Victoria Labalme

Wall Street Journal bestselling author, Hall of Fame Speaker and show business veteran Victoria Labalme helps people dramatically elevate their ability to communicate, connect and come alive. She shows individuals at all levels how to uncover their hidden genius and express themselves in memorable ways, aligning with the organization’s mission and winning over the people they serve.

Her results-driven approach offers a strategic blend of art and business that taps into her decades of performing arts experience: HBO, Caroline’s on Broadway, comedy clubs, television commercials, one-woman shows and documentary films. Her creative projects have received critical acclaim from The Hollywood Reporter, Variety, BBC, CBS, The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, and Good Morning America.

Victoria is known for her high-energy, engaging, and relevant Keynote Performances, and workshops. Her proprietary systems and strategies have been embraced by top teams at more than 700 organizations including Starbucks, Microsoft, PayPal, Verizon, Coca-Cola, Chase, McDonald’s, L’Oreal, Oracle, Lowe’s, New York Life Insurance, State Farm, Nationwide, MDRT, Lincoln Financial, American Heart Association, Optum, Blue Cross Blue Shield, the World Bank, government agencies, universities, cultural institutions, and not-for-profits.

As a trusted consultant, she has been the strategic performance coach to hundreds of elite individuals––C-suite executives, industry experts and top teams ––for their high-stakes meetings, pitches, keynotes and virtual presentations.

A graduate of Stanford University, Victoria is the author of the Wall Street Journal Bestselling book, RISK FORWARD, and the founder of RISK FORWARD® and ROCK THE ROOM® offering a full suite of products and services that have led to stunning results around the world.

Risk Forward^® Leading in a New Landscape

There’s no question the world has changed.

Leaders are faced with an ever-evolving work landscape. People have new roles, new expectations and new goals.

Team members are dispersed and disconnected. And change is increasing at unprecedented levels.

Many people are facing burnout. Many are re-evaluating their job opportunities and lives. Meeting-fatigue is everywhere.

Given all this, how can people lead effectively?

How can they innovate, inspire and engage their teams?

And how can they achieve the intended outcomes when the target keeps moving?

Now more than ever, it’s essential to Risk Forward.

The most successful companies, creative endeavors, individuals and organizations are those who have the courage to go where others have not been before.

Using skills she developed through 25 years of professional stage and screen performances, Victoria leverages her background—from Broadway to Hollywood and C-suites to top sales teams—to share her proprietary systems that have led to stunning results in leaders and teams around the world.

With gripping storytelling, comedic highlights, and custom-crafted content, Victoria brings decades of stage mastery to your event.

Attendees are laughing, learning and taking notes.

Each keynote is:

• 100% custom-crafted to meet your intended outcomes.
• filled with practical, immediately applicable take-away tools.
• engaging, entertaining, humor filled, high energy and interactive.

Your leaders will learn to:

• Empower & engage their team
• Create a strong culture, even with a remote and hybrid workforce
• Inspire people to take action and ownership
• Innovate and encourage innovation
• Instill an entrepreneurial mindset in their teams
• Lead with trust, empathy, care, and compassion
• Foster a culture of wellness and psychological safety
• Listen effectively with 3V Listening Skills
• Set a strong vision in spite of an ever-shifting landscape
• Onboard new members effectively
• Give team members a sense of purposefulness
• Bring out the best in others
• Reconnect with what really matters

Participants will leave with immediately applicable tools— empowered to lead confidently, engage their teams and achieve remarkable results.

Risk Forward®… And Rock Your Sales

There’s no question the sales landscape has changed.

With the lack of in-person interaction, a shifting economy, the increase in supply chain issues, and the strain of learning new skills, sales teams today are often overwhelmed and emotionally spent.

Prospects, clients and customers are cautious; many are meeting-fatigued. And burnout is everywhere.

So what does your team need now?

The ability to face their fears and take action

. . .to innovate. . .to Risk Forward.

Now more than ever, to win out over the competition, it’s critical to develop your sales team’s courage, confidence, competence, and communication skills.

The most successful sales professionals are those who have the courage to go where others have not been before.

Using skills she developed through 25 years of professional stage and screen performances, Victoria leverages her background—from Broadway to Hollywood and C-suites to top sales teams—to share her proprietary systems that have led to stunning results in leaders and teams around the world.

With gripping storytelling, comedic highlights, and custom-crafted content, Victoria brings decades of stage mastery to your event.

Attendees are laughing, learning and taking notes.

Each keynote is:

• 100% custom-crafted to meet your intended outcomes.
• filled with practical, immediately applicable take-away tools.
• engaging, entertaining, high energy, humor filled and interactive.

Based on your specific needs, your sales team members will learn to:

• Use the hybrid model of virtual + live to their advantage
• Stand out from the competition
• Express their value proposition
• Listen effectively with 3V Listening Skills
• Engage prospects and clients in a unique and compelling way
• Be innovative
• Maximize your selling systems
• Select and tell stories to help close the sale
• Harness courage
• Increase confidence
• Be the person people buy from, remember, and refer

Participants will leave with immediately applicable techniques they can implement the next day.

They’ll feel empowered, ready to take action and achieve remarkable results.

Risk Forward^®

Looking for a high-energy speaker to open or close your event?

Whether you need a keynote to kick things off and set the tone for the days ahead . . .

. . . or whether you need someone to send everyone off with a positive outlook, empowered, emboldened and eager to take on the challenges ahead. . . Victoria is the perfect choice.

Using skills she developed through 25 years of professional stage and screen performances, Victoria leverages her background—from Broadway to Hollywood and from C-Suites to world class organizations—to share her proprietary systems and strategies that have led to stunning results around the world.

With gripping storytelling, comedic highlights, and custom-crafted content, Victoria brings decades of stage mastery to your event.

Attendees are laughing, learning and taking notes.

They’ll be captivated…profoundly touched…and emotionally moved.

Based on your specific event vision, she’ll incorporate shrewd insights and practical take-aways that your attendees can use the very next day…and for the weeks and months ahead.

Custom-crafting each keynote, Victoria will immerse herself in your organization, collaborate closely with your events team, study your website and materials, share content options to get your input, show up early, and weave in the specifics you want and need to make sure she knocks it out of the park.