Anne Bonney

Anne Bonney is a fun, energetic international motivational keynote speaker and trainer. She is also an authority on Change Management, best-selling author of GET OVER IT!, podcast host of Igniting Courage Podcast, and an experienced leadership workshop facilitator.

Fee Range: $10,001 – $20,000

Phone: 800-328-6008

I came home one day from a fun day at second grade, and my parents sat my brother and me down.

“We’re moving to Saudi Arabia this summer.”

I listened to my parents process this with my brother, wondering what the big deal was. We had already moved 4 times in my short 7 years. I was used to packing and making new friends. I wasn’t sure what Saudi Arabia was, but from the sounds of it there was a lot of camels and sand, which was pretty cool.

They finally turned their attention to me. “What do you think, Annie?”

I looked at them, puffed up my little kid chest and said…

“I’ve got places to go and people to see.”

And that has been my philosophy ever since. After moving 27 times, attending 13 different school from K-Masters, living on 4 continents, and having 6 distinct and successful careers, change has become my comfort zone, and embracing the discomfort that comes with it has helped me lead a fun and fulfilling life.

I’ve studied the anatomy of habit and change, and our reactions to change, and thrive on igniting people’s courage to deal more effectively with change, because as Heraclitus said, “Change is the only constant in life.” So we might as well get good at it.

Speech Titles and Descriptions:

OVERCOMING THE DISCOMFORT OF CHANGE

Change is hard. Factor it all in: new ideas, organizational change, industry evolution, technology modernization and even personal changes. With all that, business (and life) can get overwhelming, especially when you’re managing people. The problem is, change ain’t going away. The only constant in business IS change, especially in today's fast-paced business environment. Having the tools to lead people through change and adapt to the challenges that transitions bring will improve your effectiveness as a leader and as an organization.

In this engaging (and fun!) virtual or live presentation, Anne Bonney, Change Management authority and author, will spark your courage with the ground-breaking concepts from her red-hot book by the same name, GET OVER IT!. You’ll have to turn up the AC for this high energy, “bring the heat” keynote. Your participants will leave armed with strategies to extinguish the burning inferno that transition has caused on your teams.

Key Takeaways

Immediately impact your culture to one of acceptance and engagement, increasing productivity
Alleviate the burden of stress that change has caused on your teams and in organization
Leaders who know how to turn change into a unifying factor of pride and accomplishment where productivity and motivation will skyrocket

CONQUERING THOSE CHALLENGING CONVERSATIONS

Having tough conversations isn't fun for anyone, and when they go wrong, relationships are damaged, and the problem that’s being addressed doesn’t get solved. This makes many leaders avoid these conversations, reducing their team’s effectiveness and their own success. Fortunately, you can quickly learn to rise in these challenging interactions so the problem will be solved, while trust and respect increase. This workshop will help you get there!

During this rapid-fire skill building (and fun!) virtual or live presentation, Change Management Authority and Communication aficionado Anne Bonney will ignite your courage for these conversations so you can have productive difficult dialogue when you need to. Empowered with the spark to start the dialogue on the right foot, you’ll also learn a structure to keep the exchange moving in a constructive direction, and she will teach you an approach for rescuing the conversation before it turns into a towering inferno! Once you put these techniques into play, motivation will crackle, collaboration will sizzle and a culture of positive accountability will blaze hot within your organization.

Key Takeaways

Immediately impact your culture to one of accountability and engagement, increasing productivity and ultimately results
Reduce problem behaviors and conflict while improving individual attitudes and team motivation
Leadership that entices people to listen and follow through

GETTING YOUR INFLUENCE: FIRING UP EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE

Emotional Intelligence (EQ) is a huge buzzword these days, and it’s a good thing, because studies have shown that it is the number one predictor of success on the job. The beauty is, it is a skill that can be improved throughout a leader's career.

