Nancy McCabe, CPPC

Professional Speaker & Coach at The Big Shift

Member since October 2022

Professional Training and Coaching

Education: University of Massachusetts - B A
Boston, MA, USA

Biography

Seen. Empowered. Skilled up. That’s every audience after MyndShift.

You've sat through enough "inspiring" sessions to know the pattern. Big energy on the day. Polite applause. Back to their inbox by 4 PM.

Your people are smart, ambitious, and dealing with real pressure — AI changing their roles faster than their job descriptions can keep up, hybrid work eroding the team cohesion you spent years building, and a performance bar that keeps moving. They don't need a speaker who names those things. They need one who hands them something they can actually use on Monday.
That's exactly what MyndShift delivers.

After nearly 20 years watching smart professionals struggle with the same obstacles, Nancy McCabe, CPPC created MyndShift: a science-based framework of integrated skills that trains your brain to be your change ally — building the confidence, clarity, strategic thinking, and resilience your audience needs to own their careers in a world that won't slow down for anyone. The results stick because it's skill building, not a pep talk.

Two Ways to Bring MyndShift to Your Audience
FULL MYNDSHIFT EXPERIENCE - Half- or full-day workshop that takes participants from overwhelmed and reactive to clear, confident, and ready — with the skills to stay that way.

SPOTLIGHT SESSIONS - One powerful idea. Tight delivery. Immediate relevance. Each session is designed to fit any agenda — and leave a mark.

Current topics your audience is asking for:
- Nobody Remembers Boring - Be the Person They Can't Forget and Start a Real Conversation
- Dodging the AI Bullet — Stay Relevant, Visible, and Irreplaceable
- Savvy Self-Promotion — Speak-up. Stand-out. Move-up. With Authentic Confidence
- Strategic Success — Achieve Intentional Goals and Sustain the Success You Create

The result is a room full of people who feel seen, equipped, and energized — and a planner who just delivered the best session of the year.
Let's talk about what your audience needs most. Email Nancy or Book a 20-Minute Exploratory Session
Stay curious,
Nancy McCabe, CPPC© Creator of MyndShift and founder of The Big Shift

P.S. Not sure if MyndShift is the right fit for your audience? The exploratory session is exactly the place to find out — no pressure, no pitch, just a real conversation about what your people need most.

More about me. I am a transformative professional speaker and coach who empowers people at critical inflection points in their career, to “supercharge” their sense of themselves, resulting in newfound self-awareness and professional success. The topics I explore are a clear reflection of the insights I gain and the trends I observe in my one-on-one coaching sessions with business executives, professionals, executives, entrepreneurs, and artists around the world, to maximize their impact and create success that extends far beyond professional achievements.

We are our own best storytellers with an innate capacity to make a “big shift” in our professional journeys. As an intuitive instigator, Nancy challenges everyone to transform old stories into new chapters of opportunity and purpose.

I am an ICF Certified Positive Psychology, (CPPC) coach. Over the course of my career, I've been a successful executive, sales leader, entrepreneur, and a transformational keynote speaker and trainer.
As a speaker and trainer, the organizations I've worked with include Moderna, DELLBROOK | JKS, Resonant, Amazon, WITI, MIT Alumni Groups in Washington, DC, Boston & Delhi, WEST, and others.

I am a proud mentor and trainer for Latino professionals through Conexion/Boston and a mentor for international students through the Berklee College of Music/Boston.

Passion

Empowering people to turn obstacles into opportunities an make the impact only they can make

Example Talks

Nobody Remembers Boring - Be the Person They Can't Ignore or Forget

Nobody Remembers Boring

A résumé lists your credentials. A story sells YOU!

In under two minutes, a great story grabs people's attention, builds real connection, and turns your strengths and accomplishments into something people can't ignore — or forget.

Nobody Remembers Boring is a fast-paced, hands-on exercise in savvy self-promotion. In just 90 minutes, MyndShift Coach Nancy McCabe will have you writing your story — using a simple, 3-step process you'll use for the rest of your career. The bonus? A serious boost in authentic confidence.

Want to bring this to your company or professional organization? For groups of all sizes.  One email gets you started: Nancy@NancyMcCabe.com

People want to hear your story.

Speaking up and standing out is easier than you think!


​About Nancy McCabe, CPPC©

Nancy McCabe is a speaker and leadership coach who empowers high-achieving professionals to translate deep expertise into real visibility. After watching too many talented people stay stuck — not for lack of skill, but lack of tools — she developed MyndShift, a framework that rewires how professionals think about self-promotion: less performance, more power. Nancy brings two decades of experience and a deceptively simple system that works the moment you walk out the door.

Speak-up. Stand-out. Move-Up

Somewhere along the way, you learned to let your work speak for itself. Here's the problem: it can't.

