Courtney Clark

Resilience and Change Adaptability

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Courtney Clark

Resilience and Change Adaptability

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Why Book

Courtney works with organizations that need resilient teams who can succeed during change and stress without burning out, lashing out, giving up. As a speaker, she provides content-based motivation that helps individuals adapt faster, achieve more, and develop ReVisionary Thinking™
Courtney’s keynotes offer a perfect balance of motivation with cutting-edge research into resilience. See the presentations that have made her a hit with groups like Nike, Dell, Marriott, and Procter & Gamble. (Yes, even virtually!)

Biography

Courtney Clark is the luckiest unlucky person in the world. After witnessing the terrorist attacks of September 11th from her office just 18 blocks north, she thought she had escaped unscathed. Little did she know the events of 9/11 would cause her to develop cancer just a few years later. Her experiences caused her to become a researcher and author on resilience and adaptability, to help people achieve their goals even when everything changes.

Courtney has built two successful businesses and is the author of three books, including her most recent book ReVisionary Thinking. She works with people who want to adapt faster and achieve more, and has spoken worldwide to organizations like Nike, Dell, Google, and Amazon. Courtney’s resilience work has been called “practical,” “powerful,” and “empowering” by industry leaders, and she’s been featured on CNN, CBS, ABC, Forbes, and USA Today. If she wasn’t writing and speaking about resilience, Courtney would have wanted to be a tap dancer. Thankfully for her audiences, she wasn’t very good at it.

Programs

Productive Persistence: Why Giving Up is Better than Grit

“If at first, you don’t succeed, try, try again…” is a lie. Sometimes persistence pays off, but often it’s just wasted effort. So how do you know when to persevere and when to pivot? In her motivational and practical keynote, resilience researcher Courtney Clark shares the surprising reasons why our cultural emphasis on positivity can make us less adaptable, and what we can do about it.

To achieve your goals no matter what, Courtney will teach your team “Productive Persistence.” It’s a realistic, proven form of resilience that prevents burnout, fosters flexibility, and increases the chances of success. The result? You’ll leave knowing exactly what you need to give up in order to change course faster, spend more time on the right path, and achieve exactly what you want.

At the end of this session, participants will be able to…

Recognize why “persistence” and “resilience” create hidden barriers to achievement
Identify the difference between a goal and a plan—and which ones to give up to focus on the ones that really matter
Move on from change, uncertainty, and disappointment faster
Apply a simple framework to evaluate competing needs and decide which to prioritize so the most important things get done

ReVisionary Thinking™: Change the Way You Solve Problems, Face Challenges, and Get Stuff Done

Why do some people adapt quickly in the face of change, while others struggle? “Revisionary Thinkers” (like Richard Branson, J.K. Rowling, and Steven Spielberg) know how to navigate uncertainty with less confusion, less frustration, and more success. Courtney Clark will give your team the tools of Adaptive Thinking, an evidence-based practice to survive challenges with more than just a positive attitude. Courtney’s research, strategies, case studies, humor, and stories help build employee agility and resilience, and create ReVisionary Thinkers at every level of your organization (and in their home lives!)

At the end of this session, participants will be able to…

Make better decisions in novel situations using the principles of Adaptive Thinking
Improve mental flexibility as individuals and teams
Understand the common mistakes that keep teams from solving problems
Ask the one question that can generate more (and more innovative!) ideas
Solve problems in creative ways (even if you aren’t a creative person!)

Detour: Winning When Life Doesn’t Go According to Plan

Hard work usually pays off. But sometimes, no matter how hard you work, your plans just… DON’T work. Courtney has proven techniques to help you deal with life’s detours with humor, resilience, and tenacity.

At the end of this session, participants will be able to…

Discover how to let go of “the plan”
Identify ways to maintain personal power during transition and upheaval
Develop measures to increase perspective and adaptability

The Art of Accelerated Resilience™: Adapt Faster and Achieve More

In today’s competitive world, there’s no time to recover from our setbacks slowly. The research-based strategies from Courtney’s new book, The Successful Struggle, will have your team managing change, chaos, conflict, and life’s other challenges in the fastest, most productive way possible.

At the end of this session, participants will be able to…

Recognize the benefits of connecting with the purpose of change
Develop new strategies to maintain personal power and a sense of control during times of change and chaos
Apply the “Stop, Drop, and Roll” technique for chaos management

Customization for Sales Teams:
There are several dangerous mental tricks your brain plays when you face rejection. Courtney’s innovative Accelerated Resilience™ research offers solutions for sales teams on bouncing back, sidestepping sales stress, and closing the deal.

Be On Fire, Not Burned Out!: Strategies for Engagement and Enjoyment in Challenging Times

Strategies for Engagement and Enjoyment in Challenging Times

Resilient employees know how to handle stress without burning out. Courtney’s Accelerated Resilience™ strategies lead to greater employee engagement, reduced turnover, and less stress at the office.

At the end of this session, participants will be able to…

Identify how change and chaos contribute to employee burnout
Discover why staying engaged in change is important, and the best tactics to keep you engaged
Construct new strategies for managing stress without the threat of burnout

Books

ReVisionary Thinking: When You Have to Change Your Plan to Reach Your Goals

The Successful Struggle: Powerful Techniques to Achieve Accelerated Resilience

The Giving Prescription: A Personal Plan for Healing Through Helping

Topics

Motivational Speakers, Innovation & Creativity, Stress Management, Change Speakers, Innovation Speakers,

Courtney Clark Reviews

I have been an association executive and meeting planner for nearly 20 years and have hired more than a hundred keynote speakers for various conferences. It is very difficult to find a speaker who can connect to all of the various groups represented at a meeting, but Courtney is that speaker. She took the time to get to know our group and many of the attendees have told us that she is the “very best speaker” we have ever had.

— Georgia Apartment Association

The healthcare industry is undergoing a lot of transformation and, as such, requires its leaders to embody resilience to meet the challenges and constant change. If you’re looking for a great presentation on leaning on your own resilience during times of uncertainty or change that’s presented by an authentic, enthusiastic and inspiring leader, reach out to Courtney. Your expectations will be exceeded.

— Cardinal Health

Courtney delivers by doing the homework needed to understand who her audience will be. Her pre-work included thorough background consults with our internal team related to our specific volunteer needs. The result, a traditionally “tough””crowd was completely charmed and enthralled as she delivered her session. Evaluations have been pouring in – all positive!

— Association for Supply Chain Management

Courtney’s speech to our women network was practical and to the point, yet
engaging and inspirational. The audience loved her. One of the most common verbatims – “Courtney was amazing”. Some of the take-aways in the feedback include: “the success of a vision is revisioning”, “no matter what happens you can get to the destination, you may just take another route”, “your life may not go according to your plan, but you can achieve things you never imagined”. We couldn’t think of a better fit!

— Procter & Gamble