KEYNOTE SPEAKING
Content-Rich. Inspiring. Actionable.
From Harvard Kennedy School of Government to Blue Cross and Blue Shield to Caterpillar, from intimate corporate retreats to conferences with thousands to leadership summits, I’m known for moving the podium aside, getting off the stage, and interacting with audiences to deliver content-rich and engaging programs on the most relevant topics for senior executives today.
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SAMPLE TOPICS
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Authoritative Influence℠
We know it when we see it. Leaders who move mountains and form coalitions, who see the whole picture and don’t get derailed. Or mired in the mud. They’re known for successfully taking high stakes initiatives over the finish line. And getting the necessary buy-in from the right people. Sometimes they’re patient and sometimes they push; they know what’s right in the moment. They are practitioners of Authoritative Influence. And it’s not by accident. In this practical program filled with real world narratives and client examples, you’ll learn how to:
- Be alert for the 3 most common scenarios that require Authoritative Influence
- Create momentum for your key initiatives
- Build a robust coalition and identify true stakeholders
- Defuse detractors and naysayers
- Harness and apply the 8 key factors of Authoritative Influence immediately
- Elevate up and out when you’ve gotten caught in the mud
- Avoid the 4 most common missteps that can stall execution
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Prudent Leadership: Building a Self-Correcting Team℠
You don’t need a high performing team. Today’s leaders need a Self-Correcting Team℠, one that can function well in your absence, pivot rapidly, make good decisions, and raise a hand when guidance is needed. Without that, you’ll constantly be pulled out of the strategic where you add the most value and into the daily. In this program packed with actionable insights and client examples, you’ll learn how to:
- Identify and focus on your 5 strategic leadership priorities
- Build a team with the 3 core essentials of trust, flexibility, and empowerment
- Learn the most effective meeting format for having your team solve its own problems
- Avoid the quicksand effect of being pulled into the daily to fight fires
- Harness the full power of your team so they can function in your absence and deliver results
- Cease duplicative work, get out of the weeds, stop playing referee in the sandbox
- Apply the Controlled Delegation Map so you can delegate with confidence and ease
- Lead more effectively and efficiently with more time spent on critical priorities
- Understand how to identify and groom an outstanding deputy
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Magnificent Leadership®:
Keys to Success
What do exemplary leaders have in common across industry? How to they grow themselves and their organizations, no matter the circumstances? What enables them to thrive during volatility and uncertainty and come out better and bolder?
Rich with client examples and narratives from my interviews from The Making Magnificence Project® and the key success factors that I distill, this program Illustrates how to:
- Apply the seemingly opposite forces of passion and uncertainty to create the perfect alchemy for results
- Become a leader of self-mastery
- Transcend circumstances to forge a path forward and create results
- Harness the wisdom of crisis
- Leverage the unknown to drive positive change and innovation
- Infuse meaning into your work and your organization for optimal performance
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Trifecta: Strategic Leadership, Talent Retention, and Culture
Leadership without strategy is like a captain without a compass. It imperils the entire ship. And in today’s rapid business climate, leadership, talent, and culture are intersecting to determine business outcomes.
What’s needed when you’re at the helm of an organization, division, or team to create a winning trifecta? One where your time is spent focused on the most valuable priorities, your organization attracts and retains top talent, and your organizational and team culture gives you a razor-sharp competitive edge in business?
In this timely program packed with actionable and practical information, relevant client examples, and stories taken straight from the headlines, you’ll learn how to:
- Master the 5 core principles of Strategic Leadership
- Identify and overcome the 8 most common obstacles
- Gain understanding of the 4 quadrants of organizational risk and how to assess yours
- Understand the crucial distinction between being risk averse and risk blind as a leader
- Leverage the 3 most important tools for talent attraction and retention in today’s business climate
- Harness the single most effective leadership strategy for communicating with team members to keep them connected and engaged
- Shape your culture to gain competitive advantage and magnetize talent
- Create a working environment with these 2 strategies to unify autonomy and belonging
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Accelerated Elevation:
How to Succeed Brilliantly in a New Role
The first year in an elevated leadership role is a critical one, and there are 6 domains for success. There are also 3 common pitfalls that executives must avoid to stay above the fray and execute, lead, and influence effectively. Rich with client examples, this engaging and actionable program shows you how to:
- Influence and communicate to key stakeholders with supreme effectiveness
- Build a Self-Correcting Team℠ and get out of the weeds
- Identify your distinct strategic value
- Increase your confidence and presence to move across different audiences with ease
- Harness your unique leadership talents and gifts for maximal results
- Raise your visibility, brand, and thought leadership
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Legacy on Purpose℠:
Creating Your Unique Footprint
We all have a legacy. The question is: Is your legacy assigned or created? And is it true to you, one that is well-lived and bears your signature? In this inspirational and engaging program, you will learn how to:
- Leverage the 6 keys to creating a Legacy on Purpose℠
- Overcome the 3 most common obstacles
- Get unstuck, unleash your potential , and live more boldly
- Identify your unique talents, gifts, and aspirations and how to best use and apply them
- Ensure that you are living, leading, and creating a congruent legacy
- Drive your legacy rather than be driven by it
- Create a full legacy that is connected to contribution, significance, and meaning
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Bringing the Outside In:
Cultivating the Soil of Entrepreneurship in Your Organization
Why do some organizations stay ahead of the innovation curve while others fall behind? Better yet, how do leading organizations create the curve? How can you truly shape a culture of entrepreneurship, innovation, and stellar performance? In this lively and dynamic program, you’ll learn how to:
- Harvest continuous innovation inside the box
- Identify and leverage lateral leaders
- Grow teams that anticipate problems, pivot rapidly, and meet deadlines
- Create a culture that fosters speed, encourages hustle, and attracts top talent
- Codify your wins and distill internal best practices
- Seize distinct advantage and stay above the competition
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Reconnecting with Resilience℠:
From Uncertainty to Metamorphosis
Resilience is about more than bouncing back. It’s about springing forward, personally and professionally. In this inspiring and dynamic program, packed with actionable tools, you’ll learn about the three different resilience spheres — individual, team, and organization – and how to:
- Cultivate your own leadership resilience first
- Create a resilience toolkit that is tailored to you
- Identify the key resilience ingredients that build your muscles of adaptability
- Build resilient teams that pivot and perform under pressure
- Harness the chaos of change and innovate within it
- Grow a resilient organization that is forward-looking, able to adapt, and highly market responsive
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Culture as Competitive Edge: From Luxury to Necessity
The world of work is forever changed. And is still changing. There is no going back. But there is a strategic opportunity to reshape your organization’s culture so that it is to your greatest competitive advantage in attracting and retaining top talent, enhancing your repute and draw, and driving critical business outcomes. In this timely program packed with relevant stories from the headlines, client examples, and meaningful metrics, you’ll learn how to:
- Quickly and effectively identify your organization’s cultural competitive edge
- Understand the gap between where your culture is and where you need it to be
- Seize the opportunity to reshape your culture to maximum advantage
- Distinguish your team and organization in the war for top talent using these 2 strategies
- Build a culture of excellence that attracts and retains superstars with these 3 important tools
- Ensure that you’re building a talent strategy that is responsive to evolving conditions
- Harvest critical cultural information from your employees on what actually matters
- Grow your organization’s capacity for execution and continued innovation to lead the pack
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