Future of Work Expert
Future of Work Expert
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Future of Work expert, Kim Seeling Smith helps organizations build and retain a future fit workforce to reach their commercial goals, create thriving cultures, and overcome challenges and seize opportunities presented by the post-pandemic world. She engages audiences as a master storyteller, passionate educator and trend translator.
Kim has literally had a seat at the table with Sir Richard Branson for the innovative work she does around the Future of Work, was named a Top 101 Global Influencer on Employee Engagement, wrote THE how to guide on 1:1 employee check-ins, Mind Reading for Managers, and co-wrote a Career Development Guide with mega author Brian Tracy.
You will frequently see Kim on Sunrise, The Today Show, in Forbes, Fast Company, SmartCompany, CEO Magazine, CNBC Online, the Australian Financial Review, the Sydney Morning Herald and many other print and radio media outlets.
A recovering, KPMG trained CPA, Kim has run an international, award-winning consulting firm since 2009. Prior to that she managed globally ranked recruitment teams and has personally conducted over 5,000 exit interviews.
Kim is a highly engaging, thought provoking and inspiring speaker who leaves her audience with clarity, optimism — and at least 3 actionable steps to make an immediate difference in their business.
She is a founding member of Virgin Unite’s 100% Human at Work Initiative in Australia and the Chief Inspiration Officer for Inspire Sydney.
Kim is a Certified Speaking Professional and a Certified Virtual Presenter and has been presenting virtually since 2012.
Part bespoke AI demo, part in-depth exploration of future trends, this keynote is ideal to wow the audience, challenge their thinking – and leave them with a heavy dose of optimism and practical strategies to thrive in this transformative era.
Did you know that 45% of global CEOs believe their companies won't survive the next decade without significant changes? This is a wake-up call from PwC's latest CEO survey.
With AI accelerating at breakneck speed, the convergence of multiple crises (the “Polycrisis”), and an unprecedented talent shortage, the coming decade is set to be both extraordinarily challenging and exhilarating.
To not only survive but thrive in this transformative era, we need to go:
Available as a 60-minute inspiration session, a 90-minute interactive session or 1 – 3 half-day workshops.
Why Attend?
Join Me for a Transformative Experience
Join me for an engaging, thought-provoking session designed to equip you with the knowledge and tools to navigate the next 10 years with confidence and success.
Don't miss this opportunity to future-proof your organization and lead with impact.
Available as a 60 minute inspiration session, a 90 minute interactive session or a series of 1 – 3 deep dive half-day workshops.
“Kim delivered the opening keynote at our Industry Leadership Forum in November. We gave her a brief to challenge the audience to think differently and she delivered. We were impressed by her industry knowledge, ability to tailor her content to the level of leader and her ability to engage from the stage. Kim was also very easy to work with and got great feedback from the participants. I highly recommend Kim to speak at your conference.”
– Ivan Cauley, Global Vice President Portfolio Management, Worley
Covid-19 will hopefully be the most significant disruption of this decade, but the futurists, demographers and economists amongst us will tell you it certainly won’t be the last.
Business leaders are also facing accelerating technology implementation, a changing geopolitical landscape, supply chain constraints, climate change and shifting consumer demands.
And this against a backdrop of a major skills shortage and the rise of the empowered workforce who are demanding change — and getting it.
These disruptions are all changing the rules of work.
This session will not only help you understand these new rules, but it will give you a strategic roadmap and several action items that will make an immediate impact on your ability to attract and retain a future fit workforce. A workforce that can not only help you survive the challenges of the new world but embrace the opportunities within it as well.
Join us for a highly engaging, thought provoking and thoroughly entertaining trip into the future that will leave the audience with a high level strategic framework along with specific practical actions to ensure they are able to attract and retain the staff they need to not only survive but thrive in our new, quickly changing world.
The Great Resignation is occurring because we are in a unique moment in time where a critical skills shortage – caused by an aging workforce, border closures and rapidly changing needs of employers – is running headlong into a newly empowered workforce.
A workforce who after 2 years of pandemic induced reflection has become very clear on what they want – and what they don’t want – and they’re willing to vote with their feet.
Experts are now predicting that companies – including some iconic brands – will fall over in the next few years because they cannot find and keep enough of the right people to kick their business goals.
But how do you know what they actually need to keep them from leaving?
Luckily, reverse engineering over 5,000 exit interviews gives us significant clues as to what workers really want and what employers need to deliver to hold onto their team through the Great Resignation and beyond.
This model, dubbed the 9 Currencies of Choice® was originally developed in 2010 and has recently been updated for the post-pandemic workforce. It has proven to be wildly successful in increasing employee retention, motivation, productivity and profitability.
If your success depends on your ability to inspire and retain a great team then this session is not to be missed.
Hiring the right people has never been more important than it is now. We need top talent to help us overcome the challenges and seize the opportunities of the post-pandemic world.
Unfortunately, it’s also never been more difficult.
We are in a unique moment in time where a critical skills shortage (caused by an aging workforce and the acceleration of automation and AI) is running headlong into the Great Resignation (caused by the critical skills shortage and 2 years of pandemic-induced reflection).Our old recruitment strategies are falling woefully short. It’s time to reimagine recruitment.
Join us for an engaging, thought provoking and ultimately practical session with Kim Seeling Smith who has over 30 years of recruitment experience and a consistent 98% success rate
COVID-19 was the first (and hopefully most significant) disruption of this decade, but it will certainly not be the last.
To seize opportunities and overcome challenges presented by the inevitable disruptions that technology and the tension between globalization and localization will bring over the next few years, we must rethink how we hire and manage people because our current practices were designed for a different age and a different workforce.
Good enough will not be good enough in the future. We must be agile, flexible, innovative and resilient.
The Unified Theory of Everything People is a holistic, practical model.
It is based on two decades of extensive research and will help organizations and people leaders with practical solutions they can use immediately to build and retain the workforce they will need to survive this “Decade of Disruption.”
Being disruptive is sexy. But let’s face it, not every leader or organization can be disruptive.
Unfortunately every leader – and every organization can be disrupted – and most never see it coming – although they should. Disruption doesn’t happen because a better product or service comes along.
Disruption happens because companies – or industries – drink their own Kool-Aid. They lull themselves into complacency believing the stories they tell themselves about their products, customers and staff.
Stories that are just plain wrong – but are so entrenched they don’t challenge their validity.
Sony never saw the rise of the iPhone – despite the fact that they had the technology long before Apple.
Kodak wasn’t disrupted because of the rise of digital photography. They invented the first digital camera and spent millions on R&D. Kodak was disrupted because they didn’t understand changing consumer preferences in how their people want to view the photos they took – regardless of how they were taken.
This thought-provoking and extremely entertaining presentation will help you identify and examine the stories you tell yourself.
Through this 3 step process, you will be able to identify where you or your organization is vulnerable and begin to develop an action plan to fend off your competitors where you may be the most vulnerable.
Kim was born to MC. Highly engaging and energetic, naturally curious with exceptional pattern recognition skills, she is extremely adept at creating a flow and managing the energy of the audience throughout your event — whether it lasts 4 hours or 2 days.
Kim’s work as an MC runs the gamut. She can simply show up on the day to introduce speakers, provide the glue between sessions and manage the energy of the audience. Or she can take a much more active approach in helping you develop a theme, shape the event and strategise on speakers.
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