SPEAKING
“Laura Gassner Otting is an energizing and inspiring speaker. In a highly engaging session at GE Healthcare, she delivered simple, yet highly impactful life lessons to the employees. The audience walked away with tangible actions on how to live a limitless life. Her message resonated with all attendees! Whether they were early, mid or late career, Laura had a powerful message for all with authentic stories that illustrated her points. She took questions from the audience and provided a refreshing perspective leveraging her extensive research and diverse experiences. She is truly an inspirational speaker!”
— Nahdia Pirzada, General Electric
Laura’s Keynote Topics
Laura focuses on getting unstuck, removing self-limiting beliefs, and bringing all that you are to everything that you do.
While she works with every client to customize her keynote to their audience, these are the most popular starting points:
Invitations, Not Limitations: Embracing Your Wonderhell
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After stewarding thousands of leaders through massive moments of career shift and organizational disruption, Laura knows a thing or two about the emotional rollercoaster of going after everything you’ve ever wanted. This talk was born out of the question, “Why doesn’t success feel better?”
In this keynote, Laura explains that success isn’t just an endpoint, but a waypoint, a portal that shows you that you were made for even more… if you choose to embrace your ambition, conquer your fear, and actually learn to enjoy the ride. This talk throws down the gauntlet and dares your audience members to dream even bigger.
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Each time we achieve a bit of success, large or small, we see a part of ourselves that we didn’t even know exists, a potential we didn’t dare to imagine, a future we didn’t think possible. In this talk, Laura invites audiences to:
embrace the newfound potential
renegotiate the relationship they have with the swirl of emotions that accompany the burden that this potential brings
expect, embrace, and even get excited by each successful leveling up that is demanded of them
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Each new level brings a new devil. Anxiety, exhaustion, uncertainty, fear, and burnout are little bugaboos just waiting to waylay your team and sideline your growth. After this talk, your organization will dare to:
dream bigger with team members excited that stress and fear is the sister to excitement and joy
reposition your reaction to fast failures and growth opportunities
embrace your fullest potential, make more money, crush bigger goals, and actually enjoy the ride
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Wonderhell resonates wildly with anyone who has ever achieved something, only to ask themselves, “Now what?!” including:
Entrepreneurs
Sales Professionals
Franchisees
Network Marketers
ERGs
Empowerment Audiences
Athletes & Fitness Enthusiasts
Human Performance Geeks
…and Every Single One of Us
“Laura lit up the room at my annual leadership retreat in Philadelphia. She made us think, write, learn, reflect and laugh. Laura is a powerful speaker who knows how to deliver a message with a punch but also connect to the room. Her words felt personal and chosen for us. She did not sound robotic or programmed. She sounded real. She sounded honest. She sounded convicted. Laura went above and beyond to get to know my leaders, even showing up early at our brunch to sign books and talk.
Laura is an all-star, rockstar, one-of-kind author, speaker and motivator. She has walked the walk of business, life and the pursuit of happiness.
She has failed, won, fallen and gotten back up. Her lessons will live with us for years to come.”
— Trina Gray, Beachbody Leader, CEO Award Winner
Live Limitlessly
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Many of us spend our lives pursuing a singular idea of success, one that was created for us by someone else. We give votes to those who shouldn’t even have voices and strive to go faster and faster even as we find ourselves falling further and further behind. We chase gold stars, we check all the boxes, we Lean In – and we still feel incomplete.
In this keynote, Laura teaches you how to ignore the rules that created your limits, align your energies and your actions, and do work that really matters so that you can live your best life. Aimed at entrepreneurs and misfits, idealists and dreamers, as well as anyone seeking to align who they are with what they do, this talk lights a fire within that catalyzes energy and excitement towards becoming the change agent needed to maximize impact.
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We are all held back by everyone else’s idea of what we can be and who we can be and — gasp! — what we shouldn’t be. But, what if we cast aside those ideas and figured out what mattered to us?
When your audience learns to do this, they will:
understand what truly excites them about the work they do and become more engaged, more passionate, and more productive
learn how to find what makes them special, and bring the fullest versions of themselves to the work they do every day
connect to what they really love about what they do, and have the type of contagious confidence that excites your customers to buy
create a support system of like-minded achievers and accountability partners who never let them settle for mediocrity
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Engaged workers are 22% more productive in their organizations. With 20 years of experience recruiting the most successful people in the world, Laura truly understands what inspires people to bring their best and most productive selves to work.
As a result of this talk, your organization will see:
more effective recruiting and retention, with higher engagement levels, less turnover, and a more cohesive culture all pointed in the same direction
a more robust bottom line, with deeper and more expansive customer interaction built not on transactions but deeply rooted relationships
a re-energized workforce that shares a common language and framework with empowers everyone to bring their best selves every day
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Live Limitlessly is loved by all audiences, including:
Business Owners
MLM/Network Marketers
Entrepreneurs
Associations
Empowerment Audiences
Anyone Looking to Align their Career to their Life's Calling or Purpose.
“Laura energized, inspired and empowered our community of women leaders in sports! Laura was dynamic and engaging - she connected with the audience through her humor, content and magnetic presence. Laura was the perfect combination of motivation and application - giving attendees a dose of inspiration along with action items to make immediate changes in their life. Attendees walked away feeling energized, inspired, and ready to kick glass and pursue their limitless potential in work and life.”
— Christina Turner,
Women Leaders in College Sports
Limitless Leadership
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Demographic shifts in the workforce have led to conversations about purpose and meaning that have heretofore never been had. Millennials, GenXers, and Boomers alike are all demanding that their work matter more. And, yet, only one-third of the US workforce reports that they are actively engaged in their work.
