Courtney Clark
- Resilience and Grit Researcher
- Four-Time World Trade Center-related Cancer Survivor
- Years Researching how we "bounce back" with ReVisionary Thinking
Courtney Clark is the luckiest unlucky person in the world. After witnessing the terrorist attacks of September 11th from her office just 18 blocks north, she thought she had escaped unscathed. Little did she know the events of 9/11 would cause a cascade of issues in her life a few years later. Her experiences caused...
read the restCourtney Clark is the luckiest unlucky person in the world. After witnessing the terrorist attacks of September 11th from her office just 18 blocks north, she thought she had escaped unscathed. Little did she know the events of 9/11 would cause a cascade of issues in her life a few years later.
Her experiences caused her to become a recognized change resilience strategist and speaker whose groundbreaking national research studies reveal critical insights into how modern teams face challenges in transition and obstacles. Courtney teaches growth-minded professionals and teams to overcome resistance by changing their plans to meet their goals—empowering them to build resilience, adapt faster, and achieve more.
Trusted by dozens of Fortune 100 companies including Amazon, Google, and Nike, Courtney delivers practical, data-driven strategies that create lasting transformation. Her expertise and approachable style have earned national media features on CNN, Forbes, and USA Today.
Is your team resisting change? Or willing to change, but stressed and distracted by the constant upheaval?You probably want to teach them resilience, right? But not just any kind of resilience is the good kind. Courtney’s research shows that a lot of common resilience strategies only develop “grit”, which can cause us to double down and invest too many resources into dead-end efforts.
Drawing on Courtney’s two major national research studies on adaptability as well as her unique experience as a four-time 9/11-related cancer survivor, she teaches teams how to change their plans to meet their goals.
Courtney has worked with dozens of Fortune 100 companies like Amazon, Google, and Nike to adapt faster and achieve more. Now she’s on a mission to correct what she believes is a fundamental misunderstanding of resilience. Instead of thinking of resilience as unrelenting optimism, her research shows that true resilience comes from adapting to change and challenge. If your industry is facing change and needs resilient people, Courtney will show you the *right* resilience tools, not just the ones that make good soundbites.
Courtney is the perfect fit for organizations facing industry change, growth, mergers, expansions, and leadership transitions. Her keynotes offer a refreshing balance of motivation with cutting-edge research.
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If at first you don’t succeed… then what? While traditional resilience emphasizes never giving up, true success comes from knowing when to persevere and when to pivot. Empower your team with realistic resilience strategies that ...more
If at first you don’t succeed… then what? While traditional resilience emphasizes never giving up, true success comes from knowing when to persevere and when to pivot.
Empower your team with realistic resilience strategies that go beyond clichés. The Short Cut is an evidence-backed form of resilience based on Courtney’s National Goal Resilience Study, designed to prevent burnout and increase adaptability in the face of change. This session offers practical insights to help you maximize progress, avoid dead ends, and achieve lasting success.
After the session, participants will be able to…
Recognize how grit create hidden barriers to achievement, and learn the rules of Productive Persistence
Increase flexibility during change and uncertainty
Identify the difference between a goal and a plan – and how to focus on the goals that really. matter
Apply a simple framework to evaluate competing needs and decide which to prioritize ...less
In today’s competitive world, there’s no time to recover from our setbacks slowly. The research-based strategies from Courtney’s new book, The Successful Struggle, will have your team managing change, chaos, conflict, and life’s other challenges ...more
In today’s competitive world, there’s no time to recover from our setbacks slowly. The research-based strategies from Courtney’s new book, The Successful Struggle, will have your team managing change, chaos, conflict, and life’s other challenges in the fastest, most productive way possible. Building resilience means developing new behavior patterns in tough times, and Courtney will show you the research behind the quickest ways to get back on track and be successful, no matter the challenges you face in life and work.
At the end of this session, participants will be able to…
Recognize the benefits of connecting with the purpose of change
Develop new strategies to maintain personal power and a sense of control during times of change and chaos
Apply the “Stop, Drop, and Roll” technique for chaos management ...less
Hard work usually pays off. But sometimes, no matter how hard you work, your plans just… DON’T work. Courtney has proven techniques to help you deal with life’s detours with humor, resilience, and tenacity. After ...more
Hard work usually pays off. But sometimes, no matter how hard you work, your plans just… DON’T work. Courtney has proven techniques to help you deal with life’s detours with humor, resilience, and tenacity.
After the session, participants will be able to…
Discover how to let go of “the plan”
Identify ways to maintain personal power during transition and upheaval
Develop measures to increase perspective and adaptability ...less
In today’s competitive world, there’s no time to recover from our setbacks slowly. The research-based strategies from Courtney’s new book, The Successful Struggle, will have your team managing change, stress, conflict, and life’s other challenges ...more
In today’s competitive world, there’s no time to recover from our setbacks slowly. The research-based strategies from Courtney’s new book, The Successful Struggle, will have your team managing change, stress, conflict, and life’s other challenges in the fastest, most productive way possible.
After the session, participants will be able to…
Recognize the benefits of connecting with the purpose of change
Develop new strategies to maintain personal power and a sense of control during times of change and stress
Apply the “Stop, Drop, and Roll” technique for chaos management
Customization for Sales Teams:
There are several dangerous mental tricks your brain plays when you face rejection. Courtney’s innovative Accelerated Resilience™ research offers solutions for sales teams on bouncing back, sidestepping sales stress, and closing the deal. ...less
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