Neil Pasricha

What do you get when you cross a Harvard MBA, three #1 bestselling Awesome books, and years creating development programs for Fortune 50 companies? You find the four "S's" to make your workplace awesome. In this endlessly applicable talk, Neil Pasricha leaves your group with takeaways that can be applied at no cost, and which drive employee engagement and passion. Sharing a richly-developed set of work values—Social, Structure, Stimulation, and Story—he shows you how to work better, happier, and more productively. When you become aware of the awesome things that can—and do—happen every day at work, incredible opportunities arise. With heartfelt storytelling, breakthrough happiness research, and lots of laughs, Pasricha will take your audience to a very awesome place.

Neil Pasricha has turned his observations of awesome moments in life into a global phenomenon. Every day Pasricha celebrates a universal joy in life each day such as "popping bubble wrap," "the cold side of the pillow" and "snow days." Pasricha excites and motivates college crowds around the world to follow their dreams, respect themselves, and savor every moment of life. After graduating with honors from Harvard Business School and Queen's School of Business, Pasricha followed the herd into the cubicle world at Procter & Gamble. Suddenly he realized life's too short to save your dreams for tomorrow...so he quit and started up his own restaurant, became a comedy writer, created an award-winning blog, and wrote a bestselling book. Now he tells his story and raises roofs of college campuses around the world with his heart-warming and fist-pumping 3 Steps to Being AWESOME!

#1 International bestselling author, multimillion hit blogger, and Harvard MBA Neil Pasricha's take on becoming an awesome leader has inspired audiences around the world. Neil has worked and consulted with leaders at Fortune 500 companies like Proctor & Gamble, Citigroup, and The Royal Bank as well as led Leadership Development at Walmart. After writing the bestselling The Book of Awesome, Pasricha has successfully merged his skills at identifying simple pleasures and moments that matter with his sharp leadership research and senior executive consulting background. His speeches motivate and encourage teams around the world to take the next step towards truly authentic and awesome leadership using his 3 A's of Awesome model. With a passionate stage-on-fire delivery and side-splitting wit, Pasricha is sure to keep your team buzzing for months.

In today's marketplace, culture is becoming one of the most vital competitive advantages an organization can possess. Infusing his workshops with his infectious energy, Neil Pasricha helps strengthen and define your organization's story—leaving participants with smiles on their faces, and a better understanding of what makes their organization unique. In this highly interactive workshop, Neil Pasricha helps your employees rediscover their inner awesome. Bookended with micro-keynotes, Pasricha leads participants through three phases of exercises. In the first phase, participants list every way their organization influences people—from clients to employees to their community. Then, employees draw pictures that represent five of their organization's values, producing an insightful—and sometimes hilarious—look into what defines your organization. Finally, Pasricha leads a round table discussion to uncover new ideas that bring your organization's story to life.