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Meet James
James Ferguson is a Culture Expert, Keynote Speaker, and Best-Selling Author of The Confetti Culture Playbook
James specializes in helping hotels improve their financial position by realigning their priorities and putting Employees first!
This is his story
My Story
James Ferguson is a Top Workplaces award-winning former Hotel General Manager who after years of experience in effectively leading & managing hotel operations, decided to redirect his leadership path.
His experiences helped him realize that in the hospitality industry we are taught to focus on guests & the all mighty dollar, not the people working hard to earn it for us. That's when he decided to start his own business & write a book to change the narrative & challenge the status quo.
James' book, The Confetti Culture Playbook: How to boost your team’s contribution & impact, was released as a best seller in February 2021 sharing the playbook and initiatives that won him Top WorkPlaces, while sharing how confetti has become a differentiator and tool that represents the transforming power of recognition & reward in an award winning company culture.
A symbol of Hope
But confetti took on a whole new meaning just a few months later when James was diagnosed with an aggressive form of cancer.
When diagnosed he was hopeful to be in the 70% that would need no additional treatment after removal but unfortunately that was not the case. This meant treatment was inevitable and so he embarked on a 12 week treatment cycle with 4 on-weeks that included 5 hours a day 5 days a week.
Normally after your done treatment, you ring a bell in celebration, but for those that know James he likes to celebrate a little differently.
Through this journey confetti became a symbol of hope.
The visualization of him throwing confetti at the completion of his treatment cycle became the symbol that motivated and manifested his results. He simply put more energy and focus on seeking the good & celebrating it, and by doing so turned stressings into blessings, lessons into learning, and pain into purpose.
But even after treatment the odds were still stacked against him.
Win from Within
After chemo was complete James' CT scan showed continued signs of concerns of the cancer spreading. With that news he was in the 20% that would be moving forward with a very serious surgery called retroperitoneal lymph node dissection. This meant they were going to have to cut him open from his groin to his chest to remove his lymph nodes in the back of his abdomen.
But James continued to seek the good, and celebrate it.
His positive mindset, and that decision he made daily, is what allowed him to not only beat the odds with cancer, but also with culture.
He realized that in order to find yourself you have to face yourself. That your not defined, but rather refined by the things you go through. And that the only way to win, is to win from within.
After surgery and another CT scan, surrounded by his beautiful supportive family he found out that he was officially Cancer Free!
Purpose driven Mission
Now James shares his inspiring message about how he beat the odds with cancer & culture. Sharing the connection between battling and beating cancer to navigating the ever-changing culture landscape by simply seeking the good & celebrating it daily, through his purpose driven mission to Win from Within!
Since this life altering experience, James has had the privilege and honor to return to the stage to speak and share his story, inspiring audiences and contributing to the success of companies across multiple industries nationwide.
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Lets put the FUN back in Fundamentals!
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