Ascanio Pignatelli
CPC
CA, USAscanio is an award winning speaker, and author of the forthcoming book "Conscious Leadership: How Great Leaders Inspire Others." Obsessed with unleashing human potential, Ascanio is also an extreme rock climber, shark diver, TV Host for Travel Channel and coach to Fortune 500 companies and leaders needing to get comfortable being uncomfortable. He is a results focused presenter that leaves audiences inspired, energized and with a new understanding of their real potential. Since 1997, he has helped others develop a mindset that helps them overcome their fears, push their limits and embrace the extreme in some of the world's harshest and most dangerous environments. Introducing novice divers to the underwater world, guiding advanced divers on deep wreck dives and helping new climbers scale treacherous multi-pitch routes in Yosemite all required the use of a unique centering, reframing and visualization process to help instill the necessary confidence and mindset to succeed. Ascanio's presentations always include this process or elements of it.
Ascanio will also share the success secrets he's learned from years of training with some of the world's leading cave divers, rock climbers, public speakers and personal growth coaches that helped teach him the unique ways to exploit fear, and get comfortable being uncomfortable ensuring that your audience leaves the presentation energized, entertained and empowered. Designed around the desired outcomes for your audience, Ascanio's presentations vary from highly energized 10 minute inspirational speeches to exciting, 90-minute outcomes-based keynotes. Ascanio's gift is in engaging, energizing and interacting with your audience and delivering the results you need. In the past he has ridden, hand-fed and even hypnotized some of the friendliest sharks in the world. Today, he spends way too much time pushing his limits rock climbing some of the steepest caves in the world.
Sample Presentations and Workshops with outcomes:
Trump all Obstacles by Unleashing your Passion
- Eliminate the 4 obstacles that keep you playing smaller than what you are capable of.
- Master the 3 leadership traits that will help you inspire your audience.
- Shift the disempowering perspective that is currently keeping you from that dream.
- Learn a cutting-edge visualization technique used by Olympic ice skaters to perform flawlessly.
How to Turn Fear into your Golden Asset
- Exploit the 3 opportunities that arise when you face fear.
- Have a breakthrough whenever you need one by asking "The Magical Question".
- Completely change your relationship with fear by adopting an empowering new perspective.
- Live a life that is that embraces fear and stress.
Attitude is Altitude: How to Develop a Mindset to get any Result
- Recognize and overcome the 4 obstacles to your success.
- Tap into the energy of success so you can perform at your best.
- Maintain a mental state that always gets you to the top!
- Master the 3 leadership traits necessary to succeed.
The Science of Success: Engagement Revisited
- Inspire success in yourself and others with relative ease.
- Start living with more confidence and energy immediately.
- Thrive as you turn uncertainty into opportunity.
- Exponentially increase your energy so you can accomplish even more than you imagined.
Client Successes
"Ascanio, I am so pleased with the outcome. I owe you a big THANK YOU! The meeting was so impactful and the managers had some great takeaways."
Christina Thomas, Human Resources Manager, AvalonBay Communities, Inc.
"His insights and experience has provided laser-focus for my own objectives and as a result my business has exploded. I love the fact that he incorporates his own sense of fearless, outdoor adventure lifestyle into the training. He's made me change my own motto to "Be Fearless" in everything I do."
Craig Copeland, CEO, Results Mastery
"Results exceeded all my expectations. Thank you, Ascanio."
Sergey Kucher, CEO, Ray Access Inc.
"Ascanio's strength is that he is highly committed to the results of his clients based on their truest desires. When one works with Ascanio he is incredibly thought provoking and the coaching is more like a pure conversation, than a session with a coach."
Christine Syquia, CEO, Spotlight Accessories
"His style is not about coaching but rather about helping you figure out your own problems. I judge people based on results and Ascanio is someone who can deliver good results."
Peter Federov, Executive, Golden Hippo Media
Ascanio is an award winning speaker, and author of the forthcoming book "Conscious Leadership: How Great Leaders Inspire Others." Obsessed with unleashing human potential, Ascanio is also an extreme rock climber, shark diver, TV Host for Travel Channel and coach to Fortune 500 companies and leaders needing to get comfortable being uncomfortable. He is a results focused presenter that leaves audiences inspired, energized and with a new understanding of their real potential. Since 1997, he has helped others develop a mindset that helps them overcome their fears, push their limits and embrace the extreme in some of the world's harshest and most dangerous environments. Introducing novice divers to the underwater world, guiding advanced divers on deep wreck dives and helping new climbers scale treacherous multi-pitch routes in Yosemite all required the use of a unique centering, reframing and visualization process to help instill the necessary confidence and mindset to succeed. Ascanio's presentations always include this process or elements of it.
Ascanio will also share the success secrets he's learned from years of training with some of the world's leading cave divers, rock climbers, public speakers and personal growth coaches that helped teach him the unique ways to exploit fear, and get comfortable being uncomfortable ensuring that your audience leaves the presentation energized, entertained and empowered. Designed around the desired outcomes for your audience, Ascanio's presentations vary from highly energized 10 minute inspirational speeches to exciting, 90-minute outcomes-based keynotes. Ascanio's gift is in engaging, energizing and interacting with your audience and delivering the results you need. In the past he has ridden, hand-fed and even hypnotized some of the friendliest sharks in the world. Today, he spends way too much time pushing his limits rock climbing some of the steepest caves in the world.
