A dynamic and engaging speaker, Nina uses humor and stories to inspire and educate audiences.  She is culturally sensitive and gives specific recommendations and practical tools that can be directly applied to creating more success in work and life.  Talks are 45-75 minutes and are customizable to suit your needs. Many keynotes can be expanded into half-day or full-day seminars. 

Nina speaks on the following topics; click on the highlighted titles for descriptions.  Contact us at info@ninamcguffin.com, to learn more or if you don’t see the exact topic you’re group is looking for.   

The Alchemy of a Team: Create chemistry, not explosions

Artful Leadership: Three strategies for inspiring innovation

Critical Conversations with Senior Managers

Emotional Fluency: Navigating rather than avoiding emotions in the workplace

It’s All About Perspective

Leaning into Leadership: Empowering employees in the new organization 

The Power of Coaching

Emotions, Intuition and Instinct: The hidden sources of good decisions 

What Every Woman Wants… and Four Secrets to Getting It

What You Don’t Know Could Help You:  Four questions to transform your leadership

Be Your Best, Ignore the Rest:  Working from your  strengths

Work/Life Effectiveness: Choices for a Fulfilling Life

Critical Conversations with Senior Managers

In this interactive presentation Nina shares how to work with rather than avoid the emotions in difficult conversations.  You will learn about focusing your listening to hear and address what is not being said, identifying the emotional climate of every conversation; and giving feedback with backbone and heart. 

The Power of Coaching

This engaging talk will introduce you to coaching skills to improve performance and get better results.  The Power of Coaching explores how coaching can be a platform for developing and sustaining change.  Learn the critical elements of every coaching conversation and how to distinguish between your agenda and that of those you coach.

What Every Woman Wants…and the 4 Secrets to Getting It   

More now than ever we have the freedom to direct our careers and lives.  We can choose to work up the corporate ladder, start a business, or stay home to raise a family.  We can master yoga or train for a triathlon.  We can own our own business before 30 and reinvent ourselves at 50. Yet the myriad choices we have today creates stress and a sense that there is never enough time, energy or resources to do all the things we want to do.  Nina will share the secrets to taking back your life - four choices that you can make on a daily basis to reach our potential personally and professionally and enjoy yourself along the way! 

It's All about Perspective

What if you could have exactly what you wanted? What if it were about who you are rather than what you do? What if slowing down actually helped things get done more quickly?  Nina will share three perspectives that have the power to expand your capacity to create what you want.  In this engaging presentation, we will explore how the way we view situations and relationships can make or break our ability to get results in our teams, organizations and lives.