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Doug Lipp

Doug Lipp

Helps organizations strengthen corporate culture, and boost business performance while having fun

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  • Candid. Passionate. Relevant … Build your culture, live your culture, differentiate!
  • Former head of training at the legendary Disney University at Disney’s corporate headquarters.
  • Eight-time author. His latest book is the best-selling Disney U: How Disney University Develops the World’s Most Engaged, Loyal, and Customer-Centric Employees
  • Distinguished international consultant, serving over 1000 client team around the world, including Google, McDonald’s, AT &T, Wells Fargo Bank, Kaiser Healthcare, Central Intelligence Agency, Stanford University, Best Buy, US Chamber of Commerce, Marriott

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Candid. Passionate. Relevant. Doug Lipp is on a crusade to help organizations strengthen their corporate culture, boost business performance, and unapologetically, have fun while doing it.

Doug is a distinguished international consultant, eight-time author, and former head of training at the legendary Disney University. His latest book is the best-selling Disney U: How Disney University Develops the World’s Most Engaged, Loyal, and Customer-Centric Employees.

At age 29, Doug’s celebrated talent catapulted him to the helm of the legendary Disney University training team at Walt Disney corporate headquarters. Fluent in Japanese, Doug also helped Disney open its first international theme park as a member of the Tokyo Disneyland start-up team.

Drawing on his 30 plus years of combined experience at Disney and in private practice, Doug inspires and challenges hundreds of organizations worldwide. In presentations, he shares how Disney overcame spectacular strategic challenges to unleash one of the most improbable success stories in corporate history.

Through riveting examples and powerful, relevant stories about innovation, service, value and leadership, Doug pulls back the curtain and reveals the behaviors, tools and attitudes that are representative of cultural excellence at Disney and other great institutions. He also discusses common organizational traps that undermine companies and impede their ability to build a thriving and sustainable culture.

Consistently ranked as one of the best presenters every time he speaks, Doug painstakingly researches and customizes each of his presentations. He underscores how a company’s current culture is affecting its business, and then provides insights and actionable ideas on how they can build an even better business based on leadership, teamwork and innovation. After his presentation, which includes experiential exercises and participant-centered activities, you will have a blueprint for creating and perpetuating a culture of significance unique to your organization.

LESSONS FROM DISNEY U: THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF AN ENDURING BRAND

Disney stands the test of time as the ultimate icon of applied imagination. How did Walt Disney create “The Happiest Place on Earth?” What are the secrets behind its employee development dynasty? And how does it reinforce its organizational values, culture and brand on a day-to-day basis? During this animated and high-energy program, you’ll learn how Disney continues to capture and inspire the hearts and minds of thousands of employees around the globe through an unwavering devotion to the core values established by Walt himself. Learn how Disney University Founder Van France has brought to life – for generations of employees – Walt’s timeless values of Innovate, Support, Educate and Entertain.

THE MAGIC OF EXCEPTIONAL CUSTOMER SERVICE: KEEP PLUSSING THE SHOW

How has Disney managed to keep its employees and customers so fiercely devoted to the brand? How has it managed to continually top the charts as one of the world’s most loved brands? How can you learn from its practices to catapult your organization’s service strategies to even higher levels? Learn the four components that are at the heart of Disney University: Innovate. Support. Educate. Entertain. Discover how legendary service is a delicate balance between art and science. “Doing the ordinary in an extraordinary fashion” isn’t rocket science; customer service excellence must be ingrained throughout your culture. In this constantly changing economy, more companies than ever are realizing the strategic importance of transforming their service culture to differentiate themselves from competitors.

EVEN MONKEYS FALL FROM TREES: LEARN FROM MISTAKES & EMBRACE CHANGE

The best and brightest make mistakes. However, the ability to learn from setbacks, then bounce back even stronger is the hallmark of market leaders. Join Doug as he discusses Walt Disney’s unrivaled focus on creating one of the strongest teams of Dreamers and Doers in the world. “Change or Perish” defines the innovative Disney culture. Doug takes you behind-the-scenes to discover how Disney pushed through obstacles by relentlessly challenging the status quo in literally every corner of the company.

