Valorie Burton Keynote Speaker

President and CEO of The Coaching and Positive Psychology (CaPP) Institute
Best-Selling Author
Positive Psychology Expert and Life Strategist

Valorie Burton's Biography

Valorie Burton, life strategist and international speaker, is CEO of the Coaching and Positive Psychology (CaPP) Institute. Her life-changing message has an intriguing, research-based emphasis in the pioneering field of applied positive psychology – the study of what happens when things go right with us. Her company provides coaching, coach training, and resilience training and has served clients in all 50 states and 37 countries on six continents.

Since 1999, Valorie has written 14 books translated into multiple languages, including Let Go of the Guilt, It’s About Time, and Successful Women Think Differently. She has appeared regularly on the TODAY Show, CNN, Dr. Oz, and Essence, and has spoken for hundreds of organizations around the globe. She was named one of the top 60 motivational speakers in America and one of the Top 100 Thought Leaders in the field of personal development.

For over 15 years, Valorie’s books, speaking engagements, and coaching programs have helped people:

Make major life changes that are exciting and scary at the same time.
Be happier and have more fun, even when life seems routine.
Become strong leaders, navigate office politics, and achieve professional dreams.
Navigate setbacks and disappointments in a way that makes life better, not bitter.
Speak up with confidence rather than settling for less.
Go to sleep at night feeling at peace about decisions.
Conquer emotions that cause procrastination, emotional spending, and self-sabotage.

She and her husband Jeff live on a ranch south of Atlanta with their children.

Leadership is Contagious: How positive actions influence productivity, profitability and well-being in life and work

While everyone on a team impacts those around them, research shows that leaders have an outsized influence on the direction, energy and success of the teams they lead. Leadership is contagious. What habits, attitude and energy are you and your leaders spreading? In this insightful and energizing keynote, Valorie Burton uses research from the pioneering field of positive psychology combined real-world examples to show audiences the simple, yet powerful actions they can take to thrive in life and work, and help those around them do the same. Full of practical takeaways, your audience will walk away equipped and inspired to lead themselves and others to greater success.

The Coaching Approach: How to inspire, equip and influence yourself and others for positive change

One of the most important skills in today’s marketplace is agility, the ability to be flexible and effective in the face of challenges, opportunities and change. In this practical and thought-provoking message, Valorie Burton, an internationally-recognized life coach who has trained more than 60,000 coaches in over 50 countries, reveals the simple, but powerful steps to bring out the best in people by using a coaching approach to living and leading. It is an approach that empowers individuals to take ownership of their circumstances, develop a thinking style that leads to success, and a plan of action that gets them unstuck and accelerates results. Audiences walk away with a how-to formula for having coaching conversations and a game plan for personal growth that will make them happier, healthier and more effective in every area of life.

Resilient and Ready: How to Thrive Through Challenge and Change

Today’s world requires the ability to adapt to change and thrive despite the challenges that occur. Valorie Burton will help you understand how to create the building blocks of resilience so you can:

Bounce back from setbacks

Maximize opportunities

Develop the thinking style research proves helps you succeed under pressure—find your joy and maintain a positive perspective

Navigate disappointments in a way that makes you better, not bitter.

In this practical, engaging conversation, Valorie will equip you with a survival toolkit to face any challenge that comes your way!

Successful People Think Differently

You are capable of far more than you know. Scientific studies prove successful people think differently than the average person. They make decisions differently, set goals differently, and bounce back from failure and adversity differently. In this intriguing and energetic presentation, Valorie Burton will help you and your audience:

Pinpoint your thinking style and make adjustments to improve performance

Understand why talent isn’t enough and how to develop the self-control that will take you to the next level

Understand why how you explain your success and failure predicts more about your potential than you think

How to focus on solutions, not problems.