Rebecca Shambaugh

Internationally recognized leadership expert, author, and keynote speaker

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Leading and Tapping into Your Resilience:

During Times of Crisis and Change

We are living in times of uncertainty at work, within our communities, and families. This calls for being resilient in order to adapt to changing work structures, manage emotions, optimize our time, mobilize greater levels of energy, and foster supportive relationships. Rebecca will present on important behaviors, tools, and practices that can immediately be applied back to attendees work environment. 

Key Takeaways:

  • Define Resilience and Its Relevance in Today’s New World of Work
  • Activate a Positive Mindset – Examine and Reprogram Sabotaging Narratives
  • Manage Cognitive Overload – Focus on the Urgent, Not Urgent Tools
  • Know and Manage Boundaries
  • Leveraging Diversity – Cultivate and Tap into a Wider Range of Responsibilities
  • Master the Moment for Being Present and Mindful

It’s Not a Glass Ceiling, It’s a Sticky Floor:

Get Unstuck, Reach Your Potential, and Take the Lead!

Rebecca inspires audiences and provides a guide for women to free themselves from the “sticky floors”—hidden behaviors—that sabotage their career success and tap into their unique strengths that will unleash their potential and thrive. In this insightful and thought provoking keynote, Rebecca shares her compelling stories from coaching hundreds of leaders, practical techniques, and strategies that are known to empower women to get unstuck, take the lead, and champion their highest potential for influencing others and thriving in their career.

Key Takeaways:

  • Why Women: The Perfect Storm for Women Leaders
  • The Time Is Now for Balanced Leadership: The Perfect Storm for Women Leaders
  • Don’t Let a Sticky Floor Hold You Back: Examine and Reprogram Self-Limiting Beliefs
  • Be the Architect of Your Own Career: Have a Vision, Have No Fear, Take the Lead!
  • Form and Tap into Your Own Board of Directors
  • Make Your Words Count: Be Visible – Have a Voice and Influence Others
  • Capitalize on Your Political Savvy and Social Intelligence
  • Know Your Value – Ask for What You Want

Best Practices for Remote Inclusion:

We Are Better Together

Today’s new normal for organizations requires their employees to work remotely now and for the unforeseen future. In times of crisis and change it will be critical for organizations to have the capacity to make critical decisions and ignite creative and innovative ideas. This calls for an engaged workforce that feels a part of a mission and are fully engaged and valued for their unique perspectives and talents which at the very core requires an inclusive environment. 

Key Takeaways:

  • “Why” and “How” for Diversity and Inclusion: How Both Play a Critical Role for Leading Your Organization and Team Through Crisis and Change
  • Equalize the Playing Field at Work and Home
  • Activate Diversity – Cultivate and Tap into a Broader Range of Cognitive Thinking
  • Open Up the Virtual Space – Read the Cues to Fully Engage Your Audience
  • Transparency Matters: Practice the 3 R’s for Effective and Intentional Communications

Mastering the Art and Science of Executive Presence:

The “Why”, “What”, and “How” for Leaders to Tap into the Ideal Presence

Executive presence remains at the top of the list of how executives are evaluated. Recent studies indicate that executive presence counts for 26% of what it takes to influence others and to ascend to greater levels of leadership. Rebecca will bring to life real world coaching examples, tools, and practices that have helped hundreds of leaders and executives tap into the ideal presence that allows them to be more intentional, credible, and prepared to effectively lead in challenging interactions and dynamics.

Key Takeaways:

  • Learn How Your Executive Presence Ties into Your Unique Qualities as a Leader
  • Cracking the Myth on Organizational Power: Creating Your Power Through Executive Presence
  • Showing Up Strategically and Leading with a Strong Executive Voice
  • Being an Emotionally Intelligent Leader for Building Inclusive and Trusting Relationships
  • Engaging in Pressured Situations and Recovering Quickly
  • Knowing How to Command the Room and Gain the Respect of Others
  • Effectively Engaging in the “Difficult” Conversation
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What People Are Saying About Rebecca Shambaugh

Rebecca’s keynote for the Forté Foundation’s conference made me really think about the importance of having a personal brand. Her words, guidance and personal stories were so inspiring for creating and getting my brand out to the right people. — Director, American Chamber of Commerce

I have had the pleasure of working with Becky for nearly 10 years, at two different top institutions of higher education. Her message of empowerment and enlightenment resonates coast to coast, with corporate and public sector audiences alike. Most recently, I partnered with SHAMBAUGH Leadership to keynote our UC Berkeley Woman’s Initiative. It was a spectacular day, in no small part because of the learning she shared. — CLO and Director of L&D, UC Berkeley

Rebecca’s keynote address was inspiring and extremely well received, it resonated with the attendees. I have received an overwhelming amount of response, positive I must say, regarding her keynote address. — Executive Vice President, MedImmune

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Make Room For Her

What both men and women and the organizations can do to foster a better balance of leadership perspective
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Have you ever felt “stuck” in your career—thought you’d hit the “glass ceiling?” Rebecca Shambaugh speaks at TEDx: It’s Not a Glass Ceiling, It’s a Sticky Floor

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