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Escape the Hamster Wheel
Got hamsters? All organisations do!
Hamsters approach life with a rigid mindset. ‘Corporate hamsters’ do the same. These are people who: make up rules that work against them, do things the way they’ve always been done, and do what all other hamsters would do.

Our mindsets can help or hinder us; empower or cripple us according to our ability to recognise and wield them effectively. But most people are not even aware of the mindsets they have adopted over years of conditioning.

Learn how to identify and overcome the mental traps of Hamster-thinking. Empower yourself and your team for growth by developing Personal Initiative and becoming a more Productive and Proactive thinker.

This highly entertaining, highly thought-provoking keynote address unpacks the ‘how-to’ of Initiative, and teaches you to develop specific, proactive personality traits. Take your team’s personal effectiveness to the next level with Douglas Kruger, exorcise your own inner hamster, and escape the hamster wheel…!


The Hamster in the Machine
How the mindsets of corporate hamsters gum up the works in big organizations, and how you can get everyone to see The Big Picture. Learn about the hamsters that may have infected your hierarchy, from Hamsters in the Forecourt, to Hamsters at the Helm.

Hamsters in your Funnel
How Hamster-thinking affects Sales Teams, and how to get your group thinking like Exceptional Individuals.

The Big Bum Theory
“Do these jeans make my bum look big?” “No, honey. It’s your big bum that’s doing it.” This humorous keynote pokes fun at the culture of blame, and shows how, by inverting it, we can set goals, strive for achievements, and move away from excuses.

Position yourself as an Expert in your Industry
Experts are not experts by accident. They are the men and women who understand how to manage perceptions within their industry. The good news is that their techniques are specific and can be learnt. If you are willing to arm yourself with the right knowledge, you can use every speech, media appearance, statement and networking event to raise your profile among your peers, competitors and, most importantly, your target market. Interested in becoming the ‘go to’ person? Learn how to:

	Craft a struggle story
	Gain and maintain high visibility in the key outlets affecting your industry
	Distinguish yourself with a unique voice and philosophy
	Craft messages and outgoing Comms using the ‘expert positioning’ model

This is a thought-provoking, demanding and hugely content-heavy presentation. No apologies are made; this course is heavy! But it can change your place in the hierarchy of your industry. Buckle up and learn for exponential growth. 

How to strategically position your bum above the butter
Career growth for the mostly clueless 
As a manager, are you often asked by staff members when their next raise will be? Or their next promotion? Have you ever caught yourself thinking, “When you deserve it!”? You’re not alone. Many managers think this way. But few know what to do next, or how to inspire their staff to grow into their full potential. Douglas Kruger’s presentation ‘Place your Bum above the Butter’ is a kick-start talk, specifically designed to teach staff members to think with greater aspiration.

The key messages are: Manage yourself to be promotion-worthy; dress and act for the part you want, not just the level you’re at; understand your industry and the bigger picture before you even dream of moving up in it, and place learning above earning. This serious topic is packaged in a surprisingly humorous, frank and refreshing way! 

Talent!
How to Grow or Crush it among your team. How to develop it in yourself. The science behind the phenomenon, and how to use it in this Knowledge Economy.

Relentlessly Relevant
How to live in a state of constant innovation, for individuals and corporate companies.

How to Think Big. No, Bigger!
Mindset development for growth, the art of prosperity thinking, and how to identify the thought-habits that hold you back.

The Zoe Factor
The Personal Touch in customer service, based on the expertise of a bouncy, five-foot-nothing waitress.

The BEST of the Best
What it means and what it takes 
Stephen King – arguably the best-selling writer in the world. Arnold Schwarzenegger – the most award winning body-builder of all time. World Championship winning speakers. What do these disparate characters have in common? Are there discernable similarities between the best of the best? Can patterns of success be discovered and emulated?

There is no doubt that recognizable principles of greatness intersect between all disciplines. Find out exactly what these principles are, and how you can begin to emulate them in your professional life. 


POP!
How does one? More importantly, how does a brand? 
Question: In a mind-numbing sea of competitors, how do you really pop out, get noticed, be remembered? 
Answer: Distinction. 

