Keynote Speaker: Kevin Freiberg

Kevin Freiberg

Kevin Freiberg
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Biography

Dr. Freiberg is one of the most influential voices on the speaking circuit today. He has made a career out of understanding the core values and unconventional strategies used by world-class leaders. His book NUTS! was hailed by the Financial Times as one of the top five global business books of the year. He has appeared on CNBC and the CBS Morning News for his views on the critical links between leadership, corporate culture and extraordinary business performance. His articles and interviews have been read in the Wall Street Journal, Business Week, and Investor’s Business Daily.

As the founder and CEO of the San Diego Consulting group, Inc. and its professional speaking firm, freibergs.com, Kevin helps business leaders translate the winning strategies from enduring great companies into their own models of success. He is widely acknowledged for his expertise in helping clients:
Build strong, purposeful cultures that attract top talent and loyal customers;
Develop gutsy leaders who excel at hiring, retaining and unleashing world-class talent; Re-recruit people and re-inspire the passion for increased performance and productivity; Increase customer loyalty by building customer-centric organizations;
Stand out among their competitors by “de-commoditizing” their businesses; Cut costs and find new revenue streams by creating an ownership mindset in everyone;
Stimulate innovation, reduce stress, and build employee loyalty by making work fun.

Executive Coach. Dr. Freiberg helps business leaders better understand the impact of their attitudes and behaviors on corporate culture and organizational performance. Since beginning his career in 1986, Kevin has challenged corporate leaders all over the world to create unmatched productivity, customer service, and profitability by becoming faithful, devoted, hardworking servants of the people they lead. Kevin has a global practice working with firms in Europe, Japan, India, Central and South America, as well as companies throughout the United States and Canada.

Dr. Freiberg has worked with some of the world’s most admired companies—companies on the forefront of a revolution driving the new economy. A partial list of the firm’s clients include: American Express, Bank of America, Caterpillar, Century 21, Coors Brewing Co, Cox Communications, Eli Lilly, Ernst & Young, FedEx, Federated Department Stores, General Electric, General Motors, Jack-in-the-Box, Major League Baseball, Merrill Lynch, Minolta, NCR Japan, Nestle, Otis Elevator, Southwest Airlines, Sprint, Staples, State Farm Insurance, Unisys, U.S. Marine Corps, and Universal Studios.

Professor. Before becoming a full-time speaker and consultant, Kevin taught for eight years in the Communication Studies department and Business School at the University of San Diego. He earned a masters degree in communication from San Diego State University and a doctorate in educational leadership from the University of San Diego.

Extremely Fortunate Husband and Father. The Freibergs live in San Diego where they sprint to keep up with three active children: Taylor-Grace, Aubrey Hope, and Dylan. These beautiful children are their reason for hope and their cause for celebration. Kevin and Jackie are determined to raise their son and two daughters in such a way that they won’t need to be fixed as adults. Kevin is an active supporter of Monarch High School, a first-of-its-kind high school for homeless children, where the Freiberg family has been involved for many years. Kevin and Jackie are working to help make this prototype school a model for other cities across the United States. Kevin is an avid mountain biker who loves to work out. His personal interests include snow skiing, water skiing, tennis, and a periodic mental lapse into sky-diving.

Publications

BOOM! is the result of studying many of the most innovative businesses, gutsy leaders, and liberated employees around. In BOOM the Freiberg's have distilled this collective wisdom into 7 essential choices that cause culture, service, success, and business to BOOM! SYNOPSIS You are DESIGNED to choose and DEFINED by your choices. In front of you are seven choices waiting to be made. Whether you are the leader or those being lead, these choices will determine the quality of your life and the significance of your contribution to the world in which you work. Will you become a person who is truly indispensable or one who is hardly missed-you choose…. Choice #1: Be a Player Choice #2: Be Accountable Choice #3: Choose Service Over Self-Interest Choice #4: Focus Forward Choice #5: Play to Your Genius Choice #6: Get It Done Choice #7: Risk More - Gain More These 7 choices are your wake-up call to freedom. BOOM is an invitation to create a community of like-minded people who-together-understand that an organization's success is a much the will of the people as it is the will of the CEO. Leadership is not an official title but a choice that anyone can make-a choice to serve, to take risks, assume responsibility and discover a life where passion, ownership and personal empowerment replace the “ho hum” of routine. BOOM is a must read for every individual who wants to make a difference and every leader who wants to change the culture DNA of an organization that is stuck in doing business as usual. The Freibergs are co-authors of the international business bestseller, NUTS! Southwest Airlines' Crazy Recipe for Business and Personal Success and its sequel, GUTS! Companies that Blow the Doors Off Business-as-Usual.

