Jeff Salz

Jeff Salz has made a lifetime of adventure. An acclaimed explorer - with a Ph.D. in anthropology - he has traversed most of the remaining blank spots on the globe. The author of The Way of Adventure: Transforming Your Life and Work with Spirit and Vision, Jeff creates the foundation for creative thinking in any organization by presenting a unique perspective on risk-taking and innovation.

Jeff has spent 30 years as a mountain guide, and 10 years as a university professor. For the last 20 years, he has been safely guiding top tier executives at organizations like Microsoft, Hewlett Packard, Walt Disney, and eBay through the turbulent seas of change while facilitating enhanced teamwork, innovation and creativity.

Audience members will recognize Jeff from his frequent appearances as program host on the on the History Channel and the Discovery Network. His freewheeling humour and profound sense of humanity turn every meeting into a memorable event. With remarkable adventure tales and thought-provoking concepts, Jeff continues to instill his audiences with fresh strategies and enthusiasm for life and career.

Jeff Salz's Blog Entries:

The Four Pillars: Wisdom Lore from Around the Globe

Three Cups of Tea...

• 5. The Adventure of Change: Leveraging the Adventure Attitude to Enhance Work and Life

  During this presentation Jeff reveals his "Six Steps to the Top" as the lessons he learned in over 30 years of exploration and expedition leadership. He gives audiences the tools they need to be adventurous in their work and life using stirring tales drawn from the legends, myths and personal lives of people he encountered in remote regions around the world. With award-winning photography and music, Jeff's presentation shows audiences how to redesign both their attitudes and their environments so they can face adversity with a sense of adventure!

• 6. The Adventure Advantage: Driving Life & Work Transformation with Spirit and Vision

  A unique half-day experience that incorporates the inspiration of a motivational keynote with the hands-on applicability and excitement of interactive training. This event combines Jeff's skill as a seasoned presenter with the expertise of internationally recognized trainer, Chess Edwards. Chess and Jeff have been friends for over thirty years. They have climbed, explored and co-led expeditions around the world - from Latin America to the Himalayas, teamed together for journalistic assignments and instructed leadership and teambuilding seminars for organizations such as Disney, eBay, Accenture, McKinsey and Microsoft world-wide. Now they are offering an event that utilizes synergy like never before.

• 7. Highest Common Denominator: Vision, Wisdom, Vitality, Courage: Awkening the Human Potential

  After 30 years and countless experiences with traditional peoples around the globe, anthropologist and adventurer Dr. Jeff Salz has identified the unique differentiator among resilient cultures and individuals. This powerful, cross-cultural "survival" platform that spans continents and centuries offers an uncommon foundation for success in our current time of unprecedented change.

• 1. The 2012 Phenomenon

  Jeff's new keynote, Global Culture Change: The 2012 Phenomenon features tales and images from his recent History Channel expedition while sharing the secrets of thriving during times of dramatic adversity and transition.
  
  His message? "The news is good! Futurists, scientists, scholars, and ancient Maya all agree: it appears we have reached the end of old ways of living and thinking and are about to embark on a brand new adventure. We are trading in the old for ways of living and thinking and are about to embark on a brand new adventure. We are trading in the old for something new, different ... and far better."
  
  Global Culture Change: The 2012 Phenomenon is an exciting event - full of humour, scholarship, and first-hand adventure that shares with organizations the secret of how to create the ultimate competitive advantage in times of change: cultures of vitality!

• 3. The Adventure of CSR: Journey into the Heart of Corporate Social Responsibility

  Ride horseback with Tibetan nomads, re-discover a lost Mayan civilization and climb the glaciers of Patagonia in an attempt to scale one of the most awe-inspiring mountains in the world. Along the way, discover fresh insights and timeless certainties for today's uncertain times.
  
  Instill your people with a lively and enlivening understanding of the how and why of corporate social responsibility.
  
  WHY... a commitment to CSR is a natural expression of the human need for personal satisfaction, exploration and adventure. HOW... to harness the power of the human connection and highest intention for sustained profitability and accountability.
  
  Forty years of world exploration, a Ph.D. in cultural anthropology and 20 years of working with 'C Suite' leadership at organizations such as Microsoft, eBay and Wal-Mart makes Jeff Salz one of today's unparalleled experts in understanding what makes cultures and organizations thrive.
  
  Accompany cultural anthropologist, master story-teller and explorer Dr. Jeff Salz across the Himalayas and Andes on the ultimate quest: to discover the heart of CSR.

  ·Take your attendees on a multi-media adventure of music, video and breath-taking images for a journey of personal discovery.
  ·Remind your audience of the importance of trust, imagination, human goodness, and what it means to them at home and in their workplace.
  ·Learn what to do tomorrow as your attendees embark on the path to creating CSR in YOUR organization as an inspired team with a common goal.
  

  
  Jeff 's unique keynote provides a shared experience that unifies a group and inspires them to action professionally and personally.

