Tracy Butz
CSP • SPEAKER • AUTHOR • CONSULTANT
She is an inspiring speaker, captivating author and successful consultant. Tracy delivers actionable tools to further engage employees, energize workplace culture, and empower high performance.
Tracy Butz is a devoted wife, an energetic mom of three adventurous young men, a successful consultant, a captivating author and a true inspiration to many. Whether it is for an audience of 7, 70 or 700+, she is the speaker of choice who inspires others to live more productive, passionate and purposeful lives.
As a highly sought-after speaker, Tracy has delivered powerful, life-changing messages, encouraging her audiences to identify what is most important to them and focusing their decisions in that direction, creating a positive difference in their work, families and communities. She is well known for her captivating and dynamic delivery, where audiences can be found sitting on the edge of their seats, laughing aloud and brushing away tears as she masterfully recounts each story, aligned with a key point, an impactful meaning, and an enduring message.
Tracy is also the proud recipient of the coveted Certified Speaking Professional™ (CSP) designation, the highest honor in the speaking profession, held by only 12 percent of speakers worldwide. Established in 1980 by the National Speakers Association (NSA), it is the speaking profession’s international measure of professional platform skill. Well-known as a rigorous and comprehensive five-year process with very strict criteria, the CSP designation is earned through demonstrating high competence in not only exceptional speaking ability, but also outstanding business management, recognized ethics and integrity, and a proven track record of distinguished professionalism and success. In addition to being a recognized speaker of the National Speakers Association, Tracy has over 20 years of experience actively engaging both large- and small-size audiences, from a wide range of industries, including the US Army, Motorola, US Bank, Shopko, NAMIC, and Subway, just to name a few.
Beyond engaging audiences, Tracy is also the proud author of three books. Her newest book, Tame the Turbulence: Avoid Losing It. Fly Through It. helps you to stop stress from spiraling out of control and better prevent, reduce and cope with stressors, allowing for a more balanced, productive and meaningful life. Conscious Choices: 10 Powerful Strategies to Grab Control and Transform Your Life, focuses on how to overcome obstacles, make better decisions, and view setbacks with a new perspective. Lastly, The Perfect Pair of Jeans: Design Your Life to Fit You, guides you to design and live your life aligned with your dreams and what matters most, rather than letting it happen to you by default.
In addition to speaking and writing, Tracy also has significant experience in an organizational development environment, including 10 years as Director of Learning and Development for a highly successful mutual insurance company, leading the company’s talent management, employee development, and corporate training initiatives.
Tracy loves life and is continually challenging herself to share her talents, message and inspiration with others. She is poised to provide solutions for your organization’s needs. Tracy truly delivers the tools for today’s world, helping to further engage employees, energize workplace culture, and empower high performance.
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Organizational Development
Inspirational
Performance Improvement
Empowerment
Employees/Workforce
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BE THE ARCHITECT FOR YOUR LIFE! DREAM IT. PLAN IT. LIVE IT.
In a world that expects so much of us, where we are often times blind to who we are and what we really need, how can we design our lives to feel happy, engaged, and fulfilled? Start by believing in yourself and in your passions, understanding how you envision your life. Next, create a plan that is aligned with your dreams, focusing on accomplishing those goals that are of greatest value to you. Lastly, choose to live your life to the fullest, with countless moments that are meaningful, extraordinary and memorable. Don’t allow others to sketch your plan or let life happen to you by default. Design your life to fit you.
Three Key Points:
- Visualize the life you want to live. Dream it.
- Design the life you desire. Plan it.
- Enjoy the life you’ve created. Live it.
TAKEAWAY MESSAGE:
Choose to live your life on purpose and in your way. Don’t let others sketch your plan or let life happen to you by default. Be the architect for your life. Design it to fit you, just like…the perfect pair of jeans we all desire.
CONSCIOUS CHOICES: GRAB CONTROL & TRANSFORM YOUR LIFE!
One of life’s fundamental truths is, “What you choose is what you get.” The choices that you make define who you are and also who you become. We can’t change the circumstances of a situation; however, we can change our reaction to it and literally transform our lives. So grab control of your thoughts, because what you focus on becomes your reality. Consciously choose to align your thoughts and decisions with what matters most to you and you’ll likely attain the life you desire.
KEY TAKEAWAYS:
- Influence your choices and outcomes by altering your thoughts and perceptions.
- Achieve greater success by exercising more patience and self-discipline, and being truly committed to your goals.
- Transform your life by altering how you make decisions, especially when facing daunting challenges.
TAME THE TURBULENCE! AVOID LOSING IT. FLY THROUGH IT.
In this hectic and chaotic world, we are constantly facing turbulent circumstances and feeling out of control, with stress considered by many experts, to be the number one health problem today. The undeniable daily demands on our time and attention can leave us feeling overcommitted and overwhelmed. Instead, choose to become the pilot in your life and Tame the Turbulence! Tracy’s practical applications will help you to live a more productive, balanced and meaningful life-one with less stress and greater success. You will walk away inspired to make positive, long-lasting changes, with enhanced insight, optimism and confidence.
KEY TAKEAWAYS:
- Identify triggers that cause you to experience negative stress and take steps to avoid them.
- Stay calm, take control and effectively maneuver through obstacles and unavoidable stressors.
- Live a more positive, productive and balanced life-one with less stress and greater success.
HOLY COW! CREATE AN AMAZING WORKPLACE THAT STEERS PASSION, PERFORMANCE & PROSPERITY
Discover how to significantly alter workplace behaviors and performance-where people feel safe and empowered to do their best work, trust and respect their leaders to propel the company forward, and willingly cooperate and collaborate with one another in meaningful and effective ways. Inspire change in dysfunctional, under-performing teams to become inspired, accountable and committed team-members, ready and willing to perform their best. Start influencing a transformation of your workplace culture today.
KEY TAKEAWAYS:
- Aim for amazing talent who exemplify the values, character and culture of your organization. Never comprise on quality. Ever.
- Influence dysfunctional, under-performing teams to become accountable and committed team-members.
- Transform your culture by inspiring positive behavior change and enhancing workplace performance.