Some speakers give ANSWERS. Stacey reframes the QUESTION.
Stacey Mahoney is a leadership advisor, international speaker, and facilitator whose original thought leadership examines why intelligence and capability alone do not always translate into the impact leadership requires. Her talks challenge audiences to examine how their capability translates into influence, effectiveness, and meaningful impact through others.
FEATURED ENGAGEMENTS
Powerful Conversations to Transform Your Thinking
SIGNATURE KEYNOTES
Closing the Intelligence to Impact Gap™
How Leaders Move from Smart to Effective
You can be the smartest person in the room and still struggle to be heard, build influence, or create the impact you intended.
In this signature talk, Stacey explores what happens when capable leaders remain more focused on what they know and what they can personally deliver than on how their capability creates value through others. Audiences examine the shift from individual excellence to intentional leadership and leave with a practical way to assess where they are, consider the leader they want to become, and begin refining how they show up, communicate, influence, and lead.
KEY TAKEAWAYS
Why intelligence and capability alone do not guarantee positive leadership impact.
How to recognize when the approaches that helped achieve your current success need to evolve.
How leaders can shift from proving capability to creating value through others.
How to translate individual excellence into positive leadership impact that extends beyond the room
How to Lead with Impact Without Overthinking Every Move
For capable leaders who want to make stronger leadership decisions without second-guessing every interaction.
Key Takeaways:
The impact “second-guessing” has on your leadership brand and your career
How to use decisiveness plus a growth mindset as your secret weapon
The gift you give when you don’t know
Steps to interrupt over-thinking in the moment, and a practice that interrupts the habit over time
Stop Relying on Being Smart.
Start Leading for Impact.
A provocative look at what changes when individual expertise is no longer the primary measure of leadership success.
Key Takeaways:
When a leader’s capability is a liability for their team
The relationship between intelligence, influence and impact in your leadership approach
How to know when it’s time to shift your leadership operating approach.
How to leverage communication strategically to improve attention, focus and your leadership influence
Workshops and Interactive Learning Sessions
Be A Feedback Hero™
A learning workshop that explores how to give and receive feedback, with a framework for every conversation.MyCareer Compass™
An interactive course using Stacey’s signature method that helps participants build a framework for their next career move, with an optional roadmap session to see it come to life.Pivot With Purpose
A transformative session to help develop a personal change management approach for participants who know it’s time to make a professional or life change.
The Nuanced Experiences Most Leaders Miss
Adapted from her highly acclaimed 2023 ICF Converge breakout session with Angela V. Harris, Stacey delivers a data-backed session on the experiences of underrepresented individuals and how leaders can make the shift to support them. Participants develop new skills and tools that can scale across their entire team and help improve team culture. (in-person only)Culture Starts With “L”
An accountability-framed session designed to transform leaders at the Direct level and above into culture creators, with power actions they can begin the next day. (in-person only)
Stacey’s Official Bio
Stacey Mahoney, ACC-CPDC, is an international speaker and facilitator with 30 years of corporate experience across technology, advertising, nonprofit, and government. Her work spans leadership coaching and organizational development for some of the most complex organizations in the world.
Stacey is the creator of The Intelligence to Impact Gap™ — original thought leadership that examines why intelligence, capability, and effort do not always translate into positive leadership impact, and how leaders can intentionally close that gap.
As the CEO of Stacey Mahoney Consulting, LLC, she works from the belief that leadership can be effective, excellent, and human-centered when accountability exists at the individual and organizational levels.
Stacey is accredited through the International Coaching Federation and holds certifications in coaching through the Institute for Coaching Innovation, facilitation from VERITAS Culture, and change management through PROSCI®.
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