MOTIVATIONAL SPEAKING

• Keynote Speaking

Why Hire a Motivational Speaker?
Motivation is the engine that drives organizational performance. Research shows that if you boost employee morale, company profits will follow. What can you do to energize your team? Bring in a first rate motivational speaker!

Why Mary B. Lucas?
With 25 years of experience in “The People Business,”  -- also known as the executive staffing and recruitment industry – Mary Bichelmeyer Lucas has a long list of accomplishments, accreditations and accolades to her credit.  She has successfully coached many professionals to reach goals, enhance working relationships, and improve team performance. 

Most recently she founded MBL Consulting and authored Lunchmeat & Life Lessons:  Sharing a Butcher's Wisdom, which made its debut in December 2006 and is already in its third printing.  In her book, Mary shares how she climbed the corporate ladder and succeeded in the people business by following her father’s good old-fashioned common sense advice. 

During Mary’s motivational speech you will learn how John Bichelmeyer’s strong business mind and outstanding compassionate people skills inspired Mary throughout her career and helped her to become a top senior executive in the billion dollar staffing industry.  The “Lunchmeat & Life Lessons Learning Series” is full of many tasty morsels of knowledge dished up and served on a platter with a dose of humor. Here are a few samples for you to nibble on:

“Remember the comeback sauce!”
“See the best in people-find the like.”
“Don’t act like it’s your due-take every chance to say thank you.”
“Inspire yourself.”

Mary is a frequent speaker for a variety of professional groups around the country. Below some comments on the inspiration and impact of Mary’s presentation on their own lives.

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“Most of us have read a really great book and when the movie came out we were disappointed because it wasn’t anything like the book.  Not this time, the show was just as good. I am changed for the better because I was able to attend.  One of the measures of success in your life is the people you meet and the books you have read. This was like a ‘two-for-one sale’ for me. Just a word of advice: this book reads like a two-hour conversation and the ending is there before you realize it.  Oh yeah, put a box of tissue next to you because unless you are devoid of emotion you’re going to need it. "

Jerry Ratway
Greater Kansas City Home Builders Association

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“I have attended many seminars but this one would have to rank in my Top 5 list.  Mary was sensational and really spoke to me.  What talent and enthusiasm for life!  We will all be watching to see her career take flight!  Thanks!”

Kathy Hays
The Institute for Transfusion Medicine

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“Your presentation yesterday resonated within me in so many different ways. Every once in a while you meet someone, or run into an idea that very gently reminds you of what you're all about.  That is what you did for me.  I walked into work this morning with renewed purpose and focus, and a renewed commitment to bring more love to the workplace."

Andrew Coutermarsh
Prime Resources Corporation

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For additional information on the “Lunchmeat & Life Lessons Learning Series,” including Mary’s keynote speech, please click here.

Why Barbara Bichelmeyer, PhD.?

Barbara Bichelmeyer, PhD has more than 20 years experience as a human resources consultant and training professional supporting individuals and organizations with the development of team skills, management skills, and customer service orientation. A respected speaker, Barbara is known for her ability to inform and inspire by blending practical experience with research findings from a wide variety of organizations in corporate, non-profit, government and military settings.

As Associate Professor of Instructional Systems Technology at Indiana University, Barbara has made keynote presentations to groups including the 2005 Organization of Regulatory Administrators for Continuing Legal Education, the 2004 Conference of HRD Professionals in Sonora, Mexico, and the 2005 Visiting Lecture Series at Middle Eastern Technical University in Ankara, Turkey.

Speech Topics

• Facilitative Leadership: Bringing out the Best in Others
• Team Development: Working with Others and Enjoying Yourself
• Meeting Management: The Key to Team Success or Failure
• Improving Human Performance: Managing with People in Mind
• Building a Learning Organization: Helping Employees Help Themselves
• Training Systems for High Performance: What Every HRD Professional Should Know

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