Motivational Speech Topics

5 Motivational Speech Topics Your Employees Want to Learn About

Great motivational speakers know how to choose exactly the topic their audience need to know about. They select a topic that’s relevant to individual employees as well as the company as a whole, because it deals with personal career growth as well as corporate success. This attentiveness brings a huge boost to employee morale. If you’re considering hiring a motivational speaker for your employees, consider whether these motivational speech topics will resonate with them.

  1. Be an Influential Leader

    In my presentation, developing influential leaders, I show how to influence others, including coworkers, bosses, clients, and subordinates. No matter where a potential leader sits within your organization, he or she can increase their impact by learning how to be influential.

  2. Develop Your Executive Presence

    On the topic executive presence, business leaders how to convey confidence, command respect, and have a professional magnetism that influences others. Employees move from passivity and self-doubt to self-assurance, decisiveness, and bold decision making.

  3. Have Difficult Conversations

    On the topic of difficult conversations, employees learn the practical tactics for crucial communication. Those who don’t shy away from the difficult conversations that others put off, who assert themselves clearly at meetings, and who mediate conflicts well will be seen as confident and capable. Moreover, they’ll enjoy better relationships with coworkers and will contribute to a harmonious workplace culture by keeping the chain of communication moving fluidly.

  4. Increase Your Visibility

    This motivational speech topic, The Invisible Leaders: How to Find Them and Let Them Shine, is directly relevant for women, minorities and introverts. These overlooked employees need to begin showing up on the radar screens of the key decision-makers.

  5. Create a Culture of Innovation

    Your best talent will thrive when your company has created a culture that prioritizes creativity and innovation. A motivational speech on this topic can show all employees how to contribute to and benefit from this culture. The speaker will ignite their inner passion and purpose by painting a picture of what a workplace with a dynamically innovative culture looks like, and then give them the tools to create it.

Employees will recognize and appreciate that you’ve planned a motivational talk that speaks to their needs. These motivational topics reinforce the fact that their own success and the companies are bound up together—you want the best for them in their careers. Everyone will leave the talk feeling positive and charged up for success.

Copyright © 2024 Joel Garfinkle, All Rights Reserved. Joel Garfinkle is recognized as one of the top 50 coaches in the U.S. He is a Master Certified Coach with 25 years of executive coaching, corporate training, and speaking experience. He is the author of 11 books, including Executive Presence: Step Into Your Power, Convey Confidence and Lead With Conviction. He has worked with many of the world’s leading companies, including Google, Amazon, Deloitte, Eli Lilly, Starbucks, Ritz-Carlton, Oracle, and Microsoft. Subscribe to his Fulfillment at Work Newsletter which is delivered to over 10,000 people. You can view his video library of over 200+ easily actionable 2-minute inspirational video clips by subscribing to his YouTube Channel.

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