Business & Motivational Speaker
2 million+ people worldwide · 1000+ organizations
Every major industry · 25 years’ experience
CONTACT CONNIE NOW and let’s get to work making your event
AN ABSOLUTE STANDOUT SUCCESS!
Powerful message without PowerPoint
Entertainment with a purpose
Audience interaction without the silliness
Motivation without the rah-rah
Why Connie's Keynotes Are Unlike Any Other
- With Connie, you get a keynote – and a conversation. Connie's delivery style, whether from the stage or virtually -- ensures that every member of your audience will feel seen, heard, and connected.
- Connie's mix of psychology and communication skills is exactly what audiences need right now. Perspective, innovation, understanding what makes people tick – have never been more important – especially in a world where "remote" is the new normal.
- She's just the right amount of funny, and serious – with messages that share the extraordinary power of adopting change and leaning into resilience – she'll both uplift and teach your attendees as they take on change for all it is worth.
- She's a world-class keynote speaker who has moved audiences both from the stage and in virtual platforms to make the shifts necessary to succeed at a higher level, find more joy and balance, decrease stress, and lead in their industries and lives.
Want to learn more? Contact Connie today to talk about your options. Lots of choices! You can pick a topic you like from the list below...or you can mix and match topics and let Connie create a special session just for you!
Most Requested Keynote Topics
StandOut Communication
StandOut Sales
StandOut Leadership
StandOut Change
StandOut Communication...Life Would Be Easy If It Weren't For Other People
Imagine what you could accomplish if you could decode the mystery of human behavior and truly understand what makes people do what they do and say what they say (including yourself!). Research shows that the #1 key to SUCCESS in any industry or organization is the ability to get along with other people, personally and professionally. Now that's something to really think about, right? That means with a deeper understanding of human behavior you could lead better. Communicate better. Sell better. Parent better. Live better. Negotiate better. The list goes on and on.
With laugh-out-loud humor, killer take-away strategies, powerful pops of psychology and her amazing insights into others (including a few who "drive you crazy"). Connie Podesta, an Expert in the Psychology of Human Behavior, will take you right inside the minds and personalities of the people you connect with every day both at work and home — bosses, colleagues, partners, customers, significant others, friends, and family -- so YOU can ACT, rather than REACT to whatever situations or people throw your way. In other words, you'll be able to read between the lines – making navigating conversations and negotiating your needs a thousand times easier. Want the secret communication insights and rare psychological know-how to build, maintain and grow your relationships and business to a whole new level? Then this is totally the session for you!
Take home success strategies for this topic can be found in some of Connie's game-changing selling books! Have fun!
- Life Would Be Easy if It Weren't for Other People
- Leadership Like You Never Heard it Before
- 10 Ways to Stand Out From the Crowd
- The Best Sales/Leadership Book Ever
- Happiness is Serious Business
StandOut Sales...Like You've Never Heard It Before!
“Sales” looks, sounds and feels very different today. Why? Because today's customers/clients are really good at recognizing, resisting and retreating when they are being "manipulated”, “techniqued”, or caught up in a canned script loop they can’t get out of. And frankly, most sales professionals don’t want to play that game anymore either! Yay! Enter Connie Podesta, an expert in sales and negotiation, who uses laugh-out-loud humor, a pop of psychology, and her engaging, interactive delivery style to take you deep inside the minds of the unique customers you are negotiating with today. But... no way is that enough. She also demonstrates how you, the salesperson, can use these powerful rarely-shared insights to make the entire sales process a better experience for everyone. How cool is that! So? Are you interested in increased financial success? Eager to have happier, more satisfied customers? Waiting for an influx of new, potential buyers wanting to do business with... YOU? Then don't miss this session--it's just what you've been waiting for...and much, much more!
Take home success strategies for this topic can be found in some of Connie's game-changing selling books! Have fun!
- The Best Sales/Leadership Book Ever (Two books in one!)
- Selling to Women / Selling to Men
- Life Would Be Easy if It Weren't for Other People
- 10 Ways to Stand Out From the Crowd
StandOut Leadership...Like You've Never Heard It Before!
From hiring to INSPIRING - LEADERSHIP today is about being the calm in the storm. The role model extraordinaire, the rational, respected mediator, the tough, but fair negotiator, and the step-up example your team needs to succeed in both good times and bad. Especially the bad. Sound like what you need? Then you've certainly come to the right place to pull all the important leadership pieces together. Connie Podesta, an expert in the Psychology of Human Behavior and Leadership, uses her signature blend of comedy, incredible pops of psychology, and her "tell-it-like-it-is" delivery style to take you inside the minds of even your most difficult employees as well as bosses, co-workers, and even customers. Have fun learning how you can turn negative attitudes into positive, entitlement into accountability, complacency into productivity, complaining into solutions and "that's not my job" into ownership in ANY industry, organization, market condition, or economy. Get ready to re-imagine what you and your team can do. Starting now!
Take home success strategies for this topic can be found in some of Connie's game-changing selling books! Have fun!
- Leadership... Like You Never Heard it Before
- 10 Ways to Stand Out From the Crowd
- Life Would Be Easy if it Weren't for Other People
- Happiness is Serious Business
StandOut Change--Like You've Never Heard It Before!
If the last few years have taught us one thing – it’s that ANYTHING can happen. At any time. To anyone. Anywhere. That requires us all to be both willing and able to handle CHANGE quickly, professionally and successfully! Often, without all the facts or even a finalized plan. And, definitely without complaining or procrastinating. Whew! But wait, there's more! If we aren't up to the task of changing under those circumstances, there's always someone else who will! Ugh! So... let's figure this out right now.
With a fascinating, engaging, (and very funny) look at why each of us approaches change differently, Human Behavior and Change Expert Connie Podesta will teach you some killer strategies and intriguing new mindsets so you can successfully handle new ways of doing business. So, if you find yourself navigating the unexpected (and often confusing) chaos of change – then join Connie and walk away with a lifeline--both physical and mental -- for proactively leveraging change without going crazy in the process. You've got this!
Take home success strategies for this topic can be found in these best-selling books! Have fun!
- 10 Ways to Stand Out From the Crowd
- Life Would Be Easy if it Weren't for Other People
- Leadership Like You Never Heard it Before
- Happiness is Serious Business