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Conflict
Management & Leadership Specialist |
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President,
Author, Trainer, Speaker and Leadership
Coaching Specialist |
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Dave Gerber, President
Synergy Development & Training, LLC
Synergy Development & Training helps
organizations, individuals, and project
teams USE CONFLICT. As President of
Synergy Development and Training,
Dave has dedicated himself to helping
individuals and organizations use
conflict and leadership development
opportunities to build stronger, more
collaborative relationships, enhance
productivity, increase revenue while
reducing risk. Innovative, dynamic,
humorous, passionate -- just a few
words that describe Dave Gerber’s
impact as a speaker. He blends an
engaging personality with actionable
substance, doing more than generating
interest; he stirs people to action
immediately.
Dave uses humor, interactivity, multi-media
presentations, and a wide variety
of communication styles to quickly
connect with his listeners and share
powerful messages that are customized
for each audience. Those who hear
Dave walk away informed, energized
and optimistic -- ready to make a
difference in the way they live, lead
and work with others.
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Dave, the “King of Conflict,” is known for his powerful keynote addresses and training on conflict management. Additionally, he demonstrates an innovative approach and unique style while offering individual’s great value on other subjects such as leadership, communication, change, motivation and negotiations. He is the only presenter in the world using a fascinating moving sand film as an introduction and launching point to illustrate the themes of his message and to stir people to think outside of their boundaries; this always resonates as a topic of conversation long after this powerful presentation. Using carefully honed words and persuasive images, Dave reveals formulas for consistent excellence. He inspires audience members to use effective actions, in the right place to help meet the needs of people joined in a common purpose.
Dave Gerber’s desire to inspire excellence is supported by his strong educational background and unmatched experience. He earned a Master's degree in Education from Saint Joseph's University and his undergraduate degree in Sociology from Ithaca College. He holds Leadership Coaching and Senior Executive Leadership Certificates from Georgetown University, as well as executive certificates in negotiation, leadership, and business analysis from Notre Dame and Villanova. He has also earned five diverse certificates in conflict and mediation from George Mason University. His extensive hours of training in conflict management and alternative dispute resolution add to his already impressive credentials and reputation.
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3-Part
Mission |
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It
is my mission to help businesses
learn to USE conflict to help
increase performance, revenue
and reduce risk. It
is my mission to help leadership
and employees USE conflict to
increase professional potential
and performance
capabilities that have instant
ROI. It
is my mission to help individuals
USE conflict to find the inspiration
and motivation to improve their
personal/professional
life with actionable skills.
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To
expand, my mission is to help
support the workplace conflict
prevention, management and
resolution efforts of organizations,
businesses of all sizes, government
agencies and pro-active leaders
that understand conflict impacts
relationships and infrastructure,
productivity and the bottom
line.
There are dozens of innovative,
hybrid, cost-effective ways
to bring new skills to professionals
so they can contain issues,
inspire positive morale and
make a significant, distinct
impact on the culture.
Past and current clients
believe that I have the ability
to make a fundamental difference
in the way people think and
manage themselves and others
while using positive confrontation
skills to negotiate interpersonal
and professional success.
Using a combination of actionable
content, passion, humor and
a call to action, people often
tell me "how inspiring and
motivating - I can use these
skills now!"
Someone once said, "Life
is change, growth is optional."
Now, more than ever, growth
is survival; we must grow
financially and the strengthen
trust, loyalty, skills and
more. As leaders, we must
put individuals in a position
to be successful - providing
professional development skills
to manage and resolve conflict
is no longer optional... we
are doing more with less,
people are stressed to the
max and most desire a better,
smarter, streamlined way to
move through conflict and
get back to the work they
love and that contributes
to generating revenue. |
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Philosophy |
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My philosophy is to
help individuals conquer
conflict in their professional
and personal life in
order to expand upon
their human potential;
to use the speaking
platform as a way to
touch people at their
core to initiate emotional
responses and motivating
life changes. As a conflict
mediation speaker, my
goal is to help individuals,
businesses, schools
and government agencies
use conflict
to increase performance,
revenue and reduce risk.
I do this with scores
of techniques, including
humor, so that I can
impact every type of
learner.
Kings and Queens of
Conflict are able to
anticipate and prevent
conflict, manage it
when it when it occurs
and find some type of
win-win resolution for
all of those parties
involved. I can help
share my highly effective
communication skills
that motivate groups,
reinforce teams, stimulate
ideas and inspire courage
to move forward together.
My goal is to do keynote
speaking and
trainings that have
a profound impact on
individuals so each
can make new choices
about how to "show up"
in the world of work,
and in their personal
life as well.
I always use workplace,
military, real life,
educational examples
to bring home points
and to connect with
individuals. It is important
to me that people take
these skills and share
them with as many people
as possible. Workplace
conflict management
happens one conversation
at a time, as training
and speaking is meant
to light the fire and
provide skills to make
those difficult conversations
easier and more effective,
as Ury and Fisher said,
"Win-Win".
Clearly, not all conflict
can be addressed in
the classroom or large
group. Much of the conflict
that is faced by leaders
stems from organizational
structure, and these
types of conflicts can
often feel like incredible
mountains to climb.
Through innovative team
coaching, facilitation
and training combined
with Organizational
Development best practices,
I and my company Synergy
Development & Training
can help you make decisions
with conflict
resolution strategies
that positively impact
the scores, to hundreds
to multiple thousands
of people that will
be impacted.
Said differently, it
is my passion to help
leaders find answers
to the conflicts that
keep them up at night. |
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