Mark DeVolder

Dr MARK DEVOLDER is a TOP CHANGE MANAGEMENT EXPERT, THOUGHT-LEADER ON TRANSFORMATION & AWARD WINNING SPEAKER for organizations like NASA, US AIR FORCE, FREDDIE MAC, ROYAL BANK OF CANADA & SIEMENS.

Expert on

  • Innovation
  • Teamwork / Teambuilding
  • Change
  • Business
  • Motivation
  • Leadership

Fee Range

$15,000–$20,000

Travels from

Canada

Biography

Dr. Mark DeVolder is a top change management expert and thought-leader on transitions and transformation. With a vast client list, Mark has spoken in over 25 countries on 5 continents to many of the world’s industry-leading companies. His insights and strategies show leaders in the midst of disruption, HOW to change…

• coaching NASA rocket scientists to re-invent themselves;
• guiding healthcare professionals through multi-billion dollar mergers;
• transitioning to a safety-first culture in the Oil Industry;
• preparing Egypt’s largest company to restructure itself.

Mark’s client list is extensive and diverse, covering many sectors including: NASA, Royal Bank of Canada, McDonald’s, Qatar Petroleum, PepsiCo Europe, Verizon, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Kuwait Finance House, Medtronic, UT Southwestern Medical Center, FEMSA Mexico, Idaho National Laboratory, Estonian HR Association, Oman Air, GE Digital, Charles Schwab, Marriott, Siemens, and many more.

Partnering with his clients gives Mark a laser-focused view into disruptions that are occurring in every industry and organization; With that insight and customized research, Dr. Mark teaches the unique strategy of Empowered Change™, equipping leaders to adapt to and embrace their greatest challenges, trends and opportunities, such as mergers, organizational restructure, digital transformation and market disruptions.

As an award-winning speaker and recipient of the Top 10 Speaker Award in Change Management, Mark is known for his highly engaging presentations: contagious energy,
engaging audience interaction, on-target customization and practical take-away tools. As a researcher, consultant and author, Mark has written the multi-disciplinary book on
managing change, Perpetual Pivot: How the Best Leaders Adapt to Exponential Change, as well as books on Diversity/Inclusion and Employee Engagement: Unity in Diversity Through Synergy and Get Engaged!

Speaker Videos

EMPOWERED CHANGE: FROM FEAR TO CONFIDENCE

Mark DeVolder gives your people the framework to transform their fear of change into confidence through change. Mark is known as the ‘Change Specialist.’  He knows change.  He knows why we fear it and how we get lost within it. And he knows how to help leaders and their teams navigate their way through it, with a teachable strategy to equip anyone to become Empowered through Change. Mark teaches teams how to understand change, view change, and navigate any change they experience.  When you move from fearing change to understanding how to move confidently through it, you feel empowered.  Mark will give your audience a path to walk through every change they experience.  As a result, you will see teams who previously felt exhausted and overwhelmed, become empowered by what change is making possible in their lives.

CHANGE-READY: HOW THE BEST THRIVE DURING THE WORST

The pressure to cope during these disruptive times has tested us all. And yet, there were some surprising examples of courageous people with bold ideas that succeeded in nearly impossible situations. What’s their secret? They think and act differently when it comes to change.

After scores of interviews with top leaders around the world, change management specialist Mark DeVolder uncovered the five most powerful mindsets of change-ready thinkers.

In Mark’s high-energy presentation, your team will learn to embrace mindsets that conquer adversity, improve mental health and fuel growth potential.

Each mindset is supported and illustrated with innovative, jaw-dropping and sometimes hilarious examples like, How an aquarium in lockdown set penguins free to create new connections with their customer base? How business class “leftovers” saved an Airline from starvation? How an NFL team filled their stadium with smiling fans, both real and cardboard cut-outs?

This memorable, interactive session will leave your audience motivated, inspired and ready for change.

HARNESSING THE HURRICANE: ADAPTING FASTER TO EXTREME CHANGE

Change is constant, unpredictable and accelerating. Extreme change can – much like a hurricane – leave you dizzy, dazed and disoriented, as though the earth is moving under your feet.  Even if you survive the storm, you know more is coming.

Change expert Dr. Mark DeVolder throws a lifeline to you and your team with tools and strategies he’s developed to clear away the fog.  You will learn how to rewire your brain to adapt to change, anticipate future trends and persevere through adversity.  Mark’s practical principles will enable you to act boldly, nimbly and quickly in midst of exponential change.

During Mark’s high-octane presentation, you will learn how to:
• overcome change-paralysis and get mobilized through transitions
• develop change-ready thinking and behaviours
• overcome decision-quicksand, making smart-decisions, fast
• repeat the cycle of success with the unstoppable power of resilience

UNSTOPPABLE RESILIENCE: DEVELOPING A CHAMPION MINDSET

Why doesn’t the fastest runner always win the race? Or why doesn’t the smartest person always get the best job? Because it’s not always the ones who “start out the smartest who end up smartest.” (Dweck) It takes more than natural speed, intelligence or ability to be a champion. It takes resilience. But resilience is not just for the elite with an Olympic gold around their neck. Resilience can be learned.

Mark shows leaders how to increase their grit, passion and purpose by developing the mindset of a champion. Mark’s best practices will help you cultivate determination, increase resilience and conquer adversity.

You will learn powerful lessons to help you:
• create a winning mindset of self-belief and unlimited potential
• increase innovation and creativity through constructive nonconformity
• expand tenacity and decision-making responsivenss
• develop perseverence, postive attitudes and unstoppable resilience