IT'S A SMALL, SMALL WORLD: THE GLOBE IS SHRINKING. IS YOUR BUSINESS EXPANDING?

Walt Disney had it right all of those years ago … “it’s a small world after all.” And guess what? It’s getting even smaller! Mobility and greater access to multicultural markets is heralding in exciting, new opportunities for organizations willing to raise their diversity IQ. In this powerful and cutting edge presentation, Doug shows that even for organizations not selling globally, the face of the customer is changing. Gone are the days of managing, or marketing, to a homogenous group. Customer groups employees, channel partners and shareholders now represent different cultures, generations, and way of thinking. Organizations must adjust, adapt … or perish when battling for market share.

ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE: IT'S MORE THAN A COAT OF PAINT

Leaders build the culture, live the culture, and reinforce the culture every single day. Leadership has always set the tone within an organization, but today there’s growing consensus that a winning, sustainable culture is only achieved when it is ‘actively’ steeped throughout the entire organization. In this program, Doug persuasively demonstrates that organizational culture is much more than a coat of paint daubed on the walls of a building. Culture is the cornerstone of success and supports your business perofrmance and all operations. As such, it’s uniquely yours and almost impossible for competitors to copy.

CONFERENCE MODERATOR: ENGAGING EXECUTIVES PANELISTS & AUDIENCE

DOUG BECOMES PART OF THE MEETING PLANNER TEAM

Successful conferences are a combination of tireless planning plus the ability to react on-the-fly. Doug is skilled at both, as you will see from his client testimonials. Doug’s pre-event activities range from coaching presenters and panel members to visiting conference sites with meeting planners. During the conference, Doug is 100 percent engaged. His consulting and facilitating background adds a whole new level of detail and professionalism even when he is introducing speakers. He is much more than an emcee.

Workfront
Those who leave the greatest impressions in life, are those who help others to learn and share their own story. Doug inspires his audience, regardless of size, to internalize Walt Disney’s admonition to “… Keep plussing the show.” His stories were captivating, his energy was electric, and his desire for excellence is contagious! It was truly a ‘Magical’ experience.
EPSILON
The audience thoroughly enjoyed your presentation at the Epsilon Symposium. After listening to your presentation, it is no wonder why Disney is such a world-class organization! I hope our paths cross again soon.
Dell Computers
I had the pleasure to work with Doug at our PTDM event. Not only was it a pleasure to work with Doug and his team during the preparation of the event but Doug did an AMAZING performance on stage keeping our 300 guest sitting on the edge of their chair with a FANTASTIC message that resonated very well with our event. Everyone agrees that Doug’s performance was OUTSTANDING!!!”
VM Ware
It was a no brainer for me to bring in Doug to speak at my Team’s offsite. Doug did an amazing job spending time with me prior to the event, ensuring that his key points addressed some of the opportunities we were addressing as a team. It paid off and you could tell he customized his content. Doug is a great story-teller and challenges you to think about things in a different way. I strongly recommend Doug for your event if you want to take your leadership thought process around the customer experience to another level.”
Consolidated Data Services
Doug is a very smart, well spoken and well written speaker and author. His approach was easy to understand, and absorb. All levels of executives were able to listen and learn as he shared experience and knowledge. It was one of the better investments I have made. The entire staff voted very favorably and I would certainly hire Doug again. – Chief Executive Officer
Banking Technology
The Retail Banking Trends Conference is over and I am happy to say it was a tremendous success! Your participation helped make it so and I want to thank you for a job well done! Your key message of embracing change and developing a creative work environment were right on target. Your engaging presentation style, coupled with the hands-on activities you introduced, kept the energy level high and served as a model of creativity. Thank you for being so fun to work with!”
Connecticut On-Line Computer Center
Thanks for an awesome presentation at our recent client conference. Your message completely targeted our audience and its impact exceeded our expectations. Your perfect mix of humor and content provided entertainment, as well as education. Thank you for treating our attendees to a first rate, five-star presentation and thank you for helping us shine.
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