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- IN THE NEWSThe Art Of Change LLC is pleased to announce our 2013 partnership with improv powerhouse Merlin Works Institute for Improv of Austin, Texas. This allows us to offer you affordable, fun and immensely practical improvisational training in persuasion and conflict resolution. Please contact our office for more information.The audiobook by Macmillan Audio, 'Dealing With People You Can't Stand,' based on his coauthored international bestseller by the same name, is now available. See the press release here.Dr. K delivered a keynote on 'How To Click With People' for the Carolinas HealthCare System on 9/19/2012.Dr. K quoted extensively in Toronto Sun article on what happens when someone else gets the promotion you hoped was yours. Read it here.Dr. K was the featured speaker at an event for the City of Indianapolis Leadership Breakfast, 1/13/2012.Dr. K provided a day and a half of council coaching and training in a project titled Lessons In Civility and Leadership, to the Wilsonville City Council on February 10 and 11, 2012, in Wilsonville, Oregon.Dr. K presented the keynote for the California Naturopathic Doctors Association conference in October of 2012. More information here.Dr. K's article on Customer Service: Is the Customer Always Right? has been posted on the Cincom Expert Access website. You can read it here.Dr. K article on Dealing With Know It Alls and Think They Know It Alls has been posted on the Cincom Expert Access website. You can read it here.Dr. K article on A Road Better Left Untravelled has been posted on the Cincom Expert Access website, plus a wonderful Steve Kayser illustration. You can read the article here.Dr. K quoted in a very helpful article by Robin Downes, titled Dealing With Difficult People: Tips to Keep You Sane For The Holidays. Read it here.A September 2012 Forbes interview on dealing with difficult coworkers featuring Dr. K can be read here.Dr. K quoted extensively in the LifeStyle Section of several Canadian papers, in an article titled It's All Relative - How to get along with toxic in-laws for newlyweds and parents. You can read the article here and here.Insider's Guide to the Art of Persuasion added to J.D. Meier's Sources of Insight See it here.Dr. K quoted in WebMD's GoodHousekeeping reprint, available here.Dr. K's coauthored international bestseller Dealing With People You Can't Stand gets reviewed in Weekly World News (yes, you read that correctly! The paper that features headlines like "Alien Elvis ate my two-headed baby!") You can read it here.Dr. K's Top Ten Lessons on Sources of Insight. Available here.The Akira Jobs web site prints one of Dr. K's articles, on Communication Needs-Styles and their role in effective communication. Have a look here.Dr. K quoted in Daily Mail article.Dr. K's book, 'How To Click With People: The Secret To Better Relationships In Business And In Life' from Hyperion Books, is available through your favorite bookseller. Our new web site, HowToClickWithPeople.com is open. Please subscribe to our newsletter to stay in the loop on late breaking news and offers.Dr. K delivered a full day of communication training to Kraft Foods on July 19, 2011, in Hanover, New Jersey.Dr. K teamed up with old friend and coauthor Dr. B for a little R&R training about Dealing With Difficult People in Akron, Ohio on August 19, 2011.Dr. K delivered a speech to the Carolinas Healthcare System on How To Click With People on September 12, 2012.Dr. K was a featured presenter at the Club Managers Association of America (CMAA) conference in New Orleans, on the topic of Influence and The Art Of Persuasion, on February 28th, 2012. More information on the conference can be found here.Dr. K delivered a full day of training on Influence and The Art of Persuasion for the Metropolitan Club Managers Association (MCMA) in New York, November 2012.Dr. K once again presented the popular Healthy Communication Workshop to incoming freshmen medical students at Southwest College of Naturopathic Medicine in Tempe, AZ on January 5 and 6, 2012. Visit SCNM's web site here.Dr. K was the featured guest on the Jefferson Exchange with Geoffrey Riley last October. You can hear the interview by clicking here.Dr. K delivered a training program for Toys R Us on Influence and The Art Of Persuasion on August 24, 2012.Dr. K presented a well received keynote titled 'How Councils Can Stop Clashing And Start Clicking' to the League of Oregon Cities conference in Bend, Oregon.Dr. K spent a productive day working with the board members of the Southern Oregon environmental group, KS Wild, on July 24, 2012.ChangeThis has published Dr. K's manifesto, 'Clickability: A Skill For Life.' You can download it freely, here.
- CLIENTS SAY..."Within a couple of minutes, you somehow turned a very solemn audience to laughter at the difficult people they deal with daily, shifting them again by the end of the session to deep reflection on effecting meaningful change with their lives. Again, thank you for ending our conference on just the right note. As always, it was a treat to work with you.” — L. Brackett, Self Storage Association"Dr. Rick,I don't normally write speakers but I had to write and say thanks. I heard you speak in the Baltimore, Maryland area to the Army National Guard Family Support Groups. I took notes on the outline you had provided ... It is like a lifesaver for me. I can't thank you enough." — Laurie Goetchius
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HOW TO CLICK WITH PEOPLE
How To Click With People: The Secret To Better Relationships
This (keynote, half day, full day) presentation is fun, fast paced, and fundamentally important for anyone interested in better communication. It is an on-target conference program for any organization wanting to bring people together or get people to work better together. Dr. K reveals the secrets to connecting, relating, and communicating for success.
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KEYNOTES
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Looking for just the right motivational speaker to make your next meeting or event a memorable success? Need interpersonal skills training to take your department, team or organization to the next level? Want coaching or a mentor who will help you through your challenges and guide you to greater success? Hoping to deliver lessons in civility to a dysfunctional team, council or board? Then look no further. Seriously. Dr. K has you covered.
With 3 decades of experience delivering world class keynotes, and a track record of delighted clients to prove it, bestselling self-help and business author, motivational speaker and trainer Dr. Rick Kirschner delivers entertaining, engaging and powerful keynotes that empower people to deal successfully with professional and personal challenges.
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Why work with Rick? That's simple. He has a deep inventory of knowledge and experience. He delivers high quality interactive experiences that change lives and organizations for the better. He's successfully counseled councils, executives, managers in large companies and small business owners seeking to improve their lives, relationships and organizations.
Rick is practical in focus, lighthearted in style. He's smart, and fun to work with. He offers a palette of attitudes and behaviors that will change your life, your relationships and your business for the better.
Instead of going it alone, or toughing your way through the tough times, you can draw on his three decades of experience and knowledge to give yourself a real advantage.
Let Dr. K help you learn from your past and find your way forward. Click here to learn more about this valuable service. Or, Call or email our offices today to schedule your free consultation and to find out how coaching changes everything. Click here to read an interview with Dr. K about coaching.
TRAINING
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"The people standing in line at the end to give you a hug pretty much says it all.
Thanks for energizing the Dallas region with your great message."
Mike Godwin, IMS Chairman - Dallas/Ft. Worth
MOTIVATION
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Great organizations have motivated people who work cooperatively to make and deliver valuable services and products. Most organizations don't come close to fulfilling their potential.Why not? What can be done?Use Kirschner's Motivational Model.
The Art of Change programs and presentations provide practical solutions to these challenges, along with effective change models that help businesses to work more cooperatively, organizations to fulfill their missions, and individuals just like you to change their world for the better.
You expect people to know the value of keeping their word and following through; of settling differences and treating each other with respect. Yet difficult behavior is a modern plague.Why? What can be done?Use the Lens of Understanding.
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