Inspiring Performance & Redefining Business Leadership Through Motivation & Education

Avril Henry Pty Ltd, an organisation committed to developing leaders and improving work environments for employees and organisations, can help you build a better workplace for the future. This commitment is realised by advising organisations through educating their senior management and employees on how to work together more effectively to achieve a higher level of performance, productivity and profitability.

Avril Henry believes that inspiration and motivation begins at the top and that managers can influence employees more than they realise. It is human nature to want to please those people with whom you have a good relationship. Therefore when senior management have a good working relationship with their employees, it can inspire those employees to go from 'clock watchers' - who are just waiting to get through the day - to motivated and engaged individuals who look forward to accomplishing new goals and helping the organisation achieve its business objectives. When your employees are more productive, your organisation becomes more profitable.

Aside from sales and building client lists, improving employee engagement and developing new leaders will be two of the most important aspects that will keep your organisation competitive domestically and globally. These are therefore the two main themes of many of Avril's keynote speeches.

LEADING BY EXAMPLE

Employee engagement is a business issue that is constantly changing and that requires constant focus - and for good reason. With different generations, men, women, people with disabilities, and people from different races and religious backgrounds working together, it is vital that employees be continually trained on how to work harmoniously with people from different backgrounds, and remain sensitive to these differences. This begins with management leading by example.

Senior management can show employees how to communicate more effectively with one another. But first, senior management must learn how to do this themselves. Topics such as "Motivating, Managing & Surviving Different Generations at Work", "Communicating Positively", "Winning Together Teamwork", "Resolving Conflict Constructively" and "The Business Case for Diversity" will introduce senior management to a greater understanding of how to interact with people from different backgrounds in a way that will enable them to motivate all employees to interact with each other and management more effectively.

ATTRACTING & RETAINING YOUNGER GENERATIONS & DEVELOPING FUTURE LEADERS
To be effective leaders, senior executives will need to understand what motivates Generations X and Y, and learn how to 'speak the language' of younger generations, as this is important for both attracting younger applicants and retaining those who are already employees. Generations X & Y have different views and expectations than the two older generations. It is essential to know how to effectively motivate and manage younger employees, to retain them now and in the future.

Retaining these younger employees is vital because they are the leaders of tomorrow. They will define the future of the workplace and lead differently. It is the responsibility of current senior management to identify future leaders, mentor and coach them on how to make a positive difference within the organisation, and recognise and reward them. Keynote topics such as "How to Attract, Motivate, & Retain Generation X & Generation Y", "Lessons for Future Leaders", and "Talent Management & Succession Planning" will show senior management how to communicate with the younger generations, identify and develop talent, lead successfully and inspire future leaders. This will create sustainable value for the organisation, now and in the future.

AVRIL HENRY PTY LTD: A CREATION BY AVRIL HENRY
From modest beginnings, Avril transformed herself into the hugely successful and widely popular keynote speaker and corporate motivator that she is today. Forming Avril Henry Pty Ltd as a way to consolidate all her experience and skills under one identity, Avril has taken her organisation to the next level by working with senior leadership teams and employees from organisations such as IBM, Department of Defence, Astra Zeneca, BHP Billiton, Commonwealth Bank, The Apparel Group, Robert Half International, and many more. She seeks to advise executive and senior management on how to harness and cascade the inspiration and motivation she provides, throughout their organisations. All of these professionals, executives and decision makers have discovered the same thing: Avril has the business experience and talent to inspire organisations and individuals and assist them in realising what they can offer to create sustainable organisations. In fact, Avril has been recognised by the Australian Institute of Management at the AIM HIGH 2007 Management Convention as one of 40 of the world’s leading management thinkers.

Avril's offerings include:

. Public Speaking
. Workshops
. Consulting
. Coaching & Mentoring

These services can be used in conjunction with each other, or separately to achieve the business objectives of your organisation and direct your senior management towards superior performance.

AVRIL'S MISSION AND PHILOSOPHY
Avril Henry has a passion for helping people achieve their full potential. She does this by delivering powerful keynote speeches that educate and inspire; conducting workshops that help people grasp the concepts that she teaches through hands-on experience; private consulting that allows her to work individually with clients to give them a unique perspective; executive coaching which allows her to lead and encourage clients through their professional development to become highly effective leaders, and mentoring which aims to develop the skills that will enable participants to prepare for and manage their career.

Avril's passion for helping people achieve their potential also translates to her social responsibilities and involvements.

In light of this, Avril has recently established, in conjunction with the University of Western Sydney, the Avril Henry Scholarship, commencing in 2008. This is a fully funded scholarship for three years granted to a student from a migrant family who is financially disadvantaged to complete a Business degree, majoring in Human Resources. More information about this can be found here.

Avril is also a Gold Sponsor of the Centre For Leadership For Women (CLW) Leadership Achievement Award for Women, which has been established to recognise women in the community who use their own initiative to create and implement projects on behalf of, and in collaboration with, the community. It aims to encourage leadership of Australian women and to advance the rights and status of women in Australia. More information about this can be found here.

This passion has led Avril to become one of the top professionals in her industry and has allowed her to make a difference for many individuals and organisations that have sought her advice. Avril knows that everyone has the potential to achieve great things, and her goal is to inspire new ways of thinking and working at executive and management level, and increase awareness regarding leadership development and talent management in order to improve the organisation's overall performance.

BEGIN YOUR JOURNEY TODAY
Let Avril demonstrate to your senior management how to communicate with employees and how to identify, motivate, lead and inspire the leaders of tomorrow.

All individuals and organisations have different needs and Avril seeks to address this by offering a variety of services. Aside from keynote speaking engagements, your organisation can also benefit from workshops that introduce the same concepts as Avril's keynote speeches with practical, interactive activities, private consultation sessions with senior management to strategise a clear vision for the organisation and its employees, or business coaching which allows her to help senior executives one-on-one to identify the 3-4 key areas they need to develop to facilitate their professional development.

Every organisation can benefit from at least one of these exceptional services offered by Avril Henry Pty Ltd, whether it involves thousands or hundreds of employees or just a few.