Step into Your Moxie®
Speak Up and Influence
Interested in booking Darlene for a keynote or interview?
Who It’s For: Entrepreneurs, Senior Business Leaders, Managers, Sales Professionals, Female Leaders, Teens, Non-Profits, R&D, Innovation, DEI, & Other Critical Teams.
Speak Up and Influence
a 2-Day or 8-Week Experience
In Step into Your Moxie® Speak Up and Influence, participants will strengthen their inner and outer voice so that they can speak up for themselves and the ideas and issues that matter most to your company. Through a mix of coaching, training, role play, and small and full group conversation, participants will develop the mindset, skill set, and habits to boost their communication confidence so they can speak with power and impact and move people to take action whenever they speak.
By the end of this experience, participants will be able to:
• Reframe diminishing self-talk so that it supports rather than undermines communication confidence
• Harness a “Yes And” attitude and play nicely with feelings that come up when presenting ideas and navigating uncomfortable situations
• Minimize vocalized thinking and amplify speaking presence to increase credibility, likeability, and trust
• Call people to take action on ideas in low and high stakes speaking situations (i.e., team meetings, project pitches, or presentations)
• Address common pain points and personal motivators that get in the way of people taking action
• Tell stories that create connection, discovery, and buy-in for those listening
• Articulate their value and go after visibility opportunities that position them/your company as thought leaders
• Identify and begin to address potential team/company barriers to communication success
• Set and rearticulate boundaries to strengthen individual and team wellbeing
• Possess the words to take responsibility for mistakes and repair harm when it’s caused
• Live and lead into a legacy that aligns with their values
Book Darlene Hawley for your company, association or conference.
Your Next Steps
1. Submit an Interest Form
2. Schedule a Consultation
3. Level Up Your Team Communication
What people are saying
I attended a MasterTreat in Vegas. Darlene delivered a soul-stirring presentation with many golden nuggets about standing out as a business owner. Her energy is infectious, and her insights are so spot-on.
Kim Boudreau Smith,
Speaker & Author
Darlene is a masterful speaker, who combines expertise and professionalism, with compassion and real-world humanity.
Elena T.
Non-Profit Leader
Darlene spoke at an event and I related to everything she had to say. Her story and message inspired me to take a closer look at my mindset when it comes to accomplishing my goals.
Andrea Matthes,
CEO of I'mperfect Life
It was timely, interactive, motivational and was well presented. Darlene had a lot of energy and kept the audience engaged.
Bank of America HR Team
Half Day Experiences
Creativity in the Workplace: Spark Innovation and Creative Problem Solving
Through a mix of improv-inspired, experiential activities, in this playful, fully interactive half-day Step into Your Moxie® experience, participants unlock creativity, learn how to quickly generate new ideas, and develop team comradery.
Through activities that seamlessly build from low to increasingly higher exposure, participants increase their communication confidence, collaborate quickly, devise solutions to problems, and develop key improv habits such as “Yes…And” and “Make Your Partner Look Good.”
By the end of this experience, participants will be able to:
- Collaborate with team members and colleagues to identify creative ideas to real-world constraints
- Use rapid-fire prototyping to generate solutions to existing problems
- Pitch ideas with confidence, clarity, and call people to take action
- Explore relevant opportunities to bring improv practices and mindsets into the workplace
Workplace Allyship:
Show Up, Speak Up, and Center Marginalized Voices
While most organizations have policies and programs to foster diversity, equity, and inclusion, too many leaders and employees still struggle with knowing how to show up as allies for those with marginalized identities. In this super timely, half-day Step into Your Moxie® workshop, participants will explore the mindset and behaviors required to show up as an ally in the workplace. They will also practice communication strategies and prompts to make a habit of creating safety and belonging for daring, necessary conversations about identity.
