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Laura Gassner Otting
WSJ Best-Selling Author & Speaker
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Laura Gassner Otting inspires people to push past the doubt and indecision that keep great ideas in limbo by helping audiences think bigger and accept greater challenges that reach beyond their current, limited scope of belief. She delivers strategic thinking, well-honed wisdom, and data-driven perspective generated by decades of navigating change across the start-up, corporate, nonprofit, political, as well as philanthropic landscapes. Laura dares audiences to find their voice, and generate the confidence needed to tackle larger-than-life challenges by helping them to seek new ways of leading, managing, and mentoring others.
An ABC News contributor, and the regular careers expert on Good Morning America, Laura has also appeared provided her expertise to the TODAY Show, Harvard Business Review, Access Hollywood, and Oprah Daily, Laura is the Wall Street JournalBestselling Author of three books, Wonderhell, Limitless, and Mission-Driven. Considered one of the top start-up coaches in the world, Laura’s 30-year resume is defined by her entrepreneurial edge. She served as a Presidential Appointee in Bill Clinton’s White House, helping shape AmeriCorps; left a leadership role at respected national search firm to expand a tech start-up; and founded, ran, and sold her own global search firm, partnering with the full gamut of mission driven corporate and nonprofit executives to steward them though career shift and organizational disruption.
Laura is turned on by the audacity of The Big Idea and that larger-than-life goal you just can’t seem to shake. She’s an instigator, motivator, and provocateur, and she’s never met a revolution she didn’t like. Just ask her enduringly patient husband, two almost-grown sons, and two troublesome pups with whom she lives outside of Boston, MA.
Limitless Communications: Connect Within to Grow Beyond
- Engage to Perform: Learn how to uncover hidden talent, ignite employee engagement, and boost productivity and profits.
- Lead Through Connection: Build trust and loyalty by creating meaningful relationships with your team.
- Sell Through Understanding: Transform customer relationships by focusing on solving problems, not just selling products.
- Foster Alignment: Replace silos and friction with collaboration and cohesion through open, authentic communication.
- Find Meaning, Fuel Action: Align purpose with action to create contagious energy that motivates teams and captivates clients.
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