Dive below the surface
How to dive beneath the surface and handle conflict. Dodging it only makes it worse.
‘Thank goodness it’s almost Monday!’ is about looking forward to
Monday and the future, whatever it brings. Just imagine
if we looked forward to Monday morning as much as Friday.
What makes us look forward to Monday varies. For some it’s the tasks, but for most it’s the colleagues. That’s why relationships are decisive for our happiness at work. The challenge is that we often underestimate how much our colleagues actually like us — because after a conversation we focus on our own mistakes and assume the other person is thinking the same. But they’re not. They’re busy with exactly the same thing: their own mistakes.
The result is that we go around underestimating relationships that are actually far better than we think. And so we hold back more than we need to — at the cost of the very openness and psychological safety that create happiness at work.
‘Thank goodness it’s almost Monday’ is about exactly that: seeing what you already have — and strengthening it. When you discover how strong your relationships really are, your psychological safety grows. And that changes more than the mood. It creates the joy of working together.
A talk that gets things moving — about looking forward to Monday and the future, whatever it brings. So you strengthen your wellbeing, happiness at work and psychological safety.
You may not remember what you did last Tuesday.
But you remember how you felt
As a speaker, Martin is absolutely on a par with the very best we’ve had.
An outstanding performance — the right balance of humour and seriousness delivering razor-sharp points about teamwork.
We needed to build enthusiasm around a big change project
– and Martin delivered that enthusiasm with a talk that hit the mark.
Martin’s entertaining talks are relevant for the team, the leadership and the whole organisation.
By following research into psychological safety, team development and organisational psychology — combined with over two decades of practice in everything from factory floors to boardrooms. That mix is what makes the points not just explained — but recognised.
In pressured times, the talk gives you energy and renewed hope. In good times, it puts words to what’s working — so you can hold on to it when the next pressure comes.
Martin understands both the logic of business and the dynamics of an organisation — and combines it with offbeat thinking and humour. It means the audience laughs while they think — and hopefully keeps thinking long after they’ve stopped laughing.
Martin gives talks across Denmark and abroad. The talk lasts up to an hour.
The price depends on length and number of attendees. Tell us a bit about your event in the contact form and get an answer within one working day.
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