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Bill Burke

Performance Consultant and Principal
The Knock Group
Available to 
North America,
Europe
City 
Chicago
Fee 
Languages 
English
Volunteer
Yes
Timezone 
America/Chicago

Personal Details

Bio

Bill's career of over three decades has been marked by success and achievement, not just for himself but for others along the way. As a seminarian early on, Bill learned not just to live for himself but for others.

Working as a training and development professional for leading companies such as Midas International, Ace Hardware, and Veolia, Bill knows how to build and maintain positive corporate cultures where leaders grow and flourish.

And in working with some of society's most vulnerable people, including the homeless, Bill knows the importance, and the positive effects, of being there for others.

"I've held some good positions and I've made some good money throughout my career," said Bill. "But the greatest reward has been to help others achieve their goals. "To help that executive build a great culture, to help a manager earn a promotion, and to help someone without a job get one. That's what's rewarding to me.

Current position (5)

Performance Consultant and Principal

The Knock Group

Director of Learning and Development

Gerber Collision & Glass

Director, Learning and Development

Veolia Transportation

Retail Performance Consultant

Ace Hardware

Director of Training

Midas International Corporation

Degrees (1)
Journalism and Theology
Loyola University Chicago
1979 to 1985

Presentations

Presentations (3)
8 Weeks With Cancer - Why Me? Here's Why

An engaging and charismatic trainer and speaker, Bill was derailed in 2022 with colon cancer. Like many, Bill asked "Why Me?" Well, Bill was about to find out. In an inspiring leadership presentation, learn how Bill gradually came to understand "Here's Why" he was to fight and beat cancer. You and your staff can put to use the 8 lessons representing those 8 weeks to motive and energize themselves and their teams.

Keeping the Good Ones: Being a Great Place to Work

Why do employees leave? We'd all like to think it wasn't anything we did. And we might be right. But it very much might be what we DIDN'T do. In this fun and engaging presentation, Bill will present the 5 Qualities of a Great Place to Work. Good managers just never lose good people. Come learn what they do!

Why Can't Managers Motivate?

Oh, they are busy doing their manager work. They don't have time to keep their team fired up and motivated. Well why don't they? Sometimes it's because they don't feel it's necessary and sometimes it's that they don't know how. But this presentation teaches managers, in a fun and informative way, how to keep their teams motivated.

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Expertise (7)

Leadership
Automotive
Health & Well-being
Employee motivation employee retention Communication and leadership beating cancer
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Why choose me? 

Bill's new "8 Weeks With Cancer" is a powerful, uplifting, motivating presentation to seize the day!

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