Can You Be Nice AND Competent?
Instead of trying to categorize us by checking a single box, why not just let us be who we are?
CLIENT TESTIMONIALS
Clients
advice, inspiration, keeping it real
SHAREABLE STORIES
Stop Telling Yourself (Unhelpful) Stories
If, like me, you’re prone to want continual improvement, you might make up stories that suggest you aren’t good enough to begin with.
Don’t Hedge!
If you’re trying to hedge against potential rejection or ridicule, why would you spoon feed your audience the very things you were hoping to avoid?
“You Should Smile More”
What kind of advice is “You should smile more?” Terrible advice! Terrible, sexist advice! Or, is it?
To the Woman Who Doesn’t Help Other Women…
Madeleine Albright was famously quoted as having said, “There’s a special place in hell for women who don’t help other women.”
About
Valerie Gordon
What’s Your Story?
The stories we put out to the world impact the way people see us and the opportunities we’ll receive. And the stories we tell ourselves influence our course of action.
Through keynote presentations, inventive workshops and corporate partnerships, Valerie provides the skills and tools necessary to help participants authentically leverage story, build their personal brand, improve presentation skills and create the plot points necessary for next chapter success.