By the end of this experience, participants will be able to:
• Identify key behaviors that demonstrate allyship
• Speak up on behalf of one’s self and members of marginalized groups
• Prioritize the impact of actions and behaviors over the intentions behind them
• Develop and use language to apologize for causing harm
Daring Conversations for Workplace Success
For most people, navigating conversations where there is the possibility of disagreement or conflict is uncomfortable. And yet, shifting conversations from difficult to daring is one of the most important skills an employee/entrepreneur can possess. Employees/entrepreneurs who make a habit of facilitating daring conversations create and sustain better relationships, engender more trust, are better able to manage stress, and prevent resentment and burnout. In this half-day Step into Your Moxie® workshop, participants will develop the self-awareness and tools to avoid staying silent, ruminating, or winging high-stakes conversations.
By the end of this experience, participants will be able to:
• Hold space for uncomfortable thoughts, feelings, and sensations that arise during daring conversations
• Create psychological safety for daring conversations to be successful
• Show up to daring conversations ready to speak up and listen
• Use role play as a tool to prepare for future daring conversations
The Art of Persuasive Communication
Through a mix of experiential activities, practical training, role play, and self-reflection, in this half-day Step into Your Moxie® workshop, participants cultivate the confidence, strategy, and communication skills to be dynamic persuasive communicators. They develop the ability to manage fear and self-defeating thoughts connected to persuasive communication, and they learn how to address impromptu challenges by staying flexible, listener-centered, and on message.
By the end of this experience, participants will be able to:
• Use words, phrases, and gestures that heighten persuasiveness
• Engage in self-talk that supports moving people to take action
• Discover an archetype to make heart-centered, high-impact communication a habit
• Overcome people’s resistance to taking action by speaking to their pain points and personal motivators
Find Your Voice as a Thought Leader
In this half-day Step into Your Moxie® workshop, participants will develop the confidence, clarity, and charisma to speak up as thought leaders – on behalf of themselves and their companies. They will develop their speaking presence, practice communicating in front of an audience, and develop a “yes and” attitude toward visibility opportunities.
By the end of this experience, participants will be able to:
• Identify and unapologetically communicate their expertise
• Explore potential opportunities for thought leadership
• Advocate for themselves and the ideas they want to be known for
• Bring their personality and “secret sauce” into their communication
Speaking Up: The Pathway to Well-Being
Employee stress is one of the greatest financial and human capital costs that companies face, and it’s also one of the most preventable. When employees possess the mindset, confidence, and communication skills to advocate for their wellbeing, they not only feel better, statistically, they also perform better. In this half-day Step into Your Moxie® workshop, participants will explore individual and cultural barriers to their wellness and explore how to create and articulate boundaries to get their needs met.
By the end of this experience, participants will be able to:
• Assess their well-being in key areas related to wellness
• Explore how to engage in self-talk that heightens resilience
• Create boundaries to reduce stress and increase capacity for productivity and high performance
• Speak from a place of power (versus entitlement) when asking for support
Activate Your Authentic Business Voice
As an ambitious coach or entrepreneurs who wants to make an impact in the world, it’s vital that you have a clear, compelling message so that prospective clients are clear that they need your support and see you as the person that can help them. When we doubt our authentic voice and stay stuck and small, our message isn’t heard. We don’t have a consistent pipeline of our clients, and this diminishes our business success.
If you’re anything like most coaches and entrepreneurs, you likely are studying what others in your space are doing – trying to adapt your marketing and message to what you think is working for them. But what if watching how everyone else is running their businesses is a huge part of the problem?
It’s time to trust your own voice so that you can tell powerful stories, create messaging that resonates with others, communicate your value to prospects, and sign more of your dream clients.
By the end of this 90 minute interactive workshop, audience members will be able to:
- Illuminate the three key components of a profitable online business so they can finally start attracting more clients and make consistent money
- Stop comparisonitis, reclaim their voice, and start showing up as their true, authentic selves
- Explore how using stories in their messaging allows them to connect at a deeper level and build likeability and trust
- Craft a message and brand that highlights the value they bring to the world so dream clients want to work with them
