Larry Johnson

Biography

Larry Johnson is a speaker, author, and corporate culture expert, he is the coauthor of the highly acclaimed, top-selling book, Absolute Honesty: Building A Corporate Culture That Values Straight Talk And Rewards Integrity. Larry has written more than 60 articles, published in recognized business and association journals.

Larry speaks to audiences around the world on the topics of leadership, change, employee motivation, and building organizational openness and transparency. Larry was awarded the City of Phoenix Award of Excellence for designing and implementing that city`s team based quality improvement program. This program was featured in a PBS televised documentary by Tom Peters (co-author of In Search of Excellence).

Since 1986, Larry has presented to more than 2000 audiences in every state in the Union, as well as in the United Kingdom, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Indonesia and Australia. He has been invited to speak at eight International Customer Service Association Conferences and to nine annual Harley-Davidson Dealer Conferences. His clients include Westinghouse Electric, General Electric, Harley-Davidson Motor Company, Intel Corporation, Microchip, Southwest Airlines, American Express, McDonald`s Corporation, Federal Express, the U.S. Bureau of Land Management, the American Health Care Association, and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

Additionally, Larry has eight years of real life experience as a manager in private sector health care, three years as a manager in city government, and 20 years as president of his own consulting firm. All this gives Larry the respect and credibility audiences require. His down-to-earth, humor-packed delivery style seals the deal for them.

Larry received the designation of CSP, Certified Speaking Professional from the National Speakers Association in 1995. Currently, only ten percent of professional speakers hold this designation.

Finally, Larry is the proud dad of Generational Humorist and Expert, Meagan Johnson.

Publications

Absolute Honesty:
Building A Corporate Culture That Values Straight Talk And Rewards Integrity

Ethics has no enemies, or so we all like to think. Yet the corporate landscape has been an ethical battleground in recent years, with the corrupt behaviors of Enron, WorldCom, Tyco and others leading many to question whether "corporate integrity" is an oxymoron.

But for most companies, fortunately, the problem is not whether to practice truthfulness and accountability. It`s how to integrate such practices into the culture so that they are rewarded, self-perpetuating, and virtually automatic.

Titles

THRIVING IN TOUGH TIMES:
Building an organizational culture that will weather a tough economy.

ABSOLUTE HONESTY:
Building a team culture that values straight talk and rewards integrity

"There Is No They" Larry & CJ`s journey through health care:
Delivering Care from the Customer`s Perspective

I`M THEIR LEADER, SO WHERE`D THEY GO?
How to lead people to exceed their wildest expectations

DESTROY THE STATUS QUO:
How to lead change in a changing world

TGIM - THANK GOODNESS IT`S MONDAY:
A motivational keynote on how to make tough choices in life that lead to personal success

WINNING THE WORD-OF-MOUTH GAME:
How to retain and gain customers by delivering the very best

MANAGEMENT IS NOT A SPECTATOR SPORT:
Seventeen skills based modules that you can mix and match to create a comprehensive training program for your supervisors and managers

Project Management Made Easy:
Until now, the tools to manage projects were reserved for the likes of large construction efforts or national defense projects. Project Management Made Easy simplifies these tools and makes them available to anyone working on any kind of project in an easy-to-use format that`s guaranteed to make your projects more successful.

CONSTRUCTIVE CONFRONTATION:
In a fast-paced, competitive environment, decisions must be made accurately and quickly; there is little time for prolonged discussions, and even less time to correct the outcome of a poor decision.