50 High-Impact Speeches and Remarks
Proven Words You Can Adapt for Any Business Occasion
A Sourcebook for Leaders

by John Kador

Table of Contents

Introduction

PART I ARTICULATING VISION FOR YOUR ORGANIZATION

Chapter 1 Visionary Themes

• Avoiding Burnout in Uncertain Times Working
• Building a Corporate Culture that Help Your Organization Succeed
• Bringing Cultures Together After the Merger
• Calls to Action
• Coaching
• Collaborative Negotiation Skills
• Corporate Legends and Lore . . . The Power of Stories as a Management Tool
• Getting Everyone on the Same Page
• Intellectual and Mythological Property
• Managing for the Long Term
• Successfully in a Downsized Organization
• Tribal Warfare in Organizations

Chapter 2 Rallying the Organization to Renewed Efforts

• Rallying the Troops to Do Their Best Work
• Going After the Competition
• Raising the Bar
• Emerging Challenges
• Forward-looking Remarks
• Moving Upward in a Downturn
• Fostering Creativity
• Thinking Outside the Box
• Winners and Leaders
• Work-Life Balance
• Workplace Diversity
• Going After a Big Sale
• Making Revenue Goals

Chapter 3 Celebrating the Organization's Accomplishments

• Congratulations on a Great Year
• Handing out Awards for Sales
• Celebrating the Accomplishments of Top Performers
• What We Have Accomplished
• Asking the Organization to Pull Together
• Celebrating Core Competencies
• Inspiring Customer Service

PART II ARTICULATING THE VALUES OF YOUR ORGANIZATION

Chapter 4 Fostering the Value of Social Responsibility

• Competition
• Community Relations
• The Corporation as Citizen
• Customer Relations
• Diversity
• Economic Security
• Educational Support
• Employment for Life Vs. Employable for Life
• Leadership Challenges
• Managing Expectations
• Realizing the Possibilities of Corporate Social Responsibility
• Serving Communities at a Profit
• Tapping into People Power
• The Transparent Corporation
• Work/Life Balance

Chapter 5 Rebuilding Trust, Accountability, and Transparency

• Business Integrity
• Business Transparency
• Choose the Truth
• Creating Corporate Character
• Managing by Core Values
• No Capitalism without Conscience
• Rebuilding Trust Begins With Us
• Shared Knowledge, Share Responsibilities
• The Value of Value Statements

Chapter 6 Challenging the Organization to Stretch Its Values

• Affirmative Action: Opening the Doors
• Reaffirming Affirmative Action From a Market-based Perspective
• Women to the Rescue: A Business Imperative
• The Age Wave: The End of the World as We Know It
• Diversity: Beyond the Buzzword
• Building an Organization of "Somebodies": Tapping the Power of Differences
• Exposing the Problem of Sexual Harassment
• Moving Past Racism in the workplace
• Framing the Future
• Innovation
• Leveraging Change and Uncertainty
• Quality
• Women and the Corporate Environment

PART III ANNOUNCING MAJOR CHANGES

Chapter 7 Motivating the Organization to Embrace Change

• Acquisitions
• Centralization/Decentralization
• Globalization
• IBM Announces Offer to Acquire Lotus
• Integrating Business Models
• Name Change
• New Corporate Initiative
• New Product or Service
• Patent Award
• Performance that Exceeds Expectations
• Relocating a Facility
• Research and Development
• Technology management
• Welcome New Prime Customer
• What's In a Name?

Chapter 8 Delivering Bad News Gracefully

• Belt-Tightening/Cost-Cutting
• Crisis Management
• Disciplinary Actions
• Downsizing
• Failed Merger
• Financial Mismanagement
• Layoffs
• Performance that Fails to Meet Expectations
• Process Change
• Product Recall
• Reaction to Negative Media Coverage
• Regulatory Infractions
• Restating Financials
• Restructuring
• Acceptance of Apology
• Statement of Apology

PART IV CEREMONAL SPEECHES AND REMARKS

Chapter 9 Introductions, Toasts, Tributes and Testimonials

• Appreciations
• Awards
• Benedictions
• Birthday
• Civic/Patriotic Events
• Company Picnic/Social Event Congratulations
• Congratulations
• Introductions
• Nomination
• Presentation
• Tributes
• Toasts

Chapter 10 Anniversaries, Dedications, Greetings, and Welcoming Remarks

• Anniversaries
• Dedications
• Inaugurations
• Inaugural
• Opening Ceremonies
• Groundbreaking

Chapter 11 Accepting Awards and Honors

• Acceptance Speeches
• Awards

Chapter 12 Retirements, Resignations and Offering Farewells

• Farewells
• Resignation
• Retirements
• Funerals/Eulogies

Chapter 13 Commencements and After Dinner Remarks

• Commencements/Graduations
• After-dinner Speeches

List of Contributors and Resources
Index