JB Training Solutions: Workplace Training and Employee Development based in Chicago, IL.

"What is up with the kids these days?" While this isn't a new phrase, the unique set of challenges and liabilities that come along with millennial employees are throwing managers for a whirl. In this engaging keynote, we reveal insider information on the millennial generation. What makes them tick? What makes them unique? How do you motivate them given their strengths and weaknesses? The audience leaves with tangible tips to overcome the generational divide with a specific plan-of-attack on managing millennials with success.

Whether you are presenting to your team, your customers, or your bosses, speaking in front of an audience—large or small—can be a daunting task. In today's workplace, you need the ability to present ideas and persuade groups successfully. We speak to thousands of people across the country every year; we have conducted LIVE interviews on CNN and Dr. Phil, and even performed improv comedy for strangers. With years of experience as keynote speakers and corporate trainers, we can share inside information on wowing a crowd. This amazing program helps you overcome performance anxiety, gain confidence, and deliver effective presentations with poise and style. We provide remarkable knowledge and tangible techniques so you can captivate and impress any audience, every time.

Navigating the business world can be a tricky proposition. Unfortunately, there is not a definitive blueprint for workplace success. Managing relationships with bosses and co-workers while trying to go above and beyond the call of duty with your job responsibilities can be an exhausting proposition if you don't have the right perspective. As a professional moving up in your career, how do you make sure you are positioned for success? How do you get more done in less time, and how do you take initiative to stand out as a top performer? This dynamic keynote gives professionals the insight and knowledge they need to be a strong contributor and distinguish themselves as a leader on their team. By mastering some of the soft skills, participants gain the inspiration and confidence to take their career to the next level.

Working across the generations has never been more difficult—especially for Millennials. Navigating the business world as a fresh-faced, eager millennial is a tricky proposition. Unfortunately, there is no blueprint for workplace success. Yet, if millennials want to stand out, get ahead, and move up at work, they must master the "soft" business skills early on in their careers.

Studies indicate that Millennials value social media as a perk more than they value salary—yet their Boomer managers may not even use Twitter. Millennials demand work-life balance and a parallel life—yet their managers will work 11 hour work days. Millennials have been taught to ask "why" and offer their opinion their entire lives—but in the workplace, this comes off as entitlement.

In this hilarious keynote, a multigenerational workplace expert discusses how Millennials can navigate the tricky generational divide to show that Millennials Mean Business. We covers the critical issues that Millennials will face working with the different generations in the workplace and preparing them for the working world by offering specific tips for success.

The program kicks off with an enlightening perspective on the four generations—Millennials, Xers, Boomers, and Traditionalists. Frustrations often stem from the lack of understanding amongst the generations in the workplace. In this keynote, Millennials grasp an understanding and awareness of how they are perceived and how they can adjust their style to move forward with professionalism and success.

To friend or not to friend…that is the question. Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn have revolutionized the way we interact with our friends, family, and of course, our colleagues. Unfortunately, there aren't many handbooks for social media etiquette at the office. Everyone has heard horror stories about social media etiquette crashing careers, yet the lines are blurred and mistakes are still made. Is it okay to check Facebook and Twitter at work? Should you add your boss as a friend? Can you mention your clients in your Facebook status? What do you do when a co-worker is tweeting you about work? Can you forward that really funny, slightly inappropriate, joke to your department? This program offers an enlightening set of guidelines to live by for e-mail and social media etiquette. Participants learn the dos and don'ts of maintaining a professional online image and relationship with colleagues and potential employers. The presenter shares real examples (good and bad) to illustrate the impact of social media etiquette in a career. Participants leave the workshop with the knowledge to leverage social media to propel their career and avoid career crashing faux pas.

