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Accelerate and sustain progress with The Corporate Refinery's proven strategies.
POPULAR SPEAKING TOPICS:
The 2-Minute Test: Speak with Impact, Own Every Moment
Can you lead the room in under two minutes? In this bold, interactive session, executive coach and presence expert Colleen Hauk challenges participants to command attention, deliver with authority, and turn words into impact. Selected attendees will take the “2-Minute Test,” presenting short talks followed by live coaching that unlocks fast, lasting transformation. Whether you speak to teams, clients, or the C-suite, you’ll walk away with practical tools that separate the forgettable from the unforgettable.
Key Takeaways:
Learn repeatable, high-impact techniques that top leaders use to speak with clarity, confidence, and impact.
Discover what executive presence really looks like in high-stakes speaking moments.
- Witness how just a few intentional shifts can instantly transform delivery and presence.
The Power Between Us: The Space That Drives Results
The outcomes we achieve are shaped by what happens in the space between people—how we listen, how we speak, and how we show up in everyday interactions. This interactive session explores how communication choices influence alignment, working relationships, and forward momentum.
Through personal stories, real scenarios, and live coaching, participants experience how small shifts in perspective and language can change how conversations land and what happens next. Attendees leave with practical ways to communicate with greater clarity and intention, strengthen connection, and move work forward more effectively—no matter their role or title.
Key Takeaways:
- See how everyday communication choices impact alignment and results.
- Learn simple shifts in perspective and language that move conversations forward.
- Experience real scenarios and live coaching that reveal repeatable communication habits.
The ‘And’ Life: Beating Burnout Without Quitting Your Job
Burnout isn’t just a personal problem—it’s a business risk. From rising disengagement to stalled innovation, the ripple effects of burnout are costing organizations in performance, profit, and people. In today’s always-on world, professionals at every level are feeling the squeeze. But what if there was a better way—not just to survive work, but to actually thrive?
Enter The “And” Life. After hitting burnout and nearly walking away from it all, Colleen Hauk, founder and CEO of The Corporate Refinery, rewrote the rules for success. She discovered how to thrive in both career and life—and now she’s teaching high-achievers how to do the same.
In this high-impact keynote, Colleen blends personal story, research, and real-world strategies to help high performers recover from burnout, re-energize their leadership, and reclaim their lives. Attendees will leave equipped and inspired to lead sustainably, without sacrificing ambition or well-being.
Key Takeaways:
- Pinpoint what’s draining you—and identify exactly where to ignite immediate change.
- Build a burnout-proof life by designing habits that fuel resilience and sustainability.
- Tap back into your power to perform at a high level—at work and in life.
Break Through the Promotional Pipeline
You were once the rising star—snagging promotions, taking on big challenges, and turning heads. But now? You’re doing the work, delivering results… and still getting passed over. The momentum has stalled, and you’re left wondering: What’s missing?
It’s time to stop spinning your wheels and start making moves. In this powerful session, Colleen Hauk—Founder and CEO of The Corporate Refinery—brings her 25 years of leadership and communications expertise to the stage. She’ll reveal what’s really holding high-performers back from that next big leap—and exactly how to fix it. Get ready to shift perceptions and finally punch through that promotion ceiling.
Key Takeaways:
- Ditch outdated promotion strategies and go after the role—and recognition—you really want.
- Expose the silent saboteur that’s draining your focus and blocking your path to the next level.
- Build a bold, clear action plan to engage your manager and accelerate your climb—starting now.
ON-DEMAND TRAINING
Improving Your Leadership Communications
To be an effective leader, you need to learn how to communicate clearly. In this course, leadership expert Colleen Hauk, shows you how to become a precise and powerful communicator.
Colleen first explains how to set yourself up for success by knowing the basics and exploring emotional intelligence. She then provides guidance on creating a connection and tapping into the senses of your audience. She also shows how to engage in dialogue, remain curious, and align your communication to specific goals.
Finally, Colleen shares tips on effective communication in different circumstances, from one-on-one meetings, to group discussions, an d virtual meetings. Upon completing this course, you’ll feel confident in your ability to communicate effectively as a leader.
A Leader's Guide to Reducing Team Burnout
Burnout is everywhere. It’s hard to find a more pervasive problem for employees in today’s work world. So, what’s a leader to do? How can you continue to drive results when your team is completely burnt out? In this course, tenured leader and executive coach Colleen Hauk shares insights and practical advice on how you can combat burnout for your team.
Explore some of the high-level details of burnout, including what it is, why it happens, what the signs are that your team is experiencing it, and how you can step in to intervene. Discover the importance of taking care of yourself as a leader and modeling anti-burnout behaviors for your team. Colleen shows you how to better engage with specific individuals and tailor your approach to fit everyone’s unique needs. Along the way, find out how to use some of her preferred leadership tools to help support your team’s overall well-being—fanning brightness, not burnout.
Custom-tailored Programs & Workshops
We co-create learning and development solutions that align growth strategy and leadership competency with today’s real-world factors. We introduce modern methods that enhance communication and executive presence, that together drive performance and sustain excellence across the organization.
We help you build a solid leadership pipeline, retain your top-tier talent, and positively impact your bottom line.
We Deliver Solutions in These Key Areas:
- Enhancing Communication
- Elevating Professional/Executive Presence
- Presentation Coaching
- Emerging and Executive Leadership
- Embracing Change
- Creating Cohesive Cultures
- Emotional Intelligence
- High Performance
Executive Coaching
Step fully into the executive leader you are expected to be. Executive coaching with Colleen Hauk is designed for senior executives who want to sharpen executive presence, communicate with authority and precision, and lead decisively in complex, high-stakes environments. This work is for leaders who are already successful—and know their next level requires more than experience alone.
Our one-on-one partnership is confidential, direct, and strategically challenging. We focus on how you show up when it matters most: in the room, at the table, and in critical conversations. Together, we assess leadership competencies, examine how you are perceived by key stakeholders, clarify your executive identity, and convert insight into disciplined action—so your leadership is not just effective, but unmistakable.
5-Star Society
The 5-Star Society is being thoughtfully reimagined to ensure it reflects the rigor, relevance, and caliber expected at this level. This private executive community was built for high-performing leaders who value elevated conversation, trusted peer connection, and continued leadership growth. Enrollment is currently paused.
Future access will be shared when the next evolution is ready.
NOW IS THE TIME FOR TRANSFORMATION
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