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Positive psychology and Grit & Goals™ expert and one of the leading experts on the science behind successful goalsetting

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Building grit and confidence within your company

Keynote speaker Caroline Adams Miller, MAPP has for almost 3 decades been an innovative pioneer within goal setting/accomplishment, grit, happiness and success. A leader in the field of Positive Psychology, she knows how it can be applied to maximize transformation and growth in your life.

Why you should book Speaker Caroline Miller:

She is motivated. Caroline isn't just motivated to her keynotes, but also the words she lives by. With over 30 years of expertise, she applies her successful methods of happiness to her life, and in return into her keynote sessions.

She is enlightened. Speaker Caroline is dedicated to her cause. She's a Professional Certified Coach, former Teacher, Author and she possess her Masters of Applied Positive Psychology. Gathering a variation of information from her many different titles, she's created her own sense of happiness and demonstrates how to properly apply it for a flourishing career and self-development.

She has
grit
. A product of her own key note, Speaker Caroline possess “passion and persistence in pursuit of long-term goals” Allow Caroline to further identify, and guide you into your own personal definition of grit.

Caroline is one of the world’s leading experts on the science behind successful goalsetting and the use of ‘good grit’ to achieve hard things. For more than 30 years, she’s been sharing her research-backed, actionable strategies to help people cultivate more grit and dig deeper to clarify and achieve their toughest goals. Caroline has a Masters of Applied Positive Psychology from the University of Pennsylvania, graduated magna cum laude from Harvard University, and teaches as part of the Wharton Business School's Executive Education program.

Speaker Caroline is the author of six books including Getting Grit (Sounds True 2017) and Creating Your Best Life (Sterling 2009). Live Happy Magazine named Creating Your Best Life one of the top 10 goal setting books ever published and Getting Grit one of the 10 books that would change your life in 2017. Caroline’s books have been translated into German, Korean, Spanish, Chinese, Japanese and Italian. Caroline takes Angela Duckworth’s research on grit a step further by distinguishing between good and bad grit - not all grit is created equal. Caroline is also known as the founder of ‘The Awethentic Effect’ which explains the infectious impact of witnessing or hearing about someone accomplishing a hard goal.And she pioneered the #Share222 movement which encourages women to share other women’s stories of success on two social media platforms at least twice a week as a way to help build each other up.

Caroline is a TEDx speaker. Her work has been featured in hundreds of magazines, newspapers and other media around the world including BBC World News, The New York Times, The Washington Post, NBC, NPR, CNN, and more. Speaker Caroline has worked with clients around the world including: Morgan Stanley, lululemon, The Wharton School/UPENN, RE/MAX, Booz Allen, Young Presidents’ Organization, Harvard Law School, American Bankers Association, and Swisse Wellness.

Customer Reviews

I don't know anybody who has thought more than Caroline about how to apply the scientific research on grit and achievement to our own lives!

Angela Duckworth Psychologist

<br>“Caroline Miller is an inspiration! Her engaging and powerful presentation resonated with our audience of scientists by incorporating data and research on grit into her stories and observations. She taught us not only why grit is so critical, but how to cultivate perseverance and passion to achieve our goals.”

Jennifer Kmiec Founder, Inspiring Women in STEM Conference

Caroline opened our conference with a talk about achieving happiness that was grounded in new research and, as a result, was thought-provoking as well as inspirational. Our audience of executive women continued to talk about Caroline's ideas for the rest of the conference. She really knocked it out of the park for us.

Marion Asnes Envestnet

“I was very fortunate to run across Caroline Miller in my search for an impactful speaker. Her speech was flawless and she gave our members “food” to take home and consider. We believe she inspired our members to be better women, moms, and contributors to their communities. I would highly recommend Caroline Miller to any type of business or non-profit that is looking to create a memorable and impactful event.”

Pam Rosener President and Founder, Young Men's Service League

“Your talk was thought-provoking, fascinating, and refreshingly honest. The excitement seen during the Q&A discussion is certainly a testament to the relevance of your work and the quality of your presentation.”

Kelly Flaherty Alumnae-i Network for Harvard Women - DC

Keynotes

Special virtual keynote by speaker Caroline Adams Miller:

Getting Grit: Harnessing Passion, Perseverance and Purpose for Success

In this presentation, Caroline shares timely examples, stories, and research-based insights that clients can use immediately to cultivate authentic grit to stay resilient, recognize the difference between good and bad grit, develop practical strategies that undergird grit.

Audience takeaways:

How to create a culture of grit that encourages people to be their best, and more.

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Special virtual keynote by speaker Caroline Adams Miller:

Game-Changing Goals: The Revolutionary BRIDGE Method that Gets Results

The pandemic has created upheavals in our businesses and the way we set, pursue and achieve goals. Old ways of measurement and motivation, like SMART goals, are increasingly being replaced by more cutting-edge, scientific approaches that give workers better tools to flourish, focus and create engagement.

Audience takeaways:

Caroline shares her revolutionary BRIDGE method to help clients improve their pursuit of goal accomplishment, establish more effective pathways to success, create accountability, build a culture of positive energizers, and more.

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Special virtual keynote by speaker Caroline Adams Miller:

When Women Win: Leadership Strategies that Foster a World of Gritty Women

In this session, female leaders learn practical steps to create their best selves in and out of the office.

Audience takeaways:

How to identify and use their character strengths, build a resilient mindset, use the new science-based approach

BRIDGE methodology to set goals and pursue them for successful outcomes, and more.

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Keynote by speaker Caroline Adams Miller:

The New Science of Goal Setting: How to Achieve Game-Changing Results

Goal-setting is a basic business fundamental. Everyone knows how. Or do they? Everyone uses metrics but the world is still full of missed goals, failed objectives, and tarnished brand names. That’s because we’ve been using a goal-setting approach based on thin air, not science.

What could your team achieve by using a proven, research-based approach to setting and achieving goals? Effectively setting goals can leapfrog you ahead of your competitors. The right goals help you adapt more quickly to a changing environment and help ensure success in new markets.

Building on a foundation of happiness; first we’re happy, then we’re successful.

Practicing the 6 Keys to Effective Goal Setting.

Understanding the difference between Learning Goals and Performance Goals; when to use each, and when to blend them.

Using Primes and Prompts to set you up for success and avoid the most common mistakes that derailprogress.

Establishing accountability and build a culture of positive energizers.

Goal setting is essential for maximizing human performance. People who implement these proven goal-setting processes achieve the greatest successes of their careers and game-changing results.

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Keynote by speaker Caroline Adams Miller:

Creating Your Best Life—In and Out of the Office: How Women Can Pursue Meaningful Goals and Live with No Regrets

Hidden talents. Unused strengths. Unrealized goals. Women are often so busy meeting everyone else's expectations that their own professional and personal goals get left behind. Unexpressed talents often make us restless and dissatisfied.Now is your time to go for it! The happiest people wake up each day with clear, hard goals that provide meaning and purpose.

Goal setting expert Caroline Adams Miller, MAPP, inspires women to put their innate strengths to use. She encourages women to become their authentic, ideal selves—not just who they feel they “ought” to be—and provides proven techniques to help them reach their full potential.

Caroline shares stories of women from all over the world, whose actions, habits, mindset and grit fueled their amazing accomplishments. And she combines leading-edge research with storytelling that paints a picture of possibility. Female leaders are inspired to take positive risks, and have the passion, persistence, humility, and courage to achieve their toughest goals.

Identifying strengths to increase success.

Using the new science-based approach to set goals to achieve the best outcomes.

Developing a supportive “web of influence”—women helping women.

Building a culture of positive energizers.

Cultivating a mindset of self-efficacy, resilience, optimism, and grit.

Be someone who people tell inspiring stories about! After this stimulating session, you’ll have the courage to create your best life. You’ll be eager to reach beyond your comfort zone, achieve your goals, and become your best possible self!

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Keynote by speaker Caroline Adams Miller:

How to Cultivate Grit in Schools... And Put the “Awe” Back in Awesome

Easy goals and low standards for excellence can actually prevent people from becoming awesome. According to the most current research, when people are truly awe-inspired by extraordinary behavior and events, they are profoundly impacted, and are more likely to work hard, be hopeful, and be kind to others.

Grit is also an essential element in being awesome, and specific character strengths that undergrid gritty behavior can be cultivated to support becoming one’s best self. Using research and stories of gritty people, Caroline weaves together a variety of information that leaves “Gen Z” students, parents, and teachers understanding the importance of hard goals, gritty behavior,and why inspiration is a necessary ingredient in a flourishing life.

The role that schools have played in creating and perpetuating these problems, and what they can do to stop coddling students and their parents.

Ways to embed grit education in a school's daily environment and discussions.

That all grit is not created equal - i.e. overuse of grit can be detrimental (selfie grit, stupid grit, and faux grit).

How parents, students and teachers can change the ways they live and interact with others to enhance the cultivation of grit and its supporting character strengths (humility,patience, self-regulation, bravery, teamwork, and persistence, among others).

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