Dennis Mannering
Dubbed the "Guru of Common Sense," Dennis Mannering is a motivational expert and author who is direct, dynamic, and believable. Complicated motivational theories come to life as he translates them into clear analogies that readers and audiences remember for a long time. Dennis is known for really getting to know his clients and moving people to action. A dynamo on and off stage, he has positively influenced the lives of thousands of people, in Fortune 500 companies to small businesses, through his simple, direct method of getting to the heart of quality living and working.
Dennis has published three books, Attitudes Are Contagious...Are Yours Worth Catching?, Everyday Heroes, and How Good Managers Become Great Leaders, a leadership manual. To date his book Attitudes Are Contagious, released in an updated edition in 2000, has sold over 90,000 copies. Dennis has experience in many fields including insurance, education, retailing, and food service. He currently serves as the president of Options Unlimited, Inc., a company he co-founded to provide ideas and solutions for individual and organizational success. Dennis also serves on numerous boards of directors, where his knowledge and expertise are sought out in corporate and volunteer organizations.
MOST REQUESTED TOPICS:
Attitudes Are Contagious. Are Yours Worth Catching?
(1-3 hrs) A high-energy keynote identifying five attitudes needed to live and work with greater satisfaction. From his book by the same title, this message is motivating and inspiring. This presentation has been used to set the tone for a high-energy conference or to re-energize corporate personnel suffering from low morale.
How to Sell Value and Develop Long-term Relationships
(4-6 hours) A modularized, high content sales training seminar covering the most critical elements to successful selling. No major "secrets" are revealed in this program. It's just down-to-earth, nitty-gritty, selling skills that GET THE JOB DONE! Rookies and veterans alike love the program and the re-energizing vitality of the presentation.
How Good Managers Become Great Leaders
(1-6 hrs) A keynote or seminar for all levels of management. Contrasts are made between how a leader leads and a manager manages. The group is challenged to think outside conventional thinking, and do what is most effective to build corporate morale and productivity.
Motivation is an Inside Job
Generating and Maintaining Peak Performance (Also can be called Personal and Professional Self-Management)
(1-6 hrs) A terrific opening or closing keynote calling for personal accountability for performance and success. Information includes how to live a balanced life through personal and professional goal setting. Anecdotes and plenty of humor spice up this presentation and make it entertaining as well as educational.
Building the Ultimate Customer Service Team
(2-3 hrs.) A challenging keynote or breakout designed to encourage the entire business team to take ownership for ultimate care and concern for the customer. Numerous ideas are shared on how to upgrade service within an organization. Participants are challenged to look within to determine how they can more effectively contribute to the team customer satisfaction effort.
Dubbed the "Guru of Common Sense," Dennis Mannering is a motivational expert and author who is direct, dynamic, and believable. Complicated motivational theories come to life as he translates them into clear analogies that readers and audiences remember for a long time. Dennis is known for really getting to know his clients and moving people to action. A dynamo on and off stage, he has positively influenced the lives of thousands of people, in Fortune 500 companies to small businesses, through his simple, direct method of getting to the heart of quality living and working.
Dennis has published three books, Attitudes Are Contagious...Are Yours Worth Catching?, Everyday Heroes, and How Good Managers Become Great Leaders, a leadership manual. To date his book Attitudes Are Contagious, released in an updated edition in 2000, has sold over 90,000 copies. Dennis has experience in many fields including insurance, education, retailing, and food service. He currently serves as the president of Options Unlimited, Inc., a company he co-founded to provide ideas and solutions for individual and organizational success. Dennis also serves on numerous boards of directors, where his knowledge and expertise are sought out in corporate and volunteer organizations.
MOST REQUESTED TOPICS:
Attitudes Are Contagious. Are Yours Worth Catching?
(1-3 hrs) A high-energy keynote identifying five attitudes needed to live and work with greater satisfaction. From his book by the same title, this message is motivating and inspiring. This presentation has been used to set the tone for a high-energy conference or to re-energize corporate personnel suffering from low morale.
How to Sell Value and Develop Long-term Relationships
(4-6 hours) A modularized, high content sales training seminar covering the most critical elements to successful selling. No major "secrets" are revealed in this program. It's just down-to-earth, nitty-gritty, selling skills that GET THE JOB DONE! Rookies and veterans alike love the program and the re-energizing vitality of the presentation.
How Good Managers Become Great Leaders
(1-6 hrs) A keynote or seminar for all levels of management. Contrasts are made between how a leader leads and a manager manages. The group is challenged to think outside conventional thinking, and do what is most effective to build corporate morale and productivity.
Motivation is an Inside Job
Generating and Maintaining Peak Performance (Also can be called Personal and Professional Self-Management)
(1-6 hrs) A terrific opening or closing keynote calling for personal accountability for performance and success. Information includes how to live a balanced life through personal and professional goal setting. Anecdotes and plenty of humor spice up this presentation and make it entertaining as well as educational.
Building the Ultimate Customer Service Team
(2-3 hrs.) A challenging keynote or breakout designed to encourage the entire business team to take ownership for ultimate care and concern for the customer. Numerous ideas are shared on how to upgrade service within an organization. Participants are challenged to look within to determine how they can more effectively contribute to the team customer satisfaction effort.
