Amber Vanderburg

Amber Vanderburg

OK, US
International HR ninja that transforms team performance to cultivate more creativity, collaboration, and captainship.

Amber Vanderburg is an HR ninja that transforms team performance to cultivate more creativity, collaboration, and captainship through powerful applicable tools rather than abstract theory. Amber is a former HR Director that implemented best business practices in organizations before trading her heels for muddy cleats to become the only female, only American, and only blonde Academy elite football coach for the Adidas Gameday Academy and Paris Saint Germain Academy in Bangalore, India. Utilizing her past experience as a Division I athlete, corporate businesswoman, and former education/certifications, Amber worked and lived with an international team of coaches to transform the organizational design, training development, and corporate culture to cultivate a higher-performing team. Named as Tulsa's 40 under 40, Oklahoma's 30 under 30, and 3-time SHRM award winner, today Amber is the founder of The Ninja Group that has worked with international Fortune 100 and Fortune 500 companies in a ninja approach to catapult organizational performance to awe-inspiring standards.

Amber Vanderburg is an HR ninja that transforms team performance to cultivate more creativity, collaboration, and captainship through powerful applicable tools rather than abstract theory. Amber is a former HR Director that implemented best business practices in organizations before trading her heels for muddy cleats to become the only female, only American, and only blonde Academy elite football coach for the Adidas Gameday Academy and Paris Saint Germain Academy in Bangalore, India. Utilizing her past experience as a Division I athlete, corporate businesswoman, and former education/certifications, Amber worked and lived with an international team of coaches to transform the organizational design, training development, and corporate culture to cultivate a higher-performing team. Named as Tulsa's 40 under 40, Oklahoma's 30 under 30, and 3-time SHRM award winner, today Amber is the founder of The Ninja Group that has worked with international Fortune 100 and Fortune 500 companies in a ninja approach to catapult organizational performance to awe-inspiring standards.

The Power of Performance Feedback

45-60 minute keynote, 1-day workshop, or 2-hour breakout for managers and teams struggling with effective feedback

Feedback is a critical part of performance. The way you give and receive feedback directly affects the outcomes of your team. If you're like most people, the feedback you provide is often vague, inconsistent, nuanced, and generally ineffective. And furthermore, the way you receive feedback likely isn't working for you.

To unlock real performance improvement- you...

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The Innovation Revolution

Format: "45-60 minute keynote", "1.day workshop" or "2 hour breakout"
 
This program is perfect for:
  • ​Senior Management
  • Teams struggling to develop improved or new product or services  
  • DevOps teams 
  • Leadership teams 

 Organizations must be innovative to be competitive, valuable, and relevant. In you're like many organizations today, you might be wondering how...

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Cultivating a Culture of Creativity, Collaboration, and Captainship

Format: "45-90 minute keynote", "1 day workshop" or "2 hour breakout"

This program is perfect for:
  • ​Senior Management 
  • Leadership 
  • Teams seeking to improve performance

In my work as a business consultant, international sports coach, and organizational leader- I work with amazing companies around the world, helping them craft and implement strategies to build high-performing...

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Maximizing the Value of Diversity and Inclusion in Your Team

Format: ​45-60 minute keynote, 1 day workshop, 1 hour breakout 

 

This program is perfect for:
  • ​human resources 
  • management 
  • teams struggling to embrace a more diverse workforce 

 

If you're in the world of work today, then you already realize that diversity and inclusion is a very important aspect of how you do business. And for good reason. Studies have...

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How to Lead Change as a Newbie

Format: ​45-60 minute keynote,  .5-1 day workshop, 2 hour breakout 

This program is perfect for:
  • ​New leaders and management
  • Newly reassigned leaders 
  • Anyone that is new to a team 
  • Those that want to lead change in teams and organizations 

In 2016, I became the only American, only female, only Christian, and only blonde Academy football coach for the Adidas...

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