My Goal is Your Success

You have carved out time to host an event with people important to you — members, customers, partners, or your team. You want them to be inspired and gain practical ideas to grow and achieve their objectives. My goal is to ensure you succeed.

I’ve been speaking publicly for more than 20 years. I’ve headlined as a keynote speaker, served as a host and moderator, sat alongside top CEOs on panels, interviewed senior executives, and led roundtable discussions at professional conferences for businesses, universities, associations, and churches. See what people are saying about my solutions.

I cover topics including:

  • How to grow yourself, grow your team and grow your business
  • How to communicate effectively for maximum impact and results
  • How to identify and utilize your unique talents and accelerate you path to better performance and higher engagement
  • A variety of leadership issues in work and life

Most Requested Topics

These can be presented as a keynote, a workshop, or in a panel setting. Your presentation can be customized to meet your organization’s specific needs.

The 3 Questions That Helped Grow our Start-Up From $27k to $200m in Revenue

This topic is ideal for CEOs to managers and will equip any team member to contribute to growth.

The Three Most Important Career Investments You Can Make

This topic is ideal for anyone who wants to grow themselves, their teams and their businesses. When you focus on these investments, it’s a win/win/win. Your audience will receive inspiration and practical advice that benefits individuals, teams, and entire enterprises.

Why There’s Never Been a Better Time for Women to Achieve A Career and Life They Love

Women have more opportunities to do more and become more when they recognize and seize the opportunities available to them.

How Women Can Forge a Path to Board Membership

Nearly 5 in 10 professional women want to serve on a board, but don’t know how to achieve their goal. In the path to board service, no one size fits all; I offer practical advice and inspiration to help women make an impact through corporate board service.

Become Board Worthy and Board Ready – Accelerate Your Path to a Board

I demystify the process of joining boards and offer practical advice and inspiration to set more women and men on the path to making an impact through corporate board positions.

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Speaking at Independent Women’s Forum on How Entrepreneurs Open Opportunities for Themselves and Others in any Environment

Benefits to Your Organization

I know firsthand what it takes to create a stellar event for you. As an executive, I led teams that produced exceptional meetings — including Customer Conferences, Executive Roundtables, team offsites with thousands of people, and a variety of meetings and panels.

A key component of your success is selecting speakers who deliver a message that aligns with your goals and the highest aspirations of your audience. As a professional speaker, I will provide you with:

  • Prompt, professional replies to your phone calls and email messages
  • A personal phone consultation prior to your event, so you can collaborate on how best serve your audience
  • Promotion of your event on my blog and social media channels
  • A professionally prepared, dynamically delivered presentation focused on achieving the outcomes you want
  • A custom resource page, exclusively created for your attendees. It will include slides used in the presentation, along with links to books, articles, and other helpful resources
  • A quick follow-up communication after the event to ensure your expectations were met

It’s an honor to be considered an expert, and I speak on topics that inspire audiences to grow themselves, their teams, and their businesses.

About Me

Helping high performing leaders build meaningful careers: I advise leaders and entrepreneurs who want to grow themselves, their teams, and their businesses.

I’m an entrepreneur, public company board member, advisor, and creator of the Pocket Mentor mobile app. One of my most successful businesses was webMethods, Inc. which I co-founded and helped grow to a global public company with 1,100 people and $200m in revenue.

As co-founder, President and Chairman of the webMethods Foundation, I led teams that made investments in nonprofits which helped lift thousands of low income families out of poverty through education in the Washington, DC region. We also invested in micro-enterprise in East Africa.

Currently, I serve on the boards of several public companies and enterprises overseeing $10b in assets.

I’m a regular contributor at Business Insider, Entrepreneur.com, and SUCCESS Magazine, sharing insights on leadership, entrepreneurship, communications, and personal development with millions. I’ve enjoyed being featured on top podcasts such as Entreleadership, Dose of Leadership, Conversations With Creative Women, and Mixergy.

For more information, please visit my About page.