Sandra Ford Walston

Who is Sandra Ford Walston?

“The motivational speaker who gives you the courage to step up to the next level.”

Sandra Ford Walston, The Courage Expert,

innovator of StuckThinking™, bestselling author, consultant, seminar leader, speaker, courage coach

Sandra has been featured in numerous magazines such as:


• Chief Learning Officer


• Strategic Finance


• Personal Excellence: The Magazine of Life Leadership (Professor Bennis)


• HR Matters, Malaysia


• Training & Development (US and Germany)


• The Washington Executive


• Brandon Hall Network

Keynote/Training

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Speaker video snippet of Sandra having fun speaking.

If you would like to bring me to your city for a keynote, seminar, workshop or retreat, please Contact me.

Keynote speeches:

  • “Courageous Leadership–An Inside Job!”
  • “Courageous Leadership–the Ethical Behavior”
  • “Unleashing Courage in the Workplace”
  • “Top 5 Signs to Become UnStuck at Work”
  • “Courage Actions: Do You Demonstrate Them or Are You STUCK?”
  • “Women and Courage: Did Someone Clip Your Wings?”
  • “COURAGE: The Untapped Reservoir”
  • “Harnessing the Energy of Courage Leadership”
  • “Courage Consciousness: Taking Action When You Are STUCK”
  • “How to Get a Degree in Courage” (colleges/universities)
  • COURAGE–The Heart and Spirit of Every Woman
  • Teaching the Attributes of Courage
 
 Courageous leadership training program and teleclasses:
  • “What Keeps Most People Stuck at Work?”
  • “Women Integrating and Working with Courage”
  • “Courageous Leadership: Making It Work for You”
  • “Feminine Courage–C Suite or Cub: It Matters!”
  • “The Mindset of Courageous Leadership–Hitting the Bull’s Eye”


University of Denver Graduate Tax Program Instructor

  • Time Management: How It Affects the Way You Work
  • Communication Preferences: How to Communicate with People from Another Plane
  • Personality Models: An Introduction to the Enneagram—9 Ways of Living and Working
  • Courageous Leadership: Do You Demonstrate It or Are You Stuck?
  • Women Working with Courage: How to Claim, Apply and Rely on It at Work

“I believe Sandra has many special qualities necessary to lead others in developing their personal communication skills and style. Her ability to communicate her thoughts in a clear manner and her sensitivity to others’ reactions are extremely well developed. Her diversity of work experience enables her bring important practical considerations to the classroom. Sandra is an extremely capable woman with very high standards for performance. She is very personable, and has an uncanny ability to make people feel at ease.”

Dr. Mark A. Vogel, Professor – Director, Graduate Tax Program, University of Denver

 

Training programs:

  • Courage Leadership: Advance Your Career—Step Up to the Next Level
  • Courage Coaching Techniques (are well received by businesses and associations)
  • Courage Actions: Do You Demonstrate Them or Are You STUCK?
  • E-Mail/Voice Mail: Human Connections in Virtual Space
  • Enneagram: A Business Model for 9 Ways of Working
  • Coaching Techniques to Affect People: Gaining More Effective Leaders


Partial List as The Courage Expert Guest Presenter for Webinars: 

  • Healthcare Association of New York State (HANYS), “Courageous Actions: Do You Demonstrate Them or Are You Stuck?”, August 2012
  • Virginia Commonwealth University, Grace E. Harris Leadership Institute Courage Expert Presenter (2006-2012)
  • Institute of Management Accountants—three successful webinars (2007, 2008 and 2011)
  • Chief Learning Officer Annual Conference on “Courageous Leadership–the Ethical Behaviors” (2011)

If you’re interested in receiving a program outline for any of the topics listed above or for a customized topic, please contact Sandra with your request.

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“He who hesitates before each step spends his life on one leg.”
-- Ancient Chinese Proverb