Titles

Boom!- 7 Choices for Blowing the Doors off Business-as-Usual

There is a revolution under way! It’s a revolution of people who refuse to be victims and choose to take charge of their lives at work. Those of us involved in this revolution are committed to playing at FULL THROTTLE! We are convinced that this is our moment—a moment when the world is ready to reach beyond the mediocrity of Dead People Working™ and blow the doors off business-as-usual.
This is the speech every leader wants to give, every organization needs to hear,
and every person wants to live!

If you and the people you lead want to be a force for positive change and do the things that will make you come alive at work, we invite you to join us for an inspiring, provocative and entertaining presentation

Got Guts? Go Nuts!
Building a culture that explodes with passion, productivity, and profit!

Discover how the world’s most admired companies turn passion and gutsy leadership into high levels of performance and profits. Tap into bold, unconventional strategies for unleashing talent, making work fun, and using the power of technology to deepen customer relationships. Companies from all over the world have invited Kevin to talk about Southwest Airlines’ unique culture, unconventional business strategy, and why FORTUNE magazine named it the best place to work in America. Discover the leadership principles and practices behind 29 consecutive years of profitability, the most productive workforce in the industry, and the best customer service ratings in the business! Find out how to build a dynamic work environment where people come alive with the entrepreneurial spirit! In this presentation Southwest Airlines is the dominant case study, but Kevin also uses stories from other greats such as Medtronic, USAA, Ritz-Carlton, Marriott, Deere & Co, and General Electric.

You’ll get rich examples, how-tos, and creative ideas that you can borrow from or replicate. You’ll see how to transform your organization into an incredibly fun place to work ~ a place where ordinary people are given the freedom to be true superstars who achieve extraordinary results!

Embrace change courageously ~ stop letting fear steal your dreams
Get smarter, better, faster through the power of connectivity
Hire people who don’t suck (the life out of your business)
Put employees first, customers second (happy employees = loyal customers)
Define the customer in terms of a learning relationship vs. a transaction
Pursue simplicity to increase speed, lower costs, improve service
Inspire people to assume ownership for the success of the business
Jettison tribalism and the CLASS mentality ~ increase seamless cooperation
Lighten up, loosen up and make work more fun

The Power of ONE:
Being a force for positive change!

This presentation is about the power of what can happen when one person decides to make a difference. It’s for INDIVIDUAL CONTRIBUTORS who are playing to win vs. playing not to lose. It’s for LEADERS who want to inspire the true experts in your organization—those closest to the point of action. The Power of One is about giving people a voice, showing them that their opinions count, encouraging them to take risks, and making them feel appreciated. It’s about individual contributors taking the mantle of responsibility and assuming ownership for the success of the business.

To astonish a customer, serve a colleague, resolve a conflict, improve a process, or find a new way to manage costs out of the business is to become a force for positive change. Find out what inspires ordinary people to step into the breach and achieve extraordinary results.

This message is both uplifting and hard-hitting. Kevin won’t let you off the hook. The fire in your belly will be ignited by the success stories of those who choose to make a difference. You’ll also be challenged to stop making excuses, look in the mirror, and exercise the POWER of ONE!

YOU are the architect of your life ~ make it count for something special
Your walk talks ~ live your values out loud
Be a player vs. a spectator ~ lead through vivid, living, personal example
Your attitude is your choice ~ stop making excuses
So you’re not the CEO ~ be a person who makes things happen anyway
Risk more, fail faster ~ make learning a way of life
Look for the voids ~ find new ways to add value
Choose service over self-interest ~ win the customer’s experience
Define your business as a cause ~ find the passion and heroism in your work

BOOM!
7 Choices for Blowing the Doors off Business-as-Usual
There is a revolution under way! It’s a revolution of people who refuse to be victims and chooses to take charge of their lives at work to blow the doors off business-as-usual. Those of us involved in this revolution are convinced that this is our moment—a moment when the world is ready to reach beyond the mediocrity of Dead People Working™!

If you want to be a force for positive change and do the things that will make you come alive at work, we invite you to join us for an inspiring, provocative and entertaining presentation!

IF YOU LEFT YOUR COMPANY TODAY WOULD YOU BE MISSED?
Are you the kind of person others can’t live with out?

Dr. Freiberg will help you discover the choices for creating a culture of commitment in a world where accountability wins. These choices will determine whether you become a person of influence who is truly indispensable or one who is hardly missed. Bottom line: a great culture is about great people throughout an organization who are inspired and absolutely convinced that the success of an organization is the will of the people as much as it is the will of the CEO. Everyone can, and should, make a difference within an organization.

YOUR LIFE BELONGS TO YOU AND YOU ALONE!
How you live your life at work is your choice.

When you make the right choices you will live with fewer regrets, radically improve the significance of your contribution at work and seize the opportunity to create an organization that can move mountains!

Dr. Freiberg is on a mission to create cultures where impassioned people wake up everyday and come to work fully-engaged knowing they’re going to be part of something special. Places where people—unbridled by antiquated rules, political games, bureaucratic speed bumps and victimization—have the freedom to make a difference and radically differentiate themselves from the competition.