Kenny Moore is president of Kenny Moore Consulting, LLC. He’s a well-regarded Keynote speaker, executive coach and business consultant for Leadership Development, Change Management and Employee Engagement. Kenny is co-author of The CEO and the Monk: One Company’s Journey to Profit and Purpose (John Wiley and Sons), rated as one of the top 10 best selling business books on Amazon.com.
Kenny's been profiled by Charles Osgood as the “Cover Story” on CBS News Sunday Morning, written-up by business-guru Tom Peters, profiled in Fast Company Magazine, interviewed on New York City’s The Bloomberg Money Show: Bloomberg Radio and cited in The Wall Street Journal, The Boston Globe, National Catholic Reporter and numerous other business and religious publications regarding his timely message. Kenny is the recipient of Notre Dame University’s 2006 Hesburgh Award for his significant contribution to the field of business ethics.
Moore’s had over 20 years experience as a Human Resources Executive for a large International Energy Company where he reported directly to the Chairman and CEO. Kenny’s numerous writings have been published in Warren Bennis’ Leadership Excellence magazine, OD Practitioner and The Journal for Quality and Participation as well as business web sites such as HR.com.
Kenny has not only gained recognition as a business leader, but also as a church leader. Prior to coming to corporate life, Moore spent 15 years in a monastic community as a Catholic priest in one of the world’s largest religious orders. His accomplishments in leading people, building community and offering hope are a continual hallmark of his work with large hierarchical organizations, sacred and secular alike.
Several years ago, Moore had the good fortune of being diagnosed with “incurable” cancer at its most advanced stages. He spent a year at the National Cancer Institute undergoing experimental treatment of aggressive chemotherapy and full-body radiation. Recently, he’s survived a heart attack and quadruple by-pass surgery. Kenny came away from both of these near-death experiences recalling the words of Oliver Wendell Holmes: “Most of us go to our graves with our music still inside us.” His lifetime goal is to spend more of his time playing his music.
Moore is a business consultant, executive coach and sought after business and motivational speaker at business conferences, government agencies, church gatherings and college campuses - sharing his practical wisdom and wit with thousands of executives throughout the United States, Canada and Europe. Being a business leader, former monk, cancer survivor and a spiritual guide - he discusses the amusing interplay between our business, personal and spiritual lives.
Kenny is an artist, poet and photographer. He is Founding Director of “Art for the Anawim,” a not-for-profit charity which works with the art community in supporting the needs of terminally ill children and the inner city poor. His poems have been published in several anthologies; one was selected as a semi-finalist in the North American Open Poetry Contest. Kenny lives in Northern New Jersey and is married to the “fair and beautiful” Cynthia. Together, they are fighting a losing battle of maintaining their mental stability while raising 2 teenage boys.
Moore has addressed business conferences such as the New York Times Small Business Summit, The American Society for Quality (ASQ), the American Society for Training and Development (ASTD), the Society of Human Resource Management (SHRM), the Human Resource Planning Society (HRPG), the Organizational Development Network (ODN), the American Management Association, the American Institute of Certified Public Accounts and the Conference Board in both the United States and Canada. He also regularly presents before major corporations such as BP, Shell, Aventis Pasteur, Kraft, U.S. Foodservices, JPMorgan Chase, JetBlue, Canada Post, SIAC, Nestle Purina, Ernst & Young, Teco Energy, Curtis-Wright, Goodwill Industries International, the YMCA as well as medical facilities such as The New York Foundling Hospital, Elizabeth Seton Pediatric Center, Abington Memorial Hospital (PA) and St. Vincent Catholic Medical Centers. He’s presented leadership programs for governmental clients such as the U.S. Air Force, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, the Dept. of the Navy as well as the Dept. of Homeland Security. Kenny’s likewise been a guest lecturer at universities such as Notre Dame’s Mendoza College of Business, MIT’s Operations Academy, Rutgers University, Manhattan College, Fordham University, The Graduate Center of New York (CUNY), Baruch College, the New School University, the Mays Business School of Texas A&M and the McColl School of Business at Queens University of Charlotte.
Kenny has also expanded his work to include Stand-up Comedy. This is driven largely by the sneaking suspicion that when the Divine returns, She will find a more receptive audience in bars and comedy clubs than in our Houses of Worship.
Kenny can be reached at (973) 956-8210 or kennythemonk@yahoo.com.
