John Baumann Speaking Topics

• DECIDE SUCCESS: Accepting .. better yet .. Embracing a Life-changing Event

  With all humility, I am honored and blessed to have been selected as the inspirational speaker to be presenting at the 3rd World Parkinson Congress (1st in 2006 and 2nd in 2009) to be held in Montreal, Canada from October 1 to 4. I will be appearing in the Renewal Room on October 2 on Reclaiming Positive Perspective: A DECIDE SUCCESS Inspirational Talk. I have dates available to speak to your organization as well. JohnBaumann.com

  DECIDE SUCCESS: Your guide to get through the emotional rollercoaster (shock, disbelief, denial, isolation, anger, depression, etc.) of a life-changing event (Parkinsons or any other disease or illness, the disease or illness of a loved one resulting in you becoming a caregiver, loss of a loved one, divorce, job loss, etc.) so that you have the ability to actually embrace it and maybe even find your purpose seeing it in someway as "for the best."

  While teaching part-time at the University, this speaker began collaborating on a book featuring Deepak Chopra. Next, he published a book on Success featuring short anecdotes that teach his 12 Action Steps, from intensity to instincts to maintaining a positive attitude to experiencing your end-vision to faith.

  “I didn’t try to niche it Parkinson’s-only,” he said. “I felt the lessons applied to students, professionals, non-professionals, people taking up a hobby, anyone with a life-changing event or caregiver to a person with a life-changing event. This talk gives you the plan you need.”

  Excerpt from book and audio-book on SUCCESS:

  My mother had said to me hundreds of times, “Everything happens for the best.” Almost a year after I was diagnosed with Parkinson’s sitting in her living room having casual conversation, her favorite commentary changed. “Well, remember, everything happens for a reason.” What had always been the “best” was now a mediocre “reason”, solemn and unexplainable “reason”?

• Proactive Workplace Injury Reduction Culture Program

Proactively Anticipate: Avoid Regrets

All work-related fatalities should cause the owners and management of any organization to pause. Every one of us has an obligation and a moral duty to do what we can to prevent future fatalities by proactive anticipation.

I was at a charity golf outing one Monday afternoon when I got "the call." A truck driver had lost his load, resulting in the death of a mother of two young children. This call hit me as hard emotionally as any other issue I had to address in my professional career.

As I collected my thoughts, I remembered several times over the past year that I had thought of questioning the load securement assurance program. Perhaps I thought I might step on some toes, dislike the conflict, or believed that doing so was not my job. I regret to this day not actively engaging in the discussion. To prevent work-related deaths, raise your level of awareness by proactively anticipating, especially in the area of accidents. You may save lives.

DECIDE SUCCESS: 12 Action Steps to Achieve the SUCCESS You Truly Desire

DECIDE SUCCESS uses short stories to bring the success principles to life, engaging imagery. I have dedicated my life to inspiring, explaining my twelve action steps to achieve the success you truly desire to, and bringing hope to as many people as possible. You will have an actual plan to be more successful after hearing this speaker.

There are twelve action steps to achieve the success that you truly desire. I make no secret of the phases and steps: Part I (the Mapping Phase) is to assess and envision; Part II (the Work Phase) is to give your best effort, prepare, and raise your level of intensity; Part III (the Active Phase) is to seek out experiences, and identify and nurture contacts and resources; Part IV (the Expansion Phase) is to increase your level of awareness and to trust your instincts; and Part V (the Legacy Phase) is to maintain a positive attitude, live a life of integrity, and have faith. These are in a very specific sequential, step-by-step order.

I want to mention that there is a real reason that I included the phrase, you truly desire. Sometimes what you currently believe that you desire to be successful at is not what you truly desire to be successful at.

This talk starts and ends with these twelve principles. The guts of this presentation explain and add flesh to these principles. I used to think that success was something reserved for a person starting out and then establishing a career, but there are so many more applications for these success principles. Some have decided to focus their attention to succeed in a sport or an artistic endeavor whether as a career or as a hobby. Success comes in a variety of shapes and sizes.

This program also teaches leadership and management skills from an Executive, Attorney & Human Resourses Manager who succeeded in Corporate America for 23 years.

JUST ENOUGH TO BE DANGEROUS: What everyone needs to know about the LAW

In an entertaining and often humorous way, this talk or series of talks has been described as mini-law school. Listeners are given the basics of several areas of law to choose from including the court system, contracts, personal injury negligence, employment, labor relations, intellectual property, environmental, and alternative dispute resolution.

This speaker was selected "Most Inspiring Prrofessor" by the Scholar Athlete of the Year at the University of Louisville and a Faculty Favorite Finalist.

This is a BIG PICTURE approach with the objective of helping business people and the general public at least know when they need to contact an attorney and which type of attorney they may need.