Your work doesn't walk into a room and command attention. It doesn't negotiate your salary, advocate for your promotion, or make sure your idea gets credited to you. It doesn't build relationships that open doors or tell the story of what you uniquely bring to the table.

Only you can do that. ​And right now, that silence is costing you:

  • Money. Not negotiating your starting salary alone can cost you $500K or more over your career. Add missed bonuses, stalled raises, and promotions going to people who are louder — not more qualified — and the real number is significantly higher.
  • Influence. Without visibility, your ideas don't get funded, your name doesn't get mentioned in the rooms that matter, and opportunities go to people who raise their hand - not the ones most deserving.
  • Well-being. When your contributions go unrecognized, it's not just frustrating — it's depleting. Invisibility is a direct path to disengagement and burnout.

This isn't a personality problem. It's not a confidence deficit. These are skills you were never taught – and that changes here.

Speak-up. Stand-up. Move-up is a dynamic, all-in event where you'll learn to talk about your work in ways that feel completely authentic, resonate with the people who can open doors, and reflect the full weight of what you bring to the table.

The only thing standing between you and the opportunities you deserve is the story you haven't told yet.

I'm Nancy McCabe, a leadership coach and speaker who has spent two decades empowering high-achieving women — and men — to translate their expertise into visibility and opportunity. After watching too many brilliant people stay stuck — not for lack of talent but lack of tools — I developed MyndShift, a framework designed to rewire how you think about self-promotion, so it feels less like performance and more like power.

Savvy Self-Promotion is available as a dynamic presentation, breakout session, or workshop.

MyndShift

Imagine when . . . you are fully empowered to contribute your absolute best, free from the invisible barriers of indecision and self-doubt. It isn’t merely a possibility; it's well within reach through my transformative new series of MyndShift presentations and workshops.  

WHAT HAPPENS HERE? Backed by insights from coaching sessions with 1,000's of professionals around the world - executives, scientists, artists, and entrepreneurs, our MyndSift system works to turn a naturally risk-averse mind into an Innovation Ally by empowering participants to

- Boost authentic confidence and courage

- Reimagine the future

- Turn obstacles into opportunities

- Achieve intentional goals 

- Promote themselves, ideas, & others

- Optimize habits and sustain breakthroughs

- Create a cohort of like-minded professionals

WHY IT WORKS I approach every presentation and workshop as a an "intuitive instigator" with a single intention: Empower everyone to turn their mind into an Innovation Ally and spin every aspiration (we start with one) into a fantastic reality. I've learned through 1000's of 1:1 coaching sessions and countless training program how to engage an audience within the critical first few minutes, when to ask the big questions and how to support people navigating the MyndShift process. I use humor and share stories to jolt people out of their natural resistance to change. They challenge the outdated beliefs that keep them stuck when they are striving to move forward and create a new success. People emerge enlightened, empowered, and prepared to turn ideas into action with new  MyndShift skills. Every event creates a community of like-minded professionals whose relationships are built on our celebration of individuality and superpowers. Members often become friends, mentors, allies, advocates, and role models. 

NOW WHAT? Are you ready to give the people in your organization the keys to unlock their full potential, propel their confidence, and elevate both their performance and impact? I am based in Boston, MA and happy to travel to where you are. Of these options, which do you think best supports your goals? 

- Keynote Presentation 

- Breakout Session

- Workshop or series

- Small group coaching (max 12) coaching

- Private one-on-one coaching

Let’s design the high-impact program your emploees, team, and members are waiting for. Please email Nancy@NancyMcCabe.com

Topics/Keywords

high impact communication executive coaching entrepreneur artists change agent conexion business coaching introverts and extroverts cross generational communication whats next coach imagination launching big ideas providing feedback curiosity authentic confidence women leadership pharmaceutical biotechnology professional development get unstuck succession planning women in business women in tech women in science career breakthroughs innovation future leaders advancing women confidence barriers to success women in construction women in finance empowerment team leadership high performance teams communication skills myndshift
I am willing to travel more than 100 miles
Yes
I always get paid for speaking
I am willing to travel more than 100 miles
Yes
I always get paid for speaking

Example Talks

Nobody Remembers Boring - Be the Person They Can't Ignore or Forget

Nobody Remembers Boring

A résumé lists your credentials. A story sells YOU!

In under two minutes, a great story grabs people's attention, builds real connection, and turns your strengths and accomplishments into something people can't ignore — or forget.

Nobody Remembers Boring is a fast-paced, hands-on exercise in savvy self-promotion. In just 90 minutes, MyndShift Coach Nancy McCabe will have you writing your story — using a simple, 3-step process you'll use for the rest of your career. The bonus? A serious boost in authentic confidence.

