Tara Renze

Be Who You Came to Be - The Emotional Intelligence secrets to…Embrace Your Authenticity - Ignite Your Passion - Unlock Your Potential

Keynote Speaker Tara Renze inspires individuals and organizations to gain the clarity, focus and confidence to extinguish their self-limiting beliefs and take purposeful action to create, own and live the life they deserve and desire.

Key Speech Themes:

Emotional Intelligence, Authenticity, Burnout, Sales Leadership, Motivational

Ideal Audiences:

Sales, Direct Sales, Women's Events, Women’s Leadeship, Healthcare

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Meet Tara

Tara Renze is an author, keynote speaker, emotional intelligence & positive intelligence practitioner, podcaster, thought-leader, wife and mother and is redefining how we unleash purpose, level up our success and create sustainable happiness and fulfillment in all aspects of our lives. After two decades of success in corporate leadership, sales and social selling, she started writing and keynote speaking to empower others to "be who they came to be" and create, own and live the life they desire, envision and deserve. Tara has a true passion and talent for guiding others to harness and realize their full potential.  

Tara published her first book “Be Who You Came To Be” in November of 2021 and her Children’s book “Bee Who You Came To Bee” in January of 2023. She’s currently working on her third book “Perfectly Flawed” which will drop 2024. 

Her favorite titles in life are wife to Scott, mom to Ben and Jack, daughter, sister and friend. Her dogs, Olive & Phog, are by far her biggest fans.

Topics & Descriptions

Signature Motivational & Inspirational Keynote: 

Be Who You Came To Be - Create, Own & Live the Life you Deserve & Desire

  • In this high-energy, packed with takeaways presentation, you will learn to tap into your emotional and positive intelligence to:

    • Redefine Happiness

    • Extinguish Burnout

    • Embrace Change

    • Eliminate Comparison

    • Self-Assess to Self-Actualize

    • Lean into Fear to Take Risks

    • Achieve Higher Goals

    • Never Play Small Again

    • Elevate Your Success

    Finding our purpose, balancing career and home and living a truly fulfilled life are three priorities for professionals. In response to these situations, we ask ourselves many questions, including: 

    How do I make an impact? 

    How do I find my purpose?  

    How do I create sustainable happiness? 

    How can I be successful at work and at home? 

    How can I eliminate comparisons and embrace my authenticity?

    How do I become the best version of myself? 

    How do I move through fear, take calculated risks and go all in on my life and career? 

    Be Who You Came to Be is a thought-provoking, inspiring, genuine and fresh approach that answers these questions and helps professionals unlock and unleash their purposes in life.  

    Tara takes a new and refreshing approach to help her audience find purpose and be who they came to be. Through personal experience, stories and research she walks her audience through a three-step process to "be who they came to be". She combines her 20 years of success in corporate and direct sales along with her role as a wife and mother so she can offer her audience an experience and a message that are sincere, motivating, relatable and game changing.

    Create It:

    • Understand fulfillment vs. happiness; why fulfillment is a better gauge and driver of success and purpose

    • Discover how emotional intelligence plays a role in how you “show-up” at work and in the home.

    • Give yourself permission to change and evolve

    ​ Own It:

    • Eliminate unrealistic expectations created through comparisons

    • Extinguish self-limiting beliefs and internal narratives that are holding you back

    • Determine what fuels your purpose, and remove feelings of guilt, envy and inadequacy

    Live It:

    • Understand how to self-assess to see your full-potential and go all in on you

    • Gain clarity about your strengths and opportunities to create a personal development bucket list

    • Learn how to embrace fear, deconstruct it and take risks to be who you came to be

Signature Leadership Keynote & Workshop:

Get Mentally Fit - Emotional & Positive Intelligence and The Leader You Came to Be

  • Elevate emotional intelligence in your teams, unlock your positive intelligence, strengthen your mind, eliminate self-doubt, and conquer your saboteurs so you can create, own and live the life you deserve and desire – at work and in the home.

    KEY LEARNING OBJECTIVES & TAKEAWAYS:

    Understand the role emotional intelligence plays in self-perception, employee retention, leadership development and overall employee satisfaction  

    Understand your personal PQ score, saboteurs and how to elevate your mindset.  

