A personal and executive coach who has served hundreds of clients in 40 states and seven countries, Valorie Burton is the author of five books on personal development, including How Did I Get So Busy?, Listen to Your Life, and What's Really Holding You Back?. She is deeply committed to helping people be more resilient so they can thrive in life and work. She helps readers and audiences get unstuck, be more productive, and live with balance and purpose. Her Life Coach 911 blog appears on Essence.com and she is co-host of the Emmy award-winning show Aspiring Women. She has also appeared in and on CNN, the LA Times, Oprah Magazine, Essence, Real Simple, Woman's Day and others. Success Magazine named her book Why Not You? 28 Days to Authentic Confidence one of the "Top 25 must-read success books" and Leadership Excellence named her one of the top 100 thought leaders in the field of personal development.

Organizations such as American Airlines, BlueCross BlueShield, the Environmental Protection Agency, FDIC and "O" The Oprah Magazine have hired her as a speaker. Her e-newsletter inspires more than 27,000 subscribers each week. Ms. Burton has a master's degree in Applied Positive Psychology from the University of Pennsylvania, a master's degree in journalism from Florida A&M University and a BA from Florida State University.

Resilient and Ready: How to Thrive through Challenge and Change
One of the most important skills in today's marketplace is the ability to adapt to change and thrive despite the challenges that come your way. In this highly relevant and entertaining presentation, Valorie Burton helps audiences understand and create the building blocks of resilience so they can bounce back from setbacks, withstand pressure and maintain a positive perspective. Using practical takeaways and how-to's, she equips your audience with a survival toolkit for any challenge that comes their way!

How Did I Get So Busy?: How to Excel at Work and Energize Your Life
There's no doubt about it: People living today are living at a faster pace and with higher expectations than any people who've ever walked the planet! So how do you thrive at work and still enjoy a healthy personal life? Using relatable stories and surprising research, Valorie Burton gives audiences practical tools for excelling at work when there is more to do and less time to do it - and real solutions for making time for the people and things that energize and nourish you, mind, body and spirit. It's possible to create more balance and fulfillment, and less stress and overload. In an inspiring and humorous presentation, Valorie Burton will show you how.

Coaching for Leaders: How to Bring Out the Best in Yourself and Others
Coaching is a powerful tool for creating change, building a positive environment, and facilitating progress towards critical goals. This practical and inspiring presentation gives audiences principles and research-based techniques they use immediately to not only bring out their best and fulfill their potential, but to inspire and facilitate potential in others. During this powerful primer on coaching, audiences will learn to:

• Use a proven 5-step coaching process to identify and achieve goals
• Increase energy and engagement at work
• Improve communication and teamwork
• Bounce back and grow from setbacks and mistakes

Successful People Think Differently: 7 Steps to Break Through to Your Next Level of Success
In the last decade, a pioneering field called Positive Psychology has emerged - the scientific study of happiness, resilience, success and optimal human functioning. As one of a select number of people in the world with a graduate degree in applied positive psychology from the University of Pennsylvania, Valorie Burton shares powerful examples, insightful facts, and specific tools that are shown to increase productivity, happiness and success in your everyday life. She shows the life-threatening consequences of negativity and pessimism and the amazing life-giving power of positivity, optimism and using your strengths. More than a typical motivational speech, this presentation is one that will expand your audiences' thinking and help them transform their approach to work and life in ways that produce measurable results.