Inspire Your Leaders.
Transform Your Culture.
Achieve Unprecedented Organizational Resilience
Christy Rutherford delivers powerful, actionable keynotes that equip your leadership teams with the emotional intelligence to navigate complex challenges, resolve conflict, and drive sustainable growth.
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Why Christy Rutherford is the Speaker Your Organization Needs
Beyond Motivation: Delivering Tangible Strategies for Corporate Excellence
In an era defined by rapid change and increasing workplace complexity, your organization needs more than just inspiration; it needs actionable strategies for sustainable success. Christy Rutherford, a Harvard Business School alumna, Certified Executive Leadership Coach, and former Commander in the U.S. Coast Guard, brings a unique blend of strategic insight, leadership experience, and a proprietary methodology to every stage. She doesn't just speak about emotional intelligence; she reveals the foundational principles that unlock it, addressing the root causes of workplace dysfunction.
Her keynotes are designed to resonate deeply with high-achieving professionals, providing them with a breakthrough understanding of how unresolved personal patterns (Trauma Defaults®) impact their leadership, team dynamics, and organizational culture. This leads to:
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Reduced Workplace Conflict: By understanding and managing personal triggers, leaders become less reactive and more adept at fostering harmonious team environments.
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Enhanced Decision-Making: Improved emotional regulation and cognitive function enable leaders to make rational, strategic decisions even under immense pressure.
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Increased Employee Engagement & Retention: Leaders equipped with authentic emotional intelligence create psychologically safe and productive workplaces where top talent thrives and chooses to stay.
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Boosted Productivity & Innovation: When leaders and teams are free from the draining cycles of burnout and conflict, their capacity for focus, creativity, and high performance soars.
Keynote Topics: Empowering Your Team for the Future
Engaging. Insightful. Transformative. Choose a Topic Tailored to Your Organizational Goals (custom keynotes and training also available)
Christy Rutherford offers a range of dynamic keynote presentations, each customized to address your organization's specific needs and challenges. Popular topics include:
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Unlocking Authentic Emotional Intelligence in Leadership: The Trauma Default® Advantage - Explore how addressing unconscious patterns is the true pathway to profound self-awareness, self-regulation, and empathetic leadership, crucial for today's complex corporate environment.
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Beyond Burnout: Building Resilient Leaders & Teams - Discover the root causes of executive burnout and learn proprietary strategies to prevent it, ensuring sustained high performance and mental well-being across your organization.
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Navigating Conflict with Clarity: The EQ-Driven Approach to Workplace Harmony - Equip your leaders with the tools to de-escalate tensions, foster constructive dialogue, and transform incivility into collaboration.
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The Hidden ROI of Emotional Well-being: Why Investing in Your Leaders' Inner World Pays Dividends - A compelling case for how resolving personal trauma directly impacts productivity, retention, and the bottom line.
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From Imposter to Impact: Empowering Your High-Achievers to Own Their Value - Address the pervasive challenge of Imposter Syndrome by revealing its roots and providing a clear path to authentic confidence and leadership presence.
Impactful Results for Organizations: A Strategic Investment
See the Measurable Difference: Real-World Outcomes from Christy Rutherford's Engagements.
Organizations that partner with Christy Rutherford consistently report significant improvements:
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Increased Talent Retention: Leaders who applied the Trauma Default® principles reported a 70% reduction in team members considering leaving their jobs, fostering stability and reducing recruitment costs.
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Enhanced Productivity & Engagement: Our methodologies have successfully pulled 200 leaders out of the critical and advanced stages of burnout, restoring their vitality, focus, and capacity for high performance, directly impacting team output.
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Reduced Absenteeism & Healthcare Costs: By alleviating stress-related illnesses for 36 leaders (including high blood pressure, diabetes, lupus, fibroids, anxiety, depression, etc.), organizations experienced fewer sick days and a healthier workforce.
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Improved Workplace Harmony: The profound personal transformation fostered by the Trauma Default® System has a ripple effect, leading to more cohesive teams and a significant reduction in internal conflict.
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Strategic Decision-Making: Leaders become less triggered and more capable of making rational, clear-headed decisions in stressful, challenging times, enabling the organization to seize financial opportunities and navigate crises effectively.
What Event Planners and Audiences Are Saying...
Fidji Simo, Head of the Facebook App
It was such a joy to hear all of your insights. The team had really excellent feedback on the session so it really landed. Thank you so much again for doing this.
Rebecca Roper, UPS
Part of our mission is to connect our participants to positive, professional, and empowered role models. Christy was just that! Her message was inspiring, powerful, and fun. I received feedback like, 'She was so funny. The best speaker we've had!' and 'I can't put her book down!' Today's meeting was just the reminder that many of us needed that our self-care is important and deserves our time.
Dr. Joan Reede, Harvard Medical School
Our attendees enjoyed Christy's workshop. The participants left feeling uplifted, empowered, inspired, and motivated. One participant said, "This was a fun session that challenged you to be bold in the negotiation process with an emphasis on knowing your value and advocating for it.
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Partner with Christy Rutherford to deliver a keynote that will not only inspire but also provide your leaders with a groundbreaking framework for authentic emotional intelligence and sustainable success. Her insights are critical for any organization committed to fostering a resilient, high-performing, and harmonious workplace. fill out the booking form.