To stand out, you have to stand out on purpose. Even set about it with a vengeance. There are brands that understand the value of distinction, and pop from the crowd like Marilyn Manson at a Pre-school picnic. But how can your organisation go about it? 

In this 45 minute keynote, allow Douglas Kruger to take you on a humorous, tickling-ly unusual, but ultimately content-rich journey through brand distinction, and what you can do to set yourself apart, stay front-of-mind in those important relationships, and become the trusted go-to name. Important points that Douglas will cover: 

	Popping is a choice!
	You have to Pop from the top down!
	Decide on the tone pre-Pop
	Popping requires channels, but sometimes the channel itself can be the Pop!
	Don’t Pop up front, then fizzle after the fact
	Finding the Poppable items in your marketing mix

Don’t just putter along. Pop! ...Because your brand can be unforgettable. The 7 most effective ways to truly trash a perfectly profitable team. A tongue-in-cheek look at teams, what binds them, what splits them apart.

TRAINING SEMINARS

Public Speaking - How to Engage and Persuade in your Presentations (Full day course)
Douglas is South Africa’s pre-eminent presentation skills coach. He will provide you with all the basics – the nuts ‘n bolts of presenting – but he will also go well beyond that. Learn how to:

	Organize the audience in a room for the best psychological effect
	Connect, engage and persuade
	Structure your messages using one of 15 structural options
	Be compelling and de-boring even the driest presentations
	Establish credibility
	Make your target audience think and believe as you do.

These courses are ideal for managers, sales teams and anyone who wants to grow their career by mastering this all-important skill.

Metaphoria! (2-hour workshop)
Learning the single most powerful communication skill: Storying your points for greater persuasiveness.
The Top 10 Mistakes in Corporate Communication (2 hour workshop)
And how to structure messages that really get through 
Would you like to be interesting? Would you like to be heard? Do you know how to communicate in ways that really get through? This course is not about writing, speaking or conversing. It’s about all of them, and what structures make truly effective communicators in all three. As well as the structures that destroy your chances! Are you committing one of the ’10 Communication Sins’? Find out, and find out how to change. 

Get more Marketing Mileage out of each presentation (1 hour workshop)
Tried, tested and tactful ways to increase your Sales whenever you present.

Next Level Sales Thinking (half day workshop)
Got the basic training? Good! Now let’s take it up a notch with more sophisticated techniques.

Selling in tough times (two hour workshop)
It is not possible to sell to any client who perceives that times are tough. Your first task is to change their perception. How? With thought-leadership techniques. Learn to lead and educate your client.

The ZOE Factor (two hour workshop)
The Personal Touch in customer service
It wasn’t the cheapest restaurant around. The food wasn’t the greatest, and the venue certainly wasn’t The Ritz. So why did the customers keep coming back? The answer was ‘Zoe,’ a short waitress with an enormous personality. 

Every organisation needs its Zoe’s; people who connect with other people, who touch them on a personal level, and bring them back to the business. Repeat business depends on the personal touch. Does your team have the Zoe factor? Learn the 5 distinguishing characteristics that can turn your business into the only logical choice. 

Relationship DEAL-BREAKERS for Dummies (2 hour workshop)
The Top 10 Quickest Ways to upset customers, end important relationships and annihilate your healthy profit margin, guaranteed!

In these tough economic times, relationships are everything, right? To keep its competitive edge, your organisation needs to believe in relationships. Really believe. Relationship Deal-breakers for Dummies is a highly entertaining, tongue-in-cheek look at the sure-fire principles of utter relationship annihilation, aimed at managers, executives and sales staff. 

Looking for a MC?
Why choose Douglas Kruger as the MC for your event?

Douglas understands that you have a certain vision for your event. Whether you’re aiming for humorous and upbeat, or elegant and sophisticated, he can help you to set the tone. Douglas has been a presenter on SAfm and Talk Radio 702, and currently keeps listeners company on the morning show, on 93.8fm, Radio Midrand. With a knack for capturing audiences, Doug’s style is easy and entertaining. He is eloquent, friendly and highly informative, and will bring humour and energy to your event.

He has a smooth voice and does a lot of voice-over work for TV and radio. He is witty without being coarse, energetic without being the class clown, in control without being a tyrant. Above all, Douglas knows how to work with people.