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About
Eric Papp has a successful history of delivering proven strategies to increase productivity and performance in a complex world.
Before becoming the success he is today, he earned his B.A. from the University of Notre Dame. He founded Agape leadership, LLC, an intellectual capital firm focusing on leadership and sales for business performance, with the sole purpose of driving leaders and their teams to success.
As a successful author and public speaker since 2010, he has worked with thousands of managers to aid teams toward success.
Eric Papp has been evaluated as one of the top management trainers in North America for his expertise in leadership effectiveness. Leadership By Choice and 3 Values of Being An Effective Person — published by John Wiley and Sons — are both top sellers and recognized for their unique impact in the business world.
Eric now lives in Tampa, FL with his wife Brieann and their daughter Elliana. In his spare time, Eric frequents his local church, engages the community, and practices the kettlebell.
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Manage Promises, Not People
Create self-managing teams that thrive in the future of work:
- Close the gap between promises made and results delivered
- Increase trust and reduce friction by restoring outstanding commitments
- Create ownership and foster collaboration with the use of promise-centric leadership
Strategy and its execution often break down and create stagnation, squandered resources, and the formation of silos.
Managing only by power (authority) and process (Six Sigma) is insufficient to meet the rapid changes in workforces today.
Manage Promises, Not People is a new approach for work where wishful thinking becomes a predictable result.
Eric Papp spent fifteen years as a management trainer, and he helped turn case studies into actionable strategies. He has discovered the secret to executing these strategies with precision and success. No one can predict the future, but we can develop a management style that thrives under any market conditions.
Three parts to a promise:
- Confidence
- Capability
- Clarity
Make It Happen: The Effective Executive
Three habits of strategic execution and decision-making:
- Avoid the top three traps of knowledge workers
- Focus on your highest priorities using The Law of Three
- Generate velocity on projects by using The Effectiveness Process
The future holds more change and distraction than ever before. With increasing complexity, many knowledge workers will struggle to keep up and accomplish what’s most important. There are now too many intelligent people who confuse being busy with being productive. Many have a current behavior of wanting to do more, and that often leaves them overcommitted, underperforming, and burned out.New skills are required to filter distractions, reduce friction, and create velocity on projects. It’s time we think differently about our work and that we shift from time and effort to value and impact.Eric is one of the top experts on effectiveness and has worked on managing multiple priorities with thousands of managers in the trenches. He is the author of Priority Planner. Audiences enjoy Eric’s impromptu humor, his ability to understand their unspoken challenges, and his actionable strategies.Collaboration Culture
Together we go further. Foster impactful communication:
- Overcome the mindset of rugged individualism
- Enhance cross-silo communication
- Strengthen trust because of humility
- Discover the value of healthy conflict and crucial conversations
Successfully working with others is an acquired skill.Embrace collaboration and break free from the limits of individualistic thinking. Those who believe they can do it all on their own often hit a ceiling. If multiple people do that, the result is frustration, isolation, and competition.A collaborative culture is when people ask for help and work together. They switch from “How can I do this?” to “Who can help me?” It’s about leaving egos at the door, coming from a place of contribution service, and using strengths to go further together.80/20 Selling
Selling strategy for the new economy:
- Overcome the commoditization trap
- Multiply revenue-generating activities using the Sales Time System
- Foster CRM usage among salespeople
- Identify new opportunities for value creation
Today, getting a customer’s attention is more challenging than ever before. Sales success depends more on the focus of time and activity rather than schmoozing over long lunches and golf outings.Sales professionals today are beaten up on their prices, their increasing administrative duties, and the constant interruptions that create little to no time for business development. As a result, they rely on existing relationships or external conditions to drive new growth. That is unpredictable and dangerous.The Sales Time System helps sales professionals to spend more energy on revenue-generating activities and to develop successful sales habits regardless of market conditionsAdapt, Thrive, and Innovate
Ready today and preparing for tomorrow:
- Navigate any change successfully by using The Change Accelerator Model
- Accelerate adoption by uncovering and addressing resistance
- Acquire the adaptability skill set and strengthen resiliency
- Discover the creative destruction business cycle and the importance of continuous value creation
Change is unavoidable, and growth is intentional.Apathy, procrastination, and quiet resistance set in when change is not appropriately addressed. In addition, external events can shake the confidence of even the most successful organizations and cause fear, anxiety, and stagnation.Over 70% of change initiatives fail due to employee resistance and the lack of management support. That causes frustration for employees and a lack of confidence in leadership, and it becomes challenging to keep up with the rate of change.The Change Accelerator raises awareness about personal resistance and helps to complete the past so that teams and organizations can create a new future at an accelerated pace.
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