Presentations
On this page you will find three groups of presentations on the broad topics of Leadership, Management, and Building Your Career.
All of these can be customized as keynotes or 4-8 hour workshops.
Group 1 – Presentations on Leadership:
- The Simple Secrets of Leading Professionals
- The Greatest Leadership Secret of Them All!
- Are You Asking The RIGHT Questions?
- Thriving in Chaos – It’s Child’s Play!
1. The Simple Secrets of Leading Professionals
So, you lead a team of professionals. How’s that working out for you? Are you getting everything done? The people in your organization are looking to you for answers. Do you have them? Even more importantly, SHOULD you have them?
If you are a new leader or one who has never really given much thought to leadership, this workshop is for you!
In this informative workshop you will learn how to get things done as a Leader, meaning:
- What You Are ACTUALLY Expected To Do
- The Skills You Need To Succeed (Hint – They Aren’t The Ones You Think!)
- How to Set Standards and Expectations
- How To Really Get Things Done
- Leadership Secrets
- How To Develop A Team
The session will also include practical and useful tips on both managing and leading as a Leader.
Additional questions? Want to book Bill? Call 425-419-7047 or click Here
2. The Greatest Leadership Secret Of Them All!
When Times Get Tough, What Kind Of A Leader Will You Be?
Will you try to emulate the skills of the great military leaders of history such as Robert E. Lee, George Patton, Napoleon, or Ghengis Khan?
Will you try to use the secrets of great political leaders such as the simple wisdom of Abraham Lincoln, the persistence of Winston Churchill, or the patience of Ghandi?
We would all like to say that we will do something like this, to rely on the wisdom of the great. In truth, however, even if we are exposed to their thinking, most of us cannot do what they did because we aren’t them!
What we CAN do is to learn from life and experience. We can always be on the lookout for that pearl of wisdom; the key that will help us when we need it most.
Bill Hickman knows, because he found the pearl, The Greatest Leadership Secret of Them All, when he least expected it, and it sustained him when he needed it the most.
As a young boy Bill’s fondest dream was to attend the US Naval Academy and to command a ship in the Navy. Lacking the necessary math skills, he enlisted in the Navy at the age of 17 and worked his way up from the Deck Force to the bridge.
Along the way he not only learned the math but also the art of leadership in one of the oldest training crucibles known to man – the sea. By the time he achieved his dream 23 years later he was a very different man. The day he assumed command of his very own ship he thought he had it all. Then he learned what leadership really was.
What happened along the way is a compelling story, one that he gladly shares with those who want to learn…
The Greatest Leadership Secret Of Them All!
Additional questions? Want to book Bill? Call 425-419-7047 or click Here
3. Are You Asking The RIGHT Questions?
In our business life we ask questions every day, but are they the right questions? Consider:
- Are they questions to which we really want answers?
- Are they questions to which there are no safe answers?
- Are they questions to which we already know the answers?
- Are they questions to which we demand answers – RIGHT NOW?
When you ask these questions, what kind of answers do you get…informed, thoughtful, helpful, or useless? What we often forget is that while the questions we ask MAY give us the information we seek, they WILL have a direct impact on our relationships, our organizations, and our bottom lines.
In the fast paced technological world of modern business it is more important than ever to recognize that our success or failure depends not on our skill or technical knowledge, but on our ability to get the job done. Doing so requires us to interact successfully with people – our subordinates, our peers, our leaders, and our customers. What are you communicating to them? Are you asking the right questions?
Bill Hickman knows because he learned the skill of asking the right question when he least expected it and it sustained him when he needed it the most.
As a young boy Bill’s fondest dream was to command a ship in the US Navy. As he pursued his dream he harbored a deep secret. He was a non-technical person navigating through a highly technical world.
How he used the skill to navigate to his dream is a compelling story. How he later used the skill to navigate as a successful Chief Information Officer is relevant to everyone in business.
If a non-technical person can do that, ask yourself…Are YOU Asking The RIGHT Questions?
Additional questions? Want to book Bill? Call 425-419-7047 or click Here
4. Thriving in Chaos – It’s Child’s Play!
It’s your first day. You have finally achieved the role as top dog you have been seeking for years! Your office is exactly like you thought it would be. Your new assistant waits patiently just outside the door. The entire organization is poised to follow your leadership. Life is GREAT!
Great, that is, until you figure out that the organization is in chaos. Though it was well hidden you discover it is not meeting commitments, the physical plant is broken, the staff operates unsafely, those who are supposed to be leaders are untrained, and YOU are now in charge. THIS is what you waited years for?
Bill Hickman chased his dream job for 33 years. When he took command of a guided-missile frigate in the US Navy, though, he got a whole lot more than he bargained for. While trying to live through the day to day chaos he found that a simple lesson from childhood not only enabled him to survive, but to thrive in that chaotic environment. Since he discovered that chaos is not restricted to the Navy, he has applied the technique with astounding success. In this presentation he shares how you can as well.
Additional questions? Want to book Bill? Call 425-419-7047 or click Here
Group 2 – Presentations on Management: 
- Project Management: It’s More Than Just A Gantt Chart!
- Staying Alive! Time Management for the Overworked Professional!
