Colleen DelVecchio
Women's Leadership and Strengthsfinder Consultant at Maxady
Talent Development
Education: Boston University - Bay Path University
Northampton, MA, USA
Biography
Colleen is the Chief Strategist and owner of Maxady LLC and has a passion for empowering individuals and businesses to leverage their strengths, increase equity & inclusion, and navigate increasingly complex business environments. She is a certified Gallup CliftonStrengths Coach, engagement consultant, trainer keynote speaker, and leadership coach.
With over twenty years of experience in workplace leadership, organizational change, strategic management, career coaching and staff development, she guides teams to maximize each person’s ability to increase their impact, performance and job satisfaction. Her background includes extensive training development for in-person and e-learning experiences around compassionate leadership, strategic thinking, mentoring, public speaking, and strengths-based development.
With a passion for working with nonprofit leadership programs and designing individualized training programs for organizations, she has worked with hundreds of nonprofit organizations, hospitals, Fortune 500 companies, multiple chambers of commerce, independent private schools, large state universities, elite women’s colleges and many small businesses.
Colleen has been the recipient of two Turkeyland Cove Foundation fellowships and is currently the president of the board of directors. She has taught at Holyoke Community College, Greenfield COmmunity College, Bay Path University and UMass Amherst. Colleen is a certified Gallup Strengths Coach, has a BA in psychology from Boston University, and an MS in nonprofit management from Bay Path University.
Whether through a keynote, full-day workshop or one-on-one coaching, Colleen will motivate you to change your thinking and be ready to take action.
Passion
I am a certified Gallup Strengths Coach and Consultant with a passion for empowering individuals and businesses to leverage their strengths and navigate increasingly complex business environments. With over twenty years of experience in strengths-based leadership, organizational change and staff development, I love to guide individuals and teams to maximize each person’s ability to increase their impact, performance and job satisfaction. I offer executive coaching, team training and strategic consulting.
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More than 100 miles
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Origin Story
With over twenty years of experience in organizational change, strategic management, career counseling, training and staff development, Colleen has always used a strengths-based leadership model to guide her work. Her background includes extensive development of curricula for in-person and e-learning experiences around strategic thinking, mentoring, career choice, board development, volunteer management, public speaking, and developing innovative non-profit programming. Colleen has provided technical assistance to non-profits nationwide on organizational change and start-up program development. She has also taught public speaking at UMass Amherst and volunteer & board management at Bay Path University.
Colleen is a certified Gallup strengths coach, has a BA in psychology from Boston University, and a MA in nonprofit management from Bay Path University.
Example talks
Rock Your Strengths!
We all have those days where everything seems to go just right - where we’re truly rockin’ it. Based on the Clifton Strengths assessment, learn how to have more days that you are maximizing your potential. Gallup research has shown that employees who use their strengths are six times more engaged in their jobs and three times happier in life - and who wouldn’t want that? When teams use strengths regularly, they are more innovative, improve internally and rise above the competition. Colleen will walk you through some simple steps to recognize your strengths and be more confident in rockin’ them each and every day.
Compassionate Leadership During Change
Studies have shown that people tend to be resistant to change under normal circumstances. But during times of crisis, most don’t need convincing. This is when people are open to change - but they still might fear the unknown. As a leader, you have the ability to lead your team successfully through change with compassion.
Learn the 4 ways to lead by compassion right now, during this time of rapid workforce change. Because if there was ever a time to show your employees you care, this is it.
Taking the Right Risks
Many of us work hard to avoid risks. Or spend too much time trying to take the smallest risk possible. But life really is a series of calculated risks. Fear and risk are relative - do you need to build your risk tolerance?
Get motivated to take the five most important risks that everyone should take in their life. Big or small, learn how to maximize the right risks for you. By blending humor and life experiences, Colleen will leave you invigorated for the rest of the conference and inspired to start taking more risks.
Preventing the Ripple Effects of Burnout
Just like when you throw a pebble into a lake and it causes a ripple, job burnout creates a ripple effect into all areas of your life. With 76% of employees experiencing burnout (from a Gallup 2019 study) before the pandemic, burnout is a workplace crisis.
Spend time with Colleen during this engaging keynote to learn the factors that contribute to burnout, what to do about them and how to prevent the ripple effect of burnout.