Written Bio

Pam Harper is an internationally known keynote and TEDx speaker and Founding Partner & CEO of Business Advancement Inc., a strategic growth advisory firm based in the New York City metro area. She is a trusted resource for CEOs, boards, and C-suite executives in entrepreneurial, mid-market, and Fortune 500 companies across more than 30 industries. Because of her track record of helping clients find the hidden opportunities in their situations and turning them into game-changing business growth, Pam’s insights have been featured in numerous global media including Business Week, Investor’s Business Daily, and Entrepreneur. You may have seen her articles if you read Chief Executive Magazine, Pharmaceutical Executive, Life Science Leader, or FEI Daily. among others. She also hosts the widely praised podcast series Growth Igniters® Radio, launched in 2015. It has been featured in Marketplace, Seeking Alpha, MarketWatch, and other media, and was named a Top Business Podcast in the 2023 and 2024 PopCon Podcast Awards as well as as a Top Podcast by Thinkers360 Thought Leaders in 2023 and 2024.  Her critically acclaimed book, Preventing Strategic Gridlock®, is read in business schools around the world.

Session Description

Break Orbit: Achieving Long-Term Growth in a Short-Term World

You’re under pressure. You have a bold vision for your successful company. You want to be the disruptor and achieve transformational long-term growth. Yet many of your stakeholders may be pushing back, focused on short-term results. The clock is ticking.

It’s tempting to push forward despite resistance. But even the most compelling vision may not be enough to drive real stakeholder commitment to moving in a new direction. Persistent conflicts can keep your company circling in an orbit of the status quo, at risk of disruption by nimble competitors. 

What’s the secret of breaking orbit to achieve long-term growth? It’s embracing three leadership paradoxes that can naturally emerge in uncharted territory. 

In this powerful keynote, go behind the scenes with Pam Harper as she shares the “break orbit” story of a top leadership team facing a major turning point on their company’s growth journey.  You’ll discover how embracing these often hidden leadership paradoxes can work to your advantage.

Come away with practical insights you can apply to your own company’s growth and a model for embracing pushback, strengthening commitment, and igniting game-changing results.  

Are you ready to break orbit for long-term growth?

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