When the Old Script Stops Working

Event Overview

Every event has an audience full of people quietly living out a version of "When the Old Script Stops Working" — the executive whose old strategy stopped landing, the parent whose approach to their now-grown kids no longer fits, the professional who did everything right and still feels stuck. This talk doesn't offer a motivational reset. It gives your audience a clear, honest framework for rebuilding — one that respects what they've already built instead of asking them to blow it up. It's the talk that turns "interesting speaker" into "the one people were still talking about at the next meeting."

Ideal For: Leaders and professionals ready to rebuild without starting over.

What I discuss in this speech:

• Why the strategies that built your success are often the same ones quietly holding you back.
• How to tell the difference between a script that needs revising and one that needs replacing
• The two most common reactions to a script that stops working — and why both usually make things worse
• A framework for identifying what's actually still working in your life, career, or leadership before you change anything
• How to rebuild meaning and direction without dismantling relationships, career, or identity in the process
• What it actually looks like, in practice, to write a new script instead of just reacting to the old one falling apart

Mentor and coach by:

Geoffrey Mark