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Valorie Burton, life strategist and international speaker, is CEO of the Coaching and Positive Psychology (CaPP) Institute. Her life-changing message has an intriguing, research-based emphasis in the pioneering field of applied positive psychology - the study of what happens when things go right with us. Her company provides coaching, coach training, and resilience training and has served clients in all 50 states and 20 countries on six continents.
Since 1999, she has written 13 books translated into multiple languages, including "Let Go of the Guilt," "It's About Time," and "Successful Women Think Differently." She has appeared regularly on the TODAY Show, CNN, Dr. Oz, and Essence, and has spoken for hundreds of organizations around the globe. She was named one of the top 60 motivational speakers in America and one of the Top 100 Thought Leaders in the field of personal development.
For over 15 years, Burton's books, speaking engagements, and coaching programs have helped people: make major life changes that are exciting and scary at the same time; Be happier and have more fun, even when life seems routine; Become strong leaders, navigate office politics, and achieve professional dreams; Navigate setbacks and disappointments in a way that makes life better, not bitter; Speak up with confidence rather than settling for less; Go to sleep at night feeling at peace about decisions; And conquer emotions that cause procrastination, emotional spending, and self-sabotage.
She and her husband Jeff live on a ranch south of Atlanta with their children.
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Resilient & Ready: How to Thrive Through Challenges & Change
In a world of constant change and uncertainty, success requires the ability to adapt and thrive no matter what challenges arise. Valorie Burton will help you understand how to create the building blocks of resilience so you can:
- Bounce back from setbacks
- Maximize opportunities
- Develop the thinking style research proves helps you succeed under pressure – Find your joy and maintain a positive perspective
- Navigate disappointments in a way that makes you better, not bitter
In this practical, engaging conversation, Valorie will equip you with a survival toolkit to face any challenge that comes your way!
Leadership is Contagious: How Positive Actions Influence Productivity, Profitability & Well-Being in Life & Work
While everyone on a team impacts those around them, research shows that leaders have an outsized influence on the direction, energy and success of the teams they lead.
Leadership is contagious. What habits, attitude and energy are you and your leaders spreading?
In this insightful and energizing keynote, Valorie Burton uses research from the pioneering field of positive psychology combined with real-world examples to show audiences the simple, yet powerful actions they can take to thrive in life and work, and help those around them do the same. Full of practical takeaways, your audience will walk away equipped and inspired to lead themselves and others to greater success.
Coaching Yourself & Others: How to Bring Out the Best & Inspire Change One Question at a Time
One of the most important skills in today’s marketplace is agility, the ability to be flexible and effective in the face of challenges, opportunities and change.
In this practical and thought-provoking message, Valorie Burton, an internationally recognized life coach who has trained more than 60,000 coaches in over 50 countries, reveals the simple, but powerful steps to bring out the best in people by using a coaching approach to living and leading. It is an approach that empowers individuals to take ownership of their circumstances, develop a thinking style that leads to success, and create a plan of action that gets them unstuck and accelerates results. Audiences walk away with a how-to formula for having coaching conversations and a game plan for personal growth that will make them happier, healthier and more effective in every area of life.
Successful Women Think Differently: The Research-Based Habits that Make You Happier, Healthier & More Resilient
You are capable of far more than you know. Scientific studies prove successful people think differently than the average person. They make decisions differently, set goals differently, and bounce back from failure and adversity differently. In this intriguing and energetic presentation, Valorie Burton will help you and your audience:
- Pinpoint your thinking style and make adjustments to improve performance
- Understand why talent isn’t enough and how to develop the self-control that will take you to the next level
- Understand why how you explain your success and failure predicts more about your potential than you think
- How to focus on solutions, not problems
This powerful presentation is based on Valorie’s national bestselling book, "Successful Women Think Differently."
Successful People Think Differently
This message is adapted from Successful Women Think Differently for audiences that include men and women.
Cultural Humility & Resilience Workshop
In a world increasingly demanding equity, inclusion and belonging for all, what is your individual contribution? And how do you resiliently navigate the emotions of topics that feel professionally taboo yet very real and sometimes uncomfortable in everyday life?
In this engaging, researched-based interactive presentation, bestselling author, executive coach and positive psychology expert Valorie Burton equips attendees with a set of tools to increase connectedness in the workplace. Using a thought-provoking and engaging workshop-style format, attendees will learn concepts such as cultural humility and racial empathy, and apply coaching and positive psychology principles to navigate important conversations and dynamics at work. Her message will leave attendees with a fresh perspective on their specific role in fostering a sense of belonging for all in the workplace.
Successful People Think Differently
Resilient and Ready
How to Thrive Through Challenge and Change
Coaching for Leaders
How to Bring Out the Best in Yourself and Others
It’s About Time
The Art of Choosing the Meaningful Over the Urgent
Let Go of the Guilt
Stop Beating Yourself Up and Take Back Your Joy and much more.
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