Gretchen Hydo

Your personal brand is more than your job title or resume. It’s the sum of how you communicate, lead meetings, contribute in high-stakes conversations, write emails, show up online and how others feel when you walk into a room. In high-performance environments, perception shapes opportunity. According to LinkedIn, 82% of hiring managers say a strong personal brand directly influences who they promote. Yet most professionals spend their careers hoping their work will speak for itself, while their visibility, influence, and upward mobility stagnate.

This high-impact session gives participants a real-time audit of their current brand, helps them clarify the image they want to project, and guides them to create a bold, next-level Power Statement. They'll leave with practical tools they can use immediately to show up with intention, in meetings, performance reviews, networking, and leadership opportunities.

Do you know what you value?
Our values are our personal set of operating life principles that hold keys to our happiness, satisfaction, and life purpose. They influence our reactions, feelings, and behavior. They also are the pair of glasses that we put on every day to view the world.

Living in alignment with our core values help us feel energized, confident, and optimistic. During this talk, Gretchen Hydo will help us determine our values so that we can get more in alignment with how we spend our time and resources while keeping ourselves out of long-term situations that create havoc for us.
You will:
• Define your values and operating life principles
• Gain insight on how to live in alignment with them
• Learn more about who you are and what motivates you as a person

Most executives are promoted because they deliver results—not because they know how to develop people. But as teams grow and organizations scale, the true differentiator isn’t what a leader can do—it’s who they

can develop. Too many leaders are still managing when they should be coaching. According to a 2023 McKinsey study, companies with strong coaching cultures see 39% stronger engagement and 46% better

performance outcomes—yet fewer than 35% of executives feel confident in their ability to coach. Why? Because coaching isn’t instinctual. It’s a skill—and most leaders were never taught how.

This session gives executives the tools to make that shift. They’ll learn how to coach in real time, empower others to lead, and create a culture of ownership that scales. Whether they’re facing stalled development,

burnout, or a bench that’s not ready to step up, this talk offers a proven framework to stop managing tasks—and start building leaders.

Every day, professionals are asked, “So, what do you do?”—and most waste the moment. Research shows
you have just 7 seconds to make a first impression, yet too often the response is vague, uninspiring, or
forgettable. The result? Missed promotions, stalled careers, overlooked leadership potential, and lost business opportunities.

This high-impact workshop equips professionals with the tools to turn that everyday question into a career-defining opportunity. Using the art of storytelling, participants will learn how to communicate their value with
clarity, confidence, and credibility, whether they’re networking, pitching ideas, interviewing, or representing their company.

When teams struggle, it’s rarely about talent or strategy, it’s about misalignment between people. Most workplace conflict (up to 80%) stems from personality clashes, not policies. It shows up in tension-filled meetings, misread emails, and top performers quietly disengaging. These breakdowns erode trust, drain morale, and stall momentum. Without a shared understanding of communication styles, even high-performing teams can find themselves stuck in conflict instead of collaboration.

DISC changes that. It’s not just a personality tool, it’s a strategic framework for reducing friction and improving collaboration. By helping individuals understand their own style and how to flex for others, DISC equips teams to build trust, defuse tension, and deliver results. Teams that use DISC report 58% better collaboration and 76% higher engagement. If you want people to work better together, don’t change the people, change the way they understand each other.

Your top female talent is burning out and no one’s talking about it. According to McKinsey, 66% of women in leadership roles report feeling burned out, and 43% say their success feels meaningless. Behind the drive, polish, and high performance are women who are disconnected from themselves and quietly questioning: Is this really it?

This keynote is a wake-up call for organizations serious about retaining, developing, and empowering their women leaders. Through a proprietary framework, participants will confront the outdated conditioning that
stifles confidence, fuels overwork and leads to silent exits. They’ll walk away with renewed clarity, ownership of their leadership identity, and actionable tools to lead from a place of power, not performance.

Each year, over 71,000 coaches complete certification programs (ICF, 2023), yet most never learn how to turn their training into profitable, organizational work. The gap is clear: individuals seek transformation, but companies invest in leadership development, measurable outcomes, and scalable solutions.

Most coaches use the same pricing and packaging for both, leaving them undercharging or overlooked by corporate buyers. This session changes that. You’ll learn how to price confidently, package your services for organizational contracts, and position yourself as the solution HR and executives need. Walk away with a roadmap to move beyond “life coach” pricing and into high-value corporate engagements.