Victoria Labalme

Victoria Labalme brings 25 years of professional stage and screen experience — from Broadway to HBO, from comedy clubs to one-woman shows — to a keynote platform that has captivated audiences at more than 700 organizations worldwide. A member of the National Speakers Association’s Speaker Hall of Fame, she speaks on communication, performance, leadership presence, and the art of strategic risk-taking, helping executives, sales teams, and entire organizations deliver their message with the impact, clarity, and humanity that separates memorable communicators from forgettable ones.

Rock the Room and Risk Forward
Labalme’s two flagship frameworks are the foundation of her bestselling work. Rock the Room, her five-part performance system, teaches communication strategies developed working privately with C-suite executives at Starbucks, Microsoft, PayPal, Oracle, Coca-Cola, Lowe’s, and the World Bank. Risk Forward, her Wall Street Journal bestselling book, distills the mindset behind her most transformative keynotes for both leadership and sales audiences.

The Private Coach to the World’s Top Communicators
Labalme has been trusted as a private consultant to Hollywood directors, New York Times bestselling authors, and thought leaders appearing on PBS, TED, and Oprah. Her Risk Forward systems have been embraced by 13 of the Fortune 100.

Victoria Labalme delivers keynotes on communication, high-performance leadership presence, and the strategic courage to risk forward.

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.