Institute for Health and Human Potential (IHHP)

Research-based training company and consultancy on Emotional Intelligence

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    Illinois, USA

  • Institute for Health and Human Potential (IHHP) Keynote Speaker Fee Fee range is for U.S. events, depending on location and organization type

    Please Inquire

  • Languages Spoken

    English

  • Travels From

    Illinois, USA

Suggested Keynote Speaker Programs

Build a High-Performance, Last 8% Culture

You need to move fast, adapt to a changing environment, and deliver performance, yet your team is moving too slow when it comes to making tough decisions and are avoiding the more challenging conversations that drive results. What is at the heart of high performance is ...

You need to move fast, adapt to a changing environment, and deliver performance, yet your team is moving too slow when it comes to making tough decisions and are avoiding the more challenging conversations that drive results.

What is at the heart of high performance is culture. Unfortunately, most leaders misunderstand culture; they believe culture exists across the organization; it doesn’t. It exists primarily on teams. Second, they see culture as something that should be owned by the CEO and CHRO, believing it is their job to build the culture across the organization; it isn’t. Most CEO’s and CHRO’s get so overwhelmed when they think of tackling culture, that they avoid it and allow culture to be built haphazardly, which means that good people leave, and goals are not met.

In this powerful virtual or live keynote, your team will learn the results from our study of 7,500 leaders that puts your managers and people leaders at the center of building your culture. Your people will learn specific tools to own the culture on their team in the critical moments, the Last 8%, that creates culture. The Last 8% are those tougher conversations and decisions that many people struggle with and avoid. When leaders feel agency and have skills to lean into the difficult, they build a high-performance culture that becomes a powerful force in your organization.

In this powerful program, your team will learn:

  • What the two pillars of a high performing culture are: High Connection (psychological safety) and High Courage (ability to do hard things skillfully)
  • How to build the culture on their team with our proprietary approach of Model & Own
  • Specific tools to connect and coach their people to be their best in Last 8% Situations
  • How to influence & engage others who are at a distance and create the conditions to keep the best and brightest

“Best keynote presentation I have been to in years! Very different than the usual: extremely interesting and powerful – yet highly entertaining. It is not often I hear someone who can really ‘put it together’.”Ernst & Young


Pre-program Assessment

Bill and JP’s research organization surveys over 40,000 people a month and can leverage their proprietary research capability to assess all participants in your keynote prior to the program. This 4-5 minute assessment provides the following benefits:

  • Bill and JP will use the data to customize the program for your unique needs.
  • By taking the assessment, it prepares the learner’s brain to think about their impact and behavior ahead of time.
  • Bill and JP will tailor/customize the keynote with key results from the survey to address what matters most to the participants
  • Post program, Bill and JP will share any information we didn’t see fit for a wider audience but believe will help you move forward with building culture and lead your teams more effectively

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Performing Under Pressure

Your people are facing the biggest challenge of their careers, yet most continue to rely on their IQ and technical skills to manage through it all. It’s not enough. To survive, your organization ...

Your people are facing the biggest challenge of their careers, yet most continue to rely on their IQ and technical skills to manage through it all. It’s not enough.

To survive, your organization needs to be agile in the midst of change and challenge, and see opportunities where others do not. Your team needs to learn how to work effectively with others who are, themselves, under pressure.

In this powerful program, your team members will learn:

  • Specific tools learned from working with high performers under pressure in the NFL, NBA, Olympic teams, Navy SEALs, Goldman Sachs, Intel, among others, to be more adaptable, resilient, collaborative and opportunistic
  • How to manage their brain so they can think, perform and lead effectively under pressure
  • The single most important daily habit that increases focus and decreases burnout
  • Strategies to help their teams perform in the face of the pressure they face

This program is based on a 12,000-person study conducted for our New York Times best-selling book, Performing Under Pressure, which is available in 65 countries.

