What’s Your Boulder?
The Implementation Keynote
Your team doesn’t need motivation. They need to move something real. This keynote cuts through the noise and gets your audience identifying—and starting to move—the one thing that’s been stuck.
Speaking
Moving People to Action.
Your audience doesn’t need another motivational speech. They need practical insights that change how they work—starting the moment they leave the room.
I deliver talks that are equal parts strategic thinking and tactical execution. No fluff. No theory without application. Just real ideas that work.
Signature Talks
Business Development Is Your Job Now
The Founder Revenue Keynote
You started the business because you’re great at the work. The inconvenient truth: in the beginning, business development is the bigger job. This keynote gives first-time entrepreneurs a memorable, immediately useful way to stay visible, build relationships, and keep the pipeline full—without becoming a salesperson they never wanted to be.
Always Be Connecting
The Relationship Economy Keynote
Business is still human. In a world obsessed with automation and scale, the real currency remains authentic connection. This keynote shows how curiosity, generosity, and intentional networking create powerful ecosystems of trust that open doors and accelerate opportunity.
Entrepreneurship on Your Own Terms
The Entrepreneurial Journey Keynote
From the dot-com boom in San Francisco to building businesses in New York as a solo entrepreneur and single mother, this talk follows a winding path of curiosity, reinvention, and resilience. The story is the evidence; the larger lesson is that success doesn’t have to mean building an empire—it means designing a business and a life on your own terms.
Generalist Superpowers
The Pattern-Recognition Keynote
The ability to recognize patterns, move across disciplines, and understand what you don’t know is a genuine differentiator. This keynote reframes the generalist as an asset: how seeing the whole system turns into better judgment, faster decisions, and knowing when to learn it, hire it, partner for it, or simply ask.
AI FOMO NoMo
The Practical AI Keynote
Your audience doesn’t need another list of tools. They need clarity. This keynote cuts through the hype and shows how normal humans—not engineers—can actually use AI to reduce overwhelm, reclaim time, and stay relevant without trying hundreds of platforms.
Friction Free
The Momentum Keynote
Most projects don’t fail because the idea is bad—they fail because friction quietly slows everything down. This keynote reveals how hidden complexity, unclear priorities, and unnecessary systems drain energy and momentum, and how removing friction allows teams to move faster and accomplish more.
Resistance to Change
The Adaptability Keynote
Humans are incredibly adaptable—and yet we instinctively resist change. Drawing on decades of watching technology revolutions unfold, this keynote explores why people push back against the unfamiliar and how curiosity and experimentation transform uncertainty into opportunity.
The Service Industry AI Inflection Point
The Future of Work Keynote
AI isn’t just changing how work gets done—it’s redefining the economics of expertise. For consultants, designers, developers, and other service professionals, this moment represents a massive inflection point. This keynote explores how AI is compressing time, reshaping pricing models, and creating new opportunities for those who adapt early.
Client Management
The Trust Keynote
Successful client relationships don’t come from better contracts—they come from clarity, communication, and trust. In this keynote, Sharon shares the practical strategies developed over decades of working with clients to create smoother projects, stronger partnerships, and better results.
Looking Through a Problem, Not at It
The Strategic Thinking Keynote
Most people stare directly at a problem and try to solve what’s visible. The real solution often lies beyond it. This keynote introduces a powerful mindset shift—learning to look through a problem to uncover deeper forces and find smarter, more creative solutions.
Lovable Live Build
The Real-Time Innovation Keynote
What once took months can now happen in minutes. In this live demonstration keynote, Sharon shows how modern AI-assisted tools can transform an idea into a functioning product in real time—revealing what the new era of rapid creation means for entrepreneurs and teams.
Formats
Keynote
45–60 min
High-impact opening or closing for your event
Workshop
Half or full day
Hands-on working session with tangible outcomes
Panel Moderation
Varies
Expert facilitation for engaging discussions
Fireside Chat
30–45 min
Intimate, conversational format
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When I speak, it’s not theory—it’s fieldwork. Audiences walk away knowing what to do now, not what to think later.
Sample Topics:
- The Friction-Free Mindset: Simplify everything that slows you down
- What’s Your Boulder?: Focus on the one move that changes everything
- AI Without the Overwhelm: Turning tools into time
- Always Be Connecting: The real ROI of human networks
Give Your Audience the Shift They Didn’t Know They Needed
What do overachievers, exhausted teams, and perfectionist founders all have in common?
- They’re not stuck because of a lack of ideas, energy, or talent.
- They’re stuck because of friction—and they don’t know it.
- My signature keynote What’s Your Boulder? delivers a powerful and practical shift in how your audience sees productivity, burnout, resistance, and what’s actually holding them back.
- With a sharp mind, warm presence, and no-nonsense delivery, Sharon doesn’t just inspire audiences—she activates them.
About the Talk
What’s Your Boulder?
A friction-free mindset for moving what matters
This high-energy, interactive keynote is for people who feel like they’re working hard—but getting nowhere.
- It’s not about adding more to their plate.
- It’s about identifying the boulder—that one heavy thing each person is avoiding—and learning how to move it with clarity and ease.
- Attendees walk away feeling lighter, focused, and surprisingly capable of doing the very thing they’ve been putting off for months.
Key Takeaways
- Understand the real reason behind delay and inertia (hint: it’s not time)
- Learn to recognize and reduce friction across life and work
- Identify your personal or professional boulder—and how to move it
- Apply the MVP (Minimum Viable Progress) mindset to tasks, teams, and goals
- Discover how to stop being a boulder in someone else’s workflow
Whether your event is focused on leadership, entrepreneurship, wellness, creativity, or innovation—this talk meets the moment.
This isn’t a “rah-rah” motivational talk.
This is a shift. A pattern interrupt. A friction audit.
Delivered with warmth, wit, and strategies that people can apply the same day.
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If your team or audience is overwhelmed, under-inspired, or overdue for clarity—they don’t need more information. They need less friction.
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