SPEAKING & TRAINING

On what most would consider mundane topics regarding important issues faced in the workplace, Glenna shines at delivering keynote presentations and education sessions with dynamic style, enthusiasm, humor, real world business stories, and—at times—a relevant song.

Speaking Topics

5 Reasons You Should Book Glenna For Your Event

She's The "Real Deal”

Glenna has held executive HR and training positions in world renowned brands and has “seen it all”.

Attention Grabbing Stories

She shares real world examples and situations that her audience can relate and refer to in their everyday business and personal lives.

High Energy & Inspiring

She grabs your attention from the start, and stimulates the audience with music, style, humor, along with great, high value information.

Information With Impact

Every presentation includes practical tools and key take away’s that can be immediately applied to increase performance and productivity.

Customized

Every presentation is customized for the audience and industry.

Speaking & Training Clients

It is my pleasure to acknowledge Glenna Hecht for her presentations at the KOA National Convention. She presented, Hiring for Results and From Fax to Facebook; Multi Generations in the Workplace and received the highest speaker ratings out of all the speakers we had this year! She is truly an expert in her field and delivers content with such enthusiasm! Glenna didn’t deliver a canned speech. She took the time to learn about our organization and the challenges we face to customize content that was most meaningful to us. We look forward to working with Glenna again in the near future and would highly recommend her to others.

Kama Humphrey

Director of Training & Events, Kampgrounds of America - KOA

UNBEATABLE EXPERIENCE

Glenna has a wealth of executive industry experience in HR, Training and Development working with world renowned brands, such as: Starbucks, Marshall Field’s, and The Levy Restaurants at Walt Disney World.

Glenna is a professional speaker with NSA – National Speaker Association, and has presented to international, national, and local audiences from dozens to thousands in all types of businesses, associations, franchises,and not-for-profit organizations. Her energetic, authentic, and down to earth style allows the audience to easily engage in the session and leaves them well informed, entertained, and able to immediately apply the information in their professional and personal lives.

Training Topics & Outcomes

All topics can be conducted as a keynote or training workshop and customized to the business and industry. Business leaders, managers, HR professionals and employees who want to advance their career would benefit from these topics.

Leadership Topics HR Topics

Leadership Topics

From Fax to Facebook – Multi Generations in the Workplace

Do you ever ask yourself “How do I talk to and interact with them?” Topic details

In this time of a multigenerational workplace, “them” is anyone who is not like us!! Participants will gain an understanding of the five generations in the workplace; characteristics of each generation; and leading, managing, communicating and selling to the generations.

Leading In the Future – The A,B,C Skills You Need in the New Normal

What skills do you need to influence and lead a team? Topic details

Business is changing and leaders and managers have to change with it. Participants gain an understanding of key characteristics and skills of the leader; impact of these skills in the workplace; an assessment of their skills; and goal setting.

Organizational Savvy – The Art of Positive Politics

Does your organization have rules of engagement that impact relationships? Topic details

Couple this with personal motivators and you have a dynamic in a company that must be understood and managed. Participants gain an understanding of rules of organizational engagement; the nine political styles; political blind spots; the importance of emotional intelligence; and techniques for communicating and gaining influence.

Barely Managing – Start Coaching

When more than one are gathered, you have a team. Now what do you do?! Topic details

Now you have to manage personalities and determine rules and roles for operating successfully for the best results. Participants will gain an overview of the types and dynamics of teams; roles on the team; components of team building to achieve the best results; structuring teams for maximum output; how to play well with others; team communications; and facilitating teamwork.

When Shift Happens – Progressive Coaching for Improved Results

What do you do when “shift happens” in the workplace and an employee’s performance changes. How do you deal with this issue? Topic details

Participants will learn what to do when employee performance changes; what is progressive coaching; the steps of progressive coaching; how to have a coaching conversation; and the five most common questions regarding employee performance and discipline.

Hire Employees Every Day of Their Career – Employee Engagement

Now that you have hired a great employee, how do you engage and keep them? Topic details

Participants will gain an understanding of the levels of engagement, behavior of engaged employees, employee disengagement, the fiscal impact of engagement, the employee lifecycle, and techniques that impact employee engagement.

Using Your IQ to Increase Your EQ – Emotional Intelligence

Did you know that EQ may be more important than IQ? Topic details

Many experts believe that a person’s emotional intelligence quotient (EQ) may be more important than their IQ and is certainly a better predictor of success, quality of relationships, and overall happiness. Participants will gain an understanding of what is emotional intelligence; the impact and benefits on your personal and professional lives; emotional intelligence competencies and strategies; managing emotions; and developing EQ communication skills.

I was delighted to bring in Glenna Hecht to speak on generational differences at our President’s conference at Acme brick. She was informative, entertaining, and truly engaged our group. The sure sign that the message was well received was when several leaders applied their new knowledge on generational differences the very next day in other sessions. I wholeheartedly recommend Glenna as a professional speaker for your organization.

Carol Kiburz

HR Executive, Acme Brick

Human Resources Topics

Hiring for Results

You want to hire the best, but how do you do that? Topic details

This requires knowing up front if a candidate has the skills and abilities necessary to do the job and achieve results. Participants will learn how to analyze top performers and identify required skills; prepare for and conduct behavioral interviews; create competency based questions; conduct the interview; avoid common interview mistakes; and practice interviewing.

It’s All about Respect

Do your employees know how to play well with others? Topic details

Diversity in the workplace is a common theme. Harassment and bullying are on the rise. How can your organization change behavior and be protected from liability? Participants will learn what harassment is; types of harassment; differences in the workplace; the legal implications of harassment; what to do when you receive a complaint; and preventing harassment.

Performance Management for Results

You have to give a performance review and you don’t know how to do it. What do you say? How do you set goals? What if you have to give tough feedback? Topic details

Participants gain an understanding of the perceptions and benefits of performance reviews; what is an effective evaluation; company process and forms; writing great content and commentary; and delivering impactful performance evaluations.

Glenna has provided educational services for Beacon Training for the past several years in the areas of HR and Professional Development to a variety of industries. She is my go to person for HR related topics and issues, and is always frank, honest and forthright. I saw a different side to her recently when she did a keynote speech on Generational Differences. She was creative with the information, interesting, entertaining, AND spoke in a way that you remembered the main points of the speech, which is hard to do. She is also an excellent singer and I truly hope she incorporates that talent into her speeches in the future, which creates a bird of an entirely different feather… like a peacock… highly recommend her in the future for keynotes.

Diana Stein

CEO, Beacon Training Services, Inc.

Booking Glenna

For more information on booking Glenna Hecht to speak to your organization, franchise, or association, complete a Contact Form, or call us at 855-447-4111.

The Process

Glenna conducts pre-event interviews to ensure the presentation surpasses your goals and objectives. She crafts her presentations to include scenarios and “language” relevant to your industry and organization. She typically books engagements 3-12 months in advance and will make every effort to accommodate and work within your budget.

Speaking & Training Inquiry

Glenna is AMAZING. She’s been a contributor for years to our trade magazine and her ability to zero in on a topic and provide forward-thinking, targeted advice is just unmatched. Glenna has also been a popular speaker at our annual SAF convention and online educational series — each time delivering a value-packed, entertaining program!

Mary Westbrook

Editor In Chief , Floral Management Magazine at Society of American Florists

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