Caroline Adams Miller: Happiness Speaker
- Highlights:
- Caroline Adams Miller, MAPP is one of the world’s leading experts on the science behind successful goal setting and the use of ‘good grit’ to achieve hard things.
- For more than 30 years, she’s been sharing her research-backed strategies to help people cultivate more grit and dig deeper to clarify and achieve their toughest goals.
- Travels from: Washington, DC
- **Fee range: $20,001 - $35,000
Keynote Topics
Bridging Grit, Resilience & Happiness
With increasing complexity, regulation, and competition, organizations require resilient leaders who can navigate change with ease. Caroline’s program offers cutting-edge, scientifically proven methods for success.
Caroline’s BRIDGE method (brainstorming, relationships, investments, decisions, grit, and excellence) forms the foundation of her program. She presents research on resilience, grit, gender differences, character strengths, goal-setting theory, and cultural differences. By applying these principles, teams can set clear expectations, accurately measure progress, and achieve successful outcomes.
Caroline’s keynote is engaging due to her personal and timely stories that resonate with audiences. Attendees gain a deeper understanding of how to use grit professionally and personally to increase resilience, achieve success, and lead with happiness. By cultivating authentic grit, individuals can remain resilient in the face of change and challenges.
Key takeaways include:
- Defining purpose, fostering harmonious passion, creating intrinsic motivation, and cultivating a growth mindset with practical strategies.
- Establishing accountability and building a culture of positive energizers to inspire individuals to put forth their best efforts and motivate others to do the same.
Empowering Women to Win
In today’s world, women leaders face unique challenges, particularly in the wake of the pandemic
Caroline Miller’s presentation, “Empowering Women to Win,” provides actionable advice on how to achieve personal and professional goals while avoiding the three types of “bad grit” that can undermine office culture. Caroline empowers women to cultivate resilience and authentic “good grit,” while also embracing a “believe and achieve” mindset that supports their unique contributions to the workplace.
Through the use of her scientifically proven BRIDGE methodology, Caroline helps women identify their character strengths and set goals for themselves and their teams that lead to optimal outcomes. Attendees will leave this presentation feeling inspired to cultivate a team of positive energizers who support women’s leadership and amplify each other’s successes.
Key takeaways include:
- Achieving personal and professional goals by identifying and using character strengths.
- Building resilience and authentic grit while avoiding “bad grit.”
- Empowering women in the workplace by cultivating a ‘Believe and Achieve” mindset and using the BRIDGE methodology to set effective goals for yourself and your team.
Mastering Goal Setting for Organizational Success
Effective goal setting is crucial for achieving organizational success, yet many companies fail to utilize the #1 evidence-based approach outlined by Locke & Latham’s theory (1990).
In a post-COVID world, clear goals are critical for coaching employees, facilitating teamwork, and providing accurate performance data for a hybrid and distributed workforce.
Key takeaways include:
- Utilizing the Locke & Latham theory for effective goal setting.
- Differentiating between learning and performance goals to avoid the dangers of mixing them up.
- Achieving KPIs with Caroline’s BRIDGE™ method and avoiding the dangers of relying solely on grit for challenging goals.
Read Full Bio
Caroline Adams Miller is a globally recognized authority in positive psychology, with a particular focus on goals and grit. With a pioneering spirit, she has dedicated over three decades to advancing these fields, helping individuals and organizations achieve their most challenging goals and enhance their overall well-being.
Caroline was among the first cohort to earn a Masters of Applied Positive Psychology (MAPP) from the University of Pennsylvania in 2006, a program initiated by Dr. Martin Seligman, the father of positive psychology. She graduated magna cum laude from Harvard University, laying a strong foundation for her future endeavors in psychology and personal development. She is a black-belt martial artist and Masters swimmer.
Caroline Adams Miller is the author of eight books, including global bestsellers Getting Grit (Sounds True 2017), Creating Your Best Life (Sterling 2009), and My Name is Caroline. Live Happy Magazine named Creating Your Best Life one of the top 10 goal-setting books ever published and Getting Grit one of the 10 books that would change your life in 2017. Life hack ranked Creating Your Best Life as the #1 goal accomplishment book of all time in 2019. Her books have been translated into German, Korean, Spanish, Chinese, Japanese, and Italian.
Caroline’s speaking style blends personal experience, real life examples and cutting-edge research from Positive Psychology. Caroline leaves her audiences with tangible takeaways and relatable strategies they can use to create their own happiness and success. Caroline’s TEDx talk, “The Moments That Make Champions,” explores the three things that we can choose to do differently to improve our chances of developing authentic grit and flourishing emotionally.
Angela Duckworth, winner of the 2013 MacArthur Genius grant for her research on grit, said of Caroline: “I don’t know anybody who has thought more than Caroline about how to apply the scientific research on grit and achievement to our own lives!”
Caroline Adams Miller is a TEDx speaker. Her work has been featured in hundreds of magazines, newspapers, and other media around the world, including BBC World News, The New York Times, The Washington Post, NBC, NPR, CNN, and more.
She has worked with clients around the world including Morgan Stanley, lululemon, The Wharton School/UPENN, RE/MAX, Booz Allen, Young Presidents’ Organization, Harvard Law School, American Bankers Association, Coldwell Banker, and Swisse Wellness.
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