Professional Speaking

Ken Masco's speeches are more than feel-good presentations, they are about real world solutions to the opportunities, problems and challenges that confront business leaders.

Ken’s masterful use of humor, personal anecdotes and real-world business examples are passionately delivered.  Meeting attendees leave armed with new ideas and actions energized to take action.

Here’s what people say about Ken's presentations:

 “Ken Masco gave one of the greatest presentations we have ever had at the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce breakfast meetings!  Every one who hears Ken speak will see their business with a different perspective.  Any thing else would shock & surprise me! "

Bill Welsh

TV personality, President Emirates

Hollywood Chamber of Commerce

“My strategy students have been exposed to all facets of business; in fact, this course completes their MBA requirements.  However, they have never seen anything like Ken’s interactive presentation.  These students were very impressed with how Ken was able to simplify the complicated link between strategy and daily activities in such an enjoyable and easily understood manner.  He definitely taught them practical techniques that they can apply in their own companies.”

Marilyn Owens, Ph.D.

Strategy Professor, School of Business & Management 

Pepperdine University

“We have received nothing but rave reviews!  The press kit greatly helped us to boost attendance.  We plan to bring Ken back by popular demand soon!  Again our sincere thanks for a wonderful presentation.”

Gail S. Dixon

Executive Vice President

Fullerton Chamber of Commerce

Workshops and seminars:

Six Steps to Organizational Effectiveness 

In most organizations, there are, a small number of major issues that negatively impact overall effectiveness.  The uncomfortable truth in many companies is that management doesn’t completely appreciate which major activities are effective and which are not.  How then can effectiveness be strengthened?  How can something that is not understood be improved?

During this popular, interactive, and thought provoking presentation, your audience will learn the six steps to strengthen organizational effectiveness.  They will receive The Wheel of Effectivenessä, a simple but powerful tool to find opportunities to strengthening effectiveness in their organizations.

Why People Get Hired, Fired and Promoted

 People are experiencing high levels of stress as a result of rapid change, ambiguity, information overload, online, real time personal availability and an increasingly fast pace.

"Emotional Intelligence" is a key proficiency for excellence for jobs of all kinds, especially leadership. Emotional intelligence-based competencies are twice as important as IQ and technical expertise combined in predicting outstanding performance!  Emotional Intelligence has become one of the hottest subjects in Corporate America. When the Harvard Business Review published an article on the topic, it attracted a higher percentage of readers than any other article published in that periodical in the last 40 years.

During this interactive and informative presentation, your audience will:

Learn what Emotional Intelligence is & how it directly relates to the quality of relationships & business success.

Understand the impact of Emotional Intelligence competencies in your organization and to the bottom line.

Examine the importance of Emotional Intelligence in Leadership.

Learn how to use Emotional Intelligence to increase productivity, employee retention and overall organizational effectiveness.

Learn specific processes and methods to enhance your Emotional Intelligence.

“Carefrontational Conversations”

Truth telling in corporate environments is unfortunately uncommon, costing perhaps billions of dollars in missed opportunities each year.  Productive, positive and effective truth telling is a powerful advantage in the work place.

During Ken’s presentation your meeting attendees will learn to utilize tools & techniques to help tell and hear more truth, increase profits & become more competitive. This popular workshop helps “leaders” at all levels understand the business advantages of using “Carefrontational Conversations”

Speaking your truth offers a competitive advantage in life and creates greater value both professionally and personally. Leaders have a responsibility to engage our colleagues in truth telling conversations more frequently and with greater ease. Join master storyteller and organizational effectiveness coach Ken Masco in this interactive and unique session. Audiences will learn why telling more truth creates a foundation for long-term success and an opportunity to really make a difference. 

Your audience will identify barriers that prevent them from speaking more truth and learn to:

Distinguish the difference between the truth and right vs. wrong

 

Develop a deeper understanding of the market value and benefits of “truth telling”

 

Create an environment where their truth can be heard and acted upon

 

Discover the reasons why people often don’t tell the truth

 

Assess their own level of truth telling and develop strategies to tell more truth