Keynotes and Workshops
Are you searching for a compelling speaker to energize your next conference or event? Call on Brigid Moynahan, Walter Manley , and the rest of The Next Level, Inc.’s team of presenters. Their dynamic presence and wealth of knowledge bring issues front-and-center in ways that are both compelling and engaging.
*"TIGHTROPES & TORNADOES: A WOMAN'S LEADERSHIP JOURNEY"* New Offering
Written and Performed by Brigid Moynahan
Witness as Superwoman performs her perpetual juggling act—trying to find balance while whirling like a tornado!
Watch in awe as she moves up the ladder—getting people to listen without raising her voice and dressing for success while avoiding the harrowing challenges of casual Fridays, cruel shoes, and the seductive allure of botox!
Feel the press of the “sandwich generation”, as Supermom raises her children, cares for her parents, and navigates perilous work politics. Celebrate as she ultimately finds her place, her mission and eventually some personal balance.
In this insightful, amusing and often poignant performance, Brigid Moynahan shares unique insights on her own life on three continents and her more than twenty years of coaching women leaders.
“Gets right to the heart of leadership in the lives of women.”
Brigid uses her extensive professional training as an actress and director to engage audiences. Performances conclude with a question and answer session between Brigid and audience members who respond by sharing their own experiences and questions. Audiences find empathy and encouragement for their own leadership journeys through Brigid and her performance.
ACTING FOR LEADERSHIP; EMPOWERING YOUR EXECUTIVE PRESENCE
Projecting a powerful presence is key to advancing as a leader. Yet in research conducted by The Next Level, Inc. and The Rutgers Institute for Women’s Leadership with women from a cross section of Fortune 500 companies, senior women leaders scored leadership presence or self-presentation as their lowest leadership competency. This practical and enlightening workshop explores why projecting power is a complex
challenge for women leaders, and offers strategies you can use to enhance influence to move your leadership forward. Learn new skills as you practice communicating with confidence and impact:
Topics include:
• Embracing your own power – developing a powerful presence
• Defining and communicating your unique “value proposition”
• Avoiding “gender traps” and self-sabotaging behaviors that undermine your leadership
• Speaking with impact: empowering your body language and speech
A WOMEN'S LEADERSHIP JOURNEY
What sets women leaders apart? Are their skills being used to maximum advantage? This frank discussion sheds new light on the challenges and opportunities facing today’s female executives. During either keynote or longer workshops sessions, you’ll map your personal journey to leadership with an executive coach specializing in the leadership challenges of corporate women. Discover powerful strategies to move your leadership forward as you compare notes with peers and deepen your understanding of the practices of successful women leaders. As a result, you will:
• Understand your unique journey to leadership: your strengths and challenges
• Define your leadership value
• Enhance influence and gain powerful allies
• Strengthen your leadership role regardless of where you are on the organization chart
• Problem-solve critical challenges and dilemmas
• Lead yourself and others to powerful outcomes using LEAD ™ coaching and co-mentoring skills
This program offers insights and techniques developed by The Next Level, Inc. for their glass ceiling initiative for corporate women sponsored by The Rutgers Institute for Women’s Leadership and The Center for Women and Work.
THE POWER OF CONNECTED LEADERSHIP
Organizations today are rapidly evolving from simple, rigid hierarchies into highly complex networks of diverse employees. Leading in the midst of a networked organization requires new skills in managing complexity through a vast array of interdependent relationships. In this presentation, Brigid discusses why connected leadership is so critical today, key influence challenges associated with this form of leadership, ways in which diverse leaders are modeling this new leadership form, and strategies all leaders can use in order to succeed in the networked environment.
GAINING CAREER TRACTION: NETWORKING YOUR WAY TO SUCCESS
Many talented managers make the mistake of focusing on performance at the expense of cultivating influence and exposure. In this hands-on session, participants learn new strategies to communicate their leadership value by building a web of alliances that ensure greater influence and exposure. The session features a speed mentoring activity that teaches people how to reach out to multiple partners for immediate support and advices.
THE SECRET OF SELF-MARKETING: DEFINING YOUR VALUE PROPOSITION
The world is changing too fast for leaders to wait to be chosen, recognized or promoted. Don’t let yourself be overlooked or passed over. Instead, get clear about the value that you bring and make it clear to others in a simple and compelling message, spoken with power and conviction. The result is greatly enhanced influence and visibility. Participants formulate a simple statement of their value and practice using powerful techniques to communicate it to others.
COUNT ME IN®: FOR DIVERSITY, TEAMWORK AND INCLUSION
There’s tremendous untapped potential waiting to be expressed by people with divergent experiences. What gets in the way is our tendency to wall out difference in favor of what is similar. Don’t let subtle exclusion and put downs build up to become a major barrier to performance. Learn to counter these “microinequities” using positive communication to enhance influence, strengthen relationships, and positively transform your workplace.
LEARN MORE: Count Me In® For Teamwork and Inclusion Brochure PDF
