Ray Snyder
CA, US
Offers expertise in leadership, teamwork, customer service, and empowerment
Ray Snyder utilizes 20 years of leadership experience as the foundation for all of his speaking, consulting, and training. Having worked extensively with the public sector, Ray fosters a "consultative" role in every presentation. People leave his presentations with specific ideas to use in their individual lives and careers. His speaking style is charged with humor and emotion that makes understanding his message easy. Ray's ten-year odyssey to develop and publish two volumes of children's stories on values and ethics has led him to an interesting perspective on leadership. "Parenting and leadership in today's organizations have much in common," says Ray. "Like parenting, being a leader in these times is an exciting and challenging journey with high risk and significant impact on everyone involved." Ray offers expertise in leadership, teamwork, empowerment, customer service, the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI), and visioning. Ray is considered an expert on the MBTI and has conducted thousands of these assessments throughout the United States. He delivers relevant and practical insight that encourages people to be more productive in their organizations and build more self-fulfilling lives. A strong proponent of values in vision and leadership, Ray helps people focus on their personal strengths and vision as they master new skills to bring to the workplace. MOST REQUESTED PROGRAMS: Working Families For generations, business people have studied and implemented "best practices" to become more efficient and effective. Performance Systems, Vision, Mission, Values, Discipline, Motivation, Goals, Roles, Team, and even personalities have become standard stock for successful organizations. Families deserve no less. Ray Snyder, author of Working Families, will walk you through the family application of business' "best practices." Applying goals to a department is very similar to goal setting for teenagers. Understanding personality, conflict, and negotiation styles in organizations is no different than what is expressed among spouses, parents, and children. These and many more proven OD strategies can be successfully applied in many different family systems to make life, balance, and accomplishment more fulfilling. The "So What" of Leadership Understanding the foundation of good leadership is only the beginning. Knowing what to do differently in the real world is critical to the transfer of skills from the classroom or workbook to the job. Ray's insightful "So What" implementation plan is sure to cause quick behavior change in the workplace. Providing Work Direction for all Development Levels; Delivering Positive and Corrective Feedback; Active Listening; Proactive Problem Solving; and Delegation Strategies are all individual components of a successful manager's "toolbox" on the job. Understanding what they are is only the first step. Doing them effectively is the "So What" of leadership. Performance Management and Hyper-Growth The success of business in today's economy has been astounding. Thousands of businesses have grown from "Mom and Pop" startups into thriving organizations with hundreds and thousands of employees. Many of these organizations have grown so rapidly that they are ready to "implode" because of a lack of systems and structure to manage their growth. How does a startup entrepreneurial company maintain its fast and furious pace while creating performance management systems without becoming slow, bureaucratic behemoths? Ray will share practical applications of complex systems that work well without slowing the company down. Compensation linked to performance, leadership, accountability, communication, and support systems are just a few of the myriad of tactics available to hyper-growth organizations. Teamwork Is Not Natural People are interviewed, hired, appraised, paid, rewarded, disciplined, transferred, promoted, fired, and retired based on their individual performance. Yet we get a group of people together and encourage them to work and play nicely together as a team. Many respond, "Bah, Humbug!!" There is NO pain, pleasure, reward, or punishment for working as a team. Teams actually DO work in organizations, but only when PROACTIVELY chartered and led. Throwing people together to work on a common job or project is not teamwork. It's much more intentional than simple proximity to one another. The strengths and weaknesses of a team can most often be traced all the way back to the team's original charter and the characteristics the individual team members bring to the group. Ray will not only tell you how to create more effective teams, but he will show you some of the pitfalls right in his sessions.
Ray Snyder utilizes 20 years of leadership experience as the foundation for all of his speaking, consulting, and training. Having worked extensively with the public sector, Ray fosters a "consultative" role in every presentation. People leave his presentations with specific ideas to use in their individual lives and careers. His speaking style is charged with humor and emotion that makes understanding his message easy. Ray's ten-year odyssey to develop and publish two volumes of children's stories on values and ethics has led him to an interesting perspective on leadership. "Parenting and leadership in today's organizations have much in common," says Ray. "Like parenting, being a leader in these times is an exciting and challenging journey with high risk and significant impact on everyone involved." Ray offers expertise in leadership, teamwork, empowerment, customer service, the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI), and visioning. Ray is considered an expert on the MBTI and has conducted thousands of these assessments throughout the United States. He delivers relevant and practical insight that encourages people to be more productive in their organizations and build more self-fulfilling lives. A strong proponent of values in vision and leadership, Ray helps people focus on their personal strengths and vision as they master new skills to bring to the workplace. MOST REQUESTED PROGRAMS: Working Families For generations, business people have studied and implemented "best practices" to become more efficient and effective. Performance Systems, Vision, Mission, Values, Discipline, Motivation, Goals, Roles, Team, and even personalities have become standard stock for successful organizations. Families deserve no less. Ray Snyder, author of Working Families, will walk you through the family application of business' "best practices." Applying goals to a department is very similar to goal setting for teenagers. Understanding personality, conflict, and negotiation styles in organizations is no different than what is expressed among spouses, parents, and children. These and many more proven OD strategies can be successfully applied in many different family systems to make life, balance, and accomplishment more fulfilling. The "So What" of Leadership Understanding the foundation of good leadership is only the beginning. Knowing what to do differently in the real world is critical to the transfer of skills from the classroom or workbook to the job. Ray's insightful "So What" implementation plan is sure to cause quick behavior change in the workplace. Providing Work Direction for all Development Levels; Delivering Positive and Corrective Feedback; Active Listening; Proactive Problem Solving; and Delegation Strategies are all individual components of a successful manager's "toolbox" on the job. Understanding what they are is only the first step. Doing them effectively is the "So What" of leadership. Performance Management and Hyper-Growth The success of business in today's economy has been astounding. Thousands of businesses have grown from "Mom and Pop" startups into thriving organizations with hundreds and thousands of employees. Many of these organizations have grown so rapidly that they are ready to "implode" because of a lack of systems and structure to manage their growth. How does a startup entrepreneurial company maintain its fast and furious pace while creating performance management systems without becoming slow, bureaucratic behemoths? Ray will share practical applications of complex systems that work well without slowing the company down. Compensation linked to performance, leadership, accountability, communication, and support systems are just a few of the myriad of tactics available to hyper-growth organizations. Teamwork Is Not Natural People are interviewed, hired, appraised, paid, rewarded, disciplined, transferred, promoted, fired, and retired based on their individual performance. Yet we get a group of people together and encourage them to work and play nicely together as a team. Many respond, "Bah, Humbug!!" There is NO pain, pleasure, reward, or punishment for working as a team. Teams actually DO work in organizations, but only when PROACTIVELY chartered and led. Throwing people together to work on a common job or project is not teamwork. It's much more intentional than simple proximity to one another. The strengths and weaknesses of a team can most often be traced all the way back to the team's original charter and the characteristics the individual team members bring to the group. Ray will not only tell you how to create more effective teams, but he will show you some of the pitfalls right in his sessions.
2010