Would results improve if your people were:

More resilient?

More adaptable?

More resourceful?

More positive?

Ten years ago Anne Barab accepted her calling to become a motivational speaker and has been entertaining and inspiring audiences world-wide ever since.  She is rumored to be the lost love child of Mark Twain and Lucille Ball for her wit and wisdom.  Her richly interesting programs teach people how to craft resilient, robust, juicy lives of significance with a core message that helps people learn how to:

Balance work, home, and relationships;

Thrive in times of change;

Put stress in the past tense;

Think like a leader.

People learn better when they are highly engaged so Anne’s presentations generally adhere to the following format:

30% content points

20% audience interaction to facilitate personal learning

45% humor and stories to illustrate points

5% strong call to action with commitment cards to reinforce behavior change

When presenting the opening keynote at a conference, Anne guarantees that attendees will be energized to learn and grow throughout the rest of the convention. 

In a corporate setting, she promises the following outcomes:

Improved professional and personal adaptive skills

Improved teamwork skills

Increased creativity, productivity and problem solving

Improved organizational efficiency

Anne is one of the few female speakers today qualified to address executives on the topic of leadership.  After a 17-year career implementing process improvements in financial services industries, she busted the glass ceiling to become the first female Chief Operating Officer of a $1 billion mortgage bank and subsequently saved it from bankruptcy.

Along the way, Anne branched out into public policy-making as an elected official when she served three terms on the board of a large school district in Dallas, Texas.  Her very diverse district was named one of the Top 100 school districts in the nation in a study conducted by The Wall Street Journal.  She earned the Master Trustee designation from the Texas Association of School Boards leadership program and completed over 450 hours of board training.

She is only the 11th woman in the world to achieve Toastmasters Accredited Speaker designation.  In 2007 she was the first Toastmaster in over 25 years to give a main platform keynote at a Toastmaster International convention. 

In her personal life Anne has walked her talk.  She’s been married 37 years to the same engineer, raised three children who are successfully paying taxes, is a breast cancer survivor and was voted Best-Smelling Mom by her son’s first grade.

Her audience’s favorite programs are:

I Had a Life Plan, but the Magnet Fell off the Fridge

Family doesn’t want us to bring work home and employers don’t want us to bring home to work.  What’s a person to do?  Resilient, robust, juicy living means slurping up the wisdom inherent in your life journey.  In this richly interesting and inspiring keynote, Anne helps you laugh and learn about how to:

Encourage a positive mindset

Apply the secrets of adapting to change

Create more energy and fun in your life

This keynote is the perfect opening for any conference or meeting.  It will jump-start your people to learn, change and grow.

Even Bald Guys Can Have a Bad Hair Day

Stress is a natural part of life, but left unchecked it can lead to poor job performance, health problems, and broken relationships.  With a resilient mindset you can do more than just survive, you can thrive on pressure.  In this program you will learn how to:

Reality-check your expectations

Cultivate better responses to change

Stop personal sabotage

Nurture excellence in your professional and personal life

Following Anne’s keynote, this program is an inspired breakout session

You Can’t Make Me Change Anything But My Underwear!

Do you have to get along with difficult people?  Well, let’s face it, they aren’t going away.  These people can be your peers, your subordinates, your boss, possibly even your spouse or crotchety old Aunt Edna.  You can get crabby waiting for them to change, or you can change your mindset so these roadblocks become members of your personal success team!  Learn how to:

Listen with your heart

Ask quality questions that help people grow

Handle confrontational situations with grace

Motivate people to strive for personal excellence

An excellent workshop for customer service, emerging leaders and team building