• 4. Wisdom of the Mountains: Be the Best You've Ever Been

  How do you become the best in the business? How do the best keep getting better? What is your boldest dream? What is your higher than Everest goal?
  
  In this presentation, world-class explorer, renowned anthropologist and philosopher, Dr. Jeff Salz, will take you on an exhilarating journey around the globe while providing:

  ·A simple model for deep and lasting cultural change in your organization
  ·A means for taking your professional and personal effectiveness to new heights
  ·Inspiration for your organization to truly excel
  
  
  

  Throughout this presentation, Jeff reveals simple and profound wisdom for expertly navigating today's increasingly complex and confusing world. In turbulent times the lender is the one with the map.
  
  Drawing from over 35 years of living with and studying diverse cultures around the world, he guides you on a remarkable journey of discovery, uncovering universal 'best practices' for maximizing personal and professional effectiveness.
  
  Synthesizing ancient wisdom with contemporary cutting edge business models, Jeff inspires, enables and instructs you and your organization to become the best you've ever been!

• 1. Leading Through Turbulance: Timeless Certainties for Uncertain Times

  
  Synthesizing ancient wisdom with contemporary cutting edge business models, Jeff inspires, enables and instructs you and your organization to create a culture of vitality and become the best you've ever been!  In this presentation, world-class explorer, renowned anthropologist and philosopher Dr. Jeff Salz will take you on an exhilarating journey around the globe while providing:
  
  a simple model for deep and lasting cultural change in your organization
  a means for taking your professional and personal effectiveness to new heights
  tools and inspiration for your organization to truly excel
  
  Throughout this presentation, Jeff reveals simple and profound wisdom for expertly navigating today's increasingly complex and confusing world. In turbulent times the leader is the one with the map. Jeff provides you with that map. Drawing from over 35 years of living with and studying diverse cultures around the world, Jeff guides you on a remarkable journey of discovery, uncovering universal "best practices" for maximizing personal and professional effectiveness.

• You were a big hit, Jeff. I was impressed by the way you interacted enthusiastically with our people and your genuine kindness and caring attitude...

  ReliaStar Financial Corporation

• I'll sum up his speech in one word: fantastic! I have over the years seen many speakers and booked quite a few of them, and I can honestly say that Jeff is the most moving and powerful I have seen. In today's business environment, speakers like Jeff are exactly what is needed to get people fired-up and working more efficiently. I can highly recommend Jeff, as he is certain to be the highlight of any event.

  Accenture

• Jeff Salz could not have been better for our group! He did all the right things and did a great job of integrating the right language and issues into his message. He is an infectiously enthusiastic speaker who kept the audience for an hour and a quarter that seemed to race by. Our keynote speaker last year was Colin Powell – a tough act to follow. Jeff Salz took no back seat to him!

  Professional Housing Management Association

• Superb! If top CEO's are your audience, then Jeff Salz is the man for your meeting!

  IBM

• Our team really needed, appreciated and absorbed your message. I am sure you picked up on this with the two standing ovations you received. You provided a great service for our organization and helped us create a memorable experience for our employees. I still hear them talking about it today! You really enhanced our efforts in driving our organization to the next level.

  Allscripts Healthcare Solutions

• I'm sorry we're not on the phone talking about Jeff, because if we were, you would hear the enthusiasm in my voice. Jeff was nothing short of fantastic. I actually had comments from some of the WPOer's that Jeff's presentation was the best event they'd ever been to.

  YPO Nebraska

• Change can be difficult for some people to deal with – and we have been dealing with significant change at our company since last June. Your enthusiasm and optimism spilled over in your address and our folks got it! Change is inevitable – change is opportunity – change is an adventure. Thanks again for a top notch presentation and for making me look good!

  Columbia National Inc.

• When it comes to building effective leadership teams by connecting individuals through their highest values... Jeff Salz is superb!

  Microsoft, Inc.

• Inspirational! Jeff Salz breathes new life and fresh meaning into corporate social responsibility.

  eBay Inc.

• Your comments spoke right to what heart of what we wanted. You were very connected to all of them… even in a personal way. Thanks for your willingness to arrive earlier and take time to socialize at the dinner with the attendees. Everybody I spoke with (HP and companions) were more than happy, they were completely delighted with the presentation!

  Hewlett Packard

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  September 2000

  The Way of Adventure: Transforming Your Life and Work with Spirit and Vision

  What is adventure? As Jeff Salz shows us in this wise, wonderful, extraordinary book, it is the most vital way of living your life every day. Few people can write about adventure with the authority of Dr. Jeff Salz. Mountaineer, explorer, anthropologist, professor, business consultant, and motivational speaker, Salz has experienced adventures from the Himalayas to Patagonia. In this book he recounts his thrilling, often perilous journeys and reveals how each one provides an essential lesson for living with authenticity, courage, and imagination in any circumstance. Open this book and embark on your own journey of self-discovery.