Participant's in Christy’s presentations appreciate her motivational speaking style. She is enthusiastic and interactive. Her presentations will inspire you and give you practical tips for moving toward your goals.

All programs can be presented live or via teleclass format. Each program is available as a keynote speech or as a interactive workshop.

Here's what participants in Christy's presentations have to say:

"Christy presents in a positive light a structured plan for making change in your life."

-- Keri Ross, Thank God It's Fulfilling Participant

Chicago Chapter American Society Training and Development

2004 Career Day


"Christy was extremely passionate and very knowledgeable about the subject."
--Bob Lauper, Compass Mortgage
Creating Customer Evangelists Participant
Sugar Grove Chamber of Commerce, 2003
 

Potential Speaking Topics

Thank God It's Fulfilling! Identifying Your Ideal Career

TGIF! What does it evoke in you? For most of us it is Thank God It’s Friday! - implying the workweek is finally over and we can now get to things that really matter. The typical person spends over 100,000 hours working during their lifetime. Studies indicate that more than 60% of people do not enjoy their work. Is this the way you want to spend your life? What would happen if we changed our personal beliefs of TGIF from Thank God It’s Friday to Thank God It’s Fulfilling! What if: You were living life on your terms through your career every day? You were doing things that you were passionate about every day? Your work actually rejuvenated and reenergized you rather than drained you? We will discuss practical steps that you can take to begin your transition from a “Thank God It's Friday” mentality to a “Thank God It's Fulfilling” reality!

Create Your Ideal Career Right Where You Are

Many people are more willing to quit their jobs, than ask for what they want. We fantasize about walking into the boss and saying, "Take this job and shove it, I'm not working here no more!" But often, we find that with our next job, the grass isn't all that greener. Why not try to create your ideal career right where you are? We will discuss strategies for getting what you want at work. First, you must be crystal clear on what you want. You must be a solid performer. You must get up the courage to ask for what you want and you need to be willing to work together with your manager to find a solution. Join Christy as we delve into the fears and possibilities of having these courageous conversations with our managers.

Put Your Career into Motion!  Implementing Your Vision

Most job seekers misplace their time and energy on ineffective job search strategies that are in direct opposite priority of how employers identify candidates. Common approaches include surfing the 'net, updating your resume, and responding to ads. These methods only tap into the published job market and have only proven to be 4-24% effective. Learn how to jump-start your job search by building a job search MARKETING plan. You are, after all, selling a product and/or service - yourself! Strategies to access the hidden or unpublished job market will be discussed, including - networking, conducting information and referral meetings, and getting your ideal job created. Effective resume, interview, and salary negotiation approaches will also be covered.

So, You’re Expected to be Superwoman?  Goal Setting for Today’s Woman

As working women, we have an endless list of roles and responsibilities: wife, mother, daughter, sister, friend, professional, manager, co-worker, PTO member, volunteer, caretaker, etc., etc, etc. Often we put everyone else’s needs ahead of our own, leaving no time for our own dreams and desires. In this session, we will take the time to reflect on the roles and goals we’ve had in the past year and set our intentions going forward. We will learn specific strategies for setting balanced goals which help us accomplish more with greater ease, less stress and enhanced personal fulfillment.

Understanding Ourselves and Others

Understanding ourselves and others better is a key factor in personal growth and satisfaction. In this session, you will learn about four key attributes of personality – where you prefer to focus your attention and where you gain your energy; and, how you prefer to: gather information, make decisions and organize your environment. The combination of these factors provides a valuable picture of your personality style which helps you better understand yourself, your motivations, your strengths, and potential areas for growth. It will also help you better understand those who differ from you. Understanding your personality type is self-affirming and enhances cooperation and productivity.

Parents as Partners in Career Development

The work paradigms that we grew up with have changed drastically. Learn about the trends your students/children will be facing as they enter the workforce and strategies to help parents be more effective partners in their children's career development. Parents exert enormous influence over their children's career choice, regardless of whether they are actively involved or not. Their attitudes toward work, their behaviors, their perceived success or failure all contribute to their child's beliefs about work. They have a fine line to balance between guiding their children's career choices while not dictating those choices or transferring their own career desires onto their children. Learn about the common mistakes that parents make and a better process for helping them guide their children's career decision making process.

In addition to the speaking topics listed above, Christy delivers training programs covering a wide variety of employee and management effectiveness topics including career development, leadership, interpersonal skills, teamwork, interviewing skills, performance management and diversity. She is certified to deliver programs through Development Dimensions International, Blessing White, Lominger and Behavioral Technology. She is qualified to deliver workshops on the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator®.

Myers-Briggs Type Indicator is a registered trademark of Myers-Briggs Type Indicator Trust in the United States and other countries.