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Maureen  Zappala

Maureen Zappala

Impostor Syndrome Expert, Keynote Speaker and Former NASA Propulsion Engineer

In-Person Fee Range:
$10,001 - $15,000
Traveling from:
Nevada
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Maureen Zappala

Impostor Syndrome Expert, Keynote Speaker and Former NASA Propulsion Engineer

In-Person Fee Range:
$10,001 - $15,000
Fee Details
Traveling from:
Nevada

Why Book

  • Maureen Zappala shows leaders how to get their best people to give their best effort. Audiences love the humor, stories, research and energy. Her actionable content will change the trajectory of your team.
  • She’ll fine-tune her presentations to fit YOUR specific needs and issues. She provides clear next steps that your audience implement immediately.
  • She works hard to ensure you look like rockstar at the end of the day. Sit back and let Maureen deliver a WOW experience for your group. They will leave changed and challenged. You will leave happy and satisfied.

Biography

Maureen Zappala, an award-winning speaker, author, and founder of High Altitude Strategies, shows successful high-performers how to overcome the hidden self-doubt of the Impostor Syndrome. A native of NYC, she has a BS in mechanical engineering from the University of Notre Dame, and she spent more than 13 years at NASA’s Lewis Research Center in Cleveland (now Glenn Research Center) conducting aircraft engine research.

Yes, she is a rocket scientist!

​She became the youngest and first female manager of NASA’s Propulsion Systems Laboratory, a jet engine test facility. Despite stellar credentials and impressive accomplishments at NASA, the annoying Impostor Syndrome was her constant companion, causing her to think, “I’m not as smart as everyone thinks I am, and they’re going to figure it out.”  This led to a passion for showing others how to silence those destructive voices that hinder success and create secret shame.

​Maureen teaches others to match their confidence to their competence so they have more influence. Audience members have called her strategies “game-changers.” Her clients include AT&T, Merck, Freddie Mac, Boston Scientific, Rea & Associates, University of South Florida, and Parker Hannifin.

​In 2009 and 2020, she was in the top 10 of 30,000 contestants in the Toastmasters International World Championship of Public Speaking contest. She is the author of four books including “Pushing Your Envelope: How Smart People Defeat Self-Doubt and Live with Bold Enthusiasm.” She co-authored (with Jack Park) “Buckeye Reflections: Legendary Moments from Ohio State Football” (yes, she’s an Irish Buckeye!)

​Her hobbies include fitness, college football, decorating, and sewing. After 35+ years in Cleveland, Ohio, Maureen moved to Las Vegas in 2019. She still can’t find her winter coat, and that’s just fine with her.

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Programs

Confidence is NOT Rocket Science: How to Overcome the Self-doubt of Impostor Syndrome

People see you as skilled and competent. Yet you think to yourself “They think I’m smarter than I really am! I feel like a fraud!” It’s Impostor Syndrome: the persistent feeling of not measuring up to your own resume.

This chronic self-doubt hits people in every industry, at every level. But there’s help! You can silence that impostor voice so you can fearlessly move ahead without feeling like a fraud. Be released from the clench of the counterfeit.

By learning the powerful strategies of “The Fraud Free Framework”™ you can recalibrate your thinking, and begin believing that you really are as smart as everyone thinks you are. You’ll enjoy your success, bounce back from failure, and experience less pressure to perform perfectly. You’ll move from self-doubt to self-assurance as you reach for more opportunities and ignite your influence. You won’t have to feel like a fraud anymore. Instead, you’ll feel great about being great!

In this program, attendees will:

  • Understand what Impostor Syndrome is, and isn’t.
  • Learn 3 steps to turn their thoughts from pitiful to powerful.
  • Eliminate the “compare & despair” trap when around their peers.
  • Begin to match their confidence to their competence and unleash their influence.
Leadership is NOT Rocket Science: How to Turn your Superstars into Supernovas

You’d never believe that your high performers have THIS problem. They seem confident and secure, but something is secretly killing their creativity and sapping their energy. Even though you’ve provided all the best training and resources, something is lurking beneath the surface of their performance.

It’s a little-known fact: the #1 issue blocking truly epic performance is Impostor Syndrome.” Even the smartest, most accomplished people experience this secret self-doubt that causes them to second-guess their abilities.

It is costing your organization lost time, lost opportunities, and lost revenue. It causes employee disengagement (“quiet quitting”) team conflict, apathy, and fear of taking on new challenges. In short, you’re not getting the best from your best people.

If you lead, manage, train, mentor or supervise people, you need to understand Impostor Syndrome. The solution is not just a mindset adjustment. It is a thought-process overhaul that can eliminate fears and self-doubts, unleash your team’s productivity, explode their confidence, and transform your organization’s culture.

In this program, leaders will learn:

  • How to interpret Impostor Syndrome symptoms in your team: What you see vs. what they think.
  • Why dealing with your own Impostor Syndrome makes you an even stronger leader.
  • How to identify the ways your organization’s culture is amplifying Impostor syndrome, and what you can do to change that.
  • How becoming more relational is not only easier than you think, it’s more powerful than you know. You can alleviate someone’s impostor syndrome, one simple conversation, one short moment at a time.
How to Add S.P.I.C.E. to Your Speeches!

Have you ever had a deliciously seasoned meal that you remembered and relished long afterward? Why not create the same experience for your audience with your words? In this workshop, you will learn the Five Non-Negotiable-Must-Have-But-Often-Omitted-Game-Changing-And-Astoundingly-Simple Ingredients that makes every presentation an awesome experience.

When you add the five S.P.I.C.E. elements, you will add the extra flavor to your message that will cause your audience to take action to make their lives better. You can be on the road to becoming a master communicator because your speeches will transform people, giving them an experience that they will remember and ideas they will use.

Rethinking Impostor Syndrome ™ Understanding and Addressing Impostor Syndrome in the Workplace

Millions of people — CEOs and entry-level professionals, first year college students and PhDs, artists and programmers — secretly worry they’re not as smart or talented as other people “think” they are. It’s called impostor syndrome and it impacts both individuals and their organization.

In this interactive session you will:

  • Understand what impostor syndrome is – and what it is not
  • Discover the sources of impostor feelings
  • Understand how impostor syndrome intersects with diversity and inclusion – and why it matters
  • Identify your personal “Competence Type”
  • Understand the individual and organizational costs of impostor syndrome
  • Leave with practical, immediately usable tools to help yourself and/or those you manage, mentor, or parent to address impostor syndrome

Maureen Zappala Reviews

“I again want to thank you on behalf of all the participants for your truly inspiring and transformative session! It was so informative and really has kept many of us thinking!”

— Principle Scientist, Merck

“Maureen’s workshop was easily our most well attended and most talked about event hosted this year! Her energy was infectious and attendees left with actionable tasks to work on.”

— Swagelok Company

“As expected, you hit it out of the park! Thank you so much for making the trip and bringing the Impostor Syndrome front and center. I’m very confident you just made a big impact on many of our team!”

— CEO, Rea & Associates

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