This session can be delivered for sales people and sales teams, focusing on helping them  harness emotional intelligence to deal with pressure, build stronger relationships with their clients, collaborate internally and deal with the setbacks and uncertainty that sales people must overcome to be successful.


Pre-program Assessment

Bill and JP’s research organization surveys over 40,000 people a month and can leverage their proprietary research capability to assess all participants in your keynote prior to the program. This 4-5 minute assessment provides the following benefits:

  • Bill and JP will use the data to customize the program for your unique needs.
  • By taking the assessment, it prepares the learner’s brain to think about their impact and behavior ahead of time.
  • Bill and JP will tailor/customize the keynote with key results from the survey to address what matters most to the participants
  • Post program, Bill and JP will share any information we didn’t see fit for a wider audience but believe will help you move forward with building culture and lead your teams more effectively

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Having High Impact Last 8% Conversations

Our research has found that most people are relatively effective at getting to 92% of what they want to say in a feedback conversation. But when they get to the ...

Our research has found that most people are relatively effective at getting to 92% of what they want to say in a feedback conversation. But when they get to the Last 8% of what they really want to say–the hardest part of the feedback they want to give–the part of the conversation that has consequences for the other person, they sense the potential emotional impact this feedback might have, and they back off, avoiding giving the feedback that’s needed.

This creates significant challenges for the other person: not only do they not know how or where they stand, which increases their anxiety, but they are also not given a chance to improve. Worse, they feel less psychologically safe and emotionally connected, which diminishes their performance. 

The goal of this program is to give your people the insight and tools to manage their emotions to get to the Last 8% of what they want to say in any feedback conversation. The good news is that there is a burgeoning science of how to give and receive feedback that anyone can learn. It starts by becoming a ‘student of human behavior’, understanding the brain under pressure, and learning the concrete skills needed to give feedback in a way where the other person can hear it. 

In this powerful program, your people will learn: 

  • What The Last 8% is and why it provides the biggest opportunity to learn, grow and boost their performance. 
  • How the brain reacts under pressure and why that is at the heart of why people avoid giving Last 8% feedback. 
  • Self-awareness: what their habitual way of reacting to receiving feedback is and why that matters as a signal to the other person that they are open to receiving this important feedback.
  • How to start a Last 8% feedback conversation: most people do not know where to start, which causes anxiety. Along with trying to be perfect, this stops them from beginning this important conversation.
  • What the key components are to building an environment of high psychological safety, and why it matters to innovation.

“This was an insightful and practical training session. I was able to connect this directly to my own behaviors. I liked the way you had us practice the strategies rather than just telling us about them so we could internalize the behavior. That way, I’ll actually remember it!” – Intel


Pre-program Assessment

Bill and JP’s research organization surveys over 40,000 people a month and can leverage their proprietary research capability to assess all participants in your keynote prior to the program. This 4-5 minute assessment provides the following benefits:

  • Bill and JP will use the data to customize the program for your unique needs.
  • By taking the assessment, it prepares the learner’s brain to think about their impact and behavior ahead of time.
  • Bill and JP will tailor/customize the keynote with key results from the survey to address what matters most to the participants
  • Post program, Bill and JP will share any information we didn’t see fit for a wider audience but believe will help you move forward with building culture and lead your teams more effectively

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The Art of Empathy: Building Emotional Intelligence In Your Leaders

The cost of replacing an individual employee ranges from one-half to two times the employee’s annual salary. That means, a 100-person organization that provides an average salary of $50,000 will have turnover and replacement costs of ...

The cost of replacing an individual employee ranges from one-half to two times the employee’s annual salary. That means, a 100-person organization that provides an average salary of $50,000 will have turnover and replacement costs of approximately $800,000 to $2.6 million per year.

The worst part? 52% of people who leave say their manager or organization could have done something to prevent them from leaving their job. In fact, they said that in the three months before leaving, nobody asked them how they felt about their job, or about their future. What is evident is a lack of empathy in their leaders. It doesn’t have to be this way.