We are using an outdated scorecard which measures the value of a job – title, money, prestige, among others – without adding in the most important part of the equation: the employee. We know that engaged workers are 22% more productive and profitable for their employers, but what recruits the employee doesn’t retain them.
Backed up by a 20-year career in executive search and a three-year research project, comprising nearly 6000 responses from 74 different countries from before, during, as now as we come out of the pandemic, Laura Gassner Otting teaches leaders how to unlock their employees’ engagement to not only make them limitless, but make their companies and their profits limitless too.
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Workers are dissatisfied, but they can’t quite put their fingers on why. Rather than figuring it out, they take one of two paths: disengagement (quiet quitting) or resignation (old fashioned loud quitting).
Your audience of leaders will learn:
what is driving employee dissatisfaction, disengagement, and disillusionment… and what they need to do about it right now
why being a “good leader” isn’t good enough, and how to create the kinds of relationships with their team to become better managers and leaders
more confidence in how to use so-called “soft skills” to lead with inspiration and motivation
a common language and framework for talking to team members and reignite their passion for the work
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Turnover is expensive. Quiet quitting is even worse. Organizations with Limitless Leaders will benefit from having:
more effective recruiting and retention, with higher engagement levels, less turnover, and a more cohesive culture all pointed in the same direction
a more robust bottom line, with deeper and more expansive customer interaction built not on transactions but deeply rooted relationships
a more joy about common goals with less friction about difficult decisions and strategic investments
self-aware and growth-oriented middle and senior management
a re-energized workforce that shares a common language and framework with empowers everyone to bring their best selves every day
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The Limitless Leader is enjoyed by anyone who is making a strategic investment in their culture, their results, and their profits… and those people whose job it is to drive that message home through their organization, including:
Leaders & Managers
Talent Strategists
Leadership Thinkers
Human Resources Professionals
“Laura is a dynamic and powerful presence on and off the stage. She is a consummate REAL professional (on time, embodies her work, delivers, inspires, transforms). Laura has ‘staying power - stickiness’. I just read, yet another, testimonial from an attendee at our event which included approximately 2,000 women, and how it is changing her life. She had Robin Roberts commenting on air about her thought leadership without solicitation after she read her book on the flight home from our event. If you want to give your attendees the opportunity to experience someone who will get them to think about why they’ve been allowing other people to let them hold themselves back… HIRE LAURA NOW!!”
— Bill Williams, The Art of Leadership for Women
Limitless Sales
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Your clients don’t buy your products. They don’t buy your services. They don’t buy your brand.
They buy the solution that you provide to the problem that they have.
In order to win at the sales game, your audience must connect to why this product, this service, this brand actually matters to them, and be able to communicate that meaning as they build mutually beneficial relationships with your clients.
In this talk, based on decades of experience as an entrepreneur and chief rainmaker, Laura breaks down the process of connection… to self, to product, and to sale.
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Your sales team will be more effective if they tap into what connects them to the products and services they sell. In this straight-talking keynote, Laura teaches them:
why their current approach isn’t working, and a quick mental shift that will change everything
how meaning matters to them and to their customers, and how to connect to and communicate the meaning behind what they do (and why they do it)
why failure isn’t finale, but the place where we grow and iterate and change, and where to find the type of contagious confidence so that your customers can’t say anything but yes!
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Why wouldn’t you want a sales team brimming with excitement and enthusiasm about the products and services that you provide? Laura will help them get there so that:
your sales team is more successful and fulfilled in their work, and not just because they are making more money
turnover is reduced, customer relationships are deepened, and loyalty grows
higher sales numbers feel not just attainable, but exciting, which leads to a better bottom line for all
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The Limitless Leader helps anyone who has to sell a product, a service, a company, or even themselves, including:
Leaders & Managers
Network Marketers
Consultants
Talent Strategists
Leadership Thinkers
Human Resources Professionals
“Working with Laura and her team was awesome. I don't think I've ever worked with a speaker as organized and flexible as Laura. As far as her presentation, Laura spent the extra time to understand our audience and she incorporated those learnings into her presentation, which made a huge difference. She had our people on their feet with a standing ovation before she could even get her last words out! After her presentation, she spoke to attendees and took the time to make real connections with them. I would absolutely recommend Laura to anyone who is looking for a dynamic speaker who will invest in their audience and go beyond a "rinse and repeat" presentation.
She is a class act."
— Liz Reuth, Le-Vel Brands
Clients love to book Laura. Here are four reasons why:
“Laura had our audience on their feet with a standing ovation before she could even get the last words out.”
Learn more…
Take a moment to download Laura’s speaking brochure to get more details on how Laura works together to help your event be a phenomenal success.
Oh, your event is virtual? Don’t worry, we got you.
Like all of us, Laura spent the pandemic staring into a camera lens. Well, maybe not just staring. She’s pretty animated, even when not on stage.
If your event is virtual, don’t worry. We got you.
Laura has a full media-ready keynote studio which she painstakingly built out with one arm while hoarding toilet paper with the other. You can see behind the scenes here for her full rig, just to make sure that you don’t have a dingle worry on event day.
“My experience with Laura from start to finish was superb! With this being the first virtual conference we hosted, Laura was able to provide her expertise on what she felt would work best and keep our attendees engaged! Her presentation was top notch and our attendees left ready to be limitless leaders!”
— Jeanele Davis, Service Corporation International
"Laura is an energetic and inspirational speaker on the topic of defying limitations and creating your own narrative. Her webinar with Ellevate network offered powerful advice on shaping our definitions of success, investing in our passions, and redefining our personal and professional values. In her words, 'We can’t be insatiably hungry for someone else’s goals.' Laura is a talented speaker and author, and we were fortunate to have her share her wisdom with our network."
— Sallie Krawcheck, CEO, Ellevest