Program Offerings – A Partial Listing
“An Alternative Leadership Model for the 21st Century –
Keeping your Sanity, Sense of Humor and Soul in the Workplace”
By Kenny Moore
Kenny Moore, best-selling author, former Catholic monk and present-day business leader, will discuss the changing role of leadership in a turbulent and unforgiving business environment. This interactive, insightful and entertaining session will focus on organizational theory, case studies and various business interventions in a New York City Fortune 500 company.
Program will address the following business principles:
- The surprising fact that leaders who can manage to “close their mouths and listen” have a better chance of being heard, believed and followed;
- “Managing” change is a self-contradiction, perpetuating the false belief that we could be in charge of making someone else actually change;
- Getting out of the way and letting employees use their God-given talents makes them want to stay and contribute to the bottom-line;
- Rekindling the lost art of “intrinsic” motivation can be fun, inexpensive and rewarding (personally, professionally and commercially);
- Losing your soul to maximize shareholder return hurts the business and prolongs your stay in Purgatory.
The format design will be interactive with a presentation of several case studies and business “stories” that give practical application to making corporate change fun, inexpensive (i.e., cheap!) and directly connected to bottom line business needs. The audience will spend some time in small group discussion exploring practical application of material presented – with full group discussion following. Question and Answers will take place in the middle and end of the program to address group’s wants and needs.
“Managing Change and Motivating Employees: A Modern Day Oxymoron”
By Kenny Moore
This refreshing program will take a closer look at two much-discussed business issues: change management and employee motivation. Effectively managing change and motivating workers is less a “science” and more an “art.” The undiscussed reality is that change cannot be mandated, it can only be invited – which requires a different skill set than executives like Jack Welch are selling. Likewise, most of our employees are already motivated and it’s likely that our manipulative attempts to further motivate them lowers morale and heightens cynicism. This interactive, insightful and entertaining program will be a combination of business theory, corporate experience and participant involvement.
Through a combination of business theory, practical case studies and group discussion, participants will be able to craft a list of practical “take aways” from the program which they can implement when they return to work.
GUARANTEE: Each attendee will take away with 3 innovative and inexpensive (i.e., cheap) ways of improving employee morale, retention and passion
“Become a Better Communicator by Keeping your Mouth Shut”
By Kenny Moore
In corporate life we are in serious danger of believing that those who talk the most and the loudest win the day. Kenny Moore, former Catholic monk and present-day business leader will discuss the surprising fact that leaders who can actually keep their mouths shut and ears open have a better chance of being heard, believed and followed. This interactive, insightful and entertaining session will focus on organizational theory, case studies and various business interventions in a NYC Fortune 500 company.
The format design will be interactive with a presentation of several case studies and business “stories” that give practical application to making corporate leaders better listeners, communicators and effective change agents.
The audience will spend some time in small group discussion exploring practical application of material presented – with full group discussion following. Question and
Answers will take place in the middle and end of the program to address the group’s wants and needs.
“Managing Problems, Predicaments and Mystery in the Marketplace”
By Kenny Moore
If you think that fixing problems, remedying mistakes and offering solutions are your most valuable business strengths, you’re wrong. They are more importantly aligned with your ability to listen, ask questions and tell stories. Much of what’s required to lead organizations in the 21st century is less a “science” and more an “art” – and it can be learned, practiced and played with.
The longer we remain in the workplace and the higher we climb the corporate ladder, we find ourselves dealing less with problems and more with predicaments – and ultimately, with the perplexing mystery that surrounds our interactions with people and life. Yet, how do we do this effectively?
This refreshing program will take a closer look at the quantitative and qualitative aspects of leadership and how to deal with both the operational and strategic dimensions of leadership’s responsibility.
Kenny Moore, best-selling author, former Catholic Monk and present-day business leader will discuss principles and practices to effectively deal with the profound complexity of managing and leading in today’s marketplace.
The program design will be interactive with a presentation of several case studies and business "stories" from a New York City Fortune 500 company that give practical application to program content. The audience will spend some time in small group discussion exploring practical application of material presented - with full group discussion following. Question and Answers will take place in the middle and end of the program to address group's wants and needs.
