Lead Star played a critical role in training our mid-level leaders. The curriculum Angie designed was consistent with our culture, which ensured that the entire experience was relevant and engaging. I would highly recommend Lead Star's services to any organization looking to drive performance.
Angie Witkowski
New York Times Best-Selling Author, Entrepreneur, Sought-After Leadership Coach, and Former Marine Corps Officer.
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Featured Books
Bet on You
by Angie Witkowski
Build the risk-taking skills that will lead you to a life of fulfillment:
Discover the formula for success that will supercharge your decision-making confidence and transform even the most risk-averse mindset.
In Bet on You, Angie Morgan and Courtney Lynch reveal hard-earned, real-world insights that will help you realize your potential by enacting risk in ways most meaningful to you.
The author's risk-taking guidance has been embraced by the world's best businesses - Google, Boston Scientific, FedEx, and Oracle. Their insights are the secret sauce behind any transformative journey to a success-filled life.
With clear, actionable steps, this book:
- Enlightens readers with a new perspective on how risk really works and clears up common misconceptions about risk, such as it being the opposite of reward.
- Empowers professionals of all types with guidance on how to start practicing new habits right away to build their risk-taking muscle.
- Shows how to weave a safety net to mitigate the downside of risks.
- Offers effective strategies for managing risk-killing emotions: fear and failure.
Leading from the Front: No-Excuse Leadership Tactics for Women
by Angie Witkowski
THE LEADERSHIP BESTSELLER FOR WOMEN--FROM TWO MARINE CORPS CAPTAINS
"A brilliant, original, practical, profound, human, energetic book written by two remarkable women. It's one of the best books on leadership published in the last several years."
--Tom Peters, author of In Search of Excellence
Angie Morgan and Courtney Lynch weren't born leaders--they became leaders during their years in the U.S. Marine Corps, enduring some of the toughest training on earth. Now they pass those field-tested strategies and hard-fought insights to you. They deliver 10 key practices to becoming a powerful leader. You'll improve your decision-making, focus, and performance as you learn to:
- Lead from the front--and set an inspiring example for others
- Think fast on your feet--and stop making excuses
- Take care of your team (so they'll take care of you)
- Stay cool while dealing with crises--and respond without overreacting
- Develop Marine-level confidence, coolness, and courage--without the boot camp
Now more than ever, women are stepping up, leaning in, and taking charge in leadership positions of every stripe. Channel your strengths, maximize your resources, and motivate your team to achieve any goal you set by Leading from the Front.
Angie Witkowski
Featured Keynote Programs
Why Not Me?
Take Meaningful Risks in Your Life
Based on the Bestseller Bet on You
Big dreams require big risks. Learn how to develop the Clarity, Confidence, and Courage needed to bet on yourself. Sharing her own emotional journey, Angie reveals life-tested practices for facing your fears, embracing risk-taking, and living the life you were meant to pursue.
This program is perfect for ambitious professionals who:
- Have unlived dreams they want to achieve and need to stop playing it “safe”
- Don’t believe they have what it takes to pursue their meaningful vision for life
- Are crushing it at work, but have neglected other areas of their life
- Are busy … but don’t feel like their efforts are amounting to much
The audience will leave with:
- A renewed sense of self-trust that empowers them to move toward their dreams with greater confidence
- Actionable insights into the Play it Safe Paradox and the 3 common myths of risk-taking
- The motivation and tools to develop a Risk-Taker Mindset and begin building a more rewarding life
Be a SPARK!
Lead Yourself and Others to Greater Success
Based on the NYT Bestseller SPARK
The leadership practices presented in this keynote empower individuals to be a SPARK- a doer, thinker, and initiative-taker who creates results- no matter what their job title is.
Attendees will leave equipped to inspire others, nurture their team’s success, and contribute to a better leadership culture within their organization.
This presentation is ideal for leaders at all levels who:
- Need practical strategies for inspiring their disengaged or burned-out teams
- Want to lead their team to success but aren’t sure what steps to take
- Are struggling to build trust and engagement within their team and organization.
The audience will leave with (Outcome/What They Get):
- Confidence in their ability to transform a group of individuals into a team and a recommitment to team building
- An unforgettable reminder that leadership is a choice and they can choose not only to lead, but also to strengthen their leadership skills
- A clear understanding of the value of accountability and engagement, and simple ways they can implement both to build trust
Lead From The Front
No Excuse Leadership Tactics for Women
Based on the Bestseller (and Leadership Classic) Leading from the Front.
Drawing on her transformative experience in the Marine Corps, Angie offers a unique look into the skills, mindset, and techniques of military leadership and how women can apply these highly effective leadership principles to their careers…and lives.
This presentation is perfect for women who:
- Lack confidence or need to develop a stronger command presence
- Want to understand a principled approach to leadership development
- Struggle to take responsibility for setbacks and disappointments
The audience will leave with (Outcome/What They Get):
- A new rubric for leading like a US Marine: setting the example, keeping high standards, and being authentic in their leadership style.
- A profound sense of the power and ability they already have to own (and develop) their potential.
- An Accountability Mindset that empowers them to take responsibility and make a conscious choice to lead, regardless of their title.