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● Biography
Barbara is a healthcare motivational speaker and workplace culture expert. For more than 30 years, her presentations and seminars have helped professionals, teams and leaders build high performing workplaces. A clinical psychotherapist and former VP of St. Mary’s Hospital in Milwaukee, she understands people and organizations. Barbara’s high energy keynotes and seminars improve teamwork and increase productivity. Barbara is a high content speaker who educates, entertains and motivates professionals to improve workplace performance.
Barbara attended the University of Wisconsin-Madison earning a degree in Philosophy and graduated from Beth-El School of Nursing in Colorado Springs. She received her master’s degree in clinical social work from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and has had a private practice for more than 25 years. A co-owner of the managed healthcare company, CNR Health, Barbara helped build the organization from two employees to a multi-million dollar company. As VP of St. Mary’s Hospital, she oversaw 5 corporations and the operation of a psychiatric hospital.
Barbara is the past president of the National Speakers Association-WI chapter. She has earned the Certified Speaking Professional (CSP) designation, the highest earned honor given by the National Speakers Association. Held by fewer than 10% of the speakers in the world, the CSP is the speaking profession’s international measure of professional platform skill.
The best selling author of three books, she is also a contributor to four Chicken Soup for the Soul books. Her newest work, Energy Suckers – How to Deal With Bullies in the Workplace, is being used by companies and teams to improve organizational culture. Barbara has been featured nationally on CNN, NBC, Bill O’Reilly, FOX TV and USA Today. Her client list includes top Fortune 500 companies, including Johnson Controls, Northwestern Mutual, Discover Card, Aurora Healthcare and Miller Brewing.
● Featured Keynote Programs
The Magic of Making a Difference
Designed for helping professionals, this entertaining and inspirational presentation motivates with laughter. Successful, happy people are those focused on giving to others and following their personal passion.
In this keynote, you learn:
- To identify the three factors for happiness
- The importance of doing the right thing
- How to avoid the expectation machine
- The value of small kindnesses in making a difference
Care for the Caregiver
The past few years have presented caregivers with incredible challenges, both professionally and personally. The Covid pandemic, staffing issues, school closings, and financial uncertainty have produced enormous stress for caregivers. This entertaining and informative program offers the break that caregivers need.
Participants will learn:
- The symptoms of burnout
- Strategies to deal with caregiver stress
- How to use humor for coping
- How to utilize “mindfulness” to reframe your thinking
- The benefits of “centering down”
Compassion Fatigue
Compassion fatigue is a form of burnout that manifests itself as physical, emotional and spiritual exhaustion. It has been referred to as the “cost of caring” for healthcare practitioners and others who work in helping professions. The comprehensive and entertaining program presents the latest research on the biology of compassion, understanding fatigue and how to prevent it.
In this program, you learn:
- The new research into the biology of compassion
- How to construct systems to create more time
- The concept of psychic numbing
- Symptoms of compassion fatigue
- How to prevent fatigue and burnout
Ethical Issues in Healthcare
A provocative and informative presentation of the major ethical issues in healthcare today.
Participants learn:
- The top five ethical issues in healthcare
- Impacts on utilization and costs
- The human costs of poor decisions
- How CVS pharmacies are changing the way we access healthcare
Energy Suckers-How to Deal With Bullies in the Workplace
Bullying is an epidemic in the workplace and appears to be increasing. In recent surveys, it is reported that over 35% of workers have experienced bullying firsthand. Make your workplace bully free with this comprehensive training program.
Participants learn:
- The high cost of bullying to American business
- Common bullying behavior
- How the bully chooses targets
- What you can do if you are being bullied
- How to make your organization bully free
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