Jody Urquhart
Author & Speaker Teaches Audiences How to Handle Chaos and Uncertainty, Using Humour to Disarm the Automatic Stress Response & Create Self Awareness.
Fed up with her mundane life and feeling on the brink of a downward spiral, Jody decided to add some fun and meaning to her life, and pursued a career in stand-up comedy because that’s where she learned to deal with life with humour and resilience.
Fast forward to now, Jody is touring the country as one of Canada’s leading motivational speakers presenting up to 100 events a year, with her special brand of humour, insight and inspiration, delivering her powerful message that it’s as important to feel good about what you do at work, as it is to do it well.
Having spent 25 years showing audiences all over the world how to be more upbeat and joyful. Jody Urquhart wants people to enjoy their work and become ‘career fit’. Inside her bestselling book All Work & No Say and her latest release, Bliss Out, Urquhart encourages workers to play like it matters, to be elated and call the shots at their jobs.
THE JOY OF THE JOB… TAKE THIS JOB & LOVE IT!
OK, you’re busy. While you are dutifully doing your job, do you ever feel disconnected from the purpose of your work? Do you sometimes find that your work needs more fun and enjoyment?
Take This Job & Love It shows audiences how to adopt a humorous and meaningful approach to keeping the daily grind engaging.
This motivational speech inspires professionals to be focused and productive by nourishing their work’s meaning, fun, and joy.
After experiencing the Joy of the Job, participants will:
- Know how to bring more JOY to their job
- Be the Change they Want to See in their Work
- Know they hold the key to their balance and wellness
- Find there get up, and go
- Play along the way and enjoy work while boosting productivity and focus.
CRAZY BUSY
Relief to Find Immediate Balance in a Fast-Paced World
Do your days often feel overwhelming? Does your life resemble a three-ring circus? If so, you’re not alone.
Many of us get trapped in patterns of self-made busyness to avoid uncertainty.
We fill our day with menial tasks to avoid doing the important ones.
When your busyness is tied to your worthiness, it’s hard not to take yourself seriously at work.
Join us in this comedic adventure to expose the busyness patterns that overwhelm you and others.
Together, we will beat back busyness once and for all when you discover you are not the problem. You are the solution.
Learn:
- 3 Signs You Are Working Harder, Not Smarter
- Uncover Personal Patterns that Diminish Your Productivity
- 4 TIme and Energy Drainers When Working from Home
- To Take Yourself Lightly and Sustain Balance
- Know Why you do Things the Hard Way
THIS WOULD BE FUNNY… IF IT WASN’T HAPPENING TO ME! NAVIGATE THE FUTURE WITH ENTHUSIASM
Sometimes life just gets in the way. Do you ever think, “Why can’t we just do things how we’ve always done them?” or “Why can’t people just leave me alone?” This hilarious and provocative presentation shows you how to face stress and buoyantly navigate the future.
Through stand-up comedy, audience engagement and analogy, we will discover how to do more with less and stay resilient in change.
Learn:
- Strategies to let go of the past
- Embrace work with a sense of urgency, conviction, and vitality
- Support yourself and your team under stress
- Self-renew in change and build resilience
- Summon your strength, courage, and talent during the topsy-turvy times
- How to bring others kicking and screaming into this century
I LOVE MY JOB, IT’S THE PEOPLE I CAN’T STAND!
Join us in this hilariously interactive, practical and inspiring motivational speech that shows you how to develop healthy communication patterns with anyone.
You can learn to handle the most difficult situations and the most challenging people and how to get through to others without giving in. Never again fall victim to those who love to make life miserable for the rest of us! Knowing how to deal with difficult people at work will allow you to approach your job with more enjoyment and your coworkers with greater confidence.
Cooperation, collaboration, and compromise will improve workplace satisfaction . . . and productivity! Build a more productive, enjoyable and efficient workplace for everyone.
THE NERVE TO SERVE, SAY HELLO TO HUMOR & GOODBYE TO BURNOUT!
