Corporations
Terry helps corporations learn resilience and build trust and teams to navigate organizational change.
In his presentations, Terry covers his personal transformation and successful career as a high tech marketing executive to help business leaders, managers, and individual contributors understand ways to navigate change, learn resilience and renewal, and develop the mindset for success.
Speaking Topics and Workshops Include
Navigating Life’s Roadblocks: Attitude, Focus and Teamwork
Terry takes you through his harrowing personal ordeal and what enabled him to focus on the positive aspects of his life that weren’t only lessons he learned, but gifts that he could impart to others struggling with their own challenges. Terry conveys the importance of taking note of ‘potential’ turning points in life and how to ensure that you create your own personal survival kit that will help you with career challenges, personal discovery, or physical challenges that may change the way you interact with others.
Frameworks to Overcome Adversity and Rebuild Confidence
Terry shares survival techniques from his life-threatening battle with an aggressive form of cancer that left him with a permanent facial difference at age twenty-one and how he found a way to harness daily inspirations and transform them into four guiding principles that became a framework for facing adversity and building a more fulfilling life.
Dealing With Adversity and Taking Control of Your Life
Based on Terry’s extreme experience with adversity in his own life, Terry shares with us the lessons he learned about how to deal with adversity and how being focused and taking control of your life are the keys to making those difficulties not only tolerable but also valuable in our personal growth and development. Terry encourages the audience to confront things head on and to embrace, rather than fear our world that is constantly changing.
Workplace Sensitivity: Approaches to Celebrating Visible Differences
Based on personal experience, Terry shares how organizations can create ways to celebrate people with facial differences. Terry discusses methods to embrace those with visible differences, celebrating them for the value they can bring to the workplace, and ultimately help to differentiate your organization for an improved public image and a recruitment and retention advantage in the market.
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testimonials
Reviews from Corporations
A powerful reminder that one can grow through adversity
Terry’s message is a powerful reminder that one can grow through adversity. He presents a challenge to the listener that is compelling, and if embraced, has the potential to be life changing. Thank you, Terry, for sharing your journey in such a profound manner, our team left both inspired and empowered to own the change they desire.
Kimberly Popovits Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer & President, Genomic Health, Inc.
Never heard something so inspirational!
I spent years in locker rooms with Bill Walsh, Joe Montana, and Ronnie Lott, and I have never heard something so inspirational as your story.
Dwight Clark San Francisco 49ers
Everyone in attendance was riveted by his survival story
We were privileged to have Terry Healey keynote our Revolutionaries for Global Health Summit in San Francisco. As a cancer survivor, his talk drove home PerkinElmer’s mission of eradicating cancer. Everyone in attendance was riveted by his survival story – it was wonderful to see his story inspire the doctors, government officials, investors, scientists, and researchers to work harder in the global battle against cancer. It brought PerkinElmer’s applications & technologies, science, and patients’ struggles together to show the big picture of what can be done to eradicate this disease. Seeing how Terry’s talk first-handedly motivated such a large group of diverse people to come together as a global health revolutionaries’ movement against cancer/disease was a once in a lifetime experience!
Kevin Hrusovsky President, Life Sciences & Technology, PerkinElmer
He set the tone for one of our best meetings ever!
I am proud to recommend Terry Healey as a motivational and inspirational speaker to any organization. Terry overcame tremendous adversity as a young man and has since emerged confident, strong, compassionate and well spoken. I can’t say enough about his shining spirit and unbelievable enthusiasm. When his presentation concluded, he set the tone for one of our best meetings ever! His talk was uplifting and inspired so many of my managers. They took stock in their own lives and re-evaluated what’s really important in life.
Steve Harden Vice President, General Sales Manager, Southern Wine & Spirits of Northern California.
Terry’s message is a powerful reminder that one can grow through adversity
He presents a challenge to the listener that is compelling, and if embraced, has the potential to be life changing. Thank you, Terry, for sharing your journey in such a profound manner, our team left both inspired and empowered to own the change they desire.
Kimberly Popovits Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer & President, Genomic Health, Inc.
Terry’s spirit energized
Terry kicked off our marketing meeting and charged the room with tremendous enthusiasm and inspiration. His storytelling and positive attitude helped all of us to get a fresh perspective, and to leave our meeting focused on how to take control of and face life’s challenges. Terry’s spirit energized us, his humor was memorable, and he moved and touched all of us, setting the tone for a very positive and productive meeting.
Laura Fay Senior Director, Cisco Systems, Inc.
Terry spoke on the afternoon of a two-day meeting and fully captivated the room.
He is a very authentic and engaging speaker. Terry brought us along in his journey. Other than his voice – you could hear a pin drop. Nobody was on their phones or laptops – a true testament to his story and delivery. To say Terry’s story is inspirational is an understatement. What I got out of his session is that we all have that inner strength – we just need to tap into it and have the support of our friends, families and colleagues. Terry also provided his tool kit of what helped him not only survive but thrive. That tool kit is applicable to people’s personal and professional lives – as it centers on trust & teamwork, focus, positive thinking, balance and visualization. His session balanced out an intense meeting and provided a perspective that will help teams focus on what is really important. I highly recommend bringing Terry into speak at a professional or faith-based meeting. Side note – We also purchased books to hand out to the attendees. The book is very well written, inspirational and a quick read.
Christine Pratt Senior Manager, Marketing, Cisco Systems, Inc., San Jose, CA
Anything is achievable no matter what the adverse conditions are
I saw Terry speak at an event in Bend, Oregon about 6 months ago and I knew he would be the perfect speaker for our annual dealer lunch in Burlingame, CA. Terry and I have known each other for many years, and I was truly inspired listening to his first-hand experience of battling cancer throughout his life. Terry’s story touched each of us at our luncheon for various reasons. The most common theme was that anything is achievable no matter what the adverse conditions are. Terry’s onstage presence was humbling for everyone in the audience. We look forward to having him back in the future.
Grant Riggs President & CEO, Riggs Distributing, Burlingame, CA.
You single handedly have set a bar
I really thought you did an incredible job driving home in such a personal way what The Wellness Community meant to you at our annual Fundraiser event at the Orinda Country Club. I really feel you single handedly have set a bar that will be very difficult if not impossible for us to beat at this fundraiser in years to come!! I really appreciate you taking the time to share your experience with the rest of us and at the same time help raise not only awareness but also valuable funds to help keep the program thriving into the future. A leading healthcare services company agreed to another year of sponsorship after hearing your presentation which basically results in about $100,000.00 in related funding for this event next year!
Rick Lyall President, AHM Security, Member, Leadership Council, The Wellness Community.
Inspirational Message
Terry spoke at our recent departmental offsite. His inspirational message coupled with his unassuming and approachable style helped set the tone for what ended up being a positive, collaborative and successful session. Terry’s personal story of triumph over adversity is extremely relevant to all of us who struggle to achieve a healthy balance in both our personal and professional lives.
Fred Kaynor Vice President, Marketing & Business Development, Schwab Charitable.
What an inspirational speech!
Thank you, Terry! What an inspirational speech and a great way to kick off a very productive day for our team! We really appreciate the time you spent, and the valuable insights – and look forward to keeping the connection going.
Kim Laughton President, Schwab Charitable
Thank you for such an uplifting talk.
Thank you for your recent presentation to our All-Hands Meeting. Your ability to transform your life by facing your challenges head-on and learning how to place your trust in people and events was inspirational to our entire team. It was a good reminder about becoming more tolerant and less judgmental towards whatever life hands us. Thank you for such an uplifting talk.