“The Human Side of Business Ethics: Creating a Culture of Commitment”
By Kenny Moore
(N.B. view Kenny's article in "Business Ethics Magazine" here: http://bit.ly/9jd62S )
Kenny Moore, noted author, speaker, business leader and recipient of the University of Notre Dame’s 2006 Hesburg Award for his significant contributions to the world of business ethics will discuss the necessary ingredients for creating a corporate culture based on business ethics, employee passion and workplace commitment. Find out why businesses that can engage the Physical, Mental, Emotional and Spiritual energy of employees have competitive advantage in the marketplace and a more ethical corporate culture.
This interactive, insightful and entertaining session will focus on business theory, case studies and various business interventions in a New York City Fortune 500 company.
“Developing Leaders to rebuild Employee Passion”
By Kenny Moore
This highly interactive and engaging session will focus on business theory and practical experiences from the corporate world.
Primary attention will be given to discussing leaders’ strategic role and how they can partner with members of the executive team to improve business performance, enhance employee trust and retention and offer healing in the face of organizational change. Organizational theory, case studies and various business interventions will be presented. This program will provide examples of one man’s experiences in partnering with the CEO of a multi-billion dollar Fortune 500 company that resulted in improving business performance, employee morale, retention and passion.
“Managing Performance in Ambiguous and Uncertain Times”
By Kenny Moore
While employee “Compliance” can be mandated through Performance Management, “Commitment” can only be invited. If we want committed workers - we’ll need to reconsider the way we manage performance as well as increase our tolerance for dissent in redesigning our Performance Appraisal processes. To insure the success of any corporate initiative, Executives need to stop “mandating” employee participation and start “inviting” it. Corporate America is slowly coming to realize that “Invitation” gets its power from the possibility of refused: our “Yes” means nothing if we can’t say “No.”
Allowing workers to voice opposition and refuse participation actually increases the possibility of creating a committed workplace. It’s counterintuitive, yet has a firm foundation in business practices, and productively impacts the business bottom line. This program will explore practical application of this principle as well as proper business strategy on how to respond to and engage with resistance and dissent.
The presentation will discuss both business theory on Performance Management and practical examples of how we can assist Senior Management in understand and applying these principles during a period of dramatic business change. This program will aid corporate professionals by helping to offset an unhealthy focus in the business literature that “selling” organizational change and getting employees to “agree” and “believe” in a company’s transformation efforts are necessary and desirable. They are not … and can actually undermine creating a corporate culture of commitment and employee passion.
This irreverent yet relevant program will discuss an alternative way of engagement and managing staff as well as the value of allowing employees to dissent and say “no” in the face of organizational change as well as how we can include their passion in corporate transformation efforts.
“The Messy Side of Leadership:
Using Anger, Intuition and Personal Passion in the Workplace”
By Kenny Moore
The medieval saint, John Chrysostom, used to say that whosoever is not angry when there is cause for anger, sins! Is it possible to bring our entire self – our anger, intuition and personal passion - into the journey of earning a living? Can we be fully human – warts and all - and still succeed in the marketplace? Might we improve our business effectiveness by abandoning business clichés, corporate jargon and a testosterone driven work ethic? Come explore these and other possibilities in this engaging, interactive, relevant and irreverent program.
Kenny Moore, best-selling author, former Catholic monk and present-day business leader will share his wit and wisdom about the awkward skills required to serve the corporate common good while achieving personal and professional success in an unforgiving business environment.
"Big Business Explores Spirituality: One Company’s Experience”
By Kenny Moore
Find out what happens when the C.E.O. of a multi-billion dollar New York City Corporation chooses to engage the spiritual side of the business equation.
This session will focus less on theory and more on practical experiences from the world of work. Primary attention will be given to discussing how corporate leaders effected dramatic change in employee commitment, passion and trust.
Other Topics Include:
"How to be as Successful as Goldman Sachs, Without being Hated by the World"
“Engaging, Retaining and Motivating a Multi-Generational and Multi-Cultural Workforce”
“Moving Employees from Compliance to Commitment: Leadership’s Challenge”
“Managing Diversity: An Inclusive Model for Employee Engagement”
“The Businessperson’s Search for Meaning: Keeping Your Sanity, Sense of Humor and Soul in the Workplace”
“Innovation in a Corporate Setting: Engaging Right Brain Skills in a Left Brain Workplace”
“Corporate Change on a Shoestring Budget”
"Measuring up to the HR Challenge: Offering a Personal Response to a Changing Profession"
“The Monk and the CEO: A Unique Relationship for Corporate Change”
"Awakening Joy, Meaning and Commitment in the Workplace"
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