A career shift from investments into Human Resources provided the opportunity to discover a breakthrough link between employee happiness and their productivity, engagement and retention. The data is irrefutable – and the impact is powerful.
Leaders and organizations I work with, who are applying this insights, are seeing their teams become more productive, more engaged and stick around longer. The result is increased profitability and impact for the organization, and increased success and happiness for the leaders.
I have led six African Safaris, earning me the nickname “The Safari Dude.” And I have learned that leading an African safari is very similar to leadership in business. There are highs and lows, ups and downs, knowns and unknowns; there are periods of excitement, stress and boredom. This is the very nature of leading a safari… and leading in business.
But the biggest similarity is that our happiness is a leader ultimately comes down to the people who are with us – the “peeps in our jeeps.”
When we have the right peeps in our jeeps, our safari is like an epic adventure; the top is down, wind blowing through our hair (or where our hair used to be), and there are smiles and high fives all around.
When we have the wrong peeps in our jeeps, our safaris can be down right miserable. These “team” members do only the minimum, they are disengaged, they don’t help when the jeep breaks down, and they are always looking for a better jeep to join.
It’s not surprising that the right peeps make all the difference. But here is where most leaders and organizations fail – they don’t recognize who the right peeps actually are and their systems are set up to hire the wrong peeps.
This is why I do what I do. This is why in 2018 I shifted from having a Fortune 500 career to beginning a speaking and coaching journey that would shift paradigms around the world. To help leaders understand who the right peeps actually are – for their specific jeep – on their specific mission – on their specific safari.
Over these past few years, people ask me to describe myself – which I interpret to be different than what I do. I always tried to give the “right” answer; something short and clever. But the reality is that it is hard to really describe me in a nicely wrapped single sentence; so here is the best I can do:
I am a multi-passionate collector of human experiences, serial community builder, actuary who analyzes root drivers of happiness, a coach who helps leaders ignite movement and build momentum, a teacher who communicates complex things simply, and a speaker who combines all of these things into becoming “The Safari Dude” to deliver talks to knock your socks off (if you wear socks on your safari).
Thank you for checking out my website. I would love to have you check out some of the videos, grab my free download, or just poke around. You can jump into a jeep or two by connecting on social media (Linkedin or YouTube) or .
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