How to Embrace the Suck: Capture the Potential of Disrupters to Achieve Results
We live in a world of disrupters, and while there is strategic value in adding tools and resources to accomplish your company’s or clients’ goals, there is something to be said for taking the “Chopped” approach to achieving results. By accepting the limits placed on resources, for example, or disrupters beyond your control, you have the unprecedented opportunity to unlock creativity and truly out-of-the-box thinking. Embracing obstacles is more critical than ever and takes skill and endurance.
In this provocative talk, Carolee Belkin Walker uses examples from high-profile recoveries of Americans held hostage or wrongfully detained abroad so you can see your leadership potential and how it's directly tied to empowering your team to feel comfortable expressing “stupid” ideas by having their back. Using examples where every day the stakes were high in achieving results, the talk illuminates how finding the courage to embrace obstacles can help managers lead through change.
What’s your message? It’s not the same as sharing information. Whether you’re doing media interviews or speaking with clients or holding events with your team, understanding the difference between information and messaging is critical to achieving strategic communications goals.
This session shares why it’s important to understand your audience in all your communications before providing information. Carolee Belkin Walker shares experiences working with families of Americans held hostage or wrongfully detained abroad and how she architected a new approach to information sharing, recognizing the reason why President Obama created the hostage enterprise in 2015 after the failures of the USG to support the families of murdered Americans, including James Foley who was murdered by ISIS in Syria in 2014.
Carolee Belkin Walker is a keynote speaker and industry expert who speaks on a wide range of topics such as The Obstacle Is the Way and Information versus Messaging: How to Know the Difference and Why It Matters. The estimated speaking fee range to book Carolee Belkin Walker for your event is $10,000 - $20,000. Carolee Belkin Walker generally travels from Washington, DC, USA and can be booked for (private) corporate events, personal appearances, keynote speeches, or other performances. Similar motivational celebrity speakers are Cheryl Cran, Lia Garvin, Allyson Kapin, Lisa Gable and Emilie Aries. Contact All American Speakers for ratings, reviews, videos and information on scheduling Carolee Belkin Walker for an upcoming live or virtual event.
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