HR. Let's face it, they're just not that into you. Although great strides have been made, HR still struggles to have a seat with the companies' big decision makers. At your organization, are you in the corner office, or are you just in the corner? In this dynamic keynote, key techniques are offered for connecting HR to the big picture and the bottom line. We cover the critical HR competencies to help you position yourself as an asset to the company and as an invaluable leader. With real-life stories, we tell you what you need to do as an HR leader to win over your team and lead positive change.

Leading a team and working with colleagues smoothly and successfully are not easy tasks. This engaging program gives participants the knowledge and insight they need to become inspiring leaders and productive managers. In this enlightening course, we offer the secrets to working with, managing, and leading even the most difficult team members. During the session, participants take a humorous yet informative glance at their own distinct communication and management style as well as their colleagues' unique tendencies. Importantly, we discuss the difference between management and leadership and outline the characteristics of great leaders. The program is chock-full of real-world work scenarios to bring the learning to life.

Professionals across the country devote thousands of hours to reading business books, following business experts on Twitter, and stressing out about how to survive and thrive in our competitive business climate. But what if the keys to making our businesses the best they can be were learned in grade school? Have the keys to business success been at our fingertips since 1776?

In this engaging keynote, we explain how leadership examples from yesterday can be applied to business success today by comparing the leadership styles of our Founding Fathers to modern-day CEO's. What do George Washington and Southwest CEO Gary Kelly have in common? We discuss how our Founding Fathers propelled teamwork in turbulent times, built trust and consensus, persuaded people to do what was right, and overcame obstacles. Importantly, we share how the leadership philosophies of the Founding Fathers can fit into management techniques today. Attendees learn how to engage employees and become the leader people want to follow.

This is not the typical, "go gettum" motivational speech on engaging your employees. There are no fancy acronyms, pie-in-the-sky theories, or inspirational quotes from ancient philosophers. This is an engaging, interactive keynote that delivers tangible, real-world advice for successfully engaging your employees. To jumpstart the program, we dive into specific tips for getting buy in from all employees, detailing how to set two-way expectations, integrate work/life balance, assign meaningful work, and manage change. Important strategies are revealed for providing regular feedback that will promote a culture of trust and communication. Participants walk away with a firm understanding of how they can engage their workforce successfully for the long haul.

It's easy to inspire the team when you're flying high, but this keynote provides you with the tangible tips to motivate and engage your team even when everyone thinks the ship is going down. In this engaging session, we offer advice on how to involve, explain, and share information with the team to increase camaraderie and connection. We also provide creative ideas for recognizing and rewarding team members when budgets are tight. In this power-packed keynote, you gain the motivation and insight you need to be an inspiring, engaging leader that employees want to follow.

Working cohesively in teams is the most important component of success in the working world. Your team may be composed of incredibly talented individuals, but that doesn't matter if individuals can't work together. Poorly performing teams can drain an organization and individuals alike. Managing a boss and managing a team are not easy tasks, and in this enlightening keynote, we offer the secrets to working with even the most difficult team members. During the program, you take a humorous glance at your own, distinct communication style as well as your colleagues' unique tendencies. You learn why the cast of Seinfeld makes a great team and how that dynamic manifests itself in the workplace. This power-packed keynote reveals the inside secrets for mastering interpersonal relationships at work with success.

The bad news: A recent study shows that 84 percent of U.S. employees plan to look for new jobs in 2011 and that a measly five percent want to stay in their current position.

The good news: You have the ability to overcome the statistic and motivate, engage, and involve your employees to make them love their job again. (And it doesn't have to break the bank!)

The fact of the matter is that there is no textbook speech that can be read, no magic wand that can be waved, or even big raise that can be offered to make your employees intrinsically happy and fulfilled at work. Preferences, priorities, and expectations of workers have changed, and it is time to wake up and acknowledge these before you lose your most valuable resources – your people. In this power-packed keynote, we share real examples from real companies who have instituted creative initiatives to build an engaged and fulfilled workplace. We challenge attendees to think outside of the box and try something new that has never been done before. The result? Engaged, hard working employees who can say, "I love my job!"