Author/Speaker/Researcher on Work Performance, Work-Life Balance, Productivity, & Wellbeing

Andy Core has a master’s degree in the science of human performance and has spent the last 16 years mastering the art of inspiring people to become energized, healthy, motivated and better equipped to thrive in today’s hectic society.

His “research scientist meets standup comic” style gives audiences the proprietary information and inspiration needed to accomplish more at work, live healthy, and still have a life. Combining stories from his experience a successful consultant with the latest research, he will ignite your motivation, show you how to execute a better way of life and live to enjoy it.

Andy Core has field tested his concepts working directly with hundreds of top performers within Gillette, Coldwell Banker, Intel, Ernst & Young, Clorox, Tyson Foods, Newell Rubbermaid, Unilever, as well as leading healthcare organizations and associations.

Andy’s success rate at helping people go from “knowing they need to live a more balanced life” to actually living and capitalizing on it is thirteen times the national average.

Real Science. Real Successes. Really FUN!

Topics:

CHANGE YOUR DAY, NOT YOUR LIFE

Today’s working culture for human resource professionals can have you constantly running 90mph, hair on fire. Accompanied by guilt over not meeting deadlines; guilt over spending too much time in the office; and guilt over not spending quality time with your family. Do you feel like you have to choose between getting the work done and having a personal life? Tomorrow will get faster, but there is good news. The solution to your “More-Faster-Better” dilemma is finding balance. Learn how to improve your work-life balance, productivity, health and ability to stay motivated!

Learning Objectives
Discover the top 3 evidence based ways to reenergize yourself and others at work
Explore techniques for staying on-task and motivated during crunch times
Gain strategies for maintaining balance at work
Implement the #1 research proven way to turn stress into a motivating force
Accept that good is sometimes good enough!

A GUIDE TO MOTIVATING STRESSED PEOPLE

Motivating others is both art and science, except when stress hits. Then, it gets really emotional. Whether you need to lead, inspire or sell, the ideas in this program will prepare you with evidence-based, tested in the trenches tactics that turn stress into a motivating force.

Specifically, you’ll learn:
• The Core of Stress, Arousal Reappraisal & the #1 research-proven way to turn stress from a procrastinating force into a motivating one
• How to overcome, “Why don’t I do what I know I should?” with the AMETA Formula
• A Triad of psychological insights that ensure you and your team bring your best self to work every day
• How “One Change” can ensure everyone stays motivated when life gets complicated

STRESS RIGHT – HOW TO BETTER DODGE, WITHSTAND AND USE STRESS TO YOUR ADVANTAGE

Even though stress is called a “silent killer,” most people know that it:

  • Can cost an organization $7500 per worker, per year (if they make at least $25/hr)
  • Is likely behind 9 out of 10 visits to primary care physicians
  • Is the #1 cause of lower back pain
  • Worsens the top 7 killers of both men and women
  • Makes life way harder than it should be

But what most people don’t know, is what to do about it. In this program, you will learn what is really behind many of the problems facing your organization and you personally. Can you beat stress? You bet. Learning to Stress Right will enable you to:

  • Take four “must-do” steps that turn stress into positive energy
  • Maximize your adrenalin, but manage it so you do not “hit the wall”
  • Significantly reduce the hormone that makes you want to strangle people
  • Plug in a pre-sleep ritual that makes you sleep like a log
  • Beat stress eating and other negative thought related patterns
  • Keep family and friends happy when you are busy
  • Learn new patterns that make healthy choices automatic      

WELLNESS ENGAGEMENT – WHAT IT TAKES TO EFFECTIVELY PITCH, IMPLEMENT AND SUSTAIN A SUCCESSFUL WELLNES

Regardless of what the future holds for healthcare, worksite wellness programs are and will continue to be critical to sustaining healthcare benefits, not to mention profitable companies. The big question is not, “Should I implement a worksite wellness program,” but rather:

  • What does it take to effectively and persuasively pitch wellness to your stake holders?
  • After you get the yes, how do you set up your program so that you maximize participation and ROI?
  • Then, after the honeymoon period is over, what must you do to ensure your program continues to grow versus experiencing a steady decline in participation and the slow, painful death experienced by most worksite wellness programs?

In this “dig in and get your hands dirty” workshop, wellness consultant Andy Core, M.S. will give you doable, tactical answers to those questions, plus insights into his experience with companies like Gillette, Unilever, Clorox, Coldwell Banker, the U.S. Army and many others.