Resources

Keynotes by Ann Tardy

When your audience needs a breath of fresh air, a dose of new ideas, and a bout of energy!

Ann interprets the stories we tell ourselves. She explores the emotional context leaders require to create behavioral transformation in ever-changing environments. Her in-the-trenches, real-world stories and innovative solutions offer hardcore content within our reach. Ann explores how the art of management intersects with behavioral economics to unveil how we hold ourselves back when faced with complexity. And her irreverence, upbeat humor, and energetic style keep audiences engaged while she delivers hard truths about why we react the way we do in day-to-day interactions.

Ann is ideal when your audience:

• is faced with tough challenges
• needs to be nimble in the face of bureaucracy
• needs to make a difference with unpredictable people, situations, and environments
• feels stuck in the middle
• needs fresh ideas for navigating complex bureaucratic settings
• needs to implement and execute big initiatives and complex strategies
• is ready to be brilliant

 

Speaking Testimonials

"Working with Ann Tardy and LifeMoxie is always a pleasure! Ann has a remarkable ability to engage any audience with her lively presentation style, genuine energy, and fantastic story-telling. She customizes her content so that leaders and participants from any industry and level walk out with a renewed sense of motivation and purpose. She takes a hard-hitting approach to the soft-skills that every organization and team need. ICMI is always excited to bring her back to speak at one of our events!"

Sarah Stealey Reed
Content Director
ICMI, International Customer Management Institute

 

"Ann Tardy recently spoke at NCHRA’s Annual Conference, HR West 2013. Of 93 concurrent sessions, Ann was one of the highest rated speakers of the conference with a content rating of 4.94/5 and speaker rating of 4.88/5. Ann is a professional, enthusiastic speaker and she delivered a content rich presentation with actionable items that attendees can apply in their own organizations. Feedback from a session attendee sums it up best – “Ann had amazing energy and passion on the topic. It was a fun and interactive session”. NCHRA would be delighted to have Ann present at a future event."

Lisa Hickey
Project Manager, NHRMA

 

"When you have Ann Tardy in to speak to your group – whether it is for a Conference Room with 10 people or an auditorium with 2000 people– you had better buckle your seat belt and get ready for the ride of your life! After our management staff spent 8 weeks collectively studying and implementing the valuable offerings of her book, “Moxie for Managers” – we decided to invite Ann to speak to our team and share some overriding themes and reinforce the key constructs of the book. WOW!!! Did we ever get what we asked for – have you ever tried to drink from a FIRE HOSE?!! Ann is incredible, and her passion for effective team management runs very deep, while her career credentials assure irrefutable confidence that she has BEEN THERE!!! So if you are looking for someone who is simultaneously engaging, enthralling, and just downright entertaining – Ann Tardy is IT!"

Gary Lichtenheld, President
Terrace Supply Company

 

Speaking Engagements

View a complete list of all Upcoming and Previous Engagements

Programs

Joy is a Leader's Job: Redefining the Influence Leadership

• Rouse the remarkable in your leaders who will rouse the remarkable in their teams
• Create the culture that you and others want to work in
• Empower and engage high-performers at all levels
• Retain and partner with people who bring their passion to work
• Increase productivity and effectiveness throughout your organization

Standing on the Shoulders of Giants: Leveraging the Muscle of Strategic Mentoring

• Circulate the intelligence of your workforce to drive priorities and solve problems
• Allow your workforce to work smarter based on their rich perspectives and experiences
• Qualify future leaders through their contribution and innovation
• Enable collaboration, productivity, and innovation across functions, generations, and regions
• Strengthen the workforce by facilitating people contributing to each other’s growth and development

Evolving Managers into Legacy Leaders: Reigniting the Power in the Middle

• Strengthen the core of your organization by focusing on leaders in the core
• Increase the engagement of leaders by starting with those in the middle
• Address the front line vs. leaders chasm
• Discover the critical link between managers and remarkable customer service
• Connect people to a vision and ignite action

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Concurrent Sessions

Communication Success

• Relentless Communication 7 Strategies for Communicating with Intention, Clarity, and Effectiveness
• Navigating Conflict, Winning at Confrontation Confronting the Challenge instead of Cowering from the Crisis
• The Art of Asking with Confidence, Conviction, and Success

Relationship Building

• Bosses are like a Box of Chocolates Strategies for Managing Up to Lead Down
• The Platinum Handshake Building Your Network with Strength, Flexibility, and Class
• Making Teamwork Work Partnering with Others for Crazy Success on the Team, with your Job, and in your Career

Creating Successful Leaders

• Innovation ~ Essential Tools to Move any Team from Mediocre to Magnificent
• Follow the Leader! 8 Essential Leadership Skills for Up-and-Coming Leaders
• It’s OK to be the Boss Essential Skills & Strategies for New Managers, Wannabes, and Gonnabees
• Obtaining and Sharing Essential Feedback Growing Professionally and Personally from Perspective
• Can You Hear Me Now? Turn up the Volume on Your Influence
• Why Mentoring Matters 7 Essential Steps to Move from Missed Opportunity to Strategic Competitive Advantage

Career Development

• Career Warfare! 7 Strategies for Cultivating your Career Brand and Becoming More Promotable
• Is this the Job I Ordered? Career Development Strategies for When You’re Overwhelmed with Work
• Relentless Self-Promotion Promoting Your Ideas, Your Projects and Yourself

Continuous Improvement

• Got Moxie? 9 Strategies for Taking Your Life by the Horns!
• Conquering the Clock Using Critical Time Choices to Regain Control of our Overbooked Schedules and Overloaded Lives
• Saying it So it Sticks. Crafting Savvy Content for Powerful Presentations to any Size Audience
• Encore! Encore! 10 Strategies for Becoming an Unforgettable Presenter
• Dump the New Year’s Resolutions! How to Use Actionable Goals to Drive Your Year, Your Career, Your Teams, and Yourself Forward

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