In this high-energy, interactive virtual or live presentation, Change Management Authority and Leadership expert Anne Bonney lights up the concepts of EQ in a simple way. She fuels your fire with immediately applicable tactics to ignite your EQ so, as a leader, you can better develop your team and your organization. In this content-rich and engaging presentation, you will be challenged with techniques to regulate your reactions in the midst of difficult situations so your teams will want to give you their all! What follows? Goals achieved and results secured.

Key Takeaways

Uplevel your employee engagement for increased productivity and net results in times of transition
Empower your workforce to be even more competent and capable in today’s fast-paced, change-scorched business environment
Upgrade empathy and patience for improving the quality of constructive, results-oriented conversations

IGNITE YOUR TEAM: "FIRED-UP TO FOLLOW" LEADERSHIP

You need to be savvy to lead teams in today’s workplace. You’ve got different generations with varying levels of experience, cultural assumptions and the never-ending change happening in your industry, organization and team. Your best bet for success is to be the kind of leader YOUR people want to follow.

In this engaging (and fun!) virtual or live presentation, Change Management Authority Anne Bonney will ignite your leadership with skills that will heat up your team’s inspiration and performance. Teaching connection, communication and delegation to get even better output from your team; Anne will bring you rapid-fire content to reduce turnover, increase engagement and productivity directly impacting your culture so positivity and collaboration catch fire, and create an inferno of goal achievement and satisfied customers. Who doesn’t want that?

Key Takeaways

Immediately impact your culture with greater engagement, collaboration and motivation, resulting in increased productivity
Reduce “water cooler” talk that negatively influences attitudes within the workplace
Improve individual performance and reduce unwanted behaviors

IGNITING YOUR COURAGE TO EMBRACE UNKNOWNS

Life requires decisions, and each decision is fraught with unknowns. Unknowns mean risk, and risk’s co-pilot is fear! What a fun combination! Young leaders also often lack the experience that can help mitigate that fear, which can paralyze them from being as effective as they could be. Even adults allow the fear of unknowns to stop them from moving forward. That stops now!

After this engaging and energizing keynote, the young leaders will be fired up to get out there and intelligently embrace unknowns. Through fun stories and time tested knowledge from her best-selling book Get Over It! 47 Tips for Embracing the Discomfort of Change, courage igniter Anne Bonney will turn up the heat with tactics for dealing with that fear. She scorches fear myths, and sparks the desire to dive into unknowns and lead the way with strength, positivity and confidence.

Speech Topics: Change Change Management

Testimonials:

Engaging, inspiring, raw and tenacious. Anne Bonney is classy, but a little bit edgy, motivational and relatable. Her presentations (which I’ve hired her more than once) are empowering and refreshing. You just wanna be her friend.

Anora O'Connor - Executive Director, Char-Em United Way

Anne made my event GREAT! She is enthusiastic, professional and passionate! She engages the audience with laughter and fun, along with a great message. I feel like I made a new friend!

Tina Bradley - Executive Assistant and Meeting Planner at Rock Ventures LLC

Anne brings the fire every time she presents. She is smart, funny, and to the point. Anne was born to speak and have a microphone! She graciously shares her wisdom while not taking herself too seriously. Anne is relatable and has a blast doing what she was born to do!

Ramona Pleva - Chiropractor

Our organization hired Anne to speak to our youth (ages 14-23) at the annual summer conference. She was a joy to work with! She responded timely to all communications, was flexible during the planning stages, and developed a custom topic for her keynote address that fit the goals of our conference. The tagline she shared with our youth (Showing Up) resonated with the youth and was continually brought up throughout the rest of the conference by the youth. Anne's enthusiasm and kindness were contagious! Her upbeat attitude and genuine personality engaged the youth as well as the hands-on presentation activities that encouraged audience participation.

Sunshine Ratliff

Books:

GET OVER IT! 47 Tips for Embracing the Discomfort of Change.

Get THEM Over It with 57 tips for Leaders to help their Teams Embrace the Discomfort of Change.

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