Speaking Topics

Amy helps audiences cut through complexity, make better decisions, and take more intentional action – so they can create greater impact.

Simplify for Impact: Do Less, Matter More^TM

More priorities. More opportunities. More ideas. More meetings. More initiatives. More things competing for your time and attention.

We’ve somehow come to believe that doing more leads to achieving more. But what if all that “more” is actually getting in the way of the impact you really want to create?

When everything feels important, it’s easy to spread your time, attention and resources too thin. You get busier, but not necessarily more effective. The answer isn’t always to work harder or add more. Sometimes the answer is to get clear about what matters most, eliminate what doesn’t matter, and focus your people and resources where they can make the greatest difference.

In this informative and interactive session, you’ll:

• Get clear about the impact you really want to create and what matters most
• Identify what may be getting in the way or diluting your impact
• Explore what you can stop, simplify or do differently
• Focus your time, energy and resources on the work that matters most
• Identify your next meaningful actions to move forward

Isn’t it time to focus on what DOES really matter and do less of what doesn’t?

Decide: Then Make It Right^TM

Do you get overwhelmed by making decisions? Do you put off decisions that feel too hard? Or make a decision—and then keep questioning whether you made the right one?

You’re not alone. With more choices, more information and more uncertainty, it’s easy to get stuck trying to make the perfect decision. But indecision has a cost. It drains time and energy, slows progress and keeps you focused on the decision instead of what you need to be doing next.

What if you stopped putting so much pressure on making the “right” decision? Decide. Then Make It Right. shifts the focus from certainty to action. Get clear about what matters, make the best decision you can with the information you have, and then put your energy into making that decision work.

In this informative and interactive session, you’ll:

• Recognize the cost of indecision—to you, your team and your organization
• Identify common mistakes that keep you stuck in the cycle of indecision
• Explore practical shifts and tools to make decisions faster and with greater confidence
• Get clear about what matters most when making difficult decisions
• Learn how to stop second-guessing and put your energy into making your decision work

Isn’t it time to spend less time deciding—and more time making your decisions work?

Quit Making It So Hard: Get Out of Your Own Way

Do you ever make things harder than they need to be? Overthink what to do next? Overcomplicate something that should be simple? Or keep doing something a certain way simply because that’s the way you’ve always done it?

We all do it. We get stuck in old habits, assumptions and expectations. We try to do too much, wait for the perfect answer, hold ourselves to unrealistic standards—or become so focused on how we think something should happen that we miss an easier or better way forward.

The good news? Sometimes the biggest obstacles are also the ones we have the most power to change. Quit Making It So Hard helps you recognize what’s really getting in your way, challenge the thinking and behaviors that keep you stuck, and find simpler ways to move forward and achieve what really matters.

In this informative and interactive session, you’ll:

• Recognize where you may be making things harder than they need to be
• Identify habits, assumptions and expectations that may be getting in your way
• Challenge the thinking and behaviors that keep you stuck
• Discover practical ways to get out of your own way
• Identify what you can do differently starting today

What could you accomplish if you quit making it so hard?

Maximize Your Impact: Make Your Work Matter

Everything you say and do has a positive, negative or neutral impact. And that impact often creates a ripple effect far beyond you. In other words, what you do matters – a lot!

So, when was the last time you stopped to think about the impact you’re making—and the impact you want to be making?

Chances are you’re more focused on getting things done, meeting deadlines, solving problems and handling the day-to-day demands of your work. But when we get so focused on what we’re doing, it’s easy to lose sight of why we’re doing it and the difference we want to make.

Maximize Your Impact gives you an opportunity to pause, get clear about the impact you want to create, and make more intentional choices about how you show up, what you focus on and the work you do.

In this informative and interactive session, you’ll:

• Recognize the impact your words, decisions and actions have on others
• Get clear about the impact you want to make through your work
• Identify where your current actions are—or aren’t—aligned with that impact
• Explore simple ways to increase your positive impact
• Create a practical action plan to make your work matter even more

What impact are you creating—and is it the impact you really want to make?