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Jim Dethmer

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Transform workplace culture with Jim Dethmer, speaker and conscious leadership expert. Jim works with Fortune 500 executives to build high-performing teams through emotional intelligence and integrity, delivering practical tools backed by his bestselling book on sustainable leadership success.

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Jim Dethmer

Chicago, United States

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Influential speaker on conscious leadership
Advisor to Fortune 500 CEOs on leadership
Author of "The 15 Commitments of Conscious Leadership"

Jim Dethmer is a highly engaging and influential speaker who combines insightful research, humour, and relatable examples to inspire and activate audiences. With years of experience speaking to large crowds, Jim's expertise in conscious leadership is gaining recognition in the corporate world and beyond. He focuses on coaching leaders to create high-performing teams built on trust, engagement, and collaboration. Jim's talks on emotional intelligence and the importance of integrity resonate with audiences and have become favourites. As a trusted advisor to Fortune 500 CEOs, Jim delivers the message of conscious leadership with authority and experience. His speech topics include the 15 Commitments of Conscious Leadership, the power of emotional intelligence over IQ in the workplace, and a deeper understanding of integrity. Jim's goal is to provide audiences with practical tools and insights they can apply to their lives and organizations. His best-selling book, "The 15 Commitments of Conscious Leadership: A New Paradigm for Sustainable Success," further illustrates his expertise in this field.

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What Is Integrity Really?

Many leaders and organizations claim integrity as a core value, often defining it as “doing the right thing.” However, this simplistic definition falls short in practice. This presentation by Dethmer and The Conscious Leadership Group reveals the pitfalls executives face when they believe they are upholding integrity, only to encounter lawsuits and office drama. Attendees will learn how Dethmer and his team teach true integrity to leaders worldwide. They will leave empowered to identify areas where they may lack integrity and equipped with tools to restore it, resulting in less drama and more energy for their priorities.

The 15 Commitments Of Conscious Leadership

Distilled through years of practice and experience advising CEOs and their organizations, the 15 Commitments of Conscious Leadership offers a roadmap to create leaders, teams and organizations that are based on trust, curiosity and learning. This talk leads audiences through the key competencies of sustained leadership success: self-awareness and learning agility. With laser-like precision, Jim breaks down how these 15 commitments lead to trust-rich teams and organizations where full engagement becomes the norm. Audiences learn how to end blame and criticism, put an end to gossip, and how emotional intelligence is key to peak performance for leaders, teams and organizations.

Why EQ Trumps IQ In The Workplace

Investment banks are known for their competitive, bottom-line-focused environments, populated by some of the highest IQ individuals. So why did they invite Jim Dethmer to speak to their high-potential, next-generation leaders about feelings? These leaders recognize that while IQ is important, emotional intelligence (EQ) is crucial for long-term success. Research has shown that EQ often surpasses IQ as a predictor of career success. Jim Dethmer explains why EQ is essential and demystifies emotional intelligence, literacy, and wisdom. Attendees will learn how to harness the power of EQ in their everyday lives for greater success.

Why we recommend booking Jim

Jim brings a wealth of experience in conscious leadership, offering your team practical tools and insights for building trust, engagement, and collaboration. His engaging speaking style, combined with humor and relatable examples, will inspire and activate your audience towards sustainable success. Booking Jim means investing in a transformative experience that elevates emotional intelligence and integrity within your organization.

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Jim Dethmer and his team helped us in some important ways: decision making (clarity and speed), enhancing trust and team dynamics, defining our culture more precisely, and thinking through our strategic direction and business model. They are very skilled in their work.

Research Affliates

Jim Dethmer is a master teacher of the hardest subject of them all: leadership. His no-nonsense feedback is direct, constructive, never judgmental and loaded with compassion. His teachings have transformed our workplace and our lives.

Chairwoman, Dreamworks

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