Valerie Rivera
As the Founder and CEO of Take Back Work, Valerie Rivera is on a mission to help organizations create workplace cultures where people thrive. Previously, she served in the United States Air Force where she instigated a culture change movement that transformed a bureaucratic unit into a powerhouse of creativity and innovation, leading to intelligence breakthroughs. Now she focuses on designing and facilitating experiences that help teams get unstuck. Valerie holds an MBA from Stanford and a BS in Diplomacy and Military Studies from Hawaii Pacific University.
Lauren Grimshaw
As Managing Partner at Take Back Work, Lauren Grimshaw’s passion is smashing obstacles to help people and businesses grow by creating clarity and building traction. One of her greatest strengths as a facilitator is her diverse background leading operations and innovative product development in the military, non-profit and technology sectors. Lauren holds a BS in Systems and Information Engineering from the University of Virginia and an MBA from Rochester Institute of Technology.
Areas of Expertise
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Virtual Connection Sessions for Remote Teams
Valerie and Lauren can help companies craft compelling events and deliver content with powerful messages. Their interactive virtual sessions can be arranged to help make the most out of your team’s time together with a skilled offsite facilitator.
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Culture Strategy Overhaul
Valerie and Lauren can help companies go beyond the culture words on the wall and create a capacity to bring stories out of the team. They help companies put a lens on what makes them exceptional and show employees their roles in helping that happen.
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Leadership Coaching
Lauren and Valerie can help leadership teams navigate tough challenges with leadership coaching. They can help keep leaders accountable to better outcomes and provide coaching that brings out the best in leaders seeking to make changes in their organization.
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Design Thinking Workshop
Valerie and Lauren can help organizations learn design thinking skills and improve their problem-solving capacity. They can help companies with human-centered design to improve products, processes and experiences. They teach the process of design thinking (empathize, define, ideate, prototype, and test) and work with teams on applying those principals to a real problem.
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Motivation and Engagement Workshop
Valerie and Lauren can provide organizations a workshop on motivation and engagement that helps organizations and people reach their highest potential.
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Pushing Past the Tipping Point Workshop
Valerie and Lauren run workshops to ensure your change movement doesn’t stall out. This workshop is geared towards organizations that have had some success but want to create unstoppable momentum. We blend social science and hands-on activities to arm you with the tools you need to Push Past the Tipping Point.