We dug deep into the files and archives to find you these little known facts about Neil. Could it be true that life's experiences help shape the individual? You be the judge . . .

 

Little Known Fact #1: Neil has been an avid scuba diver and is NAUI (National Association of Underwater Instructors) certified. He had his assistant diving instructor certificate before he even had his drivers license (age 15)! His diving experiences include cave diving, ice diving, altitude diving, several decompression dives and—his favorite—shipwrecks!

 

 

Little Known Fact #2: He has jumped out of perfectly-good airplanes several times (of course, he was equipped with a parachute at the time!).

 

 

 

Little Known Fact #3: He has an affinity for high-performance super-sport motorcycles and owned several including a Kawasaki ZX-10, one of the fastest production sport motorcycles ever produced.

 

 

 

Little Known Fact #4: He was invited to fly the F-16 Flight Simulator at Luke Air Force Base in Arizona as part of a business outreach program. Here he is "flying" at Mach 1.7 (1,017 mph) at 30,000 feet. [Note: He was totally speechless upon his return—an affliction not normal for Neil!]

 

 

 

Little Known Fact #5: He is becoming quite renowned as a bread-baker using the traditional hand-kneading method and all-natural ingedients.

 

 

Little Known Fact #6: He enjoys long, intellectually-stimulating conversations with his wife and soulmate while watching sunsets from the patio of their home in Arizona.

 

 

 

Little Known Fact #7: He loves to read non-fiction business books and gets up at 4:00 am every morning to fulfill his commitment to himself of reading one book per week.

 

Neil Dempster is a business performance veteran, author, master motivator, and an expert in helping organizations build a performance-based culture. He has helped thousands of people "behave themselves into a new way of thinking." Neil speaks from a lifetime of experiences in the trenches and from within the corporate boardroom. These experiences have taken him from driving a truck for Coca-Cola while going to university to consulting with senior leadership in many of the Fortune 500. Along the way, he has accomplished the following:

 

• Sales representative for a Fortune 100 company (Harris Corporation) in the Lanier office products division where he was consistently (over a 3-year period) in the top three of 1,200 sales representatives world-wide.
• Promoted to sales manager and subsequently branch manager for the same organization.
• Started a multi-million dollar telecommunications company that won over a dozen industry awards for exceptional sales performance and quality service.
• Researched and developed a comprehensive management training program (EffortAdvantage) that has been delivered to over 8,000 managers in diverse industries such as banking, insurance, manufacturing, call centers, and government.

 

Today, as one of the founding partners of Clearview Performance Systems, he is able to use his expertise in achieving extraordinary employee performance to benefit diverse organizations all over the world. He brings high-impact methods, practical recommendations and personnel commitment to every human performance challenge.

A lifelong-learner, Neil has a passion for knowledge (although he now wishes that he had paid more attention when he was in high school!). His formal education includes (in reverse chronological order):

 

• He is currently in the dissertation phase for a Ph.D. in Organizational Psychology from Northcentral University. His dissertation topic is The Impact of Unwarranted High Self-Esteem on an Employee's Ability to Receive and Act upon Developmental Feedback. He will graduate in 2010.
• Masters of Business Administration (MBA) from Northcentral University.
• Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration from Ottawa University.
• In a previous life, he attended two years of a three year mechanical engineering program before being lured away by his interest in the human performance elements of business and commerce.

 

As a member of the National Speakers Association (NSA) and the International Federation of Professional Speakers, he is required to continually enhance his knowledge. He has been awarded the following certification:

 

• Certified Speaking Professional (CSP), the highest earned designation within the speaking industry (a distinction held by less than ten percent of professional speakers worldwide).

 

He is self-taught in the following areas:

 

• Dreamweaver web development software
• Premiere Pro & After Effects video editing
• Visual Basic computer programming

Neil has a firm commitment to make a difference in the community through his volunteer activities. He doesn't want to just be a "member" of a group or association—he wants to be involved! Here are several areas where he has served (in reverse chronological order):

 

Current Affiliations

• Member of the American Psychological Association (APA)
• Member of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (SIOP)
• Immediate Past-President of the Arizona Chapter of the National Speakers Association (NSA)

 

Past Affiliations

• Chairman of the National Speakers Association Strategic Partnerships Council
• Member of the Arizona Governor's Council for Workforce Development Policy, and Chairman of its Performance Measures Taskforce
• Served as a Director of the Greater Phoenix Chamber of Commerce, and was Chairman of its Workforce Readiness and Economic Development Committees
• Society for Human Resource Management's School-to-Work Committee
• Chairman of the Workforce Readiness Committee of the Valley of the Sun Chapter of the Society for Human Resource Management (Note: he earned this Chapter the Society for Human Resource Management's Pinnacle Award for his efforts in workforce development)
• Chairman of the Phoenix Mayor's Excellence in Education Commission
• Chairman of the Greater Phoenix Chamber of Commerce Economic Development Committee