Founder and CEO of The Summit Group
Gary M. Kunath is one of the most highly sought after speakers today in the field of sales, value creation, creating the customer experience, and leadership. Most recently, he has published a book entitled Life…Don’t Miss it, which shares with people of all ages the secrets to achieving maximum joy and contentment in life and how to live your life to the fullest. As a result of the success of his book, Gary has been speaking extensively on this topic. How companies can positively impact their employees lives OUTSIDE of the office walls to elevate their natural productivity and company loyalty. It is no longer about work/life balance; it is about work/life fulfillment and loving your whole life. His highly energetic and authentic delivery style and his use of humor have made him one of the hottest speakers today.
Gary founded the Summit Group, recognized by Selling Power magazine as one of the top sales training companies in the world. Regarded as a thought leader in the area of value creation, his value creation approach received “Innovative Practice of the Year Award” by 3M worldwide. He was named Businessman of the Year for the United States and was formally recognized for this achievement at a dinner hosted by the President of the United States.
An accomplished and respected business executive and entrepreneur, Gary has lectured in the Executive Education and MBA Programs of Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business, Miami University’s Farmer Business School, Emory University Business School, Clemson University, University of Georgia, and at Cornell University’s Johnson Graduate School of Management. He also served on faculties of the executive development programs of MARRIOTT, P&G, Ritz Carlton, and Lockheed.
In addition, he is an equity partner in Bite Tech. They are the makers of Under Armours’ high performance mouth wear. This product revolutionizes sports performance as it aligns the jaw to increase oxygen intake boosting muscle strength and reducing the release of cortisol, a stress hormone that causes the body to fatigue. In March 2011, Bite Tech was named by Fast Company magazine as one of the most innovative companies in sports along with such companies as ESPN and Turner Sports.
He is also an owner of several professional minor league baseball teams. His partners include Bill Murray, Jimmy Buffet, and Mike Veeck. They are famous for managing their teams around the “Fun is Good” approach. These teams have consistently had the highest total season and per game attendance in the US. Their baseball organizations are ranked in the top ten best service companies in the world.
His unique background and versatility as a speaker make him able to fill a wide range of speaking topics for any event. Funny, electric, insightful, and accomplished; that is what makes Gary one of the very best speakers today. He has spoken at major events for such companies as Marriott, IBM, HP, P&G, Lockheed, Xerox, Amex, Delta, Motorola, Fidelity, 3M, Tetra Pak, SC Johnson, AT&T, Canada Post, Ritz Carlton, Siemens, and UPS to name a few.
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Gary Kunath regularly lectured in the Executive Education and MBA Programs of Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business, Emory University Business School, and at Cornell University’s Johnson Graduate School of Management. Additionally, he serves as a faculty member in many executive leadership development programs for such companies as: Lockheed, 3M, Pacific Bell, BellSouth, and Compaq on value development. Gary has shared the stage with such notables as Colin Powell, Mike McCurry, Stephen Covey, and Pat Williams to name a few.
Some of the topics Gary can speak to are:
· Creating Partnerships & Alliances
· Creating Business Value
The Creating Business Value talk will establish what executives today think of the sales people that call on them on what they view as essential skill capabilities necessary for them to allow you to gain entry and to retain and grow a relationship at the executive level.
· Creating Personal Value (1/2 Day program)
This breakthrough program will enable attendees to dramatically impact their lives outside of the company as well as inside by providing a clear path to achieving a Centered Life, reconnecting them to what truly matters so they can gain and sustain a high “Life Worth”™.
· Sales Innovation
· Institutionalizing Value Across The Organization
· Leading and Retaining Top Performers
· Practices of Exemplary Leadership
· Executive Selling and Relationship Engagement
Sales Talk Topics
· Secrets of the Top Sales People
What the audience learns: These talks leverage the Best Practice approach Gary created around Value Creation that was awarded “Innovative Practice of the Year” by 3M and was acknowledged as a key factor in companies such as Ritz Carlton, Cisco Systems, MARRIOTT, HP, Xerox and 3M winning best sales practice of the year awards from the Strategic Accounts Management Association.
• What the top sales people do better than others
• Sales skills your competition is investing in to beat you
• How to drive higher orders of value to your customers to increase margin and share
• How to anticipate customer needs and bring them your best ideas and concepts before they know they need them
• How to leverage organizational value into the offer
• How to gain competitive immunity
• How to elevate your level of business acumen
• How to gain executive access and build relationships higher, wider & deeper
Book Talk Topics
· Life….Don’t Miss It (I Almost Did)
· Leading From Within: How To Maximize Joy and Contentment in Your Life and Those You Lead
This talk is based on the book written by Gary Kunath entitled, Life....Don't Miss It. It shares with people how apply the life concepts Gary has learned and written about in his book directly to their own lives and to the lives of those they may lead and bring humanity back to the workplace.
