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Book James Melton as a Keynote speaker or Master Class Leader.
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The following information will provide an overview of his work to support your convention needs.
 

Presentation Titles with a brief overview listed below:

Challenge the Limits
Beyond Tomorrow
Leadership For The 21st Century
Managing for Maximum Performance
First Class Service and Sales Principles
How to Communicate with Impact and Authority
An Action Plan for Your Future
The Power of Decision
How To Read A Person Like A Book
Stress Without Distress
Ethics, Values and the Lone Ranger
Win-Win Negotiations
 

Challenge the Limits
A power-packed and vitalizing, high-energy keynote presentation
Session length: Approximately 1 hour
Enlightening, Vitalizing and Entertaining! Getting what you want in life demands a purpose in mind—you must be focused, dedicated and disciplined. This session provides immediate and practical help for guiding yourself and others toward higher levels of accomplishment and builds a simple foundation for implementing ideas for greater productivity. This mind-expanding performance will motivate, inspire and provide action ideas for immediate results.
 

Beyond Tomorrow
A thought-provoking, mind-expanding and exciting keynote presentation
Session length: Approximately 1 hour
Step through the portal of time and experience a program that is light years beyond in content and delivery.
Are you ready to explore your future and make the changes necessary to fulfill your dreams? This futuristic session is designed as a catalyst for people to re- evaluate their daily choices and provides insights to cross the threshold into the new millennium. The presentation looks into the human element of our future, addressing the need to keep pace with change. Personal and social changes, technology and leadership in the new global environment are also discussed.
What lies ahead for us in the next 20 years will have little correlation to our past.
Research dictates that the shift will be phenomenal.
 

High-Performance Leadership
Leadership For The 21st Century or...
Managing For Maximum Performance - All CMAA credit approved
Session length: 1 hour - Half day - Full day
Have you ever heard of a one-person football team? Even the quarterback can't win the game alone. This leadership session will present techniques to bring out the highest qualities in you and create a team player mentality in your employees. Effective leadership and job efficiency are just some of the benefits of operating within a cohesive team. This thought-provoking session will offer methods to call out the best in yourself and others. Participants will learn to identify their leadership style, interpret the actions of others, respect individual differences and make choices to change behaviors.
 

First Class Service and Sales Principles - CMAA credit approved
Session length: 1 hour - Half day - Full day
This presentation will identify techniques to enhance client relationships, provide First Class Service, and increase your closing ratio. The personal side of sales and service is explored. Methods are presented to refine communication and enhance personal confidence. "Hands-on" activities can be scheduled to gain experience in relationship selling, negotiating and closing the sale.
 

How to Communicate with Impact and Authority
Session length: 3 hours to 2 days
Move your presentations to the next level…
and turn a good talk into an outstanding performance.

The single most important ingredient to command leadership and the respect of your peers is the ability to convey your ideas in an intelligent, clear, concise fashion. This program is designed for the busy professional who is ready for a no-nonsense approach to enhancing the teaching and learning experience. Based on scientific research, and 20 plus years of experience, these techniques are offered in a practical, ready-to-use format to convey a message that will be heard and acted upon.

"When your presentation is good, it is energizing. But when it is weak - your reputation is at stake!"
 

An Action Plan For Your Future
This session offers an eight-step action plan to establish and achieve effective purpose, balance and direction in business and personal life. The premise is that there are many ways to reach an end—some are better than others. This focused, dedicated and disciplined process provides immediate and practical help to guide anyone toward higher levels of accomplishment. Methods are presented to overcome resistance to change. Also offered are creative and effective methods to move from the problem to the solution.
 

The Power of Decision
In your personal and professional life, when leading people, it is often more important to be decisive than it is to be right. Although the reverse seems true, it actually is not. Many people are good decision makers who are not good leaders, but when you think about it, there are no good leaders who are not good decision makers. Although no one decision is ever taken is isolation, each one leads to the total process. Even so, decisiveness is one of the most powerful tools available to leaders in any field. Looking behind the scenes to see how great decision-makers function is essential. Understanding the decision-making process is the leaders most important bit of knowledge. Decision-making is the ultimate task.
 

How To Read A Person Like A Book
Whether aware of it or not, everyone reads body language to form first impressions. Non-verbal communication, however, is all too often only vaguely understood. Here is a simple method by which we can gain insight into the character, sincerity and intentions of others so we may better understand ourselves and those around us. When we understand the basic framework of the individual we can apply this knowledge directly to manage ourselves and others effectively.
 

Stress Without Distress
Stress is a basic and necessary part of all human life. It is the sum of the adaptive changes that our body makes to help adjust to the various social and environmental situations. Negative responses to stress can be unlearned, and more positive ways of reacting can take their place. Stress can be changed in terms of its quantity and quality, but it cannot disappear. Through a personal reflective process, this program is designed to redirect potentially destructive attitudes, habits and behaviors toward a more positive, healthy and enthusiastic lifestyle. Participants will experience immediate positive results, through demonstration and practical application.
 

Ethics, Values and the Lone Ranger
Ethics is probably the most sensitive issue in today's professional world. There is no right way to do a wrong thing. This session clearly defines practical methods to check your motives, identify responsibility and resolve issues so everyone wins. Ethics is simply a system of moral principles of conduct or values. By applying the FEEL technique, participants will be guided toward satisfying profitable decision. Getting back to basics will be the focus of this session. The intention will be, not to impose values, but to reveal them within the individual. By allowing our values to surface we can explore their benefits and make necessary alterations. When building a solid business structure, ethics is the cornerstone of your foundation. (Discover the secret as to how Jim has a tie to the Lone Ranger.)
 

Win-Win Negotiations
Each of us negotiates something everyday. When treated correctly, all negotiations large and small, from the SALT agreements to “lights out” for your children are handled through a process that requires effective communication, understanding a willingness to listen. The skilled negotiator always maintains the edge in designing a favorable final outcome — for all concerned. This program focuses on the strategic points that can make or break any proposal, and is based on principles that will work for anyone.