CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Construction Management Keynote Speaker
Cory is a leading construction management keynote speaker with over 25 years of industry experience. She has mentored over 4,000 professionals, sharing real-world strategies that optimize workflows, improve efficiency, and elevate careers in the construction industry. From hands-on fieldwork to executive leadership, she delivers powerful insights that help professionals master project management, leadership, and team coordination.
Construction Management Keynote Speaker
Cory Fisk is a leading construction management keynote speaker with over 25 years of industry experience. She has mentored over 4,000 professionals, sharing real-world strategies that optimize workflows, improve efficiency, and elevate careers in the construction industry. From hands-on fieldwork to executive leadership, she delivers powerful insights that help professionals master project management, leadership, and team coordination.
25 Years
Hands-on experience in the construction industry
+4,000 Students
Careers helped as a professor and career advisor
20,000
LinkedIn followers and a strong reputation in the field of construction
TRANSFORMATIVE CONSTRUCTION LEADERSHIP SPEAKER
Motivational Speaker For Construction Professionals
Cory is a leading construction management keynote speaker with over 25 years of industry experience. She has mentored over 4,000 professionals, sharing real-world strategies that optimize workflows, improve efficiency, and elevate careers in the construction industry. From hands-on fieldwork to executive leadership, she delivers powerful insights that help professionals master project management, leadership, and team coordination.
Construction Leadership Development Programs
Transformative leadership programs are designed to help professionals develop the mindset, skills, and strategies needed to excel in construction management. With a focus on innovation, adaptability, and team leadership, she empowers construction professionals to drive success in an evolving industry.
Breaking Ground: Creating A Construction Mindset
This powerful session challenges the long-standing perceptions that have kept too many people from seeing the construction industry as a career of choice. Breaking Ground: Creating a Construction Mindset takes an honest look at the limiting beliefs that shape how individuals view themselves, their abilities, and their opportunities in the field. Often, construction is misunderstood—seen as a fallback or a last resort—when in reality, it offers some of the most dynamic, innovative, and rewarding career paths available.
By blending leadership principles, emotional intelligence, and behavior comprehension with practical jobsite-to-office applications, this talk equips attendees to shift from “primal” survival thinking to a powerful, purpose-driven mindset. Participants explore why these limiting beliefs form, how they show up in daily work, and what it takes to challenge and replace them with confidence, clarity, and capability.
Attendees will leave with a blueprint for change, complete with actionable tools to recognize and reframe limiting beliefs, strengthen self-worth, and build resilience. Through real-world examples and success stories, the session illustrates how mindset is not “fluff,” but a proven driver of safety, profitability, team cohesion, and career satisfaction. The goal is simple yet profound: to create a workforce where every individual recognizes their value, owns their potential, and leads—no matter their title—with resilience, clarity, and confidence.
Traditional Vs. Modern Roles Of Men And Women In Construction: How Gender Roles Have Evolved
This insightful session explores the transformation of gender roles in the construction industry—from the traditional, strength-driven, and production-focused approach to today’s more balanced, multidimensional teams. Historically, construction demanded brute strength and the linear, task-focused mindset often associated with men’s traditional roles. While those qualities remain valuable, the modern industry also requires the complementary strengths often brought by women: empathy, compassion, adaptability, organization, and collaborative problem-solving.
Rather than framing this as a replacement of one role with another, this conversation emphasizes the power of blending diverse skill sets and leadership styles. Through stories, examples, and real-world insights, attendees will see how adaptability, emotional intelligence, and flexibility now hold equal value alongside technical expertise and physical capability.
By embracing this evolution, companies not only create more inclusive environments but also unlock new levels of innovation, safety, and profitability. Participants will walk away with a deeper understanding of how diversity of thought, perspective, and skill strengthens every project—and how building well-rounded teams is the foundation for the future of construction.
From Jobsite To Boardroom: Understanding How To Bridge The Transition
This engaging session equips construction professionals with a clear framework for career growth by exploring the three core skill categories—inherent/innate, learned, and earned—and how each shapes long-term success. Drawing from relatable, real-world examples, it addresses one of the most common challenges in the industry: making the leap from hands-on work to management.
For many, years of field experience have trained one side of the brain to excel in physical, task-driven work. Stepping into leadership requires exercising the other side—strategic thinking, planning, communication, and decision-making skills that aren’t used the same way in the field. Attendees will discover why developing both skill sets concurrently throughout their career is key to sustainable success, whether they’re running a crew or overseeing an entire project portfolio.
Participants will walk away with practical tools to assess the skills they already possess, identify areas for growth, and create a roadmap for intentionally transferring their knowledge into leadership roles. With interactive reflection exercises and a core reminder that if you can manage your life, you can manage a project, this talk inspires professionals to see the bridge between their current role and future opportunities—and gives them the confidence to cross it.
Understanding the Modern Workforce: Uniting the Construction Team
Uniting the Construction Workforce is a call to action for building stronger connections, shared understanding, and leadership growth at every level of the industry. This session explores the natural differences in skills, perspectives, and brain engagement between entry-level workers, superintendents, project managers, and C-suite executives—and how these differences, if left unaddressed, can create barriers to collaboration and progress.
Rather than allowing the “divide” to slow innovation, this talk shows how empathy, mentorship, and shared language can transform it into a bridge. By combining the strengths of genders, embracing the wisdom of seasoned professionals