Invite our founder, Velera Wilson, to speak
She’s a global powerhouse that brings decades of leadership experience at top global brands and insights to any stage. And most of all, audiences at every level relate to her because she openly talks about the unspoken challenge even the most ambitious person deals with at times that can impact their ability to deliver exceptional results - self-doubt.
With straightforward, inspiring approaches to increase confidence and create cultures that help talent thrive, Velera delivers a message that will resonate with your audience and drive transformation.
Velera delivers transformative keynotes
that help audiences...
Challenge unproductive internal narratives that can stifle success
Increase performance by owning and sharpening their unique skills
Lead dynamically – whether as an individual contributor or people manager
Reimagine a thriving life & career fueled by passion, self-worth, and undeniable confidence
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Keynotes Topics
Today people are accomplishing more than ever – but for every person advancing, many also struggle with believing in themselves, or advocating for their advancement, despite having external success and possessing wildly ambitious goals.
Based on Wilson's award-winning book You’re Absolutely Worth It, this motivational keynote has helped women and men around the world realize they can operate with greater confidence in their careers and everyday life. With real-life examples, methodologies and engaging questions, she challenges your audience to look inward, elevate how they see themselves and their work, so they can go after what they really want and own the rooms and seats they are in.
Audiences will learn:
✔ Practical shifts they can make to break ties with limiting beliefs and shift into confident action
✔ Why they should – and how to - own every single step they’ve taken to get to where they are today
✔ Strategies to help them bounce back after failure and “no”
✔ New mantras to operate with greater confidence overall
It’s almost cliché to say “high performing leaders” and nearly every organization covets this type of talent – but what are the ingredients for this in the workplace? In this talk, Velera shares insight from her research on workplace performance, along with countless real-world and first-hand experiences, to explain the must-haves any organization needs to create an environment where leaders thrive and are, you guessed it, high performing.
Audiences will learn:
✔ Organizational factors that stall – and propel – high performance in leaders
✔ Often-missed intrinsic factors impacting how leaders show up every day that can’t be ignored
✔ Ways to support leaders effectively – and not leaving them hanging after the promotion
✔ How to cultivate a culture that embraces differences, ideas, and failure – so growth happens
Change is hard – and it’s more difficult when it’s change you didn’t see coming or want. So how can you navigate uncertainty in such a way that you develop – and thrive - during the “messy middle” and still position yourself to reach your goals?
In this talk that merges reality with forward thinking, Wilson helps your audience “zoom out” and take a moment to make objective assessments about the change they're facing, anchor on what’s important to them, and develop a north star of actionable steps that guide them so they can thrive and achieve their goals during times of uncertainty.
Audiences will learn:
✔ How to shift out of the resistance stage that can keep them stuck and unproductive
✔ Ways to see change as a potential growth opportunity that can work in their favor
✔ Techniques to focus on the long-term gain to help drive motivation and focus
✔ Strategies to increase their overall effectiveness during challenging times