    Understand fulfillment vs. happiness; why fulfillment is a better gauge and driver of success and purpose within your organization 

    Eliminate unrealistic employee expectations created through comparisons; elevate employee authenticity to raise overall job satisfaction 

    Learn how to embrace fear, deconstruct it, and take risks to be who you came to be, both personally and professionally  

    Employ a system that allows employees to self-assess to self-actualize  

    Create a quarterly review platform that encourages employees to identify their strengths and opportunities to create a personal development bucket list  

    Understanding the role emotional intelligence plays in self-perception, employee retention, leadership development and overall employee satisfaction 

    Living our purpose, balancing career and home, and living happy are three priorities among the workforce. In response to these situations, professionals ask themselves many questions:

    • How do I make an impact and grow within the organization?

    • How do I navigate change or stress?

    • How can I be successful at work and at home?

    • How do I become the best version of myself?

    • How do I get mentally fit to stop sabotaging myself?

    • How do I create sustainable happiness?

    • How do I eliminate burnout

    Positive Intelligence represents a breakthrough in your ability to raise Emotional Intelligence (EQ) across your organization. The main challenges until now have been the existence of too many EQ competencies (18) and that initial improvements quickly fade over time. Positive Intelligence dramatically simplifies this challenge due to factor analysis research that identified the root-level building blocks of EQ. The results of this research have been validated by over 500,000 participants in 50 countries.

    Increasing your mental and emotional fitness leads to less stress and more satisfaction. “Mental Fitness” is defined as your ability to understand that you are not your thoughts and that you can achieve a consistent and positive frame of mind. Strengthening your Positive Intelligence (PQ) will allow you to become the authentic leader you came to be.

    Be who YOU came to be. Authentic leadership is the key to driving results, making a measurable impact and creating camaraderie. Authentic leaders are self-actualized individuals who are aware of their strengths, their limitations, and their emotions. They also display their real selves to their followers. Communities rally around authentic leaders who are confident in their vision and purpose. But how do leaders empower their teams to grow, change and evolve within an organization?

    Enter Positive Intelligence, the mastery skill of honoring, celebrating, and elevating who you came to be.

    Finding balance between career, family and community continues to be a struggle for the workforce. The COVID-19 crisis has illuminated the struggles to prioritize family and career.

    This keynote can be expanded into a 120 minute deep-dive workshop including everything from the keynote in more depth and the following:

    • A custom workbook that will be used during the workshop (attendees will use this during the workshop and leave with it. For virtual attendees a printable PDF will be available.)

    • Three all-team breakout sessions that include time for personal discovery, creating actionable take-aways to implement, team building and group sharing.

    • One individual break-out session to create a personal PQ roadmap to get and stay mentally fit.

    • A FREE Positive Intelligence assessment is available for all attendees to take prior to the workshop (this is highly recommended).

Women’s Leadership Event Keynote: 

Be Who You Came to Be - The Emotional Intelligence secrets to…Embrace Your Authenticity, Take Ownership Of Your Vision, & Embrace A Life Of Success And Fulfillment

  • Empowering women with the clarity, focus, tools & confidence to extinguish their self-limiting beliefs and create, own, and live the life they deserve and desire.

    The challenges women face today can be overwhelming and it takes more than just hard work, dedication, and willpower to achieve a balance between a successful career and a fulfilling personal life.

    Through her inspiring message, "She Who You Came to Be," women’s leadership keynote speaker Tara Renze, shares the secrets to empowering women to create the life they deserve and desire, making sure their voices are heard, and taking ownership of their vision and career paths.

    Through a mix of emotional intelligence breakthroughs and practical life experiences, Tara offers insight into redefining happiness, eliminating comparison, and how to never play small again.

    Tara Renze’s inspiring message will help women discover their purpose, unleash their power, eliminate burnout and find fulfillment in both their personal and professional lives.

    During her keynote, Tara shares the secrets that women use to unlock their authentic potential, eliminate burnout and take their success to the next level by:

    • Gaining insights into the difference between fulfillment and happiness, and why fulfillment is a more effective measure and motivator of success and purpose in both your personal and professional life.

    • Mastering the ability to self-assess, achieve self-fulfillment, and reach maximum potential.

    • Avoiding setting unrealistic career goals by comparing yourself to others and be true to yourself in your professional life, leading to greater fulfillment.

    • Acquiring the skills to confront and overcome your fears, break them down and go outside your comfort zone in order to reach your full potential, in both your personal and professional life.

    • Mastering your ability to evaluate yourself to achieve self-fulfillment and reach your maximum potential.

    Experience Objectives:  

    Create It: Unleash Your Power within and create a life you deserve and desire. Take ownership of your vision, set clear goals, and develop relationships based on trust and emotional intelligence.

    ​Own It: Find a balance between personal and professional success. Let go of what no longer serves you and embrace a life full of success and fulfillment through fearless action.

