Friday, 16 December 2016

Motivation Can Help Build Team

The aim of a motivational speaker is to help you become a successful performer in life. In case, you are trying hard and still not succeeding you should make use of the motivational words being delivered and achieve the podium with all zeal and best of aspiration. The speaker will help you achieve the best of self-confidence as a member of the team and in the way you can go ahead in life without the hassles and the impediments. The speaker puts up with motivational presentations and they will arrange workshops for the audience to take part in the arrangement.

Acting as the Team Member

It is always important for you to consider yourself as a member of the team and not behave like an individual. The motivating speaker will teach you the essence of team building and he will arrange for activities for the group to develop the sense of togetherness. The speaker will help with motivational presentations and will and will also arrange workshops for the guest members of the group. It is a delight to watch people perform kin group exhibiting the sense of bonding and togetherness. Now, people are able to work in the group and work together. The group activities may be so simple and yet so diverse.

Once you listen to the motivational speech you can learn the essence of team bonding. This is sure to make you tougher and cooperative in life. With research and presentations, the members of the group can act with the best of encouragement.

Thursday, 17 November 2016

Cost Issues On Hiring A Quality Speaker

You should have some basic ideas on speaker fee budget before going to hire one. The cost of motivational speaker depends on the location of the venue, number of the delegate attending, duration of the speech and of course the quality of the speaker. If your meeting is worth holding it is worth investing on an experienced speaker. Paying the little bit more brings an immense quality and success to your meeting or conference. Whether you deal with the motivational speakers or through the agent is completely your matter. In fact dealing with the agent or speaker directly does not change the sum of the money and keeps on the contour. Generally amateur level speaker charges around $2500 to $3000.

Celebrity speaker and fees

If you are interested in celebrity speaker you may not find direct contact details of the person and your only mode of connectivity will be through the agent or bureau which specializes in celebrity speakers. Agents who promote a speaker have a good idea of the fee required to secure the speaker’s services. It is recommended to obtain an all-in-fee from the agent. A bureau normally charges its commission but it may vary between fifteen to thirty percent. Motivational speakers in South Africa work with different agent or bureau. So look for different agents and find out the lowest commission available. Additional costs may include in some situations. Travel expenses are likely to add on including the lodging and meals.


Monday, 17 October 2016

Say Amen To The Smack-down Of Rumours Through Potent Words

Are you a religious organisation intending to enlighten and empower people through the magic of truthful words? Then, look no further because motivation could be just around the corner. In fact, it could come from the very individual you least expected it to. Now, believers can say farewell to rumors regarding certain things that are not worth believing.

Not word changers but world changers

If you would like to see believers withdraw from fear based propaganda and rumors that are not based on the truths, consider hiring a motivational speaker in South Africa to lead them to the Light through their truthful words. Teach the believers to look within to know the truth rather than looking without for the same in charlatans and con-artists. Besides, people have every right to know how to handle certain unpleasant situations in life without needing to look for external approval or ideas. After all, God is known to help those who help themselves.

Swing low, sweet chariot


An inspirational orator can be the miracle chariot believers have been waiting for all these years. In fact, he or she can change their lives simply by telling them how they can change their lives by deploying certain strategies, which will be their tickets to redemption in the now (rather than wait till the after-life for it to happen). Now, all you would need to do is trust the believers in the hands of someone efficient and honest enough to spread the message to the world that there are truthful answers to everything they want to know about. 

Thursday, 15 September 2016

Overcome Mental Strength Obstacles with Motivated Support

Hiring the services of the right motivational speaker can really make a big difference.  However, the problem may be in selecting the best from motivational speakers South Africa. As with anything else, you need to nurture a close eye for details to differentiate the right from the wrong.
Essentially, find out what motivates a motivational speaker. Visit the service website. Check out the experience and credentials of the professional. Read through his opinions expressed in blog posts, like this. Does everything come together in obvious insight?
The driving force
Maintain a clear insight on what you should expect from someone whose job is to motivate you. Should he be someone arrogant and egoistic? Must he be a professional who looks at the job mechanically, and without proper passionate investment? Can you trust an individual with confidential details of your service? Does he have the nerves to handle a hardcore presentation in front of an auditorium of seasoned professionals in the field?
Vital qualities
The only way you could find adequate answers to all above queries is by looking close at the motivational speakers profile. The right person would be pleasant, composed, involved, dedicated, and sincere. There are no ways that you can compromise with these aspects in selecting a group counselor.
Talk up with the support expert through email. Discuss hypothetical situations to assess the viability of hiring your preferred speaker. See whether he is working with a motive to direct positivity only after accepting the downfalls and the paucities. The professional should be open-minded and balanced in emotional involvement. 