In this powerful virtual or live program, your managers and leaders will learn:

  • What the single greatest cause of a lack of empathy is (something they have control over)
  • How to grow their skills of Emotional Intelligence so they can tune into the challenges their people are facing before it causes them to leave
  • What empathy is and how to build it to empower your innovative and effective people who keep your teams connected and performing at a high level
  • How to use brain-science-based strategies to manage their emotions so they can be resilient and a source of calm in your organization
  • How to manage through disruptive change 

“Phenomenal session today, Bill! Feedback from the team has been outstanding! Thank you so much for sharing your gifts with us.”Home Depot


Pre-program Assessment

Bill and JP’s research organization surveys over 40,000 people a month and can leverage their proprietary research capability to assess all participants in your keynote prior to the program. This 4-5 minute assessment provides the following benefits:

  • Bill and JP will use the data to customize the program for your unique needs.
  • By taking the assessment, it prepares the learner’s brain to think about their impact and behavior ahead of time.
  • Bill and JP will tailor/customize the keynote with key results from the survey to address what matters most to the participants
  • Post program, Bill and JP will share any information we didn’t see fit for a wider audience but believe will help you move forward with building culture and lead your teams more effectively

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Managing Anxiety, Stress and Burnout

Your team is feeling burnt out. They feel overwhelmed with too much to do and too few resources. They are feeling anxious and concerned that their work and lives are becoming too busy and frantic. Sometimes their worry doesn’t have a specific ...

Your team is feeling burnt out. They feel overwhelmed with too much to do and too few resources. They are feeling anxious and concerned that their work and lives are becoming too busy and frantic. Sometimes their worry doesn’t have a specific focus, it simply has become an all-encompassing, global anxiety. Without concrete skills to manage these challenges, their brains form negative behavior patterns and bad habits that negatively affect their mental and emotional health, as well as their performance.

It doesn’t have to be this way.

The goal of this program is to give individuals insight and tools to manage anxiety and stress in all areas of their life. Anxiety can be defined as a feeling of worry, nervousness or unease about something with an imminent or uncertain outcome. Your people feel some sort of anxiety and stress on a spectrum, and it can vary in intensity and level of disruption of their lives.

The good news is that there are science-based strategies on how to manage anxiety and build resilience that anyone can learn. 

In this interactive program, your people will learn:

  • What anxiety is and, importantly, how it differs from fear
  • How the brain reacts under pressure and how this can set them up to feel greater anxiety, stress, and burnout
  • How to build self-awareness: the habitual way they react to uncertainty and change, and strategies to respond more effectively
  • How to build the habit of resilience:  we provide concrete tools to help them manage their brain and mind as they face uncertainty over the long term.
  • How to bring joy back into their lives: to live more fully in the moment and improve their mental well-being.

“In a couple of challenging situations after the training session, my Squadron immediately put the techniques to use! Thanks!” – Air National Guard


Pre-program Assessment

Bill and JP’s research organization surveys over 40,000 people a month and can leverage their proprietary research capability to assess all participants in your keynote prior to the program. This 4-5 minute assessment provides the following benefits:

  • Bill and JP will use the data to customize the program for your unique needs.
  • By taking the assessment, it prepares the learner’s brain to think about their impact and behavior ahead of time.
  • Bill and JP will tailor/customize the keynote with key results from the survey to address what matters most to the participants
  • Post program, Bill and JP will share any information we didn’t see fit for a wider audience but believe will help you move forward with building culture and lead your teams more effectively

Learn More

About Keynote Speaker Institute for Health and Human Potential (IHHP)

IHHP is a research-based training company with over twenty years as a leader in Emotional Intelligence. 

It’s a scientific fact that emotions precede thought. When emotions run high, they change the way our brains function, diminishing our cognitive abilities, decision-making powers and our interpersonal skills.

