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MONICA IN ACTION
HELPING CLIENTS BREAK THROUGH BARRIERS AND UNLOCK POTENTIAL
ABOUT MONICA
Years of Experience
Speaking Events
Books Authored
Managers Impacted
Named one of Meeting Planners’ Favorite Business Speakers by Meetings and Conventions Magazine, Monica began her speaking career in 1989 with a keynote to 8600 fellow college students.
Flash forward more than 30 years, and Monica has provided keynote addresses and training through
her firm Contagious Companies, Inc. in 27 countries and all 50 states.
Monica has earned both an MBA and the honor of Certified Speaking Professional (CSP) through National Speakers Association (NSA).
A former corporate executive, Monica is known as a leadership development expert who writes, speaks, trains, coaches, and consults on how to become a better leader in life and work. She is the author of six books, including Contagious Leadership and Make Difficult People Disappear, and has written and interviewed for many media outlets.
Over the years, Monica has acted as a trusted advisor to many of today’s largest and most admired companies, including Microsoft, Cabela’s, Estee Lauder, State Farm Insurance, and SeaWorld Parks and Entertainment. However, she also has a genuine passion for helping smaller organizations create an environment where leaders can develop and thrive.
In each presentation and with each client over the last 30+ years, Monica’s focus has been on leadership and how managers can become better, more authentic, and more effective leaders. Translating her background of both corporate and entrepreneurial management roles, she shares real world examples, relevant applications, and numerous take-aways through her presentations and resources.
THOUGHT LEADER AND ACCLAIMED AUTHOR
Recent Recognition & Awards
KEYNOTE TOPICS
CONTAGIOUS LEADERSHIP ...10 STEPS FOR TURNING MANAGERS INTO LEADERS
Any person or personality can be a leader, but knowing these ten leadership steps will make you more effective. Still, some are promoted into leadership and it just doesn’t fit. Maybe they’re missing skills or maybe their personality isn’t right for that role. In this keynote presentation, leadership development expert and author Monica Wofford, CSP, shares 10 steps to be a better leader and make sure that role fits. These steps and her in session assessment ensure high performance for managers and leaders, and results from the employees they lead.
Whether team members need to develop their communication, delegation, motivation, recognition or engagement skills, this powerful session will improve their leadership skills and more!
Make Difficult People Disappear™ ...How to Reduce Stress and Eliminate Conflict in the Office
We’ve all had that one difficult person that we wish we could make disappear… without going to jail. We may have called them Eeyore or called HR to help us, but what we didn’t want was to DEAL with their difficulty anymore!
Make Difficult People Disappear™ is a fun keynote (that increases your event attendance) because everyone wants to know how, and increases their skills because it helps relationships grow. Make Difficult People Disappear™ shares:
- How others are different more than difficult
- How to stop taking anyone else’s behavior personally
- How to use EQ to assess, address, and modify behavior
With an in-session personality assessment, many entertaining moments, and more than 10 real world tips and activities, this keynote is engaging, entertaining and surprisingly informative and actionable for all audiences.
WHEN EVERYTHING IS CONTAGIOUS™ ...what you DO makes all the difference
During a worldwide outbreak, only one thing has been associated with the word contagious. It’s not been seen as a good thing, and we’ve actually been told to keep our distance from individuals with such a condition. But what if contagious applied to more than we imagine? What if contagious had a meaning that rose above what we caught and instead applied to what we might give or model?
For leaders and influencers we know personally and professionally, being contagious isn’t a condition, but an outcome to which we might consider striving. Gasp! Yes, everything IS contagious.
Are you sending the message, setting the example, or sharing the development you want others to catch? When Everything is Contagious™ is an actively engaging keynote with appeal for those who want the numbers and tasks for those who want immediate action, as well as humor for all of us who see what’s happening in the world. We’ re in new territory of human behavior and what we knew to do has been jostled. Everything is contagious and now under a microscope, but when everything we do, see, say, think, believe, and how we behave rubs off on those we work with, love, and lead … what you do … does in fact, make all the difference.
WHEN LEADING LEAVES THE BUILDING™ ...bringing it back IS the mission
The landscape of leading is changing. How we lead, who we lead, and what they need is also changing. At the same time, employees and bosses are literally leaving the brick-and-mortar building or in some cases, even quitting but remaining in a position. We are at risk of the skills long associated with leadership, since the industrial revolution, also leaving the building. Without a real leader, progress appears absent and unattainable. Enter the value-filled, actionpacked, and engaging keynote When Leading Leaves the Building™
What got us here will no longer get us to the next level and bringing back leadership in a new and improved approach, with methods for addressing the issues of entitlement, diversity, accountability and performance, IS the mission.
BE ON TARGET ...OR BE THE TARGET™
The issues have changed for leaders. The way in which your workforce, your work, and the world sees you handling them has also shifted.
If you’re trying hard to handle diversity, discrimination, or gender situations, this is your ideal session and both Nancy and Monica can help. If you’re just not sure how to address employee needs from recognition to discipline, while still doing your job, learning what is needed, what’s new, and what works for you … even if you’re not sure what leading “on target” really is, then this session will make you laugh, see what’s missing and likely provide the nuggets of wisdom you’ve been missing.
With this session, you can lead far more effectively and be on target, which means you won’t inadvertently become one!
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