Patrick Morley

Patrick Morley

US
One of America’s most respected authorities on leadership, leading change, sustaining change, and success.
Since the late 1980’s, Patrick Morley has been one of America’s most respected authorities on the unique challenges and opportunities that executives face. As a speaker, he addresses issues like leadership, leading change, sustaining change, and success.

Patrick has been the president or managing partner of 59 companies and partnerships, including serving as CEO for one of Florida’s 100 largest privately held companies during the 1980’s. Patrick currently leads as the CEO of an International leadership training organization for non-profits.

After spending the first part of his career in the highly competitive world of real estate development, Patrick has been used throughout the world to help people think more deeply about their lives.

Patrick Morley is also the author of 12 books, including the award-winning “The Man in the Mirror” with 3,000,000 copies in print. He has completed a Ph.D. in Leadership and Organizational Change and post graduate studies at Oxford University and Harvard Business School.

Patrick is a Veteran of the United States Army, 82nd Airborne Division. He and his wife Patsy have two grown children. He spends his free time racing a Porsche 911 with the Historic Sportscar Racing Series. 

MOST REQUESTED TOPICS:
Nine Essentials To Sustain Change
SUBJECTS: Change, Sustaining Change, Leading Change, and Implementation
Tired of new change programs and initiatives that fizzle out? A paltry one-third of change initiatives survive beyond initial implementation. Remarkably, a full two-thirds of new change programs fail outright. And this applies across all sectors, whether public, private, for profit, non-profit, business, government, education, or health care. This presentation, based on Morley’s Ph.D. dissertation, unveils a highly usable change model to help organizations sustain what they start. In lively fashion, Pat explains and illustrates proven success factors for each of nine implementation themes found in current management literature – leadership, vision, people, planning, resources, execution, communication, resistance, and sustainability. You will leave with a fresh perspective of how to sustain change, and an innovative model you can take back to your people.

Success That Matters
SUBJECTS: Success, Balanced Life, Contentment, Time Management
No one fails on purpose. No one woke up this morning and thought, “I wonder what I can do today to irritate my spouse, neglect my kids, and let my boss down.” Of course, failure means to not get what you want. But another way to define it would be to say: Failure means to succeed in a way that doesn’t really matter. In his inimitable style, Morley answers three questions: 1) What do people want? 2) What keeps them from getting what they want? And, 3) How can we find a success that really matters? First, all people want three things: 1) something they can give their lives to – a cause, 2) someone to share it with – relationships, and 3) a system that gives a reasonable explanation for why 1 and 2 are so difficult! Second, a lot of people get exactly what they want, only to find out that it doesn’t really satisfy them. “Success sickness” is the disease of always wanting more, but never being happy when we get it. Third, learn how to structure your life – and help your people structure their lives – for contentment, balance, and a success that really matters. You will leave with 10 practical ideas you can immediately act upon.

Developing New Leaders for Your Organization
SUBJECTS: Leadership, Leadership Development, Mentoring
Much has been said about the shortage of leaders, but what about the solution? With originality, Pat will show you creative ways to identify, recruit, train, encourage, and resource (“IRTER”) new leaders for your organization. For example, who are the unexpected leaders, and how can you find them? Learn how the 5 C’s can help you identify potential winners – charisma, chemistry, character, competence, and contribution (identify). How can you build an intergenerational leadership team, and why would you want to (recruit)? Find out how to use conversational leadership to create consensus, grow leaders, and build organization-wide commitment (train). Though we can’t make leaders, we can form structures that inspire those who have the internal motivation to lead (encourage). See how a model built out of railroad tracks can help give new leaders enough room to stretch their wings without taking you too far off track (resource). You will leave with five practical tools to develop new leaders.

Since the late 1980’s, Patrick Morley has been one of America’s most respected authorities on the unique challenges and opportunities that executives face. As a speaker, he addresses issues like leadership, leading change, sustaining change, and success.

Patrick has been the president or managing partner of 59 companies and partnerships, including serving as CEO for one of Florida’s 100 largest privately held companies during the 1980’s. Patrick currently leads as the CEO of an International leadership training organization for non-profits.

After spending the first part of his career in the highly competitive world of real estate development, Patrick has been used throughout the world to help people think more deeply about their lives.

Patrick Morley is also the author of 12 books, including the award-winning “The Man in the Mirror” with 3,000,000 copies in print. He has completed a Ph.D. in Leadership and Organizational Change and post graduate studies at Oxford University and Harvard Business School.

Patrick is a Veteran of the United States Army, 82nd Airborne Division. He and his wife Patsy have two grown children. He spends his free time racing a Porsche 911 with the Historic Sportscar Racing Series. 

MOST REQUESTED TOPICS:
Nine Essentials To Sustain Change
SUBJECTS: Change, Sustaining Change, Leading Change, and Implementation
Tired of new change programs and initiatives that fizzle out? A paltry one-third of change initiatives survive beyond initial implementation. Remarkably, a full two-thirds of new change programs fail outright. And this applies across all sectors, whether public, private, for profit, non-profit, business, government, education, or health care. This presentation, based on Morley’s Ph.D. dissertation, unveils a highly usable change model to help organizations sustain what they start. In lively fashion, Pat explains and illustrates proven success factors for each of nine implementation themes found in current management literature – leadership, vision, people, planning, resources, execution, communication, resistance, and sustainability. You will leave with a fresh perspective of how to sustain change, and an innovative model you can take back to your people.

Success That Matters
SUBJECTS: Success, Balanced Life, Contentment, Time Management
No one fails on purpose. No one woke up this morning and thought, “I wonder what I can do today to irritate my spouse, neglect my kids, and let my boss down.” Of course, failure means to not get what you want. But another way to define it would be to say: Failure means to succeed in a way that doesn’t really matter. In his inimitable style, Morley answers three questions: 1) What do people want? 2) What keeps them from getting what they want? And, 3) How can we find a success that really matters? First, all people want three things: 1) something they can give their lives to – a cause, 2) someone to share it with – relationships, and 3) a system that gives a reasonable explanation for why 1 and 2 are so difficult! Second, a lot of people get exactly what they want, only to find out that it doesn’t really satisfy them. “Success sickness” is the disease of always wanting more, but never being happy when we get it. Third, learn how to structure your life – and help your people structure their lives – for contentment, balance, and a success that really matters. You will leave with 10 practical ideas you can immediately act upon.

Developing New Leaders for Your Organization
SUBJECTS: Leadership, Leadership Development, Mentoring
Much has been said about the shortage of leaders, but what about the solution? With originality, Pat will show you creative ways to identify, recruit, train, encourage, and resource (“IRTER”) new leaders for your organization. For example, who are the unexpected leaders, and how can you find them? Learn how the 5 C’s can help you identify potential winners – charisma, chemistry, character, competence, and contribution (identify). How can you build an intergenerational leadership team, and why would you want to (recruit)? Find out how to use conversational leadership to create consensus, grow leaders, and build organization-wide commitment (train). Though we can’t make leaders, we can form structures that inspire those who have the internal motivation to lead (encourage). See how a model built out of railroad tracks can help give new leaders enough room to stretch their wings without taking you too far off track (resource). You will leave with five practical tools to develop new leaders.