Elias Kanaris
Establishing positive influence and heartfelt resilience.
Elias Kanaris is a thought leader in the area of resilience, leadership and trust. He works with CEOs and their teams to build high-performing mind-sets, be able to navigate adversity, and introduce T.R.U.S.T. as a business currency. With over 25 years experience in corporate and not-for-profit organizations, Elias has used that experience to become an expert in helping leaders lead. He has developed a blueprint to empower organizations to protect their brand and retain top talent whilst growing their bottom line.
While a passenger on flight UA929, bound to Chicago O'Hare from London Heathrow, on that fateful day (9/11 2001), his plane became one of 38 that was diverted to Gander airport in Newfoundland, Canada. When his world seemed to stop in a heartbeat, Elias had to dig deep into his store of resilience to navigate through this harrowing situation.
Elias has been a senior consultant in the I.T. and Telecommunications sector. He was part of a team responsible for the company's top twenty-four clients, which billed $450 million per year. He is a founding partner of the Maxwell Leadership Team, serving on the inaugural President's Advisory Council (PAC). Elias served as the National President for the Professional Speakers Association of New Zealand (2015-2017). He also served as President of the Global Speakers Federation (2018-2019), a US $4 Billion industry that represents Professional Speakers globally.
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Gain practical ideas to build high-performing teams, and keep them engaged. Empower your organization to navigate adversity and retain top talent while driving productivity and increasing bottom-line.
TOPICS
How To Find Your Inner Resilience In A Crisis
OVERVIEW:
Where were you on the day that JFK was assassinated? What were you doing when man landed on the moon? How did you feel when you heard that Princess Dianna had died? The chances are that if I asked you, “How did 9/11 impact you?” I would get the strongest response…
Elias Kanaris was one of 198 passengers on flight UA929, flying between London Heathrow and Chicago O’Hare on that fateful day. His was one of 38 planes that descended into Gander airport on September 11th, Now the subject of the musical, “Come From Away”, this narrative of resilience is shared by Elias 20 years on.
As a result of 9/11, life seemed to shut down overnight. The airline industry was decimated, and nobody thought it could recover. Yet, despite outward appearances, business returned to normal.
AUDIENCE TAKEAWAYS:
The power of the community
How to function after a traumatic event
Why making bets on your future based on your past events is flawed
Building Trust in High Performing Teams: Lessons from Captain Mike Ballard and the Crew of UA929.
OVERVIEW:
Whether you are leading a multinational organization or leading your family, you need to know how to build trust. As a senior consultant, working in a team that looked after his company’s top 24 clients, billing $450M per year, Elias understands what it takes to build trust with others.
To develop trust, you must start by building relationships. In this Keynote, Elias will share observations of what Captain Mike and the crew of UA929 did to build trust with the 198 passengers that were stranded in Newfoundland, Canada for five days.
He will explain how you can mobilize people to incredible achievement, whether you are dealing with internal teams or external clients. It will also enable you to understand how you can leverage these principles and apply them in your own personal and work life.
AUDIENCE TAKEAWAYS:
In this Keynote, Elias will introduce his audience to the following concepts:
What Captain Mike Ballard did to build trust with the passengers of flight UA929.
What the five pillars of T.R.U.S.T. are.
How to create a safe platform for those who surround you during times of adversity.
Leadership: Lessons From Leading the Global Speakers Federation.
OVERVIEW
What do you learn when you have led a $6.5b industry and worked with cross-cultural teams across 18 international locations? You learn that everything rises and falls on leadership, and that leadership starts at the top.
When Elias contracted to a household brand in New Zealand, he noticed that there were gaps between perception and reality. He documented them in a 4-page report, which was forwarded to a member of the Executive Leadership Team.
Instead of leading to a meeting, where they could leverage Elias’s extensive experience, he was told to supress his leadership instincts and be a team player. Basically, ‘pull his head in’!
AUDIENCE TAKEAWAYS:
In this Keynote, Elias will challenge his audience to answer the following questions:
What is happening in the Leadership Team within your organization?
Is this a reflection of you, the leader?
Is the dysfunction starting at the top and flowing down through your organization?
Are you willing to do something to stop it from destroying everything that you have fought hard to build?
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ACHIEVEMENTS
President of the Global Speakers Federation (2018-2019)
President of the Professional Speakers Association of New Zealand (2015-2017)
Founding Partner, Maxwell Leadership
Founding Member, Conscious Leadership Movement
Author of ‘Leading From The Stop: Positive influence and heartfelt resilience in times of adversity’
