Presentations
Paula is available to make visual and oral presentations to a variety of audiences, ranging from corporate conventions to school groups. Both lively and informative, her presentations and workshops draw on her experiences walking over 7000km through the Sahara, as well as her initial journey through Europe and Morocco. Targeted according to the audience, Paula can range from providing amusing and anecdotal after dinner entertainment, to hard hitting corporate performance messaging drawing on material from Jim Collins, amongst others. Paula has a rich range of material to enliven her presentations, including strategies for working effectively under pressure in a cross cultural environment, and how to sustain high performance over an extended period and in tough circumstances. With a background in teaching, Paula is perfectly placed to present both stimulating talks and effective workshops to students at both secondary and primary levels, and is particularly effective in the areas of career choice and raising self esteem in young women.
KEY POINTS:
· Global awareness – leading a cross cultural team
· Path to a goal – identifying and crossing your own desert
· Sustaining great performance – both individually and in leadership
· Never give up – from zero to Sahara expedition
· The inner path – self motivation and maintaining focus
EXAMPLE PRESENTATION OUTLINES
All presentations can and will be tailored to meet the specific requirement s of the target audience, making the sessions relevant and exciting for the participants. Each session can be accompanied by a matching half or full day workshop, building further on the points raised during the presentation, and again tailored to match client requirements.
*ALL PRESENTATIONS 45-50 MIN DURATION, PLUS Q&A TIME, UNLESS OTHERWISE STATED
SEEK TO UNDERSTAND, THEN TO BE UNDERSTOOD: - STEVEN COVEY, 7 HABITS OF HIGHLY EFFECTIVE PEOPLE
LEADING A HIGH PERFORMANCE CROSS CULTURAL TEAM
In this presentation, Paula explains the techniques and processes required to effectively lead a cross cultural team – through even the toughest of physical conditions. Specifically targeted toward companies looking to either enter a global marketplace or to maximize effectiveness in an existing operation, Paula addresses the crucial issues of planning for success, and conflict resolution, within the parameters of a cross cultural environment. She draws direct parallels between her expedition experiences and the corporate environment, illustrating her message with examples learned through hiring and working with over ten different nomadic guides, walking through varying regions and encountering ever changing dialects, customs, and geographical conditions. Paula uses her expedition to highlight the strategies that work both in an expedition environment and a corporate sphere to ensure the highest rate of success and performance. She also offers valuable insight into developing the communication techniques necessary for effective performance in cultures outside of your own.
OUTCOMES
· Develop an awareness of the cultural differences between your own culture and target cultures
· Understand culture’s influence on behaviors and expectations and how cultural differences impact your business
· Understand why cultural differences cannot be ignored and why cultural training is a MUST HAVE not just nice to have
· Gain practical skills in cross cultural communication and teamwork
· Understand global communication styles and why companies site communication breakdown and misunderstanding as a major problem
· Learn how to develop communication strategies
· Develop a realistic personal action plan
ONE WOMAN WALKING:
THE HIGH PERFORMANCE WOMAN
Specifically aimed at female audiences, in this presentation Paula draws parallels between her expedition experiences and a corporate environment, focusing on the specific challenges women face in sustaining high performance in both arenas. Based around her experiences of hiring (and occasionally firing) local male, nomadic, Islamic guides from a culture entirely different to her own, and living with them in isolated circumstances over extended periods, Paula explores the techniques required to ensure effective conflict resolution, crisis management, and amicable communication, in a strictly male dominated environment. Dealing with issues of self esteem, calm assertion, physical stamina and role stereotyping, in this informative, humorous, and sometimes touching presentation Paula details the inner processes she went through as she walked over 7000km through both highly challenging and at times downright dangerous territory – and shows how the strategies she applied correlate to a modern working environment. Sponsored by the Dove Campaign for Real Beauty, Paula’s walk has always been about an ordinary woman doing something extraordinary. This presentation follows that theme and both inspires and informs, creating a warm and exciting experience for women of all ages.
OUTCOMES
· Understand how to effectively lead a male team
· Learn why humor is vital, not optional
· Gain communication skills that work in a male dominated environment
· Develop the ability to be calmly and rationally assertive in threatening or crisis situations
· Hone your conflict resolution skills
· Identify your own operating style, possible tension areas, and develop a personal action strategy to bridge the two
LIKE MOST OVERNIGHT SUCCESSES, IT WAS ABOUT 20 YEARS IN THE MAKING – SAM WALTON, WALMARTS
PATH TO A GOAL – IDENTIFYING AND CROSSING YOUR OWN DESERT
With her background in teaching, Paula aims this presentation at the secondary school audience. In it Paula explores the factors that led her to pursue her current adventurous course, and looks at the practical course she followed in arriving at her desired goal – and why she has succeeded in achieving her dreams. Taking a behind the scenes look at how finance works in adventuring, and the process of research and planning so essential to achieving success in the field, Paula draws parallels between the learning process she went through in preparing and executing the walk, and decisions that students are faced with at the career choice level of schooling. Exploring the often bewildering process of career choice, Paula highlights the importance of identifying one’s own core values and areas of true interest, and setting goals that marry with both. She then draws on her experiences in the desert to show how to maintain the courage, focus, and determination needed to arrive at the successful completion of a set goal.
*nb: this presentation can easily be extended into a half day workshop enabling students to explore their own career options and set individual goals.
OUTCOMES
· Understand why we all have different goals
· Identify your own core values and why your adventure will be an individual one
· Realise that “why” is not a question you need to answer
· Develop your ability to clearly recognise paths that can work for you
· Improve your ability to maintain focus on a set goal until its conclusion
· Understand why success does not come overnight – but learn how to plan to ensure that it does come.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ON THESE AND OTHER PRESENTATIONS, TO REQUEST A BRIEF THAT SPECIFIES APPLICATION OF ONE OF THE PRESENTATIONS TAILORED TO YOUR INDIVIDUAL NEEDS, OR TO ENQUIRE ABOUT FEE LEVELS, PLEASE CONTACT EITHER PAULA PERSONALLY AT
OR
JUSTINE CAMPBELL, AT
justine@podcreative.com.au