Russell Beck

“The pace of chance has never been this fast…. and it will never be this slow again.”  We all know the world is changing, but we do not realise quite how much or how fast it is actually changing.  We live in our echo chambers and assume that what we experience on a day-to-day basis is the same as that experienced by everyone else.  It isn’t.  Based on his award-winning book, in this session Russell will lift you out of your echo chamber, challenging your preconceptions and exposing you to the reality of the changing world.  And once exposed, we can start to answer the all-important question…. ‘So what?!’

The headlines are unanimous; technology is redefining work and placing a use-by date on many of the skills businesses have acquired.  For individuals the story is starker, with the (promised) imminent threat of the destruction of millions of jobs.  For both parties, what is the truth?  Going forward, what skills will businesses value in their people?  From a human perspective, we can’t beat the machines, so how do we future proof our careers?  In this session, Russell will share key takeaways to help leaders consider the future business landscape and prepare for what is coming next.  He will discuss the impact of AI and technology on work; he will show the skills organisations will most need in the future and he will help us understand how to remain relevant and thrive in this ever-changing environment.

Today’s economic reality is that those with “talent” absolutely have a choice on where they choose to work. Employee demands have changed, and business needs a different approach if it wants to attract, retain and engage the people they need to survive and thrive.  Based upon his award-winning book, in this session Russell will showcase his 7C’s © model to help you explore what creative and pragmatic steps you can take, beyond compensation, to make your offer more conscious and real, enabling you to truly be a destination employer.

Self-awareness has been cited as the most important capability for leaders to develop.  We all influence those around us, but due to their seniority, leaders of any group often have a greater influence than those lower down the hierarchy.  In this session, Russell will challenge and make conscious what you are signalling to others as being acceptable and how consistent you are being.  It will raise your self-awareness, it will challenge your beliefs around your personal brand and overall will enable you to become a more authentic leader.

There are five generations actively in the workplace today, giving the potential for co-workers to be separated in age by 50 years or more.  Stereotypes are rife and contain grains of truth, but we forget we are each a member of a generation and we are each more than the stereotypes suggest.  In this session Russell will look at the generations and through a variety of lenses make sense of their behaviours and attitudes.  He will then consider where the potential strengths of each generation lie, how to motivate them and, from this, where the potential sources of inter-generational conflict may arise.   

There can be no argument about whether diversity delivers business benefit.  By creating a sense of belonging for all employees, where each feels safe to be themselves and share their voice, we can create the inclusion necessary to harness diversity of thought. In this pragmatic session, Russell will look beyond traditional diversity approaches and consider how your current environment supports and encourages diversity of thought and considers what creative steps you can take to make improvements across the employee lifecycle.

Employees can tell you what they do and how they may do it, but can they tell you why they are doing it?  Employees believe they only spend 40% of the time doing their ‘core duties.’  In a world where there is always someone willing to pay more than you, “meaning is the new money” and those who find meaning in their work are more productive, healthier, have greater retention and are more innovative.  This session shows you why meaning and purpose is important and practical steps you can take to help everyone find their golden thread at work and embed meaning into the workplace.

As well as delivering inspiring and impactful keynote talks, Russell works with business leaders and organisations to:
– Enable team performance – taking teams from dysfunction to function or from being good to being great.
– Facilitate workshops to inspire, challenge and initiate change across areas of becoming future-ready, people strategy, management and leadership.
– Deliver bespoke, accredited leadership development programmes that enable leaders to fully unlock their full potential and the potential of those they work with.
– Support and facilitate change through consulting and one-to-one Executive Coaching.

Russell and his team work with leaders to design and deliver bespoke leadership development programmes. As an example, their Irish programme consisting of multiple modules and one-to-one executive coaching sessions has been accredited as best-in-class by The Institute of Leadership and is described by the Irish Government as “the flagship leadership development program” continuing by saying “This has been a game changer for those who have taken part and has enhanced the management capability across the sector.”