Tuesday, 26 July 2016

Mental Toughness – Mastering Your Mind For Work, Sport and Relationships (Second Edition)

Foreword by Chester Williams
I met Steve Harris more than 20 years ago when I was playing for the Springboks: he had been hired to give motivational sessions for the Springbok team and he subsequently became part of the Springbok management team on several of our tours. Since our first meeting, we have developed a close professional relationship. I have particularly valued his mental toughness and career development expertise, his willingness to act as a sounding board for many of my decisions, and his appreciation of issues around cultural diversity.
I am particularly grateful for Steve’s role in helping me transcend cultural prejudices. I have had the good fortune of being a black South African rugby role-model. However, my involvement in Springbok rugby so early in the genesis of our democracy combined with my marriage to someone who is outside what is generally accepted as my community, has it seems, been frowned upon by some influential gate-keepers. This has exacted a price on my ability to access coaching jobs in South African rugby.
With Steve’s support I have carefully developed my skills and abilities to ensure I will be difficult to ignore when opportunities arise. Since playing for the Springboks, I have achieved a diploma in coaching science and a degree in sport management. I am currently Coaching Director of rugby for the University of the Western Cape. Steve is providing a valuable resource in relation to the mental aspects of this team. So far we have gone from the second last place in the Varsity Shield to the top spot in one season.
This second edition of Steve’s book: Mental Toughness – Mastering Your Mind, attests to my appreciation of Steve’s knowledge and skills in this important aspect of sport and of life performance. I encourage anyone who is interested in self-improvement to read this book, I loved it.  
Dr Steve: Mental ToughnessMind DoctorMotivational speakers

Friday, 15 July 2016

Irish Eyes Are Smiling Because They Created Synergy

When I present team building programmes I ask audience members to rank their organization’s greatest assets. They invariably place their staff and teamwork near the top of their list.
Consider the All Blacks’ rugby team over the period of their consecutive Rugby World Cup wins and the contribution teamwork made to their success. Teamwork may not have been at the top of their list but as my audience members’ say, it sat near the top. For example, in their organizational planning the All Blacks balanced a mix of old heads and young legs. Additionally, they made a deliberate effort to get the management team and operations team to work together, encouraging them to intuitively take up any slack in the team as it occurred. This enabled them to operate, when necessary, beyond their personal roles and responsibilities in their preparation and in operations, ensuring they achieved their outcomes, and ultimately, they achieved their intention.
At this stage I want to critically reflect on the benefits of having a leader and people with a mind for teamwork. The most common benefit is synergy. This means the outcome produced is greater than the sum of its parts. Hypothetically when you add up the contribution of say a fifteen member team the result should be greater than the sum of the fifteen people’s contribution. Let’s say it’s sixteen or more. If they achieve this superior outcome it means they created synergy. Does this imply that everyone in the team produces a little more? Or could one or two have produced more? Or is it that the composition of the team was carefully engineered so that the individuals’ contributions were complementary like the old heads and young legs example in the All Blacks team.
An excellent demonstration of synergy was provided by the Irish rugby team in their historic first win against the Springboks on South African soil at Newlands 11th June 2016. The Irish fielded an under-strength team due to injuries. Their disadvantage was compounded when they were reduced to fourteen players for sixty minutes and further reduced to thirteen players for ten minutes of this period; Courtesy of red and yellow cards. Yet, despite have less players on the field they produced a performance that exceeded that of their more fancied opponents’ full strength side.
The most illustrative depiction of synergy outside rugby teams, I can think of, is an orchestra. In this instance the synergistic teamwork outcome is a beautiful sounding musical piece.
My reflection on teamwork also brings entropy to mind. This is a loss of anticipated outcome. By entropy I mean the sum of fifteen could end up as the outcome of thirteen or less. This may occur because of a host of reasons including poor leadership, insufficient management, a lack of clear accountability and responsibility, insufficient skills, infighting, social loafing, underestimating the opposition, jealousy, corridor conferences and the informal organization becoming stronger than the formal organization. The downside of entropy is as significant as the upside of synergy.
I propose that creating synergy and the elimination of entropy will be achieved if all people in a team developed a mind for teamwork. This means they did what they said they would, when they said they would do it, in the way they said they would do it. Then the planned outcome for the team will be achieved and probably a little more.
Finally, I want to make the claim that getting talented people is very easy; getting them to work together and according to the team intention is very tough.
Dr Steve Harris. Motivational speaker, team building, conference speaker, keynote speaker

Tuesday, 5 July 2016

It’s Not Wise to Be a Despondent: There’s more

Are you feeling dragged down or depressed in your life? Get help of motivational speakers who inspires you to take challenges and not to go on your back foot. A motivational speaker helps you to motivate you by delivering inspirational speeches. They encourage you to look the world from a different perspective and introduce you to your talents and abilities that you have in you. They are a form of facilitator in your life who drags you out of the stress and gives you the green path to success.  The most common cause for a person to be depressed is getting lousy treatment from people around you who think that he/she is not worth the time. A good motivational speaker will retrain your mind by changing the process of your thinking.

