Pragmatic advice delivered with humor

Which factors determine whether someone will like you, trust you, or want to invest in your services and products?

Keynote speeches

“Would You Want to Have Yourself as a Colleague?”, “Would You Buy Yourself?” and "Turn your motives into your superpowers!" are Dr. Ahola’s three most popular speeches.

Dr. Ahola delivers her speeches with a big dose of humor, readily tackles serious and even difficult subjects, and her lessons on how to create the right conditions and circumstances for successful personal interactions or quality relationships are backed up by a wealth of fascinating scientiic facts and observations. These are the ideal speeches for everyone who engages with customers and colleagues, or is striving to create a happier, more effective, or more lucrative work environment.

Would you buy yourself?

– What factors determine whether someone will like you, trust you, or want to invest in your services and products?

Finding answers to these questions has challenged humanity since time immemorial. We rarely are entirely aware of exactly which signals we’re sending. Yet it’s these signals that determine whether you land that dream job or make more sales, or whether that first date will lead to a second date. In the television industry, they stress how important it is for show hosts to reach their audience. Yet it’s no different for you! You have a brief window of time to make a good impression on potential customers, friends, colleagues, or partners, or to capture people’s interest when you’re presenting, negotiating, or giving pitches. Whether you’ll be liked or chosen happens very quickly.

The questions are many: Which factors determine whether we’ll like or trust certain individuals? Why do we chose one brand over another? How can an organization inspire confidence and enthusiastic participation?

Angela Ahola, doctor of psychology, understands which factors steer our choices and decisions or offer us influence, and which circumstances and conditions affect other people. Grounded in neuropsychology and social psychology, this inspirational speech is brimming with humor and energy, and provides many “Aha!” moments regarding some of the critical principles of success. Not to mention insight into trends in communication, behavior on social media, and consumer behavior, all backed up by research. Don’t delay in bringing your organization into the future – this is your first step! Serious topics are discussed with a generous amount of humor, and peppered with fascinating scientific facts affecting how we ourselves can create the appropriate conditions for a good relationship. If you interact with customers or colleagues, or if you’d like to improve the atmosphere in your workplace, this is the perfect speech. 

Selected content:

  • Getting others to like you in 60 seconds
  • Your two characteristics that affect others the most
  • Making an optimal impression online – which factors matter on the net?
  • How to be interesting to others
  • Different people – different approaches
  • Can you fix a bad impression?

Would You Want to Have Yourself as a Colleague?

The answer might not be so straightforward! Sometimes you’re absolutely brilliant, charming, effective, you smell good, and you spread joy around you. And sometimes you’re the exact opposite. Why are we like this? Is there anything we can do about it? 

Take advantage of the opportunity to experience this highly entertaining speech, where Ahola explains our behavior both at the workplace and in private. Gain insight into the often hysterical challenges involved in being human, and discover how it’s probably also not your fault that you are the way you are – we’ve been shaped by our environments, and we’re not always aware of our motives, either. 

A cocktail of humor, serious topics, and fascinating scientific facts, this speech discusses the behavior of both you and your colleagues. The questions are many: Why do we act the way we do? Is it possible to make the workplace more fun? Can you find greater happiness? But watch out! There is a significant risk that many listeners might come to the conclusion that they themselves actually affect their own lives – that it’s vital for us to take responsibility for our own behaviors, and to set into effect the eventual changes necessary for improving our professional situations and private lives. If you’re looking for a deeper understanding of yourself, your colleagues, or your customers, or if you’d like to create a better atmosphere in your workplace, this is the perfect speech for you.

Selected content:

  • It’s not your fault – you’re only human!
  • Subtleties in non-verbal communication
  • Different people – different approaches 
  • How to become the best version of yourself

 

Turn your motives into your superpowers! 

What do we humans want and need… deep down? What motivates us, controls our behavior and affect our decisions? Why do conflicts arise and how can we solve them?

Simply put: Why do we do as we do?

The answer is three hidden forces. These have been carved out by the evolution for millions of years and helped Homo sapiens survive. In the speech you’ll find out how our hidden motives control our needs, reactions and actions. But also how wrong it can be in the collision between these primal forces and our modern living environment.

To succeed in collaborating effectively with others, it is crucial to know how our three driving motives are operating in us. To take our sales to a new level – the same thing. When we communicate with students, patients and our children. Only when we’re aware of the three driving forces do we know how exactly how to get our message through, whether it’s in the monday meeting, with the customer or the employee.

This lecture is not about how you should be, but about how you are, deep down. It helps you to better understand yourself and others, and you gives you a completely new toolbox with concrete advice to better navigate in your everyday life. To learn how to communicate in a more affective way. To get better relationships, more success and a happier life.

Turn your motives into your superpowers! 

Angela Ahola, doctor of psychology, understands which factors steer our choices and decisions or offer us influence, and which circumstances and conditions affect other people. Grounded in neuropsychology and social psychology, this inspirational speech is brimming with humor and energy, and provides many “Aha!” moments regarding some of the critical principles of success. Not to mention insight into trends in communication, behavior on social media, and consumer behavior, all backed up by research. Don’t delay in bringing your organization into the future – this is your first step! Serious topics are discussed with a generous amount of humor, and peppered with fascinating scientific facts affecting how we ourselves can create the appropriate conditions for a good relationship. If you interact with customers or colleagues, or if you’d like to improve the atmosphere in your workplace, this is the perfect speech.

Ur innehållet

  • Which are the three driving forces that operate in us?
  • Learn to compose your message based on the three driving motives
  • How to communicate and get others attention (with the help of the three motives)
  • Reach out and connect with others on a whole new level
  • Sell with the three motives
  • Learn to prioritize your time in a new way
  • Learn to set goals that you actually achieve with the three driving forces
  • Learn to turn the driving forces in your favor
  • How to get better relationships with the three motives

Testimonials

We had the pleasure of listening to Angela's inspiring lecture yesterday on Åland. Angela is a master at delivering her message and receives the highest marks for her presentation. Recommended!

BIRGITTA EKBLAD, SKATTEMYNDIGHETEN, ÅLAND

Angela Ahola spoke at our customer event for an audience of high-level HR-professionals. Angela held an entertaining speach, engaging and interesting. She got excellent feedback in our survey afterward. Angela was very easy to work with and I recommend her as a speaker

HÉLÈNE BELIN, MANPOWERGROUP

We have received the results from the evaluation and Angela's lecture got top results!

LINDA LÖFKVIST, ENHETSCHEF, LIDINGÖ STAD

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