This document contains the keynote presentation from David Suson on changing leadership paradigms to attract, retain, motivate, and engage employees. Some of the main points discussed include emphasizing empathy, understanding why employees quit or stay in jobs, challenging traditional mindsets of seeing people as lazy or difficult, and introducing an MVP model of leadership that focuses on mindset, valuing people, and pushing them to higher performance. The presentation encourages leaders to treat employees as special, thank their significant others, and not be afraid of employees surpassing them. It advocates committing to this new leadership approach to improve engagement, performance and other organizational outcomes.

1. KEYNOTE
David Suson
AUTHOR, SPEAKER, TRAINER, COACH
PROLIANCE GROUP LLC
Changing the Leadership
Paradigm to Attract, Retain,
Motivate, Engage Your
Employees to Peak Performance
DENVER, CO ~ MAY 19 - 20, 2022
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2. January 1, 1983

9. Marilyn

10. Empathy
Put yourself in their shoes

11. Empathy
Be THEM in THEIR shoes

12. People NOT Robots

14. WHY EMPLOYEES QUIT JOBS?
“Hate”

15. WHY EMPLOYEES WON’T QUIT JOBS?
“Love”

17. Hardest Part about
Leading/Managing?

18. People are
DIFFICULT!
PEOPLE

19. DON’T WORK HARD
LAZY

21. People NOT Robots

22. Only HowWe Lead
We Can’t Change Them…

23. How has your method
been working for you?

24. If you do what
you’ve always done,
you’ll get what
you’ve always gotten

25. INSANITY
Doing the same thing
over and over and
expecting different
results!

26. SOLUTION?

27. M - Mindset
V –ValueThem
P – Push them up
MVP

28. M - Mindset
V –ValueThem
P – Push them up
MVP

29. TEAM YOU

30. CULTURE
If YOU DON’T define it
It WILL get defined

31. Starts at
the top

32. "Your people come first, and if
you treat them right, they'll treat
the customers right.“
— Herb Kelleher —
Founder, Southwest Airlines

35. Your Mindset

36. What was your FIRST
exposure to
“leadership” or
“management”?

38. …and then?

41. …and then?

44. I shouldn’t have to tell you
If you don’t do your job, I don’t get my raise…

45. NEW MINDSET
I am responsible

47. A Leader’s Job?

50. People NOT Robots

51. NEW MINDSET
…but Dave…

52. TREAT THEM LIKE A

53. M - Mindset
V –ValueThem
P – Push them up
MVP

55. SPECIAL

57. 11 Hours

59. Change is hard…

60. Another example

64. Shirley’s Axiom
“You get what you look for,
So look for the good.”

68. Thank their
significant other

69. Carl

74. “But I may have
to reprimand them”

75. What happens when you
“reprimand” your best friend or
significant other?

76. People NOT Robots

78. M - Mindset
V –ValueThem
P – Push them up
MVP

81. What if they surpass me?

82. A rising tide lifts ALL boats

83. Imagine…
Improved engagement
Improved performance
Increased morale
Decreased turnover
Attracting new talent
A team who will follow you into battle and will work
harder for you than ever before

84. Will it work for me?

85. “It’s a good reminder”

86. “I already know this”

87. Are you doing it?

88. It’s not what you know,
It’s what you do with what you know

89. Commit

90. Start NOW

91. Dave Suson
david@davidsuson.com
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TRAINING, COACHING
& COMING SOON
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Thank you