Wander Woman

Keynote Descriptions (references below) —

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Keynote #1. Understanding and Feeding the Spirit of the Strong, Smart Woman

(alternate title: Wander Woman: How High Achieving Women Find Contentment and Direction)

Today’s strong businesswomen seek to realize their highest potential yet the pursuit often leaves them feeling more exhausted than proud. There is always more to be done and greater challenges to be met. They are smart, confident and assertive yet plagued by a restless agitation that keeps them from sitting still.

In this presentation, Dr. Reynolds will discuss the research that led her to write Wander Woman. She will present both the “light and the dark sides” of being a high-achiever today. Then she will share a few powerful exercises and coaching questions that will help the participants see themselves and their dilemmas more clearly, which opens up options for more personal growth and satisfaction.

What you will learn:

• Is this you? What characterizes a “wander woman” and why this is a growing phenomenon around the world.
• The 5 factors that drive you to be a top performer but could hinder your personal development.
• The important questions you should answer to free yourself from your mental blocks.
• How to develop your “selves concept” to enrich your communications and relationships.
• Case studies, exercises and coaching questions to help you enjoy your life as well as your accomplishments.

This presentation will help smart, strong driven women learn how to release their “burden of greatness” while maintaining their passion and drive.

Keynote #2. Outsmart Your Brain − How to Use Your Power of Commitment to Stop the Noise

No matter how smart you are, your brain still seems to get the best of you when you are under pressure, irritated, surprised or just plain busy. Your brain has a mind of its own. Yet you can outsmart your brain and make more powerful choices if you know how your brain works. You can ease your tension, settle arguments and release frustrations with family members, friends and colleagues with your knowledge of the brain.

This program will help you understand and even laugh at how your brain works so you can consciously choose how to commit your time, your mind and your heart.

During this presentation, you will learn:

• How to shift into an “optimal productive state” where you can tell your brain what to do.
• How your brain works and what’s really driving your thoughts and behavior.
• How to determine what you are committed to then choose which commitments most empower you,
• How to clear your mind so you can make better decisions and getthe results you want.

Your brain could be keeping you from feeling meaning in your work and joy in your life. Don’t let it! Hire Dr. Reynolds to help you outsmart your brain.

Keynote #3. Wander Woman – How to Retain Your Best Female Talent When the Economy Turns Around

Are your high-achievers “cocooning” at work, just waiting for the economy to turn around before they jump ship?

According to Joyce Gioia, Strategic Business Futurist, at least 54 percent of today’s employees are ready to change jobs. The percentage of top performers eagerly waiting to leap is even higher. Add to these numbers the fact that women change jobs more frequently than men, it’s likely that many of the high-achieving women in your organizations (or maybe you!) are teetering on the edge, impatiently waiting for the growing economy to provide new openings for their amazing talent.

One of the major complaints of top talent women is the feeling of not being understood. They feel as if their managers don’t understand their needs and their peers don’t understand their passion and commitment. They are labeled competitive, insensitive and impatient. What people are seeing is the dark side of their strengths. If these women can come to understand themselves, they can learn to channel their energy more productively and make more conscious choices about their future. They may even choose to stay and apply their best selves to your organization.

By attending this session, you will learn:

• What high-achieving women need to be satisfied on the job and how organizations can meet these needs so they retain, grow and promote their top-talent women.
• The 5 factors that drive these women to be top performers but also stunt their growth.
• The 5 mental blocks that keep these women locked in their frustration and restlessness.
• Specific case studies of women who learned how to maximize their career development within their organizations instead of leaving.
• Exercises and coaching questions to help the women “strategize their wandering” and enjoy their amazing lives as well as their accomplishments.

Hire Dr. Reynolds help you discover new ways of retaining and inspiring your top talent women.

Keynote #4. Changing Minds: Five ways to make desired changes ’stick.’

Here’s the scenario: we make a change, it lasts for a while, then we go back to our old behavior either feeling angry, ashamed, or disheartened. What most people don’t realize is that in the brain, there is a difference between deciding to make a change and actually rewiring the brain to make the change permanent. Even mustering large doses of willpower can fail over time; you can’t force your brain to change. However, you can convince your brain to change if you follow a few vital steps. These steps are simpler than you think. In this session, you will learn how to:

• Determine the optimal emotional state for change and how to shift into this state at will.
• Design a plan for convincing your brain to alter your wiring.
• Enlist a community of support to help keep the momentum going. Identify who should and who should not be in that community.
• Discover what drives your sense of purpose and passion, two essential elements of sustainable change. You will find your own personal drivers since these differ for everyone.

You can make change sustainable. Don’t give up on your dreams. Hire Dr. Reynolds to help you change your mind forever.

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