Programs

Keynotes and Masterclasses available in 45 minute up to half day sessions in person

and virtual

Reinventing Sales to Increase Your

Dollars Per Minute™ 

What is Keynote About?

This keynote is designed to increase revenue. It equips sales leaders and teams to sharpen execution, elevate performance, and respond strategically to disruption. Using Carolyn Strauss’s Dollars Per Minute™ framework, participants gain practical tools to perform under pressure, eliminate time waste, and convert attention into measurable business results.

When pressure rises, most teams tighten up or lose focus. Carolyn Strauss built and scaled her own brand to $160 million in live national television sales, where every minute was measured and performance determined survival. In this high-energy keynote, she reveals the Stay Above the Line mindset and the Dollars Per Minute™ playbook so sales leaders can optimize every minute, strengthen buyer conversations, and deliver results that consistently stay above the line.

Blending human intelligence with the disciplined use of artificial intelligence, Carolyn shows organizations how to compete and win in high-stakes business environments. Participants leave knowing how to position their offerings so buyers desperately want to work with them and say yes with confidence.

*(This keynote or masterclass will be customized to reflect the theme and strategic priorities of your conference or meeting.)

What Will Sales Teams Learn in This Keynote?

• How to perform under pressure by combining human instinct with AI-assisted insight
• How to optimize every minute using the Dollars Per Minute™ 5F framework
• How to eliminate time-wasting behaviors that reduce sales performance
• How to maintain buyer attention and increase conversion in high-stakes environments
• How to respond to disruption without losing momentum

Reinventing Leadership; How to Make You and Your

Company Irresistible*

What is Keynote About?

This leadership development keynote helps executives and senior teams strengthen influence, elevate decision-making, and build organizations that customers, employees, and partners actively choose. Designed for leaders navigating constant disruption, it equips participants with practical tools to increase strategic clarity, strengthen executive presence, and lead in a way that inspires loyalty and measurable results.

How do you make buyers desperately want to work with you or say yes to what you are offering?

Carolyn Strauss built and scaled her own brand to $160 million in live national television sales, turning passive viewers into engaged buyers and first-time customers into loyal advocates. As a CEO, designer, and on-air talent for the Home Shopping Network, she learned how influence, clarity, and positioning drive performance at scale.

In this high-energy keynote, Carolyn translates those lessons into a practical leadership framework executives can apply immediately. Leaders learn how to:

• Increase executive presence in high-stakes conversations
• Communicate ideas so they resonate and move people to action
• Activate the brain’s decision-making center to reduce resistance
• Build cultures that attract and retain top talent
• Position their organization as the obvious choice in competitive markets

Participants also complete Carolyn’s proprietary Irresistibility Index™, providing immediate insight into how compelling their leadership and strategic positioning truly are and where to focus next.

Who is this Leadership Keynote For?

Designed for executive teams, leadership retreats, and corporate leadership development programs.

This keynote is ideal for:

• CEOs and executive teams navigating disruption and strategic reinvention
• Senior leaders responsible for culture, performance, and revenue growth
• High-potential leaders preparing for expanded influence and responsibility
• Organizations investing in executive presence and leadership development
• Companies seeking stronger alignment between strategy, sales, and execution

*(This keynote / masterclass will be designed and titled to reflect the theme of your conference / meeting.)

Reinventing Execution:
Get Work Done Without Killing Your People

 In this day of AI getting work done, as a leader or manager, you request projects and outcomes; but what comes back is surprisingly not what you intended and not what you asked for. Your team is clear as to who is responsible for what but they feel an unbalanced workload. Your people use lists to get tasks done but the distinction between a project list and a task list has people wasting time. Your time and thiers…and imagine another year goes by with things moving as fast as they are, is what you are getting good enough?

Execution is not what you think. The key to effective execution lies in preparation and collaboration. The more energy and focus you put into the intended outcomes in short sprints and ranges, allocation of resources and gaining of commitment, the faster and successfully any project will come to fruition.

This program is strategically designed to anchor the 8 simple, clear and implementable steps that take the uncertainty out of getting projects done, keeping everyone engaged and energized, and moving companies agendas forward.

*(This keynote / masterclass may be titled to reflect the theme of your conference/ meeting.)

Outcomes

• Attendees will get the “EX tool” that will insure everyone knows the when, where, why and who is responsible for any part of any project.
• Through this powerful decision-making tool, audience members will leave knowing which projects are important for moving the business forward profitably and productively, and which are just busy-work.
• Learn how effectively completing one project before beginning another can help retain and keep the best employees.
• Carolyn is a certified WORKING GENIUS facilitator, and she can bring this powerful productivity assessment tool to this program.

Managing People, Power and Priorities in a Changed Business Environment

Most leaders and managers spend their hours at work reacting to demands and requests on their time and attention that may not be theirs to do. How do you structure your time and priorities to effectively manage your responsibilities and have time to react to the unexpected disruptions that are all so common now? This entertaining and informative session addresses breakdowns around interruptions, communication failures and boundaries, and creates opportunities to optimize time and relationships. All of the content in this program is applicable and practical and will be tailored specifically to the needs of the organization.

*(This keynote /masterclass may be titled to reflect the theme of your conference/ meeting.)

Outcomes

• Attendees will get a visual representation of exactly where they are spending their time
• Attendees will determine where they are getting ROI and where they are getting depleted
• Learn a tool that increases productivity and leads to higher DPMs (Dollars per Minute)
• Boundaries around time and attention will be addressed
• Tested methods of responding to requests and demands will be explored

Reinventing Communication Skills;

for Wicked Smart People™

This keynote/ program/ training helps highly educated professionals, technical experts, and subject matter specialists communicate complex ideas with clarity, confidence, and impact.

This program teaches participants how to translate expertise into language that persuades, educates, informs, and moves people to action. Participants learn how to adapt their message for different audiences, reduce nerves, use visuals effectively, create stronger openings and closings, and make their ideas easier to understand, trust, and act on.

Because being brilliant is not enough.

You have to make the brilliance land.

For more information on this program, go to www.wickedsmartpeople.com.

PROGRAM OUTCOMES:

Participants will leave able to:

• Translate complex ideas into clear, useful language
• Communicate with confidence to executives, clients, teams, and stakeholders
• Structure presentations so audiences can follow, remember, and act
• Create a clear purpose statement for every presentation
• Use stories, examples, and real language to make information memorable
• Reduce nerves and increase presence in high-stakes communication
• Design visuals that clarify instead of clutter
• Ask better questions that lower resistance and increase engagement
• Make virtual, phone, and video communication more effective
• End every message with a clear next step