What you need to know about professional speakers and motivational speakers!

Posted by April Hansen on September 16th, 2022

We often hear organizations talking about appointing a professional or motivational speaker and then about turnover. But you're probably wondering what these speakers are talking about or guiding that leads to happy and motivated employees in organizations.

These speakers help the team build enthusiasm and willingness to work in challenging times. Especially when they had problems during the phase of COVID-19, during this period, healthcare workers and the healthcare industry suffered the most. Facing daily issues like new variants, an uncountable number of patients arriving at the hospital, most of them in critical condition, and not knowing how the day will end. At the end of it all, they did not know how long they would be stuck at work and would not be able to see their loved ones back at home.

Such respectful people also struggled with their motivations and willingness to return to work daily. Getting up and facing endless challenges at work can be very demotivating sometimes. At such difficult times, employees start to leave or cannot think straight about the proper solutions. That's where these motivational or professional speakers come in. They understand the hardships or the work challenges, then work on the workforce strategies and act towards them.

They act as the driving forces behind the organization's strategy, motivate the team, and work on their development. Some professional speakers are industry-specific, like April Hansen, who has delivered her strategies and helped in the largest deployment of healthcare workers. Especially during the pandemic, when the whole world had come to pause. We all count on these healthcare workers to do their best for us.

She helped develop workforce strategies for the industry and workers; hence, the front-liners were entirely motivated to handle the situation and perform their best during their working hours. They knew they would not be able to see their family members or loved ones for long, but they were still motivated as they were made aware of their roles' importance in our lives. They were saving not only our lives but also their loved ones at the same time.

With such motivational thoughts for healthcare workers, the motivational speakers empower them with views like how to act on problem-solving in complex workforce challenges. How can they build hope for new and fresh ideas? How can they cultivate a culture that is rooted in happiness? How can they plan for prevention and policies at work? With these thoughts, when the employees leave the session, they are more than happy to return to work and commit to the duties that they have fulfilled.

Now you must wonder, how do these motivational or professional speakers prepare? How do they know what the workforce needs to motivate them? Many speakers have had years of experience and professional training before beginning their journey. They spend a lot of time learning and preparing based on their personal experiences. Based on their experiences and training, they can convert academic lessons into easy-understanding ideas. Then they deliver these fantastic stories in the session, filled with their own experiences so that the audience can relate to and accept the changes the speaker is asking them to make. 

These changes then make them feel confident to act on any problem or challenge and understand the importance of communication within the team or how important it is to perform as a team member. Each motivational speaker session is anytime between 60-90 min, which is long enough for the speaker to deliver the key points or message to their audience. They provide beautiful stories based on their experiences and have the charisma to draw the audience's attention to them and their experiences. They influence audience attitudes and behaviors that benefit all types of organizations.

With the changes in the work environment, organizations see changes in productivity and employees' commitment to their work, duties, and the organization. Hence, organizations approach these motivational speakers to deliver a session for their employees and understand business dynamics through their eyes. They bring out the best in each person as they can gauge the speakers' experience and understand what needs to be done in their job roles. The same is true in the case of the healthcare industry. These speakers motivate the workers to continue the excellent work that they have been doing for humankind.

Through their speech, they understand their importance in the healthcare industry may be in the role of a nurse or a doctor, who needs to attend to every patient's needs, whether in ICU or outpatient. How their role impacts us in our daily lives is fantastic; how they can improve their duties and build confidence in what they have been doing for so long.