Sample Presentations and Workshops with outcomes:
Trump all Obstacles by Unleashing your Passion
- Eliminate the 4 obstacles that keep you playing smaller than what you are capable of.
- Master the 3 leadership traits that will help you inspire your audience.
- Shift the disempowering perspective that is currently keeping you from that dream.
- Learn a cutting-edge visualization technique used by Olympic ice skaters to perform flawlessly.
How to Turn Fear into your Golden Asset
- Exploit the 3 opportunities that arise when you face fear.
- Have a breakthrough whenever you need one by asking "The Magical Question".
- Completely change your relationship with fear by adopting an empowering new perspective.
- Live a life that is that embraces fear and stress.
Attitude is Altitude: How to Develop a Mindset to get any Result
- Recognize and overcome the 4 obstacles to your success.
- Tap into the energy of success so you can perform at your best.
- Maintain a mental state that always gets you to the top!
- Master the 3 leadership traits necessary to succeed.
The Science of Success: Engagement Revisited
- Inspire success in yourself and others with relative ease.
- Start living with more confidence and energy immediately.
- Thrive as you turn uncertainty into opportunity.
- Exponentially increase your energy so you can accomplish even more than you imagined.
Client Successes
"Ascanio, I am so pleased with the outcome. I owe you a big THANK YOU! The meeting was so impactful and the managers had some great takeaways."
Christina Thomas, Human Resources Manager, AvalonBay Communities, Inc.
"His insights and experience has provided laser-focus for my own objectives and as a result my business has exploded. I love the fact that he incorporates his own sense of fearless, outdoor adventure lifestyle into the training. He's made me change my own motto to "Be Fearless" in everything I do."
Craig Copeland, CEO, Results Mastery
"Results exceeded all my expectations. Thank you, Ascanio."
Sergey Kucher, CEO, Ray Access Inc.
"Ascanio's strength is that he is highly committed to the results of his clients based on their truest desires. When one works with Ascanio he is incredibly thought provoking and the coaching is more like a pure conversation, than a session with a coach."
Christine Syquia, CEO, Spotlight Accessories
"His style is not about coaching but rather about helping you figure out your own problems. I judge people based on results and Ascanio is someone who can deliver good results."
Peter Federov, Executive, Golden Hippo Media
Attitude is Altitude: How to Develop a Mindset to get any Result
The difference between success and failure always boils down to "Attitude." In 2002, Ascanio had only been climbing about a year when he set out to climb Alpamayo: a 19,800' technical ice-climb that UNESCO calls "the most beautiful mountain in the world." Despite extreme conditions, limited experience and faulty hardware, Ascanio maintained a positive attitude that kept him psyched and energized. After this presentation you will leave knowing how to:
Recognize and overcome the 4...
The Science of Success: Engagement Revisited
Focus, dedication, determination, and raw talent can only get you so far. Those who play at the top level different. It's not their skills, techniques, or ideas that separate them from the rest: it's how they show up. They attract success with ease because of their ability to completely engage themselves and others. In this presentation Ascanio will show you how to:
Inspire success in yourself and others with relative ease.
Start living with more confidence and energy...
How to Turn Fear into your Golden Asset
What would it be like if you had NO FEAR? What would you do? We have been programmed to run from fear, but that's what's limiting us. Every time we face our fears we not only overcome an obstacle, we grow and that is the key to happiness. Ascanio learned this when started climbing to conquer his fear of heights. In this presentation you will learn how to:
Exploit the 3 opportunities that arise when you face your fears.
Have a breakthrough whenever you need one by...
Energy Leadership Workshop
Is your organization ready to inspire, engage and completely energize its c-level executives, mid level managers and frontline service providers? Our executive leadership workshops ensure long-term success by developing organizational leadership capabilities that are no longer constrained by fear. By reshaping their core beliefs, judgments and assessments about their own abilities, your staff will have a new perspective of their full potential. Most corporate workshops focus...
Trump all Obstacles by Unleashing your Passion
What does it take to conquer your deepest fear, summit your personal Mt. Everest or turn a simple idea into a dream job? Let Ascanio share how his passion for sharks inspired him to turn a simple dream into a TV series deal with Discovery's Travel Channel. Despite having no connections, no backers and no experience in the industry, Ascanio used the 3 crucial leadership traits to turn an idea into a dream job. In this keynote you will learn how to:
Eliminate the 4 obstacles that keep...
High Performance Selling: The 4 Keys to a Mindset that Inspires Action
What does it take to succeed in sales? Great products? Extraordinary skills? Price? Value? Actually- none of the above. It's why some people get the contract despite lacking obvious credentials, skills, technical expertise and industry experience. In this mind shifting keynote, Ascanio will help you to:
Easily and authentically inspire the necessary confidence in yourself AND your clients.
Master the 4 character traits needed to inspire your clients, prospects and sales...
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