Keynote Address:
The Respect Effect: Leveraging Civility and Esteem to Energize Your Organization
Paul Meshanko, MBA
Managing Partner, Legacy Business Cultures
Welcome to the future of cultural excellence. With today's challenging economic environment and increasingly diverse workforces, organizational culture has never been more important. When harnessed properly, it can unleash extraordinary creativity, a highly engaged workforce and critical organizational resilience. Regardless of your industry, the key to anchoring a successful culture is a rock-solid foundation of respect. Based on research for his upcoming book, The Respect Effect, Paul Meshanko goes beyond the typical "feel good" themes of organizational culture and digs deeply into the topics of neuro-science, psychology and contact hypothesis to show how powerful of a catalyst respect can be. At its heart, this presentation focuses on understanding the emotional experience of respect, what it looks and feels like, how it radically differs from tolerance and, most importantly, how it can impact business results. During this interactive and engaging presentation, participants will:
* Explore what respect both looks and feels like within the workplace - and how it impacts business results.
* Recognize the critical differences between tolerance and respect.
* Examine the biological origins of discrimination and other disrespectful behaviors that can damage morale and productivity.
* Explore the link between respect for self (self-esteem) and the capacity for respecting others.
* Learn the basic neuroscience behind our ability to change behaviors.
* Map out twelve "Rules of Respect" for promoting consistently respectful workplaces.
Paul has worked on five continents with some of the best known names in business and looks forward to sharing his insights with the HR Star Conference attendees this year.


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