Turning Adversity
into Advantage
We’re living through the most disruptive time in human history and people are struggling to adapt. The coronavirus pandemic has added more fuel to the fire. How do we move forward? How can you not just survive but thrive in this unsettling new world?
Gerry Valentine is a public speaker, executive coach, and writer; who comes from an extensive Fortune 100 background. He advises corporate leaders, entrepreneurs, and entire companies on how to turn challenges into an advantage. He specializes in leadership vision, building resilience, unlocking innovation, and showing leaders how to use the best within themselves to inspire the very best in others.
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The Thriving Mindset
Becoming Empowered in Disruptive Times
Why does disruption cause some people to break and others to break records? Keynote and TEDx speaker, executive coach Gerry Valentine of Vision Executive Coaching, LLC, shares how the ‘Thriving Mindset’ can help turn adversity into a source of advantage. We’re in a tremendously disruptive time, yet even in times like this, some people will overcome, excel, and thrive. You’ll learn a perspective of resilience and the steps to take to build yours.
Thriving in a Remote Environment
Bring Wisdom & Heart to Your Team
Executive coaches Gerry Valentine and Steve Salee teach a roadmap for creating success for remote teams working from home. Includes a checklist for creating a more effective and efficient virtual workplace environment.
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Gerry Valentine 
Gerry Valentine is a public speaker, executive coach, and writer; who comes from an extensive Fortune 100 background. He advises corporate leaders, entrepreneurs, and entire companies on how to turn challenges into an advantage. He specializes in leadership vision, building resilience, unlocking innovation, and showing leaders how to use the best within themselves to inspire the very best in others.
Gerry built a career as a leader with some of the world’s most respected firms—companies like American Express and Pfizer Inc.—where he oversaw multi-million dollar lines of business. But this was an unlikely path. Gerry’s early life was spent in poverty, in a low-income part of New York City, and as the child of a single mother. He went on to earn a B.S. in Engineering from Cornell University, and an M.B.A. from the New York University Stern School of Management. Along the way, Gerry found that the adversity of his youth had given him what he needed to succeed in the corporate world; and that turning adversity into advantage is a skill he can teach others.
The Thriving Mindset
In Gerry’s first book, “The Thriving Mindset – Tools for Empowerment in a Disruptive World,” he offers a hands-on guide to turn the disruption of today’s world to your advantage. Drawing upon his extensive experience, Gerry shares case studies, inspiring personal stories, and valuable lessons learned from the people most successful in the face of disruption. There’s never been a better time for a book like this—one that shows you how to navigate these unprecedented times and transform adversity into opportunity.
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