Becoming UNSTOPPABLE: Secret Weapons to turn Chaos & Crisis into Courage & Accomplishment
As leaders, we long to be unstoppable as we achieve our goals. Despite the best intentions, we can get distracted and derailed. The world around us is so complicated. It seems like we’re constantly responding to curveballs thrown our way. Gina has navigated the highest levels of chaos, crisis and change while maintaining her vision and achieving excellence. In this talk, she shares her stories of working in the trenches during her nearly three decades in the FBI and the Army, with usable lessons about how to successfully navigate chaos, crisis, and change. She provides specific tools you can apply to your own professional and personal life to include:
- Eliminate chaos to establish a solid pathway to success (how much of our chaos is self-imposed?)
- Build an effective road map (establish core values and identify priorities)
- Crises can be managed (be the hero in your story and take charge)
- Change is inevitable (clear out the clutter to see around corners and create a vision for your future)
Collaborative Leadership: Increase morale and productivity in the workplace
Business is changing. With today’s workforce, leading from a position of authority is not nearly as effective as understanding power is greatest when coming from a collective team. Transparency, flexibility and compassion are skills that describe today’s successful leaders. Gina will share how she went from a “lead from the front” leader during her time in the military to becoming a “servant leader,” inspiring a workforce of tech experts to becoming the largest, most award-winning Cyber and Computer Forensic Program in the FBI. Topics of discussion includes:
- Secure a competitive advantage with strategic partnerships
- Build effective teams (micromanagement is the death of ingenuity)
- How to ensure your workforce takes ownership in the mission (and the benefits that come with it)
- Trust, recognition, and delegation are key to developing future leaders
Leading Male Dominated Work Forces… Authentically
Gina knows what it’s like to be the only women in the room. When she enlisted in the Army, only 10% of the soldiers were “female.” When she joined the FBI in 1996, 14% of the Agents were women. The more confident she became, Gina stopped taking on the leadership traits of her male counterparts and embraced her feminine leadership skill set to rise through the ranks to executive levels as a high-achieving leader. In this dynamic, entertaining presentation, Gina shares stories of her successes (and failures) on her path to building award-winning teams while leading authentically. Topics include:
- Have the courage to lead unapologetically (you don’t have to be perfect)
- Master conflict resolution by setting boundaries and priorities
- Eliminate self-imposed limitations (stop taking things personally!)
- Step outside the box and thrive (not just survive) in challenging situations
Life Lessons from Behind the Crime Scene
During her 28-year law enforcement career, Gina chased Cold War spies, arrested violent gangsters, foiled terrorist attacks and tracked down cyber-criminals. The skills she used in the field to maintain order and effective decision-making – focus, organization, persistence, courage and forethought among others – are the same strategies you can use to prepare for and respond to unexpected events, slay the dragons that singe your eyebrows, and succeed in your personal and professional missions to live your best life. During this motivational presentation, you will learn:
- Use your Tactical Advantage (identify your strengths and collaborate with others to defy your weaknesses)
- Identify and Eliminate the Threat (what’s stopping you from achieving your goals?)
- Is this the hill you want to die on? (Get out of your own way and live life with intention)
- Call for Back-up (nobody achieves greatness alone)
- Make sure your port is built before your ship comes in (prepare yourself for success)
