Elaine O'Gorman
Motivating Ordinary People to Accomplish Extraordinary Things in Growing and Changing Organizations
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“Growth and comfort do not coexist.”
Imagine this:
Two partners starting a business. They have done their research. They’ve studied their market. They’ve got their operation ready to take on new orders. They hit the magic button and...LAUNCH.
The orders start rolling in. It’s a win! No, it’s a big win! NO, it’s a HUGE win!!
OH NO…They’ve just hit their annual sales goal in the first three weeks of the year.
What do they do now? Everything they so carefully planned is now obsolete. They’re starting over. There will be chaos. One partner is elated...the other is crushed.
Which partner are you?
All growing organizations face pain. Processes break. Team members’ capacities don’t expand as fast as the company grows and they falter. Culture struggles to take in new people without losing the magic that made the business great. Leaders, no matter how charismatic, inevitably become more distant from front-line employees and their message gets garbled as a result.
“Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom.”
Did you know there is a silver bullet to stop all that pain? It’s almost laughably simple. Stop growing. If you stop growing, all that pain will go away. Processes will hold together longer. Team members will settle into their routines. Culture will be easier to manage. Leaders can personally touch everyone on their teams, no matter what level, and know that they’ve been heard.
If stopping growth sounds horrible...then you are in the right place.
“Growth is painful. Change is painful. But nothing is as painful as staying stuck where you do not belong.”
If stopping your momentum, if stopping your evolution (or your revolution), sounds like the worst possible prescription for your growing pain, then you are in the right place. Because the only alternative pain reliever is to get the strategies, tools and mindset to move through your pain instead of fighting against it.
“The growth and development of people is the highest calling of leadership.”
It’s time to discover how to:
- Focus: Identify problems caused by growth versus other systemic issues
- Anticipate: Zero in on where problems are likely to happen next based on patterns
- Celebrate: Change your team’s mindset about failures caused by change
- Engage: Get all levels involved in identifying and mitigating growth challenges
- Transform: Learn to “lean in” to change instead of being dragged behind it
Are you ready to create this new FACET of your organization?
Meet your new growth coach
Hello.
“Elaine has knowledge, insight and motivational style. I strongly recommend her; she is truly an exceptional business person.”
Elaine O’Gorman has worked for some of the largest companies on earth and some of the smallest. She’s been part of billion-dollar transactions...and also once bought a company for $1.00. She’s had high-growth success stories chronicled in The Wall Street Journal, Inc. and Forbes and has spoken and coached audiences from one to a thousand.
“What has impressed me most is her deep and broad knowledge across industries and her ability to quickly command the nuances of new markets/products. Elaine is a terrific leader and an inspired strategist.”
She’s also experienced the ups and downs of running high-growth companies. The 100-hour weeks, the “what timezone are we in now” road shows, the big wins and some agonizing losses. She knows what it’s like to juggle family, work and personal responsibility.
“Balancing the demands of simultaneously being pregnant with twins, a capital raise and a multi-city speaking tour will teach you humility, priorities and resourcefulness in a way that little else can.”
Elaine is a serial growth executive who has worked in multiple venture capital and private-equity-backed companies as well as Fortune 500 companies. She holds business degrees from The Wharton School and the Ross School at the University of Michigan. She sits on a variety of private boards and is a prolific speaker, writer and active mentor and coach.
“What impresses me most about Elaine is her ability to creatively drive growth through well-developed strategies and her commitment to excellence.”
Other items of note:
- Yoda almost got it right: Do or do not, but make an active choice. Decision by indecision is never the right way to go.
- Star Trek over Star Wars….but the real answer is Babylon 5.
- Bribery by Tex-Mex is always acceptable. And remember, National Taco Day falls on October 4th every year #NationalTacoDay
Inquiry is her first language. Humor is her second. Your internal business process will quickly become her third. Elaine prides herself on her ability to get inside your organization, identify the core challenges, shine a light on hidden talents and help you get things done.
Keynote Programs
KEYNOTE PROGRAMS
Successful Strategies for Crushing the Challenges of Growth and Change
Is your business growing and changing?
Things may look great from the outside, but how are your people feeling on the inside? If you’re like most growing, changing businesses, your top-performers, your core “get things done” people probably feel like things are broken. All. The. Time.
Constant fire drills and “sprinting a marathon” will damage your team and your performance. You can cheerlead, you can throw people and money at the problem, but what you really need is a change in perspective, and a set of strategies and tools that give a sense of CONTROL.
Armed with lessons from over 20 years successfully coaching and managing high-growth companies, Elaine has created game-changing strategies and tactics to help your team change their perspective on growth and change. Discover how to:
- Level-up the mindset on failures caused by growth
- Accelerate a sense of control despite chaotic environments
- Eradicate blindspots that are blocking success
- Play and win bigger with greater confidence
STRATEGY WORKSHOPS
Plan Right and Get People Moving Together
Ever need to get people moving in the same direction? Whether you have to get buy-in or influence teams, or just get stuff done, it takes, time, patience and perspective.
And if you are the leader in a growing company, time, patience and perspective all may be in short supply.
With your guidance, Elaine can take a walk through your company and find the keys to getting people to move in sync. Together you can craft a message that will resonate with your teams and have it delivered with the validation that comes from a veteran growth expert, coach and mentor...all with a side of storytelling and humor that keeps everyone engaged.
- Empower your people by making sure they are heard
- Discover and eradicate corporate myths that are holding your back
- Identify the keys to getting people moving...together
- Engage the whole team in elevating your goals
CLIENTS, MEDIA & ACHIEVEMENTS
STATS
Results. Driven.
Experience counts, and Elaine's time on stage and unique, collaborative and energetic style connects with her audiences on a personal basis. Check out these stats.
“Elaine is incredibly professional, collaborative and effective. Perhaps her greatest talent is in being able to digest large amounts of very complex information easily and rapidly and turn it into actionable and impactful plans. She is a consummate leader, able to rally the troops, maintain focus in challenging times and drive high-performance.”
CLIENTS
Make a Difference.
“Who knew you could make accounts receivable sound exciting? Elaine knows how to engage the whole room and get people excited about growing their businesses. People talked about her session for the rest of the conference!” - Brandon Cotter, Founder and CEO, Doublewide Partners
"The team thought it was going to be just another sales team pep talk, but Elaine really knew what she was talking about. She had her stats down cold and told the team what they needed to know to be successful without all the fluff.” - Jim Kent, CEO and Chairman, Worksoft
“Your session was great. You really wove the material into a story that was engaging to the whole room. I thought I knew a lot about that subject, but I got tons of new insights!” - Austin Startup Week, 2017
“Elaine has an amazing ability to connect with employees at all levels, from the field to officers. She gives concrete, useful advice on how to identify and overcome growing pains.” - Sally Seegers, President, Supply Sanitation
“Elaine can make people comfortable when circumstances are making them uncomfortable. Her deep knowledge reassures people even when things get chaotic and gets them focused on what needs to happen next.” - Matt Alexander, CEO, Digital Takeover
“Your enthusiasm was infectious and you gave useful strategies that I can’t wait to implement. One of the most useful sessions of the entire conference, and definitely one of the most energetic!” - Scaling New Heights, 2014
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Dallas, TX | (972) 895-3206