Holly Duckworth

At the 24/7/365 pace of life today do you feel your organization is spinning out of control?  Do you ever wish rebooting your organization was as simple as hitting CTRL Alt Delete?  In this session you learn simple strategies to build the future of your organization.

CTRL:  Tips to learn how to let go of your need to control

ALT:  Look for alternate solutions to common problems such as lack of leadership, funding and resources

Delete:  Now is the time delete all you thought about how your organization works and create a new future.

If you are overwhelmed as a CEO, Executive Director or manager take an hour to slow down and gain simple strategies that will reboot and redirect your organization to meet it’s vision and mission now.

This session as promoted and delivered to Citrix Gotomeeting & Forbes Magazine in 2012

What do Google, Aetna, SAP, the NFL, and your business have in common? Stress. The American Psychological Association reports stress levels have risen 34% since 2015. Technology has blurred the lines between work life and home life. It is becoming less cool to be stressed out. If Richard Branson, Oprah, Arianna Huffington and more key executive leaders are making time for mindfulness, why aren’t you? Stop the excuses. This session will cover the economics of mindfulness research, key schools for mindfulness, and it impacts personally and professionally. Mindfulness as a  leader means money.  In this session, you will learn out how to go within to get your share.

Key Takeaways:

• Define what it is to do mindfulness and become mindful in your life and how that practice transforms your association.
• Expand your knowledge on mindfulness practices & implementation strategies from companies large and small
• Apply mindfulness techniques to your association strategic plan, spending plan and daily activities.
• Assess and choose one way you will live mindfulness as an association leader today.

Session Offered in 60-75 minute sessions

TedTalk Style 15-17 minutes available upon request

It is said, “May you live in interesting times.”  They said it would never happen; the Cubs win the World Series, Donald Trump President, and Brexit.  We are the people and we live in those interesting times.

Systems we have always believed in are breaking down.  Newness is emerging.  Do you want to be in resistance or re-evolution. Join this conversational keynote for a curated conversation on the evolution of change in business past, present and future.  Holly will share statistics, research and scientific theory on the evolution of consciousness for business and life.

Key Takeaways:

• Identify one area of leadership you need to chart a new course in for your association or company
• Examine your beliefs on the project
• Employ Holly’s three strategies to move from asleep on this change to awake and action
• Design a plan to inspire and educate your team on the one next right action.

Session 60-90 minutes

Have you ever had a moment you wanted to say or do something and you held back the real you?  Have you experienced a moment when you disagreed with someone and simply stood by silent because it was easier than being the real you.  We all have.  It is human nature.  From the time we head off to school we hear from people of authority, “Don’t say that.” “You can’t-do that” we are acculturated to the rights and wrongs of who we are to be and to become in the world.

While we live in interesting times as humans both seeking approval and trying to rebel from authority our thoughts on being different are shifting.  As the consciousness of our planet continues to shift from a me, me, me world to a we, we, we world we are learning that to be fully happy and present we must become more of yourself.  Candidly we are all exhausted trying to change to fit someone else’s mold.  I love the work of Sally Hogshead, who says” Don’t change who you are to fit the world.  Be more of you.”

The key to successful living, as our conscious society evolves, is to define success by your definition. Do not let TV, magazines, social media or peers define your success.

In this session you will:

• Distinguish the difference between being and doing in a professional setting and how being is the most powerful change agent
• Write 3 affirmations as seeds of what you want to create for your self or your organization
• Practice accepting what is and believing in what can be
• Discover how your inner consciousness is the mirror of your outer leadership experiences

**This session has an ongoing 30-day gamification offering for those who wish to dive deeper into exploring full leadership and living.

Session 60-90 minutes

A SpiritStrategy business is lead by a professional looking to bring the woo woo and the wow together. He/she has tried traditional business planning, staff evaluations and project management. None it worked 100% effectively. This course invites leaders to learn more about the art and science of mindfulness and meditation and why and how to apply it to business. You will experience the benefits of meditation and apply it to the workplace.

• Discuss the connection between your mind and intuition
• Schedule meditation as a practice
• Use meditation to gain clarity on one business initiative you are moving forward in your company
• Measure how your mindfulness practice lowers stress and increases clarity in your work life.

Women currently hold 22 (4.4%) of CEO positions at S&P 500 companies. You do not have to look far to know in the US nearly 40% of MBA graduates are women, and 40% of managers. We are catching up in education and workforce participation. So why are we not taking our seats in the corporate boardroom and the C-suite?  In 2007 the Dalai Lama said at the World Peace Conference “Western women will change the world.”  Now is the time to own our power and take mindful action.

No matter if you aspire to the C-Suite in your company, head the PTA or other community organization.  In this session, we will explore both the data and the decision to step into the C-suite.  You will walk away

• Recognizing the truth about how blended board rooms result in higher profits
• Learn the one thing Fortune magazine says every woman must have to get her seat at the table
• Discover and discuss what you believe about being in the C-Suite and how that helps or hinders your success
• Formulate and visualize your path to navigating the C-Suite

Session 60-90 minutes