    Live It: Rise up to and overcome any challenge. Be your best self and live a life you love, one that reflects your true potential and strengths.

Direct Sales Keynote: 

Be Who You Came To Be - The secrets to...Create, own and live a life that you deserve and desire in direct selling

  • Gain secrets to create, own and live a life that you deserve and desire in direct selling. Master the ability to self-assess, achieve self-fulfillment, and reach maximum potential.

    In the dynamic world of entrepreneurship and direct sales, individuals encounter challenges that demand more than vision, strategy, and dedication to succeed. 

    It is crucial for entrepreneurs to forge meaningful connections and provide exceptional value to their teams, customers, and partners, thereby gaining a distinct competitive edge in the marketplace.

    ​Drawing from a fusion of emotional intelligence breakthroughs, life experiences, and the unique landscape of direct sales, Tara empowers you to embrace risks, make bold decisions, and tap into your authentic self to create desired success. 

    Tara's “Be Who You Came to Be” keynote will:  

    • Unlock your understanding of emotional intelligence and inspire you to break through limiting beliefs, assumptions, and fears which prevent you from achieving your desired results.

    • Share how to master the ability to self-assess, achieve self-fulfillment, and reach maximum potential.​

    • Equip entrepreneurs with the knowledge, skills, and strategies needed to access your full potential and make a positive impact in your business and life.

    • Challenge participants to take risks, embrace change, and find creative solutions for the challenges you face.

    • Encourage entrepreneurs to be themselves and own your unique gifts, talents, experiences, and ideas in order to stand out and create a successful business that reflects who you are.

    Need a customized training?

    Tara recognizes that no two direct sales companies are the same, and cookie-cutter training programs simply won't deliver the desired outcomes. That's why she collaborates closely with your team to gain a comprehensive understanding of your company's goals, values, and unique challenges.

    Tara has created custom training for direct sales organizations on a wide range of essential topics, including effective prospecting, persuasive communication, objection handling, relationship-building strategies, closing techniques, selling on social media and customer retention strategies.

Sales Leadership Keynote: 

Be The Sales Leader You Came To Be - The Emotional Intelligence secrets to…Embrace Your Authenticity, Ignite Your Potential & Unlock Your Selling Power!

  • Build high-performance sales teams, unlock their selling potential, and create lasting relationships that build a culture of success.

    Now more than ever, to create successful sales teams, leaders must have the ability to tap into their authentic potential, build relationships based on trust, and engage with customers on a deeper, emotional level.  

     Th​​rough a fusion of emotional intelligence breakthroughs and practical life experiences, Tara Renze shares the secrets to understanding how emotional intelligence can transform your selling potential and create extraordinary results.

    During her keynote, Tara shares the secrets that sales leaders use to unlock their authentic potential and take their teams to the next level by: 

    • Utilizing emotional intelligence to create deep and lasting relationships

    • Sharing how to master the ability to self-assess, achieve self-fulfillment, and reach maximum potential.

    • Applying techniques to navigate the sales process with poise and confidence

    • Leveraging emotional intelligence breakthroughs to keep teams motivated and on track

    • Building high-performing sales teams through collaboration and trust

    Create It: Design Your Dream Career

    Sales leaders have the power to create a foundation that will help them reach success while still remaining true to themselves.

    Own It: Take Charge of Your Vision

    When sales leaders take ownership of their vision, they understand the importance of building strong relationships with customers and clients.

    Live It: Live with Integrity and Lead by Example

    Sales leaders can create positive cultures where everyone feels empowered to reach success.

Leadership Workshop (Interactive):

10 Secrets To Level-Up Your Leadership - Elevate Your Leadership, Increase Positive Intelligence, Strengthen Team Culture, Boost Revenue

  • Takeaways:

    • Elevate Your Leadership

    • Increase Positive Intelligence

    • Strengthen Team Culture

    • Boost Revenue

    • Extinguish Burnout

    Authentic leadership is the key to driving results, making a measurable impact and creating camaraderie. Authentic leaders are self-actualized individuals who are aware of their strengths, their limitations, and their emotions. 

    They also display their real selves to their followers. Communities rally around authentic leaders who are confident in their vision and purpose. But how do leaders empower their teams to grow, change and evolve within an organization?  

    After spending 2 decades in corporate leadership and leadership in the direct sales industry, Tara Renze developed this workshop to share 10 game-changing leadership secrets she learned along the way. 

