AREAS OF EXPERTISE
Motivation, Cajun Humor, Leadership, Teambuilding, Personal Development
 
 
BIOGRAPHY / SERVICE
     Bruce S. Wilkinson, CSP is a leadership consultant, professional keynote speaker, workplace trainer, author and implementation specialist who reinforces personalized messages with humor, passion, enthusiasm and authenticity. He has worked with over 900 companies, organizations, associations, school boards and government agencies nationwide in assisting them with improved management/employee performance through effective leadership, communication, personal accountability and professional development training and education.

     His mission is to help organization's translate their corporate culture into a workplace climate that inspires excellence. Bruce has degrees in both Safety Engineering and Occupational Safety and Health and recently completed a six-year term as an elected member of the Board of Directors of the National Speakers Association and is one of fewer than 500 people worldwide to earn the prestigious Certified Speaking Professional (CSP) designation.

     He recently retired after twenty-two years of service as a post certified reserve police officer with the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office, where he worked in patrol, emergency rescue and as a member on the police academy staff. Besides his personalized keynotes, he has developed and presented programs on effective leadership, teams, communication, change, work/life balance, managing and motivating employee behavior, humor at work, customer service, substance abuse, safety and health, violence in the workplace and sexual harassment.

     Bruce is often called upon to present a personalized, motivational keynote or training program to enthusiastically validate a client's philosophy, mission, vision, core values and culture in order to increase morale, improve retention or to encourage compliance with applicable in-house policies, rules, procedures, practices and/or government regulations. All topics are customized to fit the needs and time requirements for conventions, seminars, luncheon/dinner meetings, sales/awards banquets, educational forums, retreats, spouse/partner programs, leadership meetings or in-house/in-service training and education programs.

     As President and Chief Leadership Officer of Workplace Consultants, Inc. and Wilkinson Seminars and Presentations, he has presented in all 50 states, delivering enthusiastic messages for over seventeen years to clients such as Sara Lee, Six Flags, Hershey's Chocolate, Xerox, ExxonMobil, State Farm Insurance, Shell, Broyhill Furniture, Kellogg's, T.G.I. Friday's, the Department of Defense, NASA and one of his all-time favorites - Jack Daniel's.


PROGRAM TITLES

Bruce S. Wilkinson, CSP is more than a professional speaker…he is a "trainer-tainer." His programs reinforce information with both enthusiasm and humor, but it is humor with a purpose! His unique style, passion and authenticity create rememberability within the audience.

Developing a culture of leadership, communication, pride, trust, teamwork and personal responsibility.™

Going for the gold in people, service, quality and performance.™

Each one leads one: the key to long-term leadership and team success.™

Redefining leadership and communication in times of change.™

Motivating managers to treat employees the way they need to be treated.™

Redefining safety leadership: Managing and motivating employees to work Safely.™

Safety and the human factor: Taking personal responsibility for workplace safety.™

Motivating multi-generational workforces.™

Balancing life, work, family and friends - You've got to have a sense of humor.™

Where there's change there's opportunity!™

* Detailed program outlines and information on other safety and substance abuse topics are sent upon request. Any of Bruce's programs can be client customized for use as convention keynotes/breakouts, leadership training breakfast/lunch/dinner presentations, retreats, seminars/briefings or employee orientation/education programs. He also may be utilized as your program's enthusiastic Master of Ceremonies.