Rocket Scientist, Global Speaker, #1 Best-Selling Author, Inventor, Award Winning Teacher,
Fortune 500 Executive, Multi-Sector Engineer, College Athlete, World Traveler
Your organization hires talented people. Yet even high performers can struggle with impostor syndrome, self-doubt, or uncertainty about their value. When confidence falters, capable employees begin second-guessing their ideas, holding back in meetings, and playing it safe instead of contributing at their full potential.
My programs help organizations unlock that potential by equipping employees with practical tools to recognize and overcome impostor syndrome. Developed by a technical professional for technical professionals, these research-backed programs equip teams with strategies they can use immediately to contribute more confidently, collaborate more effectively, and perform at a higher level.
The impact extends beyond individual confidence. When employees trust their abilities and speak up with their ideas, organizations see stronger innovation, higher engagement, and better retention. Explore the options below to find the program that best supports your team.
Keynotes
SQUASHING THE IMPOSTER SYNDROME: Embracing Your Confidence
Most professionals have felt it at some point: that quiet voice suggesting you don’t belong, you’re not qualified, and sooner or later someone will discover the truth. Imposter syndrome doesn’t just affect individuals; it quietly limits organizations when talented professionals hold back ideas, hesitate to lead, or second-guess decisions they’ve earned the right to make. This engaging keynote combines research and real-world experience to equip audiences with practical strategies for recognizing imposter thoughts, reframing self-doubt, and stepping forward with greater confidence. Attendees leave with tools they can use immediately to communicate their expertise, contribute more fully, and lead with their unlimited potential. Want to learn more?
BUILDING OTHERS BY BEING A CHAMPION
The most powerful thing a leader can do is help someone else believe in themselves. This keynote explores how championing others creates a ripple effect of confidence, growth, and organizational success. Through real stories of career transformation, you’ll discover how small acts of advocacy ignite talent and inspire people to reach further than they thought possible. You’ll leave with concrete actions to uplift the people around you and foster a culture that unlocks everyone’s unlimited potential. Want to learn more?
Workshops
Gain Confidence by Squashing the Imposter Syndrome
Want to learn more and dive deeper into developing tools that will guide you into how to overcome, or help others overcome, the imposter syndrome? Schedule an interactive one-hour breakout or half-day workshop that allows participants to explore case studies, internalize, and practice key concepts to increase their confidence and ability to reach their unlimited potential.
Mastering the Art of Presentations: The Anatomy of a Murder?
An engineer may have the greatest design or piece of analysis in the world, but if you can’t communicate it to the right people in the right way your design will never be realized. How do you do that? What happens if you need to present to a coworker? A manager? A CEO? A customer? Each of these requires slightly different approaches. These skills will help you not only be a better engineer, but also help you in your career advancement as you learn how to present information in a more meaningful manner.
Feedback as a Survival Skill: 5 Steps to Improve Giving Feedback
One of the toughest leadership challenges is delivering constructive feedback that actually sticks. Because feedback is critical to organizational survival, we move beyond the “critique” and reframe it as a tool for motivation and performance. You will learn to remove the negative stigma of feedback, de-escalate tension, and drive team productivity. These skills build the trust and resilient relationships necessary for high-performing cultures. Schedule an interactive workshop or program to explore real-world case studies and practice the frameworks needed to transform how your team communicates.
Leadership Transitions – But I’ve Never Done That Before?
You were the expert. Now you’re the boss. Help! Being promoted into leadership is exciting and terrifying in equal measure, especially when you’re suddenly managing people you used to work alongside. I’ve been there myself, transitioning from engineer to leader in a technical organization, and I know firsthand how much has to shift.
This workshop explores the key changes new leaders need to make in how they think, where they spend their time, and what they prioritize. You’ll leave with a clearer sense of who you need to become as a leader and the practical tools to start making that shift right away.
How to Have a 5-Course Meal at Dollar Menu Prices: Effective Time Management Strategies
No matter what we do, we only ever have 24 hours in a day. Time is one of our most precious commodities. How can we most effectively utilize those hours? What can we do to stretch our time? Learn 7 keys to managing your time to be the most productive person you can be…effectively making a five-course meal out of dollar menu items.
That’s My Best and Final Offer: Cornerstones of Negotiations
You are constantly negotiating in life, whether it be with colleagues, customers, suppliers, bosses, family, or friends. While we don’t control whether we negotiate, we do control whether we negotiate better or worse than others. Learn tools and tactics to increase your skills as an ethical negotiator. Transform your stress of negotiations into confidence as you enjoy dramatically better outcomes for all parties involved.
Ready, Aim, Wait…What Am I Trying To Accomplish?
In a very competitive workplace, outstanding performance, versus good performance, can make all the difference in opportunities for retention and advancement. One way to do this is through learning how to set and achieve goals that drive you towards your overall vision. This course helps you put strategies in place to ensure success in achieving goals. Master the skills of setting SMART goals, a proven method to maximize goal-setting success.
Seeing with New Eyes: Unpacking Unconscious Bias for an Inclusive Culture
We all have them, but often we have no idea that we have them! What is unconscious bias? How can we genuinely try to be unbiased? Through a mixture of short presentations and lively activities, we explore some harmful side effects of how our brains naturally perceive, categorize, and draw inferences about the world, including other people. We then move into micro-messaging and how to improve your interactions with others. Start your journey of understanding your own unconscious biases.
Aligning Your Organization through Strategic Planning
It is more essential than you think that you have both a strategy and that your organization understands your strategy. How do you create a strategy with buy-in and motivation as well as alignment for every level of your organization? Learn skills and techniques necessary to achieve this goal. This interactive session will allow you to come away with the ability to successfully develop your strategy and vision with a new attitude.
Consulting
Sometimes a keynote or workshop is just the beginning. If your organization is looking for something more sustained or customized, I work directly with teams and leadership to create lasting change.
- Individual Coaching & Mentoring
- Increasing and Retaining Women and Under-Represented Populations
- Reducing Unconscious Bias in Your Processes
- Increasing Retention of Your Employees
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