Val Wright

Val Wright

Los Angeles, California, USA
Top executives at Fortune 1000 companies recognize Val as a global leadership and innovation expert and call her the growth accelerator. In her corporate career, Val led global strategic change at Amazon, BMW and Xbox. Val was an integral part of the Xbox leadership team. She designed and led an innovation program for Xbox where the first idea of Kinect was formed, a revolutionary device that sold 20million units worldwide. Executives say Val is unique because of her compassionate truth telling, fearlessness, and extensive experience working with creative, technical, and business leaders. Now with clients including Microsoft, Starbucks, LinkedIn and DreamWorks Animation, Val unlocks innovation and accelerates growth for executives who are ready to hear what they need to hear rather than what they want to hear.

Val left England ten years ago and now lives in California with her three daughters and husband. She holds her CrossFit Level 1 trainer certificate and finds incredible lessons from her workouts that can be applied so business leaders can repeatedly beat their business personal records.

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Speaking Topics:

How to Accelerate Not Put the Brakes on Innovation.
Learn critical lessons that every leader can apply to catapult growth.

What makes one company more innovative than another? What made Blackberry fall from market leader to insignificance? How did Xbox reposition itself as an entertainment hub of the living room? How did Amazon carve out phenomenal success in the fashion business?

It is more than just size, leadership or technology; the culture you create and reinforce will drive innovative behavior that delivers results.

You will learn:

How to use the power of critical innovation inflection points to transform how you are hiring and keeping your best people.
The three common myths of innovation and how to overcome them.
How every leader can create a leapfrog organization to catapult growth.
How to benchmark your company using the Innovation Inventory Measurement© assessment.

Being Thoughtfully Ruthless^SM
How to build a remarkable business and live a wonderful life, in parallel.

It is easy to remember a thoughtful leader, yet a ruthless leader may leave a greater lasting impression. The key to phenomenal success is being Thoughtfully Ruthless^SM with your time, your energy and your resources. Avoid becoming exhausted, being triple booked and settling for mediocrity by learning to become more Thoughtfully Ruthless^SM to catapult ahead of your peers and competition.

You will learn:

How to give yourself the gift of an extra two days a month to do with as you choose.
How to create the leapfrog effect for growing your business faster than your competition.
Techniques that will catapult your efficiency, energy and profit by creating Thoughtfully Ruthless^SM leaders.
Why wishful thinking works, you will stop dreaming and start living.
Five critical lessons to avoid wasting your time, mental labor and money.

Creating the Leapfrog Organization
How fast growing companies scale astronomically.

Rapid growth is the new norm; companies who bypass their competition know how to build an organization that scales at lightening speed. Whether your 2020 vision predicts triple–digit growth or you are looking to enter new unknown markets, the capability and capacity of your organization will either catapult your growth or bring it to a grinding halt.

You will learn:

Why the "Intentional Annoyance Phase" is essential for every company's growth.
The five critical barriers executives face with rapid growth and how to overcome them.
Why hope, luck and telepathy will not build an effective leadership team.
Why learning the five critical elements to scaling your leaders will drive breakthrough results.

The Eye Of The Storm
How to thrive not just survive during significant change.

Conventional wisdom says that you should limit how much change happens at once when in fact the opposite is true. The key is to know where you are in the Tornado Of Change and how to lead yourself and your team through the eye of the storm to the tranquil stage of rebuilding.

If your business has been impacted by a recent change you may be feeling stuck or frustrated because the pace is too fast or too slow. Join Val Wright to hear thoughtprovoking insights, practical exercises and best practices from her global clients. You will leave inspired and equipped with three critical actions that you can implement immediately so that you are creating breakthrough results for you personally and your organization.

You will learn:

How to ensure your employees understand and believe in the future direction of your business.
Why a Tornado of Change can catapult innovation.
How to reduce the number of days it takes for managers to be 100% productive following a significant change.
How to be Thoughtfully Ruthless^SM with your time, energy and resources to thrive following significant change.

Target Audience:

Executives at Fortune 500 companies or CEOs of $1B+ companies.

Credentials:

Val writes a regular column for Inc. Magazine on innovation. Val has also been interviewed by over thirty publications, including Fast Company, E-commerce Times, Monster.com, Today.com and US News & World Report. Her forthcoming book, "Thoughtfully Ruthless^SM: The Key to Exponential Growth," explores the pivotal role innovation plays in standing out from the competition. Val's Blog was named one the Top 50 Resources for Chief Operating Officers by ClickSoftware stating, "COOs should find Val's Blog to be an invaluable resource for all things business."

Testimonials:

"Val Wright was absolutely amazing as our keynote speaker for our Innovation Conference. I immediately heard from attendees that it was inspiring with great takeways and I am looking forward to her upcoming book. It was a really wonderful session."
Marilyn Nagel, CEO, Watermark

"Val has uncanny instincts about how to direct leaders to act and communicate more effectively. She assesses people dynamics quickly and accurately and has the courage to state the truth about what she sees. She offers great, actionable solutions and in our time working together I sought and acted on her advice with regularity. I trust her judgment implicitly."
Cathy Beaudoin, President, Amazon Fashion

Minimum speaking fee: $10,000