BOOK MONICA COHEN WHEN YOUR TEAM NEEDS TO PUT IDEAS TO WORK
Moving From Ideas to Action
The strategy is agreed on. The team has good ideas. So why is everyone still waiting?
Monica Cohen helps leaders recognize what holds progress up: familiar habits, unchallenged assumptions, and the desire to be certain before making a move.
Her Go.Do. message challenges audiences to question what still works, decide what needs to change, and take the next step. She connects leadership to the decisions people make when another meeting won’t solve the problem.
Three Decades of Leading Change
Monica worked her way from intern to the C-suite at Dairy Farmers of America, a multibillion-dollar global dairy cooperative.
Her responsibilities included innovation, communications, crisis response, and serving as Chief of Staff. She later became CEO of the American Cider Association.
That experience gives her a practical understanding of change: making decisions, navigating resistance, and bringing people along. Her stories come from being responsible for what happened after the strategy meeting ended.
Challenge What Has Always Worked
Success can make a familiar approach hard to question. A process stays because it once worked. An idea stalls because nobody wants to be the first to try it.
Monica asks audiences to examine those patterns and consider where yesterday’s answers are getting in today’s way.
Through practical questions and examples, she helps leaders challenge assumptions, make decisions without perfect certainty, and give their teams room to act. The focus is on turning a good conversation into something people actually do.
Make a Move. Bring People With You.
A leader can make a decision and still struggle to get anyone moving with them.
Monica understands the human side of changing direction: the questions, hesitation, and trust it takes for people to commit.
She brings candor, humor, and stories from her executive career to corporate events, association conferences, and leadership meetings.
Her presentations connect the courage to act with the responsibility to listen, explain the direction, and help others take ownership.
PRESENTATIONS
Go.Do.: Moving From Ideas to Impact
Challenge familiar thinking. Decide what changes. Take the next step.
An approach can keep its place long after it stops earning it. Leaders repeat what once worked, while good ideas stay in discussion.
Drawing on her executive experience, Monica Cohen helps leaders examine those habits, question assumptions, and move decisions into action. This keynote is designed for leadership teams and organizations navigating change.
Key Takeaways:
- Recognize when past success is keeping you attached to an outdated approach.
- Make decisions without waiting for perfect certainty.
- Identify a next step that moves an important idea forward.
Build Your Own Table
Strengthen your voice, influence, and ability to act.
Being capable doesn’t automatically mean being heard. Monica Cohen draws on her rise through a male-dominated industry to help women navigate the conversations and decisions that shape their careers.
With candor and humor, she explores advocating for your value, building credibility, and creating opportunities. This keynote is designed for women’s leadership conferences, professional associations, and employee groups.
Key Takeaways:
- Speak with authority in high-stakes conversations.
- Advocate for your value and negotiate with greater confidence.
- Build influence and choose a practical next step for your career.
Great Speaker for
Budgets of $15,000+
• Leadership meetings focused on turning strategy into action
• Teams that need more initiative, ownership, and accountability
• Organizations ready to question familiar habits and lead through change
• Women’s leadership events focused on influence and career advancement
• Corporate and association audiences looking for executive experience, candor, and humor