Contribution to the society

The actual goal of an impetus speaker is to change people emotionally or mentally. This is the basic count of a person to be strong. People have a tendency on focusing on all problems they have in their life, but conference speakers will help them to focus on opportunities instead. They travel in a planned circuit from one place to another or they can be hired too as a special guest. Some speaker may also sell books and DVDs, or they may come on television channels too. They share their own personal experience to place an example of positive attitude. A motivational speaker expertise in personal development and in youth mentor ship.

Monday, 23 May 2016

The Importance of a Motivating Speech throughout Human History

During the traditional period before preparing for a battle either the king himself or his chief would deliver a motivating speech to the entire army of soldiers to boost their morale. This showed positive results during the battle and rulers like Hitler are still considered as exceptional orators having a huge fan following among people. This technique is followed even today and is introduced in the field of business to increase the performance of employees and increase the total turnover. So if you observe the morale or performance of your employees to be low, then hire a good Motivational Speaker to put your business on track by improving the output of the employees concerned.

Effect of a motivating speech on the youth

Motivational Speakers in Cape Town have outstanding contribution in mentoring youth across the world. According to the founder and leader of the organization Unstoppable Teen, Kevin Mincher, an effective youth leader empowers young people to willingly be more than their normal capability. With the help of personal development seminars and youth workshops South African speakers are trying their best to accomplish this goal. Several teenagers are being benefitted from the guidance and encouragement these young speakers have to offer. Some of the key aspects in which these speakers are concentrating are to raise personal aspiration, to get success in schools through effective learning, enhancing self-esteem, taking accountability and responsibility, development of leadership skills, improvement of communication skills and the like.

Saturday, 27 February 2016

Why You Need A Funny Motivational Speaker At Your Meeting

Ever thought about hiring a funny motivational speaker in South Africa for your corporate conference or meeting? Even though corporate planners understand the importance of getting across a certain message, they never think of getting it done in such a way that the point goes home. This can be easily achieved by using some humour. Aren’t humour and inspiration essential components of motivating people to achieve more?

Give people a mental break
People need a mental break from their work and routines and that is exactly what an inspirational orator can give them. No slideshows or skits can ever provide the kind of motivation that these orators can. Not only that, they also help improve productivity, enhance safety, improve sales, help increase profits, and get much more achieved through your employees than before. In fact, they would help people by gently getting across the message to them without boring or hurting them. Motivational speakers in South Africa can also take your company to the next level through their speeches and anecdotes that nobody else would be able to deliver the way they do.

What they want to hear

People often like to hear some things and inspirational orators can give them exactly that. They will do that despite the challenges the audiences are facing and the changes that might take place in the future. Humour is one of the best saving graces and this is what is used by motivational orators often in order to convey the message to their audiences. 

Tuesday, 19 January 2016

A Positive Impact of Hiring Top Motivational Speakers

In today’s competitive and globalized world, the potential for success and greatness abounds. In order to succeed in life and achieve higher goals it is of prime importance to get involved in external value added sources like culture, arts or travel. There are several ways of re-energizing our entrepreneurial and creative spirits like to engage with people who have gone through extreme tough situations and have been able to overcome them successfully. Such people are categorized as Motivational Speakers, but in a broader sense they can contribute much more than just a monologue of their past experiences and achievements.

The multiple benefits

Due to the huge amount of information available on the internet the traditional type of speaker who is involved in delivering a one way dialogue is no longer preferred. Instead, organizations are searching for speakers who can deliver valuable perspective to the audience, impart valuable knowledge and encourage the spectators to put forward their own suggestions and views regarding the concerned topic of discussion. There are well recognized Motivational Speakers in Cape Town and also Motivational Speakers in Johannesburg who draw their knowledge and wisdom from South Africa’s vast diversity. These inspirational speakers are known to provide a variety of benefits like motivation, balanced mindset, aspiration to reach higher levels and many more. But the ultimate motive of making such arrangements is to deliver a speech that has long lasting effects on the minds of the audience. Each message should have a mental and emotional reaction that will eventually lead to performed actions.