Pathways to Success: Navigating Growth & Excellence

Keynote Address Featuring Betsy Allen-Manning

DNA of High Achievers:  Discover The Mindset, Disciplines & Strategies Of Successful People
Does this sound familiar.... you want this to be your year to reach new heights, be considered for that new position, manage your time better, or stand out in your industry, but you don't have the strategies, disciplines, motivation, or game plan to see it through? Through Betsy’s interviews, along with her expertise in human behavior, she breaks down the DNA of ‘Super Achievers’, and gives you their 6-step strategy to reach your next level of success. She’ll show you how to start each day with an 'ALL IN' mentality, own your agenda, and get prepared to reach new levels.

Presented by: Betsy Allen-Manning
Featured on FOX, CBS, ABC, NBC & TEDx, Betsy Allen-Manning is an internationally known leadership speaker, best-selling author, & company culture expert. Her specialty is helping leaders attract, engage and retain the best talent in a hypercompetitive marketplace. Betsy is the owner of Destination Workplace™, one of the top leadership training companies in Dallas, Texas. Through her dedicated research, expertise in human behavior, & experience managing at 5-star hotels, she is honored to have trained over 15,000 leaders & teams for small businesses, franchises & associations, to multi-billion dollar corporations, such as Toshiba, Aflac, Fidelity & the US Department of Defense. Her mission is to help leaders put purpose, accountability & loyalty back into the workplace.

Dynamic Break Out Sessions

Bridget Manley
Personalized Learning Plans: A Roadmap for Sustainable Professional Growth

Are you ready to take charge of your professional development? In this session, you'll gain strategies to design a customized learning plan that propels your career forward. Learn how to pinpoint opportunities for growth, curate high-quality learning resources, and build motivation to stay on track. You'll also discover techniques for evaluating your progress and fine-tuning your plan for maximum results. Walk away with a step-by-step action plan that helps you navigate change, overcome obstacles, and reach new heights.

Bridget Manley is co-owner and chief learning officer at Ascendant Design and Training, a boutique instructional design firm that specializes in helping organizations invest in their workforce growth and development. She specializes in designing and developing workplace learning experiences that improve performance, increase employee engagement, and support business goals.  She co-founded Ascendant Design and Training in 2020 with her husband, Daniel Patterson. Previously, she was the curriculum manager for a Denver-based startup company where she developed compliance and manufacturing training for the cannabis industry.

Karen Shorey:
The Vitality Equation: Cultivating and Preserving Your Energy for Success

This workshop is designed to help leaders cultivate and preserve their energy for success.  Being frustrated, stressed, and tired negatively impacts how you show up on any day.  This session will help you recognize when you are reacting to life’s circumstances and know how to choose how to act.  You’ll learn to see opportunities where others see problems, and to see what’s right, instead of what’s wrong – re-writing the rules for your life and integrating new rules so that they become who you are and how you live!

Karen Shorey, President and owner of IMPACT Leadership Group is a dynamic keynote speaker and leadership development coach with over 25 years of leadership experience. As a Certified Professional Coach with the International Coaching Federation, Karen brings a wealth of knowledge and a deep commitment to developing leaders. She is known for her authenticity and passion in helping leaders discover their untapped potential.   In 2015, life brought her to the Peoria region, and it was here she established her own company, focusing on mentoring and nurturing leaders to achieve their full potential.

Jessie Linder Gallo & Melissa Hussong
From Comfort Zone to Confident: Pushing Through Fear to Embrace Your Excellence

Join us as we delve into facing fear head-on, pushing beyond comfort zones, and overcoming self-doubt to embrace your excellence. Female entrepreneurs, Jessie and Mel, know a thing or two about overcoming fear. Gain valuable insights from women who have triumphed over adversity and thrived. This session offers a roadmap to embracing fear as a catalyst for growth, pushing through resistance, and cultivating empowering beliefs that propel you towards success.

Jessie and Mel are the hosts of the internationally syndicated podcast, Full Time Freedom. Full Time Freedom is a quickly growing community of empowered women lifting each other up to help accomplish your dreams every day. In their high energy show, Mel and Jessie take listeners on a journey to discover what really matters to you and HOW to make it happen.

Jessie Linder Gallo is an executive, podcast host, real estate investor, and strategic planning consultant based in Illinois. With over a decade of entrepreneurial and nearly a decade of executive experience, Jessie loves helping business owners and leaders find their path to success by making strategy both fun and accessible.  

Melissa Hussong is a certified mindset coach, podcast host, radio personality, business mentor and public speaker based in Australia. With roots in the United States, Melissa spent a decade in the Midwest and received her Master's from Illinois State University. Melissa specializes in guiding individuals to start businesses, discover their dream career, and step into their personal power.