Meridith Alexander

Speech Topics

• Redefining The Way Leaders Embrace Their Boulders (Even Remotely!)

  How can we consistently show up playing at our highest level regardless of the circumstances? How can we tap into new levels of potential within ourselves so that we can go on to achieve even more extraordinary levels of success? How can we project presence and create culture, camaraderie and cohesion in today’s remote environment? “Our only true disability is when we buy into the belief that it’s impossible to adapt to the obstacles that we are suddenly facing.” Let’s face it: sometimes, mere grit and resilience just aren’t enough. There are times when Life demands that we dig even deeper — to uncover that epic version of ourselves, even if we’re not sure that an “epic version” actually exists. Meridith Alexander provides a captivating, visionary experience for high-level leadership and team members by combining her real-life story of living through the “impossible” with actionable strategies for uncovering the audience’s own visionary potential and for inspiring even more greatness, passion, and impact from their teams. Even when leaders have to achieve this impact via technology and innovation remotely. This keynote redefines the way team members and leaders embrace their big boulders. Team members and leaders go from resisting change and unpredictability to seeing the massive potential within that change. With actual examples and proven strategies, audiences emerge understanding how the big boulders can actually amplify their ability to influence and impact change — enhancing their ability to create a positive, deliberate vision that helps team members begin to embrace their own value and purpose within a bigger mission. It is an experience of “coming even more alive to the possibilities ahead” that results in showing up more boldly both at work and at home. By combining her own incredible story with unique tools and strategies, Meridith Alexander inspires teams and leaders to consistently opt to play at their highest level (in person AND remotely), to tap into their most visionary self, and to thrive in the new quantum world ahead where the speed is fast, change is frequent and life is unpredictable — and where those big boulders often lead toward “impossibilities” that will become the next generation’s “new normal”. Key Learning Points: •Understand the potential of your biggest “boulders” to ignite you and your organization’s highest levels of success even when working remotely •Learn how to embrace disruption and unfamiliarity as your rocket fuel •Explore how visionary thinking creates unstoppable momentum and unprecedented success beyond the boundaries of mere resilience •Discover actionable strategies to achieve even more forward momentum within your team regardless of the circumstances or proximity •Uncover why the “old approach” toward managing teams can leave teams struggling and how you can transform this downward trend into an energized, “future focused” upward trend

• Limitless Possibilities - Meridith and Schuyler: Redefining Resilience and Mindfulness in a Bold, New World

  LIMITLESS IMPOSSIBILITIES combines the already EPIC IMPACT of Meridith Alexander’s UNLEASH THE EPIC YOU keynote with a live appearance from Meridith’s daughter Schuyler. Meridith’s keynote already captivates the listener both with the story and with the strategies so imagine the impact when Schuyler herself comes on stage (using either walker or wheelchair) as the embodiment of pure grit, resilience and the epitome of joyous mindfulness. Schuyler shares her own message of inspiration and possibility before Meridith and Schuyler open the floor to questions from your leaders and team members. This is the perfect talk for companies, associations and organizations that are facing change, uncertainty and challenges with morale. There is no better way to push the reset button and get your team firmly and fiercely on a unified trajectory upward.

• Amplify your G.R.I.T and Resilience by “Epic-ing Up” Your Inner Game

  How can we leaders emerge from times of challenge as even better versions of ourselves? How do we nurture and amplify the greatness, resilience and impact within our teams? This keynote explores how learning to master 3 of the critical components of G.R.I.T. can transform your biggest obstacles into unforeseen opportunities even in the face of change and unpredictability. Meridith’s innovative message inspires audiences to look at their own goals from a new perspective. Using innovative strategies and perspectives, she leaves audiences with tools to get out of their own way so that they can go forward united with even more passion, clarity and vision. Perhaps to go on to achieve results that might previously have seemed impossible. In this inspirational and empowering keynote experience, Meridith shares the impact that a deliberately focused mindset has had on her own journey– a journey that began when a random boulder came plummeting down a mountain in South America, injuring her youngest daughter so severely that she was not expected to live. Through the twists and turns of this inspiring story, the audience sees how Meridith’s unwavering vision and focus on the “I’m Possible” seemed to influence the results — even when the desired outcome was something that most believed to be impossible. Combining her own experiences with case studies through the decades, Meridith helps her audiences learn new techniques for overcoming the limitations and conditioning that often lead to fear, self-doubt and “thinking small”. The outcome of Meridith’s keynote will be an audience that feels a dramatically boosted sense of momentum and positivity with an eagerness to embrace the “I’m Possible” and create thriving new breakthroughs even in the presence of dramatic change, personal challenge and uncertainty. Key Learning Points: •Discover the keys to creating a mindset that thrives in the midst of change and unpredictability by regulating your fear, focus and communication •Learn new techniques for setting powerful goals, tapping into overlooked possibilities and performing at your highest level •Understand how the hidden language of your inner narrative can be the catalyst for you and your associates’ consistent success •Pull back the curtain on the “blind spot thinking” that prevents most people from transforming the “impossible” into the “I’m Possible” •Learn the 3 questions that differentiate great leaders from epic ones

• Unleash the Epic You - Thriving Through “The Impossible”!

  Is your team showing signs of resilience fatigue? Are you looking for new ways to help your current and future leaders navigate through times of unpredictability, challenge and change? Not simply the inspiration to show up as the best version of themselves but actual strategies that will insure that they can do that? Meridith Alexander’s UNLEASH THE EPIC YOU keynote experience has evolved into her signature talk. Poignant, timely and impactful, this is THE TALK for the team that needs the perfect combination of inspiration and call to action. Your team will be following along with each twist and turn as the story unfolds, but throughout the story they will be learning strategy after strategy of how to ramp up their own inner game, especially when facing circumstances that at first glance may seem “impossible”. Centering around Meridith’s experience of getting “the call” that her daughter had been crushed by a boulder and was fighting “impossible odds” to survive, UNLEASH THE EPIC YOU captivates but also educates. Key learning points include: •How something as simple as language can inspire optimal performance and amplify ground-breaking results •Why “playing the inner game to win” is so much more than positive thinking •How to push beyond the place where fears and beliefs typically stop you •How deliberate focus can allow teams to use change as a catalyst for opportunity •How to transform disruption, change and unpredictability into impact, influence and income without burning out your teams •Why “impossible times” can offer limitless growth and opportunity The compelling story combined with Meridith’s actionable strategies, final challenge and call to action make UNLEASH THE EPIC YOU the ideal talk if you want a keynote to do more than simply “inspire” your team. This is a keynote experience that actually leads toward lasting transformation and true elevation of everyone in your audience. Note: this keynote is also designed to flow perfectly into Meridith’s EPIC GAMES team building and/or “EPIC YOU” 5-DAY CHALLENGE” for teams that want to fortify the concepts and maximize the full potential of this talk.

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