Tom Flick

Developing leaders, leading change, elevating performance.

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For the past 25 years, leadership and change expert Tom Flick has worked with the world’s most innovative and dynamic organizations, helping them move faster – with more focus – to elevate performance and succeed in a rapidly changing and highly competitive world.

As a former NFL Quarterback, Tom understands the demands of performing under pressure to win. His message aims for the head and heart—where real change occurs­—to create deep-felt determination to move, make things happen, and win now, making him one of the most in-demand leadership speakers today.

Tom has delivered over 2,000 presentations to a “who’s-who” list of clients, including Microsoft, Starbucks, Google, American Express, NASA, Ritz-Carlton Hotels, and the Pentagon. He uses his exceptional talent as a deft storyteller to help organizations develop leaders, lead change effectively, and increase individual, team, and organizational performance.

 
 
 

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Knowing how to lead yourself and others to seize the opportunities change creates is imperative. Leaders who understand these dynamics slice through resistance, accelerate their performance, outperform the competition, and unleash a world of innovation, opportunity, and growth.

TOPICS

Leading Change: Empowering Successful Transformation

OVERVIEW:
The ability to change quickly and well can mean the difference between an organization thriving or dying. The ability of leaders to successfully lead through change is paramount to fully realize its opportunities and avoid the hazards. When change arises, getting it right becomes imperative. Leading Change will equip leaders with the proper understanding of how successful change is created while elevating performance company-wide. Organizations that lead change effectively can take advantage of significant opportunities, avoid looming hazards, and thereby create enormous value.

AUDIENCE TAKEAWAYS:

  • ​People throughout the organization will understand how to accelerate actionable change in the most challenging environment.

  • Learn the two most prominent challenges organizations have in growing their business that creates "Stop!" attitudes and how to overcome them.

  • Discover how to develop their personal "leaders voice" to empower bold change.

  • The number one asset vital to leading successful change that gets people on their "Go and Grow!" side and ensures successful transformation.

  • Team members will come away with clarity and unity that facilitates cooperation and action at a new level.

CLIENT QUOTE:
"Our company is amid a transformational change and had Tom Flick as the keynote speaker. Tom's presentation was outstanding! Our team was positively impacted; Tom received the highest scores of any external speaker in our history. Tom was much more than a motivational speaker. His speech had real-world application and true take-home value."
CEO, Cotiviti

FORMAT: ​ Keynote: 60-90-minute. Learning Breakout Session – Half-Day (4+hrs). Learning Breakout Session – Full-Day (6+hrs).

 

True Urgency: Winning in a Competitive World

OVERVIEW
In a competitive world that will not stand still, the all-too-common problem of complacency and false urgency can be solved by producing the highly positive and highly focused force of true urgency. With true urgency, people respond with action now, not later. Now means making progress every single day. Now means tackling challenges essential to success or survival, winning or losing. True Urgency will produce results in your people that you very much want, and the world very much needs.

AUDIENCE TAKEAWAYS:

  • ​Learn how to seize real opportunities and avoid looming hazards that change creates.

  • Individuals and teams will learn how to move faster, with less chaos-to achieve success-no matter the obstacles.

  • Discover how to produce the highly positive and focused force of true urgency, which creates speed and agility throughout the enterprise.

  • Understand how to create an environment that allows for innovation, opportunities, and growth.

  • Learn how to elevate individual and team performance throughout all levels of the organization.

CLIENT QUOTE:
"It was the seventh time this year Tom presented to and inspired our global brands across the world, and everyone at Hyatt are raving fans of Tom Flick! His energy, insights, and connection with the audience created the "buzz" we were looking for to help drive our performance forward."
Vice President of Sales, Americas, Hyatt

FORMATS: ​ Keynote: 60-90-minute. Learning Breakout Session – Half-Day (4+hrs). Learning Breakout Session – Full-Day (6+hrs).

