About
As a 20-year talent development professional, Tara Powers is an international best-selling author, award winning leadership expert, sought after speaker and crusader against boring, ineffective employee engagement initiatives and leadership training. She’s worked with over 300 companies and more than 30,000 leaders building programs and launching initiatives that deliver high touch and high impact for her clients.
Tara has her M.S. in Organizational Leadership, a coaching certificate from ATD and a Certified Training Manager. She’s a Five Behaviors of a Cohesive Team Authorized Facilitator and Everything DISC Solutions Provider.
Her fresh approach, combined with a heavy dose of humor, will leave your attendees wanting more. Whether you’re looking for a keynote or a full-day workshop, Tara will teach and share her expertise in a simple, experiential and entertaining way.
Tara views leadership as a gift, she thinks that teams rock and she “geeks out” over assessment tools. Her commitment to every one of her clients is to serve as a catalyst for change, to be a business partner that takes your team collaboration, employee engagement and leadership capability to the next level and deliver the kind of results that makes you want to do the happy dance.
For 4 years, Tara’s Leadership Programs have earned the prestigious recognition as a Top 10 Leadership 500 Award winner by HR.com alongside big names such as Korn Ferry, Level (3), Hilton, Honda, MIT and DDI. Tara is also a judge for the coveted Brandon Hall Excellence Awards which recognizes the best organizations globally that have successfully deployed programs, strategies, modalities, processes, systems, and tools that have achieved measurable results.
In July 2018, Tara published Virtual Team for Dummies with Wiley and was recognized in Colorado Business Magazine as a Woman to Watch. Tara also speaks nationally on vital topics such as the importance of women in leadership, simple secrets to creating healthy organizations and how to build cohesive and committed teams.