Be seen. Be heard. Be the one they think of.
Cristal Finley speaks to the women corporate programs are built for. Keynotes, workshops, roundtables, and panel moderation that turn career visibility and leadership into moves a woman can practice on Monday.
What Cristal speaks about
Four talks, one method. Each maps to a pillar of her framework and stands alone, or books as a series.
Clarity
Name what you want to be seen for, in plain words.
Visibility
Make your work and your value impossible to miss.
Relationships
Build the advocates who speak your name in the rooms you are not in.
Leadership Momentum
Lead from where you are and move toward what is next.
The four signature talks
Each is available as a 15-minute short, a 45-minute keynote, or a 60 to 90 minute interactive session.
Your Story, On Purpose
You cannot advocate for value you have never named. Clarity comes first.
Building Visibility at Work
Being good at your job is not the same as being seen for it, and being seen is a skill.
Beyond the Small Talk
The relationships you build are often the missing piece between being qualified and being considered.
Leading From Any Seat
You do not need a title to lead. Lead from the seat you have, and the title catches up.
Formats and session lengths
- 15-minute conference short
- 45-minute keynote
- 60-minute workshop with a participant workbook
- 90-minute learning-and-development expansion
- Roundtable facilitation
- Panel moderation
The Clarity, Visibility, and Relationships sessions come with a participant workbook. Leading From Any Seat runs as a facilitated roundtable with a reflection sheet. Cristal has already delivered in the keynote, roundtable, and moderator formats. In person across the Pacific Northwest, virtual anywhere.
The four-part series
Book all four as a development arc.
Clarity, then Visibility, then Relationships, then Leadership Momentum, booked in sequence across your ERG or learning-team calendar and priced as a set. It is the highest-value way to bring Cristal in, and the piece no single talk sells on its own.
Who it is for
- Employee resource groups and business resource groups
- Women's professional associations
- Learning-and-development and DEI teams
- Conferences, summits, and colleges
She has been on the buying side.
Cristal Finley is the founder of Hers For The Taking and host of the She Made It Happen Podcast. From 2017 to 2020 she was vice president and a founding board member of the Native American Employee Resource Group at U.S. Bank, where she led the first virtual, culturally focused chapter to win Chapter of the Year. She holds an MBA and has served on a financial-services association board since 2017, including a year as president. She knows the budget, the executive sponsor, and the attendance problem, because she owned all of them.
More about Cristal →Where Cristal has spoken
The Development Network, a corporate employee network. 2019.
Leading From Any Seat. A repeat booking, 2025 and 2026.
2026. As chapter president she ran four luncheons of 84 to 215 attendees.
Also Portland State University and Classy Career Girl, both 2020, plus the She Made It Happen Podcast.
Download the speaker kit
Every talk, format, and session option in one two-page PDF.
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