 

The Heart of Leadership: Leading People to Excellence

OVERVIEW:
Leadership is increasingly needed from as many people as possible. One charismatic leader or senior leadership team can no longer lead the vision alone. Thriving organizations understand that leadership, from top to bottom, drives the bottom line. Great leaders mobilize people to incredible achievement by winning over hearts and minds. They arouse determination towards emotionally compelling goals creating decisive advantage. The Heart of Leadership empowers more leaders at all levels of the organization, creating winning attitudes, confidence, and extraordinary belief systems that generate consistent winning results.

AUDIENCE TAKEAWAYS:

  • ​A "Want to!" experience, inspired by their belief in future possibilities and equipped with the tools to confidently attain them.

  • The feeling of empowerment to take ownership of their role with a bias towards action.

  • Connecting the head and heart - empowering the audience towards compelling goals.

  • The ideas and tools to elevate team and personal performance.

  • Understanding why and how "leading from the middle" creates extraordinary belief systems that generate consistent winning results.

CLIENT QUOTE:
"Tom was outstanding! He inspires, engages, and motivates. Our global leadership team was impressed and walked away, energized, and ready to take action. Tom blends the heart and head to encourage leaders to rethink how we lead, build stronger relationships and teams, and move forward."
President and CEO, Spansion, Inc.

FORMATS: ​ Keynote: 60-90-minute. Learning Breakout Session – Half-Day (4+hrs). Learning Breakout Session – Full-Day (6+hrs).

 

Creating Legacy Teams: Achieving Top Team Performance

OVERVIEW:
Awaken slumbering morale, sharpen team vision, and secure strong performances company wide. Create a winning environment and have your group exceed your best expectations. Today's business environment requires a committed, cohesive workforce. Moving people from a position of compliance to one of commitment is a powerful business advantage. Your employees will be motivated, energized, focused, and better prepared to meet the challenges of an ever-changing business world.

AUDIENCE TAKEAWAYS:

  • ​Understanding how high-performance teams form and why they are a catalyst for business growth.

  • Discover the successful habits of Legacy teams and why they're critical for success.

  • The eight characteristics that form a legacy team and how to attain them.

  • Understanding the five most important team needs and how to create them.

  • Realize a renewed sense of camaraderie and unity to better drive individual and team performance.

CLIENT QUOTE:
"Tom clearly made an impact on my senior product team. The time spent together was highly productive, informative, and enjoyable! We all left fully engaged and inspired to take action."
Chief Product Officer, Under Armour

FORMATS: ​ Keynote: 60-90-minute. Learning Breakout Session – Half-Day (4+hrs). Learning Breakout Session – Full-Day (6+hrs)

 

Virtual Presentations: Virtual Options for Every Need

OVERVIEW:
We want your event to be a huge success. That's why Tom presents his keynotes with multi-camera sets, professional staging, lighting, sound, and an on-site director to produce the presentation ensuring a seamless and engaging virtual experience. With an arsenal of technology and extensive experience with the medium, Tom can provide the virtual connection and motivation that a quality meeting demands. In addition, Tom can deliver all his core keynote messages, training, and coaching sessions virtually. Our team is here to lend support to help you navigate the process.

CLIENT QUOTE:
"Choosing Tom for our first virtual National Sales meeting was a fantastic choice! As always, he was inspiring and provided our team with insights and actionable takeaways to assist in reaching our 2021 goals. His virtual set was flawless and extremely well produced. I could not have asked for a more professional and engaging virtual presentation."
Vice President North America, Guerbet

FORMATS: ​ Keynote: 30-90-minute. Learning Breakout Session – Half-Day (4+hrs). Learning Breakout Session – Full-Day (6+hrs)

 

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ACHIEVEMENTS

 
 
 
  • 2000+ presentations delivered worldwide

  • NFL quarterback for seven seasons.

  • PAC-10 Conference “Player of the Year”

  • Team Captain & Most Inspirational

  • Former Rose Bowl Champion

 
 
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For info on Tom's fees and availability, please send us a message or call 913.890.3246.