"Cultivating Confidence"
Stacy takes her audience on her personal journey of discovery and the challenges of conquering pole vaulting - voted "The 3rd Hardest Thing to do in Sports." She describes the institutional bias she faced early on as a pioneer of women’s pole vaulting, and her techniques and tenacity in becoming a leader and Olympic gold medalist. Her story encourages and inspires the audience to challenge against workplace stereotypes, encouraging attendees to “Do whatever you can to cultivate courage in your lives.”
“The First Step To Success Is To Embrace Failure”
Pole vaulting is one of the few competitions that always ends in failure; until the vaulter misses 3 times. Stacy taps into her "Growth Mindset educational program to demonstrate how all great breakthroughs occur in sports, business and in life occur when you are not afraid to try something new;. The audience will learn how Stacy inspires others to take risks, tackle difficult tasks and "embrace failure."
“Girls Aren’t Strong Enough Or Fast Enough”
As an athletic pioneer, Stacy was faced with gender stereotypes that insisted that women “aren’t strong enough or fast enough” to pole vault and that “nobody cares” if women vault. Stacy discusses her approach and strategies for confronting stereotypes and biases. She challenges the audience to identify and confront these types of obstacles to the pursuit of greatness.