From accepting the "Best Business Book of the Year" Award to fearlessly helping organizations discover new ways to stretch boundaries, compete at higher levels, attract more customers, build long-lasting relationships and strike and strike real life balance, you'll find Connie Podesta to be the Motivational Speaker, Author, Executive Coach and Industry Expert with more than just a "speech."

Connie helps people and organizations discover their untapped potential then FEARLESSLY and effectively 'close the gap' between where they are now and where they need to be to achieve the success they want and deserve. In other words? Connie delivers. The right message, motivators and game changers for today's professionals.

With her trademark mix of real-life content, fearless energy, tell-it-like-it-is delivery and laugh-out-loud humor, Connie uses her talents as an organizational therapist, comedienne and TV/radio personality to tackle some of the toughest hurdles facing business professionals today and inspire millions of people do more, achieve more and be more than they ever thought possible.

• Absolute Fearless Success: The Power of Passion and Potential
  
  Reality #1: Business as Usual is Over. We can't continue to do things the way we used to and still be successful, competitive and profitable. Reality: people either get it or they don't. They are either in crisis mode or forward-thinking growth mode. They either have a FEARFUL mindset that causes them to resist change and fight for status quo. Or they have a FEARLESS mindset and are moving full-speed ahead to transform themselves and do what it takes to get the results they want.
  
  Reality #2: Your future success depends on two things: 1) your ability to "close the gap" between where you are now and where you need to be in order to achieve outstanding results-both personally and professionally and 2) Your willingness and ability to ADAPT quickly. To life. To change. To technology. To new ideas.
  
  Solution: With laugh-out-loud humor and killer success strategies, Connie will empower you to develop the FEARLESS attitudes necessary to embrace new ways of thinking, leading, selling, balancing home/career, motivating employees, customer service and creating productive teams.
  
  
• Dynamic Fearless Leadership: The Power of Influence and Empowerment
  
  Reality: Leadership is a powerful privilege--open to everyone, regardless of title or job description. Connie has worked with some of the world's great leaders and discovered two common traits: 1) they have the intuitive ability to identify the "gap" between where people (including themselves) are now and where they need to be in order to achieve powerful results and 2) they have the talent and desire to use that knowledge to mentor, train, and inspire others to be confident and successful in their own right. Leadership is more about service, than wielding power. More about empowering people than "managing" people. More about "charging people up" than being in charge. More about making good choices for the right reason than pleasing everyone.
  
  Solution: With her comedic wit and trademark no-nonsense style, Connie is known world-wide for helping leaders create teams that are energized and FEARLESS in their quest for success. Get ready to go straight inside the minds of most common leadership styles and see which one fits you to a tee and which one would be your first choice to follow and respect.
  
  
• Game-Changing Fearless Sales: The Power of Personality and Persuasion
  
  Reality: The number one key to increasing your sales is to identify the gap between where your customer is now and where they need to be to achieve the results they want. Closing that "gap" is what closes the deal and no one can teach you how to do that better than Connie. Bottom line--"Selling as Usual" won't cut it anymore. Pressure tactics and overcoming objectives is both outdated and irritating.
  
  Solution: Connie is FEARLESS when it comes to taking sales to a whole new level. And don't even try to use the economy, territory, or price as excuses. Selling yourself is more important than product, price or brand. Connie puts you right smack inside the mind of today's new breed of customer. Bargain-hunting. Internet Savvy. Indecisive. And picky--especially when it comes to the buying process. With her tell-it-like-it-is delivery, laugh-out-loud humor and killer sales strategies, get ready to increase sales, grow your business, develop long-term customers and...BLOW THE ROOF off of sales done the "old" way!