The RPM Group
Visionary leaders making personal connections.
Our Purpose
The RPM Group offers professional, meaningful and practical leadership development and decision making skills at all levels.
Our team brings unique, real-world experiences that enables audiences to learn and develop leadership problem solving abilities.
SPEAKERS
Royal P. Mortenson
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Colonel Royal P. Mortenson served in the United States Marine Corps for thirty years. Following his retirement from the USMC, he served as Director of the Illinois Fire Service Institute for nearly ten years. He has commanded at every level, from Lieutenant to Colonel, to include complex combat operations in the Middle East. Colonel Mortenson has national security level planning experience as the Director of Afghanistan Plans and Policy Development for the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs.
His years as the Director of one of the premier state fire training institutions changed the landscape of leadership development training and curriculum for the fire service on the national level.
These unique experiences provide Colonel Mortenson with insight and perspective on leadership development, decision making, and the management of complex organizations at every level. He is an accomplished speaker, presenting internationally to audiences with broad interests and backgrounds.
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Building Connections
The RPM Group will bring energy and engagement to your next event. Our team can design sessions that fit the needs of your meeting or event.
Our style is authentic and transparent. Our approach is professional and honest. We care about the impact we can make with audiences.
Our team is fully prepared and ready to make connections with event planners and audiences. From the initial point of contact to execution of delivery, we will ensure you are pleased with our services.
Colonel Royal P. Mortenson serves as Founding Director of The RPM Group.
As Executive Director, I will coordinate all engagements. This allows for ease in scheduling and offers a direct point of contact for all events.
I look forward to working with you,
Jill Kraft
Executive Director
Julian Dale Alford
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Julian Dale Alford
Julian ‘Dale” Alford is a Marine Corps Major General (Ret) with deep expertise in diverse fields such as diplomacy, emergency and crisis management, pandemic management, construction management, advanced research and development, intelligence, history, teaching, recruiting, training, and warfighting.
He is a decisive, results-driven, people oriented leader with 34 years of experience building teams from the ground up. A leader with high emotional intelligence who possesses a unique ability to manage talent and position employees for success.
General Alford is a strategic and critical thinker with a vast depth of knowledge and an intuitive ability to teach and mentor his subordinates. He is widely respected for the ability to “cut through the clutter” of complex issues and translate them into lay terms. He has a strong ability to inspire fierce loyalty and respect from subordinates, peers, and seniors.
Royal P. Mortenson Presentations
5,4,3,2,1: The Five Most Important Words in Leadership
Leading in a Crisis: Are you and are your members ready for your “9/11”?
Leading in a Crisis: Are you and are your members ready for your “9/11”?
Colonel Mortenson uses our U.S. Constitution and the Preamble in a creative and unique way to illustrate the beliefs and personal qualities that make up a good leader.
Suggested Duration: 1 hour - 1 hour 30 minutes
Leading in a Crisis: Are you and are your members ready for your “9/11”?
Leading in a Crisis: Are you and are your members ready for your “9/11”?
Leading in a Crisis: Are you and are your members ready for your “9/11”?
What should you, as a leader responsible for the lives of others, be doing to ensure that you and those you lead are prepared to succeed and survive---before, during, and after the crisis? Colonel Mortenson will present his views on how to mentally, morally and physically prepare yourself and those you lead for the challenges of a major crisis
Suggested Duration: 1 hour - 1 hour 30 minutes
Leadership Maxims for Life: How to Be The Best Leader You Can Be
13 Executive Leadership Principles: Addressing the Unique Challenges in Large Organizations
13 Executive Leadership Principles: Addressing the Unique Challenges in Large Organizations
What is the foundation of good leadership and being a good leader? Is it experience? Is it character? Is it knowledge and self-study? Or is it how we live our lives; how we interact with those around us, and the associated personal priorities that drive why and what we do? Colonel Mortenson will present 12 maxims (rules to live by) that are essential for successful leadership.
Suggested Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes - 2 hours
13 Executive Leadership Principles: Addressing the Unique Challenges in Large Organizations
13 Executive Leadership Principles: Addressing the Unique Challenges in Large Organizations
13 Executive Leadership Principles: Addressing the Unique Challenges in Large Organizations
The Unique Challenges of Leading Large or Complex Organizations: Large organizations such as fire departments and EMS agencies present a unique set of leadership challenges. The challenge: how does a leader influence the actions and behavior of those he/she leads when the leader is unable to be present at the critical time/place of decision? How should we “lead” when we are no longer able to influence the action by our physical and mental presence at the critical moment? Colonel Mortenson will address these challenges through his 13 leadership principles for leading large organizations that will lead you and your organization to success.
Suggested Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes - 2 hours
Julian Dale Alford Presentations
Lead, Motivate, Inspire, and Trust
The Truths of Executive Leadership: Delivering Success for Your Organization
Lead, Motivate, Inspire, and Trust
General Alford addresses the fundamental personal and professional characteristics that empower individuals to successfully manage and develop their unit, department, business and themselves.
Suggested Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes - 2 hours
BE: One Word for Executive Leaders
The Truths of Executive Leadership: Delivering Success for Your Organization
Lead, Motivate, Inspire, and Trust
Despite the complexity of information typically associated with leadership training programs, General Alford offers a simple, yet effective and impactful, approach to individual personal and professional development. In this candid delivery, he will address the one word all executive leaders must recognize on their pathway to successful leadership.
Suggested Duration: 1 hour - 1 hour 30 minutes
The Truths of Executive Leadership: Delivering Success for Your Organization
The Truths of Executive Leadership: Delivering Success for Your Organization
The Truths of Executive Leadership: Delivering Success for Your Organization
Large organizations require strong leaders to influence, motivate, and drive the actions and behaviors of their teams. Despite the complexities of large organizations, leaders must be prepared to accept the unique challenges of their roles. General Alford addresses the critical truths of executive leadership that can ultimately lead you and your organization to success.
Suggested Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes - 2 hours
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For more information on speaking opportunities and availability, contact The RPM Group Executive Director, Jill Kraft, at info@the-rpmgroup.com.
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