    This dynamic keynote or workshop is zero fluff, all facts. The 10 Leadership Secrets are enhanced with stories and solutions to take your leaders and their teams to the next level. This workshop includes 3 breakout sessions to give the audience time for self-discovery, collaboration and to develop specific actions to deploy after the conference.  Sneak peek!! A few of the secrets….“Always assume a misunderstanding.”“Never complain down.”“Use a clear mirror to self-assess.”“Tame your saboteurs.”

Healthcare Keynote:

Be Who You Came To Be: Unlocking Emotional Intelligence for Resilience in Healthcare

  • The emotional intelligence secrets to “be who you came to be” in healthcare. This talk is designed to inspire healthcare professionals to embrace their calling, harnessing their passion and tenacity to create, own, and live the life they deserve and desire.

    Healthcare professionals will discover how to tap into their emotional intelligence, using it as a powerful tool to strengthen their resilience, foster personal growth and achieve exceptional success in their chosen field.

    This session is designed to address the unique challenges and opportunities in healthcare, guiding you to:

    Redefine Fulfillment: Understand the unique blend of purpose and satisfaction in healthcare, transcending traditional definitions of happiness.

    Combat Professional Burnout/Strengthen Resilience: Learn strategies to reignite your passion for healthcare and maintain resilience in a high-stress environment.

    Navigate Change with Confidence: Embrace the constant evolution in healthcare with agility and optimism.

    Foster Authenticity: Break free from the cycle of comparison and embrace your unique contributions to the healthcare field.

    From Self-Assessment to Self-Actualization: Employ reflective practices to unlock your full potential in both clinical and non-clinical roles.

    Embrace Risk with Courage: Cultivate the bravery to innovate and lead in healthcare, transforming challenges into opportunities.

    Set and Surpass Professional Milestones: Elevate your career goals with a clear vision and actionable steps.

    Maximize Your Impact: Learn to leverage your skills and knowledge for greater influence and effectiveness in your role.

    Elevate Your Professional Journey: Achieve a harmonious balance between career aspirations and personal well-being for sustained success.

    Healthcare professionals constantly grapple with the balance of personal development and professional demands. This keynote addresses critical questions such as:

    • How can I make a lasting impact in healthcare?

    • What drives my passion for healthcare, and how can I sustain it?

    • How can I achieve a fulfilling career and a balanced personal life in such a demanding industry?

    • How can I cultivate a mindset of growth and innovation in healthcare?

    • How do I navigate the complexities of healthcare with authenticity and confidence?

    • How do I stay resilient and continue to show-up as the best version of me when on the verge of burnout.

    "Be Who You Came to Be" offers a transformative, heartfelt, and practical approach to personal growth within the healthcare industry. Tara, leveraging her extensive experience in leadership and personal development, combined with insights from healthcare professionals, presents a three-step journey to self-discovery and empowerment. This keynote is not just a presentation; it's a catalyst for profound personal and professional transformation for those dedicated to the noble field of healthcare.

    Create It

    Understand the deeper meaning of fulfillment in healthcare and why it's crucial for lasting impact.

    Discover the role of emotional intelligence in patient care, team dynamics, and personal well-being.

    Embrace evolution in your professional identity and practice within the healthcare landscape.

    Release unrealistic ideals of being “happy” all the time to focusing on how fulfilling the work is.

    Embrace fulfillment as the key to resilience in a demanding work environment.

    Own It

    Overcome the trap of comparing your journey to others and focus on your unique path in healthcare.

    Shed limiting beliefs that hinder your growth and embrace a mindset of abundance and possibility.

    Identify and nurture your core motivations in healthcare, eliminating guilt and self-doubt.

    Live It

    Employ self-assessment tools to realize your full potential and commit to your professional and personal growth.

    Develop a personal roadmap highlighting your strengths and areas for development, tailored to healthcare challenges.

    Learn to navigate fear and uncertainty in healthcare, turning them into stepping stones for innovation and leadership.

    Set sights to achieve some big personal goals that will continue to fuel your success at work.

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Full Bio

Tara Renze is an author, keynote speaker, emotional intelligence & positive intelligence practitioner, podcaster, thought-leader, wife and mother and is redefining how we unleash purpose, level up our success and create sustainable happiness and fulfillment in all aspects of our lives. After two decades of success in corporate leadership and social selling, she started writing and keynote speaking to empower others to "be who they came to be" and create, own and live the life they desire, envision and deserve. Tara has a true passion and talent for guiding others to harness and realize their full potential. 

