Anthony Poponi

Happiness Expert, CEO of Focus on the 40, & Author of "The Little Book of Workplace Happiness"

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Anthony Poponi Biography

Anthony Poponi is the CEO and founder of Focus on the 40 and is an expert in positive psychology, the applied science of human happiness. Poponi specializes in showing his audiences a path to more joy, fulfillment and success in our workplaces through live and virtual programs including keynotes, retreats and team-buildings full of actionable tools and strategies to show you and your team a path towards being happier and successful!

Poponi’s career has spanned the private, public and non-profit sector and has worked in executive and leadership roles in industries including transportation, transit, air travel, broadband, environment and wildlife, youth development and construction. His experiences shaped his purpose at Focus on the 40 and his programs solve the common challenges leaders face every day. He has coupled these personal experiences with his own research into workplace culture to craft solutions for today’s workplaces with a focus on leadership, culture, engagement, well-being and trust.

His latest book, “The Little Book of Workplace Happiness” is little because it gets to the point about what actions can have a big impact on workplace culture. His other publications include “Head to Toe Happiness,” “Stress and Resilience Guide,” “High Trust Cultures Tips & Techniques”

Featured Clients: Stanford University, International Convention and Congress Association, State of Washington, U.S. Fish &Wildlife Service, U.S. Bureau of Land Management. Judicial Council of California, Chief Probation Officers of California, American Water Works Association, National Credit Union Association.

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Speaker profile last updated by AAE Talent Team on 08/08/2024.

Anthony Poponi Speaking Topics

  • High Trust Cultures are Critical to Creating High Performing Teams

    Crafting culture is a slow-cooking process in a society with a microwave mindset. Building a team and a culture takes time and there are tools to speed up trust in teams. Sorting out the strengths, individual experience, and even weaknesses doesn’t happen overnight. Building the trust to create space for vulnerability, “good conflict” and accountabilities goes slow, but the effort is worth the outcomes.

    Attendee Results:

    • An understanding of how to build a foundation of trust
    • The importance of good conflict as a precursor to exceptional results

  • Taming the Constants of Chaos and Change

    Chaos is a constant. Chaos may change forms from recession or housing crisis to pandemic or hiring crisis, supply chain challenges or disruptors like artificial intelligence but chaos isn't going away. What's important about chaos is that we know how to navigate the "new normal" or the "new crisis" because when can be our best when things are at their worst, we are invaluable leaders and are happy regardless. Cognitive agility, self-compassion and emotional regulation are core contributors to resilience, and you will be shown how to put these into action during this program.

    Attendee Results:

    • Understand our ancestral wiring’s contribution to negativity bias and fear when faced with challenges
    • Tools to pivot in the moment away from limiting thoughts, negative emotions and stress.
    • A moniker to use to label negative thoughts and feelings to improve cognitive agility and

  • Leaning Into the Hard Parts of Workplace Happiness

    Work can be hard and yet our workplaces are an incredible opportunity in crafting a fulfilling life. We know from research there are true "hard parts" to human happiness woven into a robust and fulfilling life. Happiness is not simply joy, laughter and elation alone. There is another part we often ignore. Living a life with purpose, developing mastery, serving others, teamwork, and relationships all have hard parts. Mastery and growth can be especially hard and often come with discomfort, mistakes, struggles which are all very natural and not always enjoyable in the moment. We can’t just wave a wand and expect the hard parts of work to just go away, but by leaning into these hard parts we’re crafting a life with purpose, pride and pleasure.

    Attendee Results

    • A personalized exploration of the breadth of experiences contributing to a fulfilling career and life
    • An understanding of how challenge stress and strategic discomfort are necessary for growth
    • A focus on what areas of work are contributing to wellness and fulfillment and areas to address

  • Humor in the Workplace

    This workshop is ideal for teams ready to go from from “Good” to “Great” and sets a foundation for a growth mindset around building a better culture one laugh at a time! The research has shown your team will perform better when humor is part of the company culture. And fear not! Not everyone has the ability to be a comedian and being a stand-up comic isn’t necessary for you to facilitate more humor in your workplace. Our workshop explores how you approach humor and how to elevate humor within yourself and within your team. The results are spectacular – and of course, you’ll have fun throughout the process!

    Attendee Results

    • an understanding of their humor style and how to elevate their humor authentically
    • the importance of humor as a tool to inspire connection, innovation and trust

Anthony Poponi Videos

  • Unstoppable Producer of Happiness with Anthony Poponi
  • Episode #174 Work To Be Happy Featuring Anthony Poponi
  • The Encouragement Engineering podcast with Anthony Poponi

Anthony Poponi Books

  • The Little Book of Workplace Happiness: A little book solving the big problems of workplace culture.
    The Little Book of Workplace Happiness: A little book solving the big problems of workplace culture.

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Anthony Poponi is a keynote speaker and industry expert who speaks on a wide range of topics such as High Trust Cultures are Critical to Creating High Performing Teams, Taming the Constants of Chaos and Change, Leaning Into the Hard Parts of Workplace Happiness and Humor in the Workplace. The estimated speaking fee range to book Anthony Poponi for your event is $10,000 - $20,000. Anthony Poponi generally travels from Bend, OR, USA and can be booked for (private) corporate events, personal appearances, keynote speeches, or other performances. Similar motivational celebrity speakers are Adrian Gostick, Amanda Gore, Chester Elton, Michael C. Bush and John Garrett. Contact All American Speakers for ratings, reviews, videos and information on scheduling Anthony Poponi for an upcoming live or virtual event.

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