Dr. Rick Brinkman

Communication topics for leadership, workplace safety, meeting management, customer service, teamwork and dealing with difficult people.

If you are looking for a fun, entertaining, polished, professional speaker with solid content, look no further! Best-selling author, Dr. Brinkman has delivered thousands of keynotes and trainings for all types of audiences, educational levels and industries.

Dr. Brinkman's energetic, larger than life presentations are perfect for any organization, association, conference or event. He has spoken for groups as intimate as 25 CEO's on a sunset cruise to as large as 8,000 conference attendees. Programs are customized for each group and meeting theme. His topics are universal and his humor is loved by everyone.

Sample Titles/topics.

• Dealing With People You Can't Stand: Conscious Communication to Bring Out the Best in People at Their Worst
• Love Thy Customer: Conscious Communication for Customer Service
• Safety First! Conscious Communication to Inspire Safety
• Dealing with Meetings You Can't Stand: How to Meet Less and Do More
• Leadership in Action: Conscious Communication for Empowering Others
• The Conscious Organization: Bringing Conscious Communication to the Enterprise
• Meeting Magic for Safety Professionals
• Service Leadership: Conscious Communication for Inspiring and Delivering Great Service
• Conscious Communication Secrets: How to Be More Persuasive, Influential, and Effective with People
• Life By Design: Mastering Priorities through Conscious Organization

Dr. Rick Brinkman is best known for his Conscious Communication expertise conveyed to millions of people via keynotes and trainings, radio, television, print interviews, and numerous award-winning books, videos and audio programs. Dr. Brinkman has been touring nationally and internationally since 1980 sharing his human behavior insights and practical communication strategies in his trademark entertaining and educational style.

After graduating with a Bachelors of Science degree from State University of New York at Oneonta, he earned his Doctorate in Naturopathic Medicine from National College of Naturopathic Medicine, Portland, OR. Following his residency in obstetrics and psychology, he opened a practice specializing in mind / body medicine. His success with his patients led him to further study communication and how it can profoundly affect one's quality of life. During this time, he earned his certification as a Master NLP Practitioner, and became a trainer and professional speaker in association with the Tom Peters Group and other companies.

In 1994 he co-authored the international bestselling book, Dealing With People You Can't Stand: How to Bring Out the Best in People at Their Worst, published by McGraw-Hill. It has been translated into 25 languages is in it's 3rd edtion. In 1998 he co-authored the McGraw-Hill book, Life by Design, Bringing Out the Best in Yourself, which is available in three languages. In 2002 McGraw-Hill released his third book, Dealing With Relatives: Bringing Out the Best in Family at Their Worst (Brinkman & Kirschner) which is now available as an ebook. Love Thy Customer was published by McGraw Hill in 2006. McGraw Hill will be publishing his next book in May 2017, Dealing with Meeting You Can't Stand, How to Meet Less and Do More. In addition he is the author of numerous audio and video training programs on communication, customer service and life management.

Dr. Brinkman has received numerous awards including Funniest Speaker of the Year by the Sales Forum and the Institute for Management Studies Distinguished Faculty award. His audio tape "Dealing with Difficult People" is on Columbia House's all time top ten best seller list. In 1988 he was one of only 15 people selected by the Tom Peters Group to present the In Search of Excellence and Thriving on Chaos programs. He is a regularly featured speaker for Young President's Organization, and many associations and corporations.

Dr. Brinkman's clients include: Xerox, LucasFilm, Hewlett-Packard, Boeing, Adobe, Texaco, Tektronix, Hyatt Hotels, Westinghouse, Kawasaki, AETNA, Intel, Pacific Bell, Quaker Oats, Huber, Hunt, & Nicoles, Korn-Ferry, IBM, Price-Waterhouse, Royal Bank of Canada, AT&T, YPO (Young Presidents Organization), Bayer, Con Edison, Federal Reserve Bank, and many more.