Our programs provide the tools to create a culture of trust and integrity delivering high engagement based on alignment, clarity and safety. Leadership teams often lack the most important ingredient to building this type of organization: Emotional Intelligence.

Teams skilled in emotional intelligence support one another as they navigate change. They are able to listen and collaborate effectively, without judgment and draw on the strengths and ideas of everyone. They have the courage and freedom to act without fear and are more open to new perspectives, viewing failure as an opportunity to iterate, learn and imagine new possibilities. This creates an environment that promotes creativity and innovation.


More About IHHP…

IHHP’s founding partners, Bill Benjamin and JP Pawliw-Fry are world renowned keynote speakers.  Their keynote speaking topics cover many of the most important skills needed in today’s changing workplace.  These keynotes each explain why the skills are crucial, what the brain science and / or biology behind applying the skill is, and they teach techniques to apply skills.  The topics include:

  • How emotional intelligence is essential to building the agile, engaged workforces needed in the workplace of the future.
  • How mindfulness in leadership can help teams navigate today’s complex demands.
  • How to have ”Last 8% Conversations” – to discuss the critical things we often avoid because they are uncomfortable and difficult to talk about.
  • Why emotional intelligence is the key to successful change efforts and how to avoid missing out on the human elements necessary to get every individual aligned with change.
  • What pressure does to us and how to perform under pressure by applying the techniques used by the world’s greatest leaders and Olympic and professional athletes.
  • What is the brain science behind building a culture that can navigate disruption and what are the techniques needed to create it.

Testimonials

“Simply the best program we have ever heard – critical information that will make a difference.”

US Navy

 

“IHHP’s Science of Emotional Intelligence training has had a tremendous impact on our team – both professionally and personally. IHHP has become a critical component for learning within our team – thank you!”

Rolls-Royce Corporation

 

“This was an outstanding presentation. It kept my attention, taught me a few things and furthered my understanding on how to prepare myself for the mission at hand. For not having a military background, the speaker connected with our group and kept our attention throughout. I can’t wait to read the book.”

U.S. Marines

 

“Excellent training! You did a terrific job of applying your topic contextually to mission safety at NASA. I wanted to hear more. Great program!”

NASA Space Center

 

“This was an insightful and practical training session. I was able to connect this directly to my own behaviors. I liked the way you had us practice the strategies rather than just telling us about hem so we could internalize the behavior. That way, I’ll actually remember it!”

Intel

 

“Since the roll out of IHHP’s Science of Emotional Intelligence training UnitedHealth Group has seen an impact on their business, including retention, better collaboration and improved engagement. “We’ve seen relationships improve. Leaders have become more self-aware of how they impact people and are able to better connect and coach their teams. We also heard many stories of people applying the strategies in their personal lives – that’s when you know people are really engaged in learning!”

United Health Group

 

“IHHP seeks to intimately understand the unique needs of an organization, and they integrate that such that it results in a customized, meaningful learning experience. They commit themselves to more than a superficial needs analysis, and they educate themselves such that they’re able to tightly align organizational strategy, metrics, etc., to what they create for the learning environment. That is exceptional.”

Mercy Health

 

“I have had the pleasure of working with IHHP twice recently in both a keynote and in training for our sales force in EQ and conversations under pressure. Each time the IHHP team provided a thorough, relevant and highly impactful session. I can honestly say that our sales team is simply better thanks to the training they received from IHHP. Look forward to welcoming IHHP back at our first opportunity!”

Pfizer

 

“Outstanding! We need more of this in all of the Army Training Programs. The parts on emotional intelligence and leadership were excellent and of great value to me.”

U.S. Army

 

“Awesome training program! You exceeded our expectations – this session offers a unique perspective on personal leadership. I like the way you bring science to our understanding of human behavior in an accessible and inspiring way. This session helped our people think differently about their personal relationships, their motivation and their performance. Your enthusiastic presentation really made a difference for our team.”

Johnson & Johnson

 

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