Professional Growth and Personal Development

This video is a conference recording from the 2024 FICP Annual Conference.

Join Justin Forsett, former NFL Pro Bowl athlete turned entrepreneur, as he shares his dual journey of excelling in the high-stakes world of professional football and pioneering his wellness brand, Hustle Clean. This keynote offers invaluable insights into leadership, resilience and seizing opportunities. Elevate how you lead through his key takeaways:

• From Backfield to Boardroom: Discover how NFL experiences shaped Justin’s business strategies and leadership style
• Resilience Under Pressure: Learn how enduring challenges equipped Justin to handle business adversities
• Visionary Leadership: Explore Justin’s transformation from a player to a CEO, emphasizing vision and perseverance
• Community Impact: See how Justin leverages his brand to positively impact communities, merging success with service
• Embracing Change: Gain insights on navigating transitions from sports to business with flexibility and foresight
• Ethical Leadership: Understand the significance of ethical practices learned in sports applied in business
• Viewing Failure as Growth: Embrace setbacks as essential steps towards greater achievements

These videos are the Speaker Showcase previews from the 2024 FICP Annual Conference.

DARE to Communicate More Effectively

As Dethra Giles shares, there’s one often overlooked step that is the key to communicating more effectively and creating better outcomes in our interactions with others. Before she reveals her approach, Giles explores what conversations look like when they end on the best-possible note. A better-ending conversation looks like people doing exactly what you asked, debates ending productively and disagreements ending amicably.

Since her second TEDx Talk, Giles has taught groups all over the world how to improve conversational competence to communicate more effectively. As she introduces audiences to her proprietary DARE model, she shares the formula for effective communications. “Describe, Acknowledge, Review, and Engage” is the formula you didn’t know you needed but will positively change how you communicate forever. The impact is better leadership, higher performing teams, increased dialogue, and more efficient meetings. DARE to improve conversational competence and communicate more effectively.

Choosing to Care: How Authentic Curiosity Creates Community and Loyalty in the Workplace

No organization wants its people to be apathetic—toward the work, the people, or the community. Community ignites loyalty and drives retention in both in-person and hybrid workplaces and is built with one simple thing: curiosity. Curiosity is the opposite of apathy. By being more curious, we increase the amount that folks feel seen, heard, and respected and it allows colleagues to show up more as their authentic selves. In this hysterical and motivational keynote we will talk about how to ask better questions, change the way we hear people’s stories and insights, and adapt the mindset of curiosity. Let’s stop the apathy and the assuming and start learning about each other because curiosity creates community.

An Abundant Future With Artificial Intelligence 

Zack Kass, futurist, consultant and former executive at OpenAI will condense his vast experience and deep knowledge into a practical guide that demystifies the complexities of AI, offering an insightful perspective on the evolution of this disruptive technology. Delivering pragmatic strategies, Zack will demonstrate how people, organizations, and communities must adapt in order thrive amidst the rapid advancements in AI by highlighting where we are, how we got here, where we’re going, and how to prepare.

This resource is an AI session recap from the 2024 FICP Annual Conference.

Being recognized as a leader is the first step in advancing your executive presence.  What you do subsequently to define your approach and style matters even more!  This interactive session is designed for experienced leaders seeking to elevate their credibility, engage stakeholders, and generate buy-in.  Explore critical behaviors that enhance your executive presence and uncover self-imposed barriers to success. We’ll discuss how to recognize and address immature behaviors and defensive reactions and build the awareness needed to assert leadership within your team and with stakeholders. Gain practical strategies to move beyond complacency and adopt new approaches for higher performance and career success.

This resource is an AI session recap from the 2024 FICP Annual Conference.

As the workforce becomes more generationally diverse, understanding different workstyles and preferences is key to effective collaboration. Join this session to learn how to reduce tension across generations and foster a thriving culture. Discover strategies for better collaboration within teams and with clients by addressing their unique needs and avoiding generational clichés. Leave with a toolbox of communication strategies and resources to foster a productive and harmonious workspace. 

This resource is an AI session recap from the 2024 FICP Annual Conference.

Earning a seat at the table requires both time and intentional effort. Uncover the fundamentals of executive presence and harness the power of confidence in this interactive session designed for rising and experienced professionals. Learn practical techniques to develop and project executive presence, even if it doesn’t come naturally, and strategies to advocate for your professional growth. Key topics will include navigating generational preferences, learning to say “no,” owning mistakes, and overcoming imposter syndrome. This session will empower you, build your confidence, and support your journey toward becoming a leader.