Session Abstract

Discover actionable strategies to inspire teams, reshape leadership, and foster innovation. Attendees will leave empowered with a resilient mindset, ready to navigate challenges and drive personal and organizational growth.

Note to event organizers

This is more than just a presentation—I provide a transformational experience that equips leaders with actionable strategies designed to inspire teams and reshape the very landscape of leadership. My sessions are meticulously tailored to instill a resilient mindset in each attendee, empowering them to not only navigate challenges with confidence but also to act as catalysts for sustained personal and organizational growth. Through my engaging delivery and evidence-based methods, your audience wi

Tara Gooch

Organizations invest heavily in change, yet most initiatives stall. The reason is rarely the strategy. It is people: the fear of looking incompetent, of learning something new, of becoming an unknown version of yourself. Organizations are individuals multiplied, and real change starts with each one. Tara LaFon Gooch, MBA, equips leaders and teams to move through change with confidence. Her GRASP Method™ (Gratitude, Responsibility, Action, Sight, Purpose) turns change from a one-time event into lasting habits, so transformation holds long after the event ends. Tara spent 21 years in corporate sales and lived the dread of every new rollout firsthand. Today she is a certified Personal Change Management Instructor, an MBA graduate of UNC Wilmington with certificates from Cornell and Notre Dame, and co-founder of Best Branding Solutions. Her TEDx talk, “Gratitude: The Foundation of Confidence,” has earned 415K+ views and ranked in the top 50 globally. She is a 3X international bestselling author, host of the GRASP Confidence Podcast (top 2.5% globally), and has been featured in Forbes three times, plus ABC, Fox, and The CW. Recognized as a 2026 Triangle Woman of Impact and named among Women to Know in North Carolina, Tara leaves audiences with practical tools, not just inspiration. While you’re on Run.events, swap the “Personal Brand Leadership” session for one of your four corporate programs, such as Executive Presence: Speak So People Actually Listen.