Engage Employees In Your Business With an Inspiration Hunt

Apr 10, 2019 | HUMOR AT WORK

International Hall of Fame business speaker Michael Kerr talks about how you can engage your employees with an Inspiration Hunt in your community – a creative way to look for best practices and opportunities in your community. Plus Mike’s fun at work tip with a great way to keep the message of fun alive in your workplace, a quote of the week, and a funny tourist sign sent in by a listener.

A Fun, Creative Way to Provide a Safe Space for Difficult, Challenging Conversations at Work

Mar 27, 2019 | HUMOR AT WORK, Humor in the Workplace Blog

Creating a safe space for difficult conversations What happens in Vegas… No one likes to have difficult conversations. When faced with a challenging, uncomfortable, awkward conversation most of us would probably rather have a molar extracted by a nervous dentist. Yet, there’s no getting around the fact that we all have to, from time to…

Capping Off a Brilliant Idea: Simple, Seemingly Laughable Ideas Are Often the Best Ideas

Mar 22, 2019 | HUMOR AT WORK, Humor in the Workplace Blog

Does your workplace culture encourage creativity and allow ideas space to breathe? I love, love, love these kind of stories – stories about positive change based on simple ideas. Stories that remind us all to never discount ideas that at first seem overly simplistic…or even laughably stupid. Dr. Rob Hackett decided to wear his surgical…

Worked Up: 7 Ways to Manage Job Burnout

Mar 19, 2019 | HUMOR AT WORK, Humor in the Workplace Blog

Worked Up: 7 Ways to Manage Job Burnout Guest blog by Kaki Zell, Health Sciences Student The difficult thing about work-related burnout is that you often don’t know it’s happening until you’re already in deep. According to the Mayo Clinic, job burnout is “a state of physical or emotional exhaustion that also involves a sense…

Invest in Your Employees By Investing in Their Learning

Mar 13, 2019 | HUMOR AT WORK, Humor in the Workplace Blog

Invest in your employees’ learning and they might stick around longer! According to LinkedIn’s 2019 Workforce Learning Report, a whopping 94% of employees say they would stay at a company longer if it invested in helping them learn! If helping you engage employees and achieve your employee retention goals isn’t enough of a reason…

The Ha Ha Award…And Other Fun Ways to Recognize Employees

Mar 5, 2019 | HUMOR AT WORK, Humor in the Workplace Blog

Add some fun to work with some fun awards Add some fun oomph and energy to your usual array of employee awards with some creative, offbeat awards that encourage the behaviors and attitudes you want to see more of on your team and in your workplace. Here are just a few of the hundreds of…

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“Your presentation was beyond excellent! You have the unique ability to both entertain and educate. It was the perfect mix of a serious business message, along with a very funny delivery.”

Dave Thompson, CFO & President, Sandvik Canada, Inc.

“Michael was brilliant! An incredible session that received a standing ovation. The content was a welcome and valuable divergence from typical educational sessions. If you need to leave your audience energized with great content, I highly recommend Michael Kerr!”

Dana Cooper, Executive Director, Orthotics Prosthetics Canada

“Michael held the full attention of our senior management team for a full 4-hour presentation! His management philosophy is a fantastic approach that I have encouraged my team to carry forward.”

Martine Rothblatt, Chairman & CEO, United Therapeutics

“It was evident, almost from the first word you spoke, that you would be one of the most memorable parts of the two days. Your high energy, fast-paced, powerful style had everyone on the edges of their seats. Beyond being incredibly entertaining, you gave the leaders pragmatic tools and ideas that are easily transferable to their jobs.”

Mark Breslaw, Human Resources Business Partner, Telus

“Michael’s Leading and Laughing During Turbulent Times was the best presentation I have seen in my 40 years in business.”

Rodney Meadows, Director East Alabama Home Medical

“That was one of the best virtual presentations I have been on and the best one since this pandemic! It was the highlight of my week and gave me a resurgence of positivity, motivation and energy.”

Natasha Purnell, Chief Culture Officer, Park Insurance

“Michael Kerr delivered an absolutely outstanding performance – virtually! His energy and humorous content had our event attendees wanting our company to book him again!”

Kylene Donaldson, Western Financial Group

“Michael Kerr’s humor, messages and energy was not lost at all in the virtual format and allowed us to continue an important tradition of having fun and being together. His messages on how to build resiliency were delivered in an engaging way that really hit home!”

Brier Albano, Associate Registrar, Medicine Hat College

“With his high energy and animated presentation of over 90 minutes, he had everyone’s full attention!”

Jolaine Arsenault, Retail Market Analysis and Liaison Specialist, Co-op Atlantic

“Just wanted to say “WOW!” – that was awesome! We’ve had many speakers over the years, but none the likes of Michael Kerr.”

Richard Dansereau, President, NAPA Autopro BDG

“One of the most enjoyable keynote speakers we have worked with. Not only was it entertaining, it contained valuable lessons for our managers to take back to the office.”

Peter Panaritis, President, Brinks Canada Limited

“Many of the head office staff thought you were the best keynote speaker we’ve ever had! Thank-you for your invigorating and energizing keynote presentation.”

Tanya Dusyk, Territory Manager, Shell Canada

“Your dynamic and interactive presentation was the highlight of our conference. To this day, years later, we will often refer to the topics you enlightened and enriched our lives with!”

Steve Enns, Vice President and General Manager, TGS Harvard Management

“I wanted to share with you the amazing customer comments below. We’ve been employing various techniques that you described and I wanted you to know that your work makes a difference!”

Kevin Walsh, Chief Marketing & Sales Officer, Showdown Displays

“Yours was one of the most effective, enlightening, and entertaining presentations we’ve ever had at a conference (and we’ve had a lot!).”

Mario Bernardi, Executive Director, ClimateCare Co-operative

“You were by far the best rated speaker. Michael’s energy influenced my entire experience at the conference.”

Mary Anne Yurkiw, Food Matters Conference Chair

“YOU ROCK! Michael had everyone in stitches and offered amazing workplace food for thought.”

Janice Vilaca, Program Administrator, Co-operative Education, Wilfred Laurier University

“I’ve seen Michael four times – he’s amazing. You come away with knowledge on how to make your workplace better and you don’t even realize you were being taught because you are so busy being entertained.”

Michelle Kimura, Owner, MicAr Marketing

“Thanks to your suggestions, staff feel engaged and empowered to start creating an inspiring workplace. You have made a huge, positive impact in just 90 minutes!”

Paola Zurro, Senior Director, Real Property Branch

“Michael exceeded our expectations in every aspect. He was nothing short of the star of our event. By far, the best speaker we’ve ever had!”

Rod Smith, VP, Business Development, Century Vallen

Michael Kerr

Engage Employees In Your Business With an Inspiration Hunt

A Fun, Creative Way to Provide a Safe Space for Difficult, Challenging Conversations at Work

Capping Off a Brilliant Idea: Simple, Seemingly Laughable Ideas Are Often the Best Ideas

Worked Up: 7 Ways to Manage Job Burnout

Invest in Your Employees By Investing in Their Learning

The Ha Ha Award…And Other Fun Ways to Recognize Employees

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