John Izzo

John Izzo Speaker Biography

Leading Business Leadership Expert and Top Business Consultant

Dr. John Izzo consults and advises some of the most admired companies in the world, teaches at major universities, conducts leading edge research on workplace values and has spoken to more than one million people across the globe, from Brazil to Russia, from New York to London. He is a leading business strategy expert, a best-selling author, a community leader and an avid conservationist. He has served on the boards of several large conservation organizations, worked with over 100 companies to create more socially responsible workplaces, and was chair of the North American Environmental Caucus at the UN Conference on Development and Sustainability in Cairo.

Experience

Prior to establishing his own firm, Izzo was a senior organizational development consultant for Kaiser Permanente, and Vice President of The Einstein Consulting Group, an international customer service consultancy.

Izzo has devoted his life and career to helping leaders create workplaces that bring out the best in people, plus discover more purpose and fulfillment in life and work. For over 20 years, he has pioneered employee engagement, helping organizations create great corporate cultures and leading brands through transformations that create both customer and employee loyalty.

His client organizations range from high tech to high touch, from hotels to hospitals, from government agencies to entrepreneurial start-ups. He focuses on coaching leaders and organizations to achieve sustainable success through integrating purposeful leadership with business development practices.

Top executives say that Izzo brings the unique combination of practical ideas and high-level “big picture” thinking to their organizations. He challenges audiences to greater vision and leaves them with practical strategies to create the organization of the future.

Books

Dr John Izzo is the bestselling author of eight books including the international bestsellers Awakening Corporate Soul, Values Shift, The Five Secrets You Must Discover Before You Die, The Five Thieves of Happiness and Stepping Up. John’s passion for helping organizations activate purpose with employees and customers has inspired him to write his 8th book, The Purpose Revolution-How Leaders Create Engagement in an Age of Social Good.

Pioneer

John was a pioneer in the Corporate Social Responsibility and Sustainability movements and is an Adjunct Professor at the University of British Columbia where he is a co-founder of The Men’s Initiative which is dedicated to creating a more equitable, compassionate and sustainable world through enhancing the wellbeing and integrity of men.” John also serves on the Advisory Board of Sustainable Brands.

Education

He holds a Master’s degree in Psychology and a Ph.D. in Organizational Communication.

John Izzo Speaking Topics

100/0: 100 Percent Responsibility/Zero Excuses: Creating A Culture Of Ownership

Taking responsibility means stepping up and seeing yourself as the agent of change, whether it is changing your company or changing the world. Dr. John Izzo shows how “stepping up” creates positive change while improving satisfaction at work and in life. Dr. Izzo’s simple concept, called “100/0” (100% responsibility/zero excuses) can transform a company when we decide to put aside our excuses and take initiative to create change. Filled with inspiring examples of how people have stepped up to make things better, audiences will leave knowing that the more each of us takes personal accountability the better the workplace, the better our life and the better the world. This session can be focused on all levels to foster greater ownership or focused for leaders where he also helps leaders discover how to foster a climate of ownership and accountability.

Future Proof Leadership: Why We Miss What’s Coming & How to Be Ready

We all know the future is more uncertain, and that change will be more rapid. Major trends shaping tomorrow include a more diverse high-expectation workforce, the emergence of Artificial Intelligence, Climate Change, faster disruptive cycles and converging international crises. While it’s helpful for a futurist to tell us what may be coming, it’s more important for leaders and organizations to be Future Proof– to learn how to anticipate future scenarios themselves and act NOW to be ready when change arrives. Your audience will discover major trends shaping the future of work, understand why we often miss what’s coming next, hear compelling stories of those who missed what was coming and those who prepared and thrived. You will learn the power of using foresight to identify future possible scenarios, discover why low plausibility outcomes are often the most disruptive and discover the Power of Back Casting to learn how to make changes today ahead of changes coming tomorrow.

Stepping Up: Taking Your Game to the Next Level

This inspiring talk shows what happens when individuals decide to be “agents of change” in both work and society. Pushing beyond limits requires each one of us to step up and be even stronger agents of change in our workplaces, communities and personal lives. Based on his bestselling book, Stepping Up—How Taking Responsibility Changes Everything, Dr. Izzo will challenge each one of to see ourselves as people of influence. Through engaging stories of individuals and groups that created change in business and society, he will help us understand why some people push the limits of their influence and how we can grow ours. He will also show the power of personal responsibility in our personal lives and careers.

Leading on Purpose: Winning People with the Why

If you really want your people to be engaged and bring their best to work then you need to make sure they have a deep sense of purpose. Research shows that people who see the purpose of their work are more productive, work longer hours and are more engaged. We also know that when people feel inspired by the purpose of your company or organization they are more deeply committed, more willing to change, and serve customers more powerfully. Dr. John Izzo first introduced the idea of higher purpose at work in his book, Awakening Corporate Soul, and has been showing leaders for over 20 years how to create a workplace where people are connected to the highest purpose of their work. In this engaging keynote, John not only shows why purpose is so critical but provides audiences proven methods to drive purpose and the “why” with their teams.

The Habits of Happy People

Dr. John Izzo has spent a lifetime researching what separates truly happy, high-engagement teams and leaders from the rest of the pack. Organizations with happy employees perform better, make fewer critical mistakes, make better decisions, are significantly more resilient, and are more successful. What’s more, happiness is one of the prime life goals for almost all people globally. Yet, few people know anything about the emerging science of happiness that shows how simple habits can raise the sustainable level of happiness we experience.

Leading For Transformational Change: Turning Resistance into Results

Would you like your people to consistently embrace change and create ongoing innovation? Almost every organization today is experiencing unprecedented change and also needing to drive innovation and transformation to stay successful. Dr. John Izzo has spent an entire career helping leaders and organizations not only embrace change but inspiring them for transformational change. Your audience will discover proven methods for getting others to embrace change. John explains the neuroscience behind change and how to use that knowledge to help others embrace change. The audience will discover the keys to personal resilience and learn how to create a climate for innovation and understand the true source of change resistance and how to overcome it in yourself and your organization. This talk is hard hitting, practical and guaranteed to get your people stepping up to change.