Humor helps. The ability to laugh at life helps us deal with daily disappointments and setbacks. Humor gives professionals the nerve to serve in our increasingly complex and challenging environment. Join us as we demonstrate how humor helps you stay in control, stay positive, and maintain balance and perspective.
Participants learn how to:
- Laugh at the tough stuff. When stress persists, be compelled to take yourself lightly, so the pressure isn’t as heavy or emotionally exhausting.
- Say hello to humor and goodbye to burnout
- Use appropriate humor as a tool, not a weapon
- Play along the way and enjoy work while boosting productivity and focus
- Be compelled to use fun, laughter, and play to breathe new passion and resilience into work
- Use their Amuse System to Boost their Immune System
- Use humor to create rapport and win trust and loyalty
- Know that a sense of humor is invaluable in promoting flexibility, resilience, and coping skills
- Use humor to stay in control. Engage a playful resilience to protect against stress
- Use play to be in the moment (where time flies), and there is no stress
FOLLOW ME I’M RIGHT BEHIND YOU! HOW TO LEAD & INFLUENCE OTHERS
The key to successful leadership today is influence, not authority. With today’s rapidly evolving workplace, strong leaders must work harder than ever to influence and engage others.
Great leaders consistently ignite the fires of hope in others. Daily they muster the nerve to serve in a complex and challenging environment. Leaders today need tools to both influence, energize and engage staff members and keep their own fires of hope burning. Through humor, insight and inspiration Follow Me I’m Right Behind You provides a lively, interactive look at how to inspire a spirited and resilient workforce that stays focused and productive.
In this gut-splitting hilarious motivational speech learn:
- How great leaders inspire and influence others
- To create a culture of respect and appreciation with 4 keys to a great recognition culture
- To acknowledge others without turning them off
- How people who play together stay together how humor helps you build a solid, resilient workforce
- To increase Purpose and Vision
- To create a sense of involvement and belonging
MANAGING MILLENNIALS: UNDERSTANDING & INTEGRATING THE YOUNGER WORKER
A lively, humorous look at how people can work more effectively and productively with all generations, especially younger generations (Millenials & Generation Y) and their styles, preferences, and work ethics.
Learn:
- Integrate the generations
- Get Commitment from Millenials &/or Generation Y
- Avoid the Complacency, Entitlement Trap
- Motivate the media savvy highly connected generation
- Know how to resolve conflicts and work effectively in today’s multigenerational workplace
- Work values and key messages to keep in mind when communicating with different generations
- Audience Activity Educational / Informative Humorous / Funny
THE JOY OF WORK FOR HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS KEYS TO FIND MORE FULFILLMENT IN YOUR WORK
OK, you’re really busy. While you are dutifully doing your job, do you ever get a sense that you are disconnected from the purpose of your work? Do you sometimes find that your work lacks fun and enjoyment? Do you feel under-motivated and under-focused? Do you feel unappreciated? Is job stress and burnout getting you down?
Through a humorous and fun approach, the motivational speech, the Joy of Work inspires healthcare professionals to be focused and productive by nourishing the meaning, fun, and joy of their work. The Joy of Work promises to be humorous, relevant and inspiring and is a lighthearted balance for any program.
After experiencing the motivational speech, the Joy of Work, participants will:
- Be inspired by the meaning and joy of working in health care
- Know how to bring more JOY to their job
- Recharge their commitment to their profession
- Be stress savvy and avoid burnout
- Create excellence through humor
- Feel upbeat versus beaten up
- Inspire vision and purpose
- Add Laugh Luster to their lives
“People really enjoyed Jody. Feedback showed she was one of the best speakers they have ever heard.”
Pfizer
“Highly recommend Jody. Your audience will never be disappointed. Universal message that resonates with all audiences.”
Sysco
“Job well done, absolutely inspiring. It’s important to note that there wasn’t one negative or critical comment.”
United States Army