“MY EXPERIENCES TELL ME THAT… It’s not about WHAT you know It’s about HOW you are… With yourself, with your family, with your friends With the people you work for and with It’s about starting, building and maintaining good relationships in ALL parts of life.” by Dennis Doran

 

 “It’s not about WHAT you know, it’s about HOW you are…”

My calling is to help people become more successful people by talking, teaching, motivating, and inspiring them about the role of soft skills in our industry.

Everyone can improve every aspect of who they are.  This book will help them understand this truth and more importantly guide them to a plan of action.

“Every time I have the privilege of speaking and teaching, soft skills are the thread that connects all that we do.  I deliver my message with energy and commitment and engage my audience to motivate and inspire them about the fundamental and profound importance of soft skills.”

The construction industry builds the places where people work and live, where people meet and get to know other people, where great relationships can be built and maintained.

Soft Skills are about the vital connection between your personal qualities, emotions, and success in all your relationships. They matter!

Book Dennis for speaking and workshops. Topics include:

  • Soft as Steel – Your Qualities are the Difference-maker
  • Extreme Leadership – Taking the Radical LEAP
  • Greater than Yourself (GTY): The true leader’s ‘golden rule’
  • Generations & Diversity – Recruiting in the Future
  • Soft Skills are the hardest to learn
  • Emotion is not just about feelings
  • Differences are not a problem. They are an opportunity.
  • What’s your EQ: what’s it have to do with making a profit
  • Soft Skills = Success and Profitable Relationships
  • “Tools for Relationship Success” – Soft Skills make the difference
  • Leading and helping team members grow: High Impact Mentoring

BOOK DENNIS FOR YOUR EVENT

  • “Whenever I plan to organize a training session or seminar for FCAC Contractors, the first call I make is to Dennis Doran to see if he’s available. Dennis is an extremely engaging speaker with a wealth of knowledge in the Construction Industry. I particularly appreciate his wit and engaging manner with which he communicates complex subjects in a way that the audience grasps the material regardless of their level of experience. You can’t find a better speaker than Dennis Doran!”

    Miles Beatty Executive Director Finishing Contractors Association of Chicago

  • “Dennis Doran was the speaker for my first introduction to soft skills and their importance to build and maintain relationships. Dennis was engaging and able to communicate in a manner that resonated with me. Since then, I have used Dennis to deliver his message to our association members, he has become our go-to speaker. His use of real world examples, his keen sense of his audience needs, his ability to speak to all levels of experience and his delivery method sprinkled with levity, make him a most effectual instructor. His information is very useful, his delivery engaging and his impression, lasting.“

    Albert Carrillo CEO Western Wall & Ceiling Contractors Association