Flying Fish Consulting Group

Biography

Imagine a workplace where everyone chooses to bring energy, passion and a positive attitude with them each day. An environment in which people are truly connected to their work, colleagues, and customers. Impossible? Not at all. Pike Place Fish owner John Yokoyama realized that long-term business success requires an environment where employees are involved in creating and fulfilling an inspiring vision. Through BizFutures Consulting Company, Pike Place Fish employees have succeeded in creating a unique team environment and now travel the country as the Flying Fish/BizFutures Consulting Team, inspiring other organizations to do the same. Flying Fish/BizFutures Presentations illustrate that a vision is not a tool to get somewhere but rather a natural phenomenon that shapes the company and it's future when each individual is committed to being the whole. BizFutures Consulting Company is a management-consulting firm that specializes in transformational consulting and operates from a powerful intention to show owners and managers how to produce creative organizations, i.e., organizations designed to release and fully utilize people's natural creativity. The consulting team has been featured in the award winning training videos, Fish and Fish sticks, which have become national bestsellers.

Titles

Loving What You Do – Doing What You Love Taking a look at the importance of having a powerful vision and what it takes to create a work environment that empowers people to be great at what they do – and love doing it. Creative Listening We've discovered that most people don't listen…and think they do. This topic explores the kind of awareness that's required to listen to people powerfully. TEAM BUILDING: FROM MANAGING TO COACHING In this topic we address the kind of creativity and productivity that's possible when managers transform themselves into coaches who are out to enhance their player's performance and build great teams. We show people how to get started being coaches. Beyond Customer Service – An Opportunity to Make a Difference Most organizations know that their relevance and indeed their very existence can depend on the quality of service they provide for their customers (both external and internal). In this topic we share what it takes to deliver service that actually impacts the quality of someone's life. A Game Worth Playing – Creating a Company People Love Working for What does it take to have people stay with your company? What does it take for them to decide your company is the place to be..the place they want to build their future? In this segment, we explore the possibility of creating a place for people to build their future. A TOPIC SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED FOR YOU You allow us to interview three or four appropriate people from your group to determine what topic would make the most difference for your organization, and we'll do that!