· How to dramatically maximize the joy and contentment in your life
· The “Ten Points of Life” on how to achieve a high life worth and reconnect to what truly matters and how to apply them to your own life.
· Threes greatest gifts to give your family
· What factors drive high life worth, happiness and how to reduce the stress of life itself
· Leaders learn how to increase the innovation, emotional loyalty and natural productivity of their people by positively impacting their lives “outside” the walls of the company.
· How great leaders inspire action and greatness in their people at home and on the job.
· The secrets to balancing work and home life
Life...Don't Miss It
This breakthrough 2-3 hour program is based on the book written by Gary Kunath entitled, Life....Don't Miss It. It shares with people how apply the life concepts Gary has learned and written about in his book directly to their own lives. The focus is to show how to dramatically maximize the joy and contentment in their lives and enjoy life to its fullest both outside of the company as well as inside. They will build a clear path to on how to achieve a high life worth and reconnect them to what truly matters.
Unlike any other program you have attended, this program is a gift to employees as it directly addresses the factors that drive high life worth, happiness and shows how to reduce the stress we face by the complexities of life itself and strengthen relationships with friends, family and people that you value. Top companies recognize that a workforce that maximizes the joy and contentment in their personal lives are happier and that translates into remarkable results in the workplace which delivers tremendous value to them as well.
Life is way too short to not grab the absolute most out of every day and even learn to turn adversity into meaningful experiences that make you stronger and that help you discover your true self and what matters most in life. Gary shares with you his personal journey and what he has learned about life and work. No one should have to decide between personal and professional life as he shows how it is totally possible to love your whole life. He also shares how these principles were applied to his businesses and the world class results his companies have earned as a result.
Companies that are able to positively impact their employees lives outside of the corporate walls and show their people that they matter outside of work as much as inside of work will see dramatic results in the areas of attracting and retaining top performers, elevating natural performance and building emotional loyalty and energy back into your workforce.
PROGRAM AGENDA
1. Bringing humanity back to the workplace
a. Workplace Dilemmas Companies and leaders face today
b. What employees today want based on the generations.
c. How the best leaders inspire action
d. Golden circle
2. Life... Don't Miss It Approach
a. Why it is good for the bottom line of a company
i. Life balance assessment
ii. Identifying life gaps, inhibitors, and build a plan to advance
b. Maximizing joy and contentment in your life
i. Effects on your health, relationships, creativity, coping skills, job performance and income.
ii. Ten points of Life
1. Money Doesn’t make you rich
2. Expressing gratitude matters
3. Good goes around
4. Practice the art of Savoring
5. Power of perspective
6. Believe in something bigger than you
7. Life is fun and fun is good
8. Relationship refinement---Thinning the herd
9. Be your authentic self
10. Last Lecture for your family
3. Reorienting your life
a. Gaining back your life using the power of “No”
b. Power of life perspective (video exercise)
c. Build your own Bucket List
d. Becoming more authentic
e. Most significant event in your life that changed you exercise
4. Building your “Last Lecture” to your family
a. The three “Greatest Gifts” to give your children
b. Framing your personal last lecture to your family
c. Last lecture video
Leading From Within -- How to elevate innovation, natural productivity and emotional loyalty in your workforce
What the audience learns: This talk is based on the book written by Gary Kunath entitled, Life....Don't Miss It. It shares with people how apply the life concepts Gary has learned and written about in his book directly to their own lives and to the lives of those they may lead or work with and bring humanity back to the workplace. The focus is to show how to dramatically maximize the joy and contentment in life and how to enjoy life to its fullest both outside of the company as well as inside. He shares his “Ten Points of Life” outlining a clear path on how to achieve a high life worth and reconnect to what truly matters. He covers the factors that drive high life worth, happiness and shows how to reduce the stress we face by the complexities of life itself and strengthen relationships with friends, clients, family and people that you value.
In business today, people seek to have relationships and do business with “Authentic” people. It is critical that people be able to be happy with their own lives before they can feel comfortable being their authentic self. Gary will share how he achieved a centered life and how it translated into stronger relationships, enhanced trust, built loyalty and enabled him to dramatically elevate his life worth. He shows how great leaders inspire action and greatness in their people at home and on the job. Top companies recognize that there are fewer institutional vehicles to motivate and elevate their people and that they must be able to positively impact the joy and contentment in their employees’ personal lives and that is the true secret to inspiring greatness.
Elevating your employee’s life worth translates into remarkable results in the workplace which delivers tremendous value to their clients as well. Gary shares with you his personal journey and what he has learned about life and work. No one should have to decide between personal and professional life as he shows how it is totally possible to love your whole life. He also shares how these principles were applied to his businesses and the world class results his companies have earned as a result.
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