Joan Pastor, Ph.D., president of JPA International, Inc., is one of five people worldwide who is licensed as both an industrial organizational and clinical psychologist. She has been an international speaker, trainer and executive coach to major organizations since 1979.
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Success as an Introvert or Extrovert: Leveraging Your Greatest Assets for Positive Leadership
Many years ago, Joan Pastor, through her work as both a clinical and business psychologist, noticed that our genetic tendency to be more introverted or extroverted was of critical importance for both personal happiness, executive management skills and professional success. In this insightful and fun look at how introverted and extroverted souls relate to the business world and to each other, we will look at how we can use our innate strengths to grow into the best leader possible. This keynote will give tremendous insight into yourself, in how to collaborate better with your peers and workforce and in talent recruitment. There is even research showing the relationship between introversion, extroversion and a company’s sales and technical success!
Some of the areas looked at are:
-What is the difference between introverted and extroverted people? it is not what you think!
-How your temperament- the degree of I vs. E that you are- strongly influences your chosen profession and the path of your career.
-At least 3 cool things you did not know about introverted people and how they can be- and are- natural leaders!
-Why we need both styles, working together, for a successful team (and a successful company)
-How to bring out the innate strengths of your people in general and coach them to better job performance and professional success
-Where does gender fit into the equation- if at all?
-Does I vs. E play a role in many conflicts that come up on the job (yes)? What do you do?
-Can an introvert become (more) extroverted? Can an extroverted become more introverted? Should they? When to let one’s nature rule, and when to try to modify your temperament.
Building Bridges Through Global Cultural Diversity and Cross-Cultural Communication
As the world becomes smaller, there is a good chance that your meetings will be rich with people who come from a variety of different cultures. Whether your meetings are virtual or in-person, the need to have a core understanding of how different people in different cultures think and operate is critical. This session will be your passport to learning about how and why different cultures exist. There are some basic rules to understanding cultural differences and similarities, and once you understand these rules, it will give you the foundation for a much better understanding where others are coming from. All people have prejudices and biases; the goal is not to get rid of all of them (that is impossible), but to gain self-awareness, and apply that to your thinking and your actions to obtain more collaborative and professional results with others.
In this fascinating and fun session customized to your audience, you will learn:
-Exactly how one’s cultural origin affects everything- perception, communication styles, and especially expectations.
-Learn how different cultures are “mapped” and updated to show differences and similarities to other cultures through extensive research.
-How to overcome difficulties originating from unintentional as well as intentional bias, and techniques to avoid cultural faux pas.
-How to determine when a problem might be due to a cultural misperception (and when it is not), and communication tips that are known to help.
-This program is presented in a positive, nonjudgmental manner that is educational, entertaining, and highly informative.
Harnessing Your Mental and Emotional Abilities for Outstanding Leadership
This is the place where you learn once and for all HOW to manage your emotions and harness your mind to work for you:
-There is no such thing as a bad emotion or thought- think about that.
-(Re) choose emotions, behaviors and actions that enhance your natural leadership skills.
-We take the best and coolest NEW research on emotion and the mind and make it apply directly to you.
-Three specific techniques to put you back into focus, clarity and control when you feel overwhelmed
-How to communicate your perspective clearly, adapt it when necessary and when you should and should not change your perspective
-Using leadership styles to learn how to give constructive feedback about performance issues, changes you want to see happen, and manage any person much better
A Deep Look Into the White-Collar Criminal Mastermind
White-collar crime is estimated to cost the United States more than $300 billion annually!. This type of crime includes illegal activities such as scams, fraud, and embezzlement. The impact of white-collar crime extends beyond financial losses, affecting public services and people’s lives.
All it takes is an unethical person with an algorithm to find thousands of innocent people to scam for a huge payoff. How is it so many people have been duped over the years and WHY do many of the perpetrators continue to get away with it?
Is there a pattern between the worst perpetrators of white-collar crime and fraud, and the rest of us? As it turns out, YES.
In this extremely powerful presentation: Joan lays out the whole pattern of what creates and perpetuates white collar crime, step-by-step
-This is for those who want to understand- and make a huge reduction- in workplace crime
-Gets inside the heads of the 5-7% of the most dangerous white-collar criminals
-Uses the secrets of clinical psychologists to detect (and prevent from hiring) truly bad employees, and what to do once a problem is uncovered.
-Information shared should be mandatory to all managers, HR personnel, and all employees of financial institutions
-Reducing workplace crime is correlated to increased proactive collaboration and feeling safe
-Once you experience how the criminal mastermind thinks and acts, you will be prepared to prevent or stop their behavior
Please note: ALL organizations, even the most ethical, are vulnerable to bad people. Be proactive and learn how to not only minimize white collar crime where you work but build a thriving organizational culture and motivated workforce at the same time.
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Joan Pastor’s Bio:
Joan Pastor, Ph.D., president of JPA International, Inc., is one of five people worldwide who is licensed as both an industrial organizational and clinical psychologist. She has been an international speaker, trainer and executive coach to major organizations since 1979.
In 2021, she was inducted into the coveted Sterling Circle of the Society of Industrial-Organizational Psychologists (SIOP), which is the business psychologist division of the American Psychological Association.
The APA is now referring to Joan as one of the leaders in assessment-based executive coaching. Enabling challenging culture change in complex, multi-national organizations sets her apart. Joan is well-known for her stellar keynotes, leadership coaching and facilitation of executive and management groups to become high-performing, collaborative teams that achieve true, measurable results in their organization. Emotional Intelligence and its Connection to High-Impact Leadership is a popular speech topic.
Clients as diverse as Chevron, Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf, Safeway, State Farm Insurance, Toyota, Bank of America, PriceWaterhouseCoopers, the Department of Defense, the Singapore Stock Exchange, General Motors, Ontario Power Generation, governments of Malaysia and South Africa and many dozens more, bring her back again and again. Joan successfully assists in such areas as leadership across organizations, management and executive development, building infrastructure, streamlining business processes, implementing high performing teams, and to negotiate and resolve conflicts. Joan has assisted in setting up training universities for many clients including PepsiCo.
Dr. Pastor has certifications in both business and vocational testing, business mediation, and is a Certified Speaking Professional. She has published dozens of articles and two books.
Conflict Management and Negotiation Skills was published in 2007 and her most recent book, Success as an Introvert, (part of the Wiley Dummies series) was released in December of 2013. Joan was approached to author the book to dispel the many misconceptions which categorize someone as an introvert. Research has shown that over 60% of people are more introverted than extroverted. Very little has been researched about the strengths introverts bring to the workplace and their unique style of leadership. Success as an Introvert for Dummies also explains how to provide the best type of service to more introverted people and how managers need to tailor the way they manage introverts.
Joan is also well-versed and experienced in working with the entertainment and not-for-profit industries. Her work in entertainment began with a popular radio show in Philadelphia as well as providing career and performance development coaching to artists and entertainers since 1980 and has expanded consistently over the years and includes consultation to studios, Grammy, Emmy and Oscar winners.