Want to bring this to your company or professional organization? For groups of all sizes.  One email gets you started: Nancy@NancyMcCabe.com

People want to hear your story.

Speaking up and standing out is easier than you think!


​About Nancy McCabe, CPPC©

Nancy McCabe is a speaker and leadership coach who empowers high-achieving professionals to translate deep expertise into real visibility. After watching too many talented people stay stuck — not for lack of skill, but lack of tools — she developed MyndShift, a framework that rewires how professionals think about self-promotion: less performance, more power. Nancy brings two decades of experience and a deceptively simple system that works the moment you walk out the door.

Speak-up. Stand-out. Move-Up

Somewhere along the way, you learned to let your work speak for itself. Here's the problem: it can't.

Your work doesn't walk into a room and command attention. It doesn't negotiate your salary, advocate for your promotion, or make sure your idea gets credited to you. It doesn't build relationships that open doors or tell the story of what you uniquely bring to the table.

Only you can do that. ​And right now, that silence is costing you:

  • Money. Not negotiating your starting salary alone can cost you $500K or more over your career. Add missed bonuses, stalled raises, and promotions going to people who are louder — not more qualified — and the real number is significantly higher.
  • Influence. Without visibility, your ideas don't get funded, your name doesn't get mentioned in the rooms that matter, and opportunities go to people who raise their hand - not the ones most deserving.
  • Well-being. When your contributions go unrecognized, it's not just frustrating — it's depleting. Invisibility is a direct path to disengagement and burnout.

This isn't a personality problem. It's not a confidence deficit. These are skills you were never taught – and that changes here.

Speak-up. Stand-up. Move-up is a dynamic, all-in event where you'll learn to talk about your work in ways that feel completely authentic, resonate with the people who can open doors, and reflect the full weight of what you bring to the table.

The only thing standing between you and the opportunities you deserve is the story you haven't told yet.

I'm Nancy McCabe, a leadership coach and speaker who has spent two decades empowering high-achieving women — and men — to translate their expertise into visibility and opportunity. After watching too many brilliant people stay stuck — not for lack of talent but lack of tools — I developed MyndShift, a framework designed to rewire how you think about self-promotion, so it feels less like performance and more like power.

Savvy Self-Promotion is available as a dynamic presentation, breakout session, or workshop.

MyndShift

Imagine when . . . you are fully empowered to contribute your absolute best, free from the invisible barriers of indecision and self-doubt. It isn’t merely a possibility; it's well within reach through my transformative new series of MyndShift presentations and workshops.  

WHAT HAPPENS HERE? Backed by insights from coaching sessions with 1,000's of professionals around the world - executives, scientists, artists, and entrepreneurs, our MyndSift system works to turn a naturally risk-averse mind into an Innovation Ally by empowering participants to

- Boost authentic confidence and courage

- Reimagine the future

- Turn obstacles into opportunities

- Achieve intentional goals 

- Promote themselves, ideas, & others

- Optimize habits and sustain breakthroughs

- Create a cohort of like-minded professionals

WHY IT WORKS I approach every presentation and workshop as a an "intuitive instigator" with a single intention: Empower everyone to turn their mind into an Innovation Ally and spin every aspiration (we start with one) into a fantastic reality. I've learned through 1000's of 1:1 coaching sessions and countless training program how to engage an audience within the critical first few minutes, when to ask the big questions and how to support people navigating the MyndShift process. I use humor and share stories to jolt people out of their natural resistance to change. They challenge the outdated beliefs that keep them stuck when they are striving to move forward and create a new success. People emerge enlightened, empowered, and prepared to turn ideas into action with new  MyndShift skills. Every event creates a community of like-minded professionals whose relationships are built on our celebration of individuality and superpowers. Members often become friends, mentors, allies, advocates, and role models. 

NOW WHAT? Are you ready to give the people in your organization the keys to unlock their full potential, propel their confidence, and elevate both their performance and impact? I am based in Boston, MA and happy to travel to where you are. Of these options, which do you think best supports your goals? 

- Keynote Presentation 

- Breakout Session

- Workshop or series

- Small group coaching (max 12) coaching

- Private one-on-one coaching

Let’s design the high-impact program your emploees, team, and members are waiting for. Please email Nancy@NancyMcCabe.com

Topics/Keywords

high impact communication executive coaching entrepreneur artists change agent conexion business coaching introverts and extroverts cross generational communication whats next coach imagination launching big ideas providing feedback curiosity authentic confidence women leadership pharmaceutical biotechnology professional development get unstuck succession planning women in business women in tech women in science career breakthroughs innovation future leaders advancing women confidence barriers to success women in construction women in finance empowerment team leadership high performance teams communication skills myndshift