Michael Kerr

Michael Kerr: Profile

Michael uses safe, clean, sometimes outrageous humor to deliver insightful, relevant, practical and provocative ideas on how to create more inspiring workplaces – the way work OUGHT to be!

Michael is an award-winning Certified Speaking Professional, the author of six books (including Inspiring Workplaces and Putting Humor to Work), and a member of the Canadian Speakers’ Hall of Fame. Michael helps teams and organizations to build more inspiring workplace cultures by taking a holistic look at the workplace, to explore common workplace issues and challenges such as:

• How do you co-create a truly inspiring vision that actually matters?
• How do you keep your workplace values alive and center in the minds and hearts of your employees and customers?
• How can you avoid “deja moo” communication (the feeling that you’ve heard this bull before) and inspire employees and customers with your messages?
• How can you use safe, professional humor effectively to inspire people, spark creativity and manage stress in the workplace?
• How can you live a “service-first” value when it comes to offering inspiring customer/client service?
• How can you truly engage, motivate and inspire employees in realistic ways that actually matter?
• How can you foster and support more innovation and creativity in your workplace?
• What are the key characteristics of truly inspiring workplace culture?

As a recovering senior manager, Michael is very focused on results. Whether speaking to senior leaders or the entire team including front line employees, he is passionate about working with teams and organizations that are serious about taking their culture to the next level, serious about putting humor to work not just for the sake of having more fun, but to help organizations achieve better results, faster.