  • Through books, keynotes, workshops, podcasts, social media, and insights, she helps her audience become the best version of themselves, achieve unlimited success, live fulfilled and pursue their passions. Tara takes a new and refreshing approach to helping others find purpose and be who they came to be. She combines her expertise in emotional & positive intelligence, success in corporate leadership and experience in social sales along with her roles as a wife and a mother to offer her audience an experience and a message that are sincere, motivating, relatable and game changing.

    Tara is recognized as an inspirational leader and top achiever. At CareerBuilder.com, she was celebrated as a top national sales leader as she built and led two multi-million-dollar sales teams, facilitated national trainings, and provided leadership consulting to sales teams across the country. She left the corporate world to raise her two boys and successfully built a nationwide, multi-million-dollar social selling business that offered flexible entrepreneurship for women.

    Tara is a frequent keynote speaker and workshop host at local and national conferences and seminars and is an emotional-intelligence expert certified through OKA-Online. She graduated from the University of Kansas and has studied leadership at the Wharton School of Business, The University of Chicago and the Kellogg Graduate School of Management. 

    Tara published her first book “Be Who You Came To Be” in November of 2021 and her Children’s book “Bee Who You Came To Bee” in January of 2023. She’s currently working on her third book “Perfectly Flawed,” which will drop 2024. 

    Her favorite titles in life are wife to Scott, mom to Ben and Jack, daughter, sister and friend. Her dogs, Olive & Phog, are by far her biggest fans.

Testimonials

“Tara presentation was FANTASTIC!” - Lifenet Health

“Tara! You were exactly what our leaders needed at our Summit! Your energy and insights poured into them.  I’ve heard nothing but rave reviews from those in attendance. Thank you for making such a positive impact!” - Natalie Johns VP of Sales, Green Compass

“Tara was AMAZING!! We’ve heard many times from our consultants that she’s the best speaker we’ve ever had!  She was so relatable and they loved what she shared!” - Karin Sedell, Field Development Manager at Pink Zebra Home

“The connection she had with the group was nothing I have seen in a long time.  Tara knew Aflac and I could tell she had done her homework (learning about the culture and what we are all about as a company).  That really resonated well with the teams during breakout sessions and as keynote speaker.  She also spoke long enough that the audience attention was all on her and not their cell phones, which says a lot about her as a motivation speaker.  The part and she had several I like, was going out into the audience talking one on one with them during discussion in the breakout session… a BIG WIN for me. 

I loved every minute and look forward to her speaking at more of our events/or meetings in the future.” - Connie Love, Lead/Event Planner for Aflac

“Tara, Thank you so much for your session at our WiMI conference today! Your message sent our members home with a lot to think about and a lot to do. Be who you came to be! What a wonderful message! 

MCAA's goal to elevate the women in our industry has a better road map now thanks to your input. As I mentioned after your session, I gained many new insights and tools on how I can be better in my efforts to help elevate everyone in our organization. You've truly made a difference - thank you.” - CEO, MCAA (Mechanical Contractors Association of America)

  • “Tara was the right speaker at the right time for our real estate association!  She was full of energy and her message got right to the heart of authentic leadership!   There were so many actionable take-aways that our group can put into practice in their committee work, their businesses and their life.  We are getting great feedback from her session and positive reviews about her book "Be Who You Came TO Be."   We would highly recommend her for any group that needs a reminder that every person in your organization has unique gifts, talents and perspectives that they bring to the table and that their investment of time into the group Matters!” - Andrea Sheridan, President of Missouri Realtors Association and Network Director for Keller Williams Northland Partners

    “Hiring Tara for an agent appreciation event was one of the best things we did. Her keynote was timely, dynamic, impactful and resonated on so many levels. We had so many agents rave to others afterwards; it was truly a very wonderful event. I have no doubt that Tara could alter her message to work in any industry, but for real estate agents, the message was tailor made and a perfect fit for entrepreneurs. We can’t wait to work with her again in the future!” - Marketing & Events Specialist. Prime Lending

    “We recently had Tara Renze attend our Sales Kickoff as the keynote speaker.  Tara was such a powerful presenter and her message around positive intelligence, being mentally fit, and being in control of your saboteurs resonated profoundly with our team.  I had many people approach me after Tara delivered her message asking how they can learn more and sharing the impact her message had on them personally.  Admittedly, I was a little apprehensive about the message and whether it would have the impact we desired, but what is resoundingly true for Restaurant365 is that this investment we have made in our people is paying dividends in our business.  People still share with me that they reference back to the learnings from Tara’s keynote often and it helps them be more productive in life and in the workplace!  Thanks Tara for an amazing event!” - Chief Sales Officer, Restaurant365

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