantly "Go For The Gold" so that both internal (the workplace) and external customers receive the type of service, quality and performance that they so rightly deserve.
  
  
• Each One Leads One: The Key to Long-Term Leadership and Team Success™ - It's true! Some employees will constantly watch their successful co-workers so that they can see what it takes to get ahead and become more valuable to the organization as well. It is also true that some employees will watch the short-cuts and rule violations that their co-workers get a way with so that they can do it too. That is why employees lead other employees whether they mean to or not. This will be an enthusiastic, informative and fun-filled program that will demonstrate some unique and effective ways for leaders to get employees to demonstrate the type of positive attitude and behavior that results in both effective and successful teamwork by all members - not just a few.