- No Snoring! The Secrets of Running Effective Meetings
1. Project Management: It’s More Than Just A Gantt Chart!
Are you happy with your project managers? If not, are they managing projects or managing process? If yours is like most organizations, you would probably intuitively say you manage both, but do you really? No matter what how hard you may wish it, managing projects and managing process are not the same things. The difference is short term versus long-term results
As uncomfortable as this realization may be, there is even more important questions that must be addressed:
If your PMs focus solely on short term results do they even care about process?
If they don’t care about process, what does that mean for your long-term results?
In this dynamic presentation, Bill helps you understand how to deal effectively with these questions by implementing an effective program of process management.
Additional questions? Want to book Bill? Call 425-419-7047 or click Here
2. Staying Alive! Time Management for the Overworked!
It’s going to be a great day. You only have 3 things you need to get done for that project and plenty of time to do them.
Just as you are about to start, your boss calls an emergency meeting that sucks up most of the morning. When you come back from that (with new tasks from your boss) you get a call from a customer. When she gets off the phone you are ready to start back up on your project, but find 24 new emails and voice mails.
ARRGH! How in the world can you get it all done?
In this informative seminar you will learn:
- The key to effective time management
- How to organize your time to allow for interruptions
- A technique for dealing with interruptions
- The difference between tasks and projects
- How to schedule what you need to do so it gets done and
- How to get things you don’t need to do off your list!
- Guidelines for creating the most effective tool for time management
Additional questions? Want to book Bill? Call 425-419-7047 or click Here
3. No Snoring! The Secrets of Running Effective Meetings!
You’ve been there. You are just about to make the central point of the meeting you called, but when you look around the room you see people staring off into space, doodling, or half asleep! Great! What do you do now? It may be too late for this meeting, but there are proven ways to make your next meeting much more effective.
In this informative seminar Bill will share with you:
- The top ten characteristics of a bad meeting
- What people want in meetings
- How to personally prepare for meetings
- How to facilitate effective meetings
- How to deal with disruptive behavior in meetings
Additional questions? Want to book Bill? Call 425-419-7047 or click Here
Group 3 – Presentations on Building Your Career: 
- 21st Century Job Transition: Building a Cohesive Job Search
- Networking – You Can’t Afford NOT To Do It!
- Interviewing – Talking Your Way Into The Job You Want
- The Five Simple Steps of Effective Negotiation
1. 21st Job Transition: Building a Cohesive Job Search!
How is your job search going? Are you getting interviews? Getting callbacks? Have you noticed that there seem to be a lot of really good folks out there who do the same thing you do?
If you are like most of us, you’re probably finding that methods and techniques that worked well in the past seem to be less effective in the current marketplace. Given that, how do you uncover opportunities? More importantly, how do you maximize those opportunities? In this tough marketplace, how do you even start?
The key is to approach your job search the same way business approaches marketing – with a cohesive strategy based on your value.
In this session you will learn:
- The Essential Foundation of Job Search
- THE Great Question of Job Search
- The Core of Effective Job Search
- How to Develop a Cohesive Job Search, and
- The Top Ten Ways to BLOW a Job Search!
Additional questions? Want to book Bill? Call 425-419-7047 or click Here
2. Networking: You Can’t Afford NOT To Do It!
Do you have all the contacts you could possibly want? Do you make the most of every networking opportunity? Do you know that the majority of business for small businesses and the vast majority of jobs are obtained through networking?
In this most popular of all Bill’s presentations you will hear the simple, practical, and useful tips on networking he has shared with thousands! You will also learn how to generate contacts and how to make networking meaningful. This program can not only change the way you think, it can change the way you act!
Additional questions? Want to book Bill? Call 425-419-7047 or click Here
3. Interviewing: How to Talk Your Way Into The Job You Want!
You’ve finally got that interview you’ve been after! Great, but….now what? Do you know how to effectively prepare for the interview? Do you know what to say and what NOT to say? Are you ready to WOW the interviewer?
Even if you’re just a little unsure of yourself, this program is for you! In this program Bill will give you simple, practical, and useful tips on what to do before, during, and after the interview. He will even cover the top ten ways to blow an interview and how to avoid them!
Additional questions? Want to book Bill? Call 425-419-7047 or click Here
4. The Five Simple Steps of Effective Negotiation!
Do you consider yourself to be a poor negotiator? Most of us do, but in reality we are merely untrained. It may come as a surprise, but whether you are dealing with a difficult client or simply figuring out where to have lunch, you negotiate every day.
In this unique program you will learn how to avoid the only uniformly fatal trap of negotiation! Bill will help you understand how to move two opposing sides to agreeable middle ground.
In either presentation or hands on workshop format, Bill will outline the five steps of effective negotiation as well as the critical mistakes to avoid. Learn negotiation strategies and tips to help you build relationships while dealing effectively with difficult clients.
If conflict is your stumbling block, this program is for you!
Additional questions? Want to book Bill? Call 425-419-7047 or click Here
Bill Hickman | 
July 19, 2010 9:57 pm
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By Sherri Marie, August 10, 2010 @ 3:58 am
Two thumbs up!