Speaking Topics
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Advising Family Businesses: What to do When They Don’t Take Your Advice
Advising Family Businesses: What to do When They Don’t Take Your Advice
Family business clients present advisers with their own unique set of obstacles. They are complicated because of the many psychological issues that impact all facets of the enterprise. With family businesses, it’s not just about business. There is other stuff going on. It is clear to you what they need to do. And, it’s often even clear to them. Yet, they don’t do it. Why is that? Business Therapist Michel Zelnick will discuss many of the key psychological issues that interfere with family businesses taking or implementing advice and, most importantly, what can be done about it.
Communicating and Collaborating When Under Stress: Understanding the ”Lizard Brain”
Communicating and Collaborating When Under Stress: Understanding the ”Lizard Brain”
Business Therapist Michel Zelnick will be giving us insight into the “lizard brain,” which can so easily hijack us when we’re frustrated or under pressure. He will share some key tips on how you and your clients can constructively deal with high conflict situations.
Gender and the Brain: Do men and women think differently?
Gender and the Brain: Do men and women think differently?
Does gender affect communication and collaborative problem-solving? Well, it turns out that men and women’s brains are not the same. They process information and emotions quite differently. Business Therapist Michel Zelnick will be discussing some of the neurobiological factors that impact the interactions between men and women and, more importantly, how an understanding of these factors can result in more effective communication and collaboration.
Going Beyond Know, Like, Trust, Refer: The “Secret Sauce” behind developing a quality professional referral network
Going Beyond Know, Like, Trust, Refer: The “Secret Sauce” behind developing a quality professional referral network
We all know “Know, Like, Trust, Refer” works. It is one of the key foundations to ProVisors members’ success. But, why is it more successful for some than others? It turns out that there’s a “why” behind K-L-T-R that we could all benefit from understanding. Business Therapist Michel Zelnick will be discussing the elements behind the kind of trust building that applies not only to successful professional networking, but important relationships.
How to Handle the Stress Associated with Caregiving: Managing Compassion Fatigue
How to Handle the Stress Associated with Caregiving: Managing Compassion Fatigue
It is not uncommon to be in a situation where we or someone close to us are providing front line support to those who are ill, suffering, or disabled. Whether it’s your profession or it’s personal, compassion fatigue presents a whole set of physical, emotional, economic, and psychological challenges unique to frontline caregivers. Clinical Psychotherapist Michel Zelnick will be discussing the elements that cause compassion fatigue and what the caregiver can do to manage it.
How to Stay Constructively Engaged When You Are in Conflict or Under the Gun
How to Stay Constructively Engaged When You Are in Conflict or Under the Gun
Business Therapist Michel Zelnick will be discussing the different methods he uses with clients to help them stay constructively engaged when they are in conflict with one another or are in stressful situations. Past participants have found these approaches useful in better handling their more challenging interpersonal situations too.
How to Use Neurobiology to Better Communicate and Present More Effectively
How to Use Neurobiology to Better Communicate and Present More Effectively
Why do some people communicate their thoughts and messages more effectively than others? Why are some things remembered and others easily forgotten? It turns out, how the brain receives information materially influences its memorability. Business Therapist Michel Zelnick will discuss the things you can do to take advantage of how the brain naturally processes and retains information so that you can more effectively communicate your ideas.
The Four Elements to Successful and Trusting Business Relationships
The Four Elements to Successful and Trusting Business Relationships
Everyone wants to be in a relationship that can thrive under stress. It is the foundation for success: being able to depend on one another, despite the inevitable ups and downs. The absence of relationship resilience often leads to distrust, misalignment, and, ultimately, enterprise failure. Business Therapist Michel Zelnick will discuss the four things that resilient personal and professional relationships have in common.
The Keys to Effective Meeting Practices
The Keys to Effective Meeting Practices
When asked, most people would say that they hate meetings. In fact, it’s not meetings that they hate; it’s “lousy” meetings. And, let’s face it: most meetings are necessary, but painful, and are often experienced as a collective waste of time. It doesn’t have to be that way. Business Therapist Michel Zelnick will discuss effective meeting practices that can vitalize an organization, rather than drain its energy.
The Psychology of Succession, Estate & Financial Planning – Why clients don’t take our advice (and what to do about it)
The Psychology of Succession, Estate & Financial Planning – Why clients don’t take our advice (and what to do about it)
Does psychology really matter in estate and financial planning? Certainly, everyone knows about the “inevitability of death, illness, and taxes”. Yet, many very smart people just don’t prepare for it. Why is that? It’s not about the lack of competent resources – experts abound with insightful and efficient approaches that can elegantly address all of an estate’s stakeholder needs. Yet, tragically, the subject is often ignored, handled poorly or, even worse, addressed too late – much to the frustration of professional advisors and others who are adversely affected. Often, it comes down to common psychological barriers. Business Therapist Michel Zelnick will discuss many of the key psychological issues that interfere with effective estate planning and, most importantly, what can be done about it.
Why Business Partnerships Fail
Why Business Partnerships Fail
Despite the best of intentions, most business partnerships fail. Business Therapist Michel Zelnick will be discussing the common mistakes business partners make when they start and what they can do to give their businesses a better chance of success.