Gorick Ng

For all audiences. 

Have a firm representative facilitate a 60-min live Q&A with Gorick on topics of your choosing. And / or, have Gorick design and moderate a panel with senior leaders of your firm along a theme of your choosing (e.g., how to navigate the unspoken rules of the workplace).

For mid-career professionals (e.g., senior associate, senior manager, VP).

Given the pyramid structure of most organizations, promotions are no longer as structured and straightforward once you reach the middle ranks.

The result? Low engagement, high resentment, and a lot of wasted human capital. In this interactive keynote, Gorick empowers participants to reflect on their strengths, assets, interests, and goals—and to chart a course for a fulfilling career ahead, whether that means staying put or making a lateral career transition.

For interns, co-ops, and participants of rotational or leadership development programs.

The last day of your internship, co-op, or rotational program is quickly approaching.

What can you do to stand out, leave behind a strong personal brand, and set yourself up for a strong career (and academic year for some)?

In this interactive keynote, Gorick shares lessons from successful professionals who've been in such a position before and practical strategies that participants can apply right now.

For law firm associates (or other professional services). 

Many talented associates leave—not due to burnout but due to a perceived lack of career progression.

Who stays? Those who’ve mastered the unspoken rules of building, inheriting, and growing a book of business.

In this session, Gorick deconstructs the career paths of successful attorneys and the “invisible work” they did, step by step, to build relationships, build a reputation, and “grow the pie,” becoming the firm’s next generation of partners and leaders.

For HR, talent leadership, and senior management. 

We are entering an era where junior talent can work faster than ever, but feel less connected to their work than ever before.

How do you build a culture of excellence when the "entry-level" is being redefined by AI? Gorick bridges the gap between how leadership thinks work is being done and how early career talent is actually doing it.

This session provides a rare look at the new talent lifecycle and offers a roadmap for turning AI-natives into your firm's most loyal high-performers.

For middle managers, senior leaders, executive leadership, and founders. 

We’ve entered an era where twenty-something college dropouts are coding their way to billion-dollar startups that are disrupting entire industries.

How can established players compete in the face of technological disruption and constant change?

Through compelling storytelling and practical frameworks, UC Berkeley faculty Gorick Ng deconstructs how everyone in all levels of in an organization can “think like an outsider” and innovate like the best.

For people leaders. 

People don’t leave companies; they leave managers. Unfortunately, the vast majority of managers get zero training, leading to management through trial and error.

In this session, Gorick shares the most common frustrations managers have towards their teams—and how tiny tweaks in one’s management approach can help people leaders help others help themselves.

For all audiences (especially individual contributors). 

What separates star performers from the rest?

An ownership mindset. In this session, Gorick demystifies what ownership looks like and sounds like, from “level 1” (how school conditions us to behave) to “level 7” (what star performers do subconsciously) in some of the most common scenarios at work, from asking for help to managing projects.

For students + interns + early career professionals. 

Hard skills get you hired, but a lack of soft skills gets you fired.

In this workshop, Gorick shows how little things in your first day, week, month, and year can make a big difference in the trajectory of your career.

For all audiences (especially individual contributors). 

If you want it, you have to strive for it. If what you want doesn’t exist, you have to create it. If you aren’t sure you can have it, you have to ask for it.

In this session, Gorick shares strategies for how to take your career development into your own hands.

For talent from underrepresented backgrounds and members of ERGs (Employee Resource Groups). 

Who are the high performers at your work? Chances are, you're thinking of people who grew up with family or mentors in the white-collar world. How can all of your employees thrive, not just survive?

In this session, Gorick shares the tacit-but-not-talked-about career tips he learned as the son of a working-class single mom.

For first-gen college students, low-income students, and other non-traditional students. 

Look around your campus. Who are your most engaged students? Chances are, the students you are thinking of have family and mentors with a college or advanced degree. How can all of your students persist, graduate, and succeed?

In this session, Gorick shares his experiences as a first-gen college student, first-gen MBA, and Harvard career advisor, how he came to navigate the unspoken rules, and the tips he learned along the way.

For higher-ed faculty and administrators. 

Your work as a higher education professional is more important than ever as our campuses grow more diverse, with more non-traditional students and students who are the first in their families to pursue a college degree.

In this session, Gorick shares how higher education changed his life as the son of a working-class single mother and offers strategies for faculty and staff to make the “magic” of higher education accessible, empowering students to take charge of their futures.

For CEOs, founders, entrepreneurs, solopreneurs, authors, and sales and marketing executives. 

It’s time to throw out the old playbook for how to build, sell, and market your business if you want to stay competitive in the age of AI and social media.

Mastering SEO is no longer enough—you also need to master AEO and GEO. Doing traditional PR is no longer enough—you need authentic user-generated content, not to mention an audience.

To build market share, you need mind share. In this keynote, Gorick Ng draws from his own experience launching a Wall Street Journal bestseller and successful Kickstarter campaign and deconstructs the unspoken rules that bestselling authors, content creators, and business builders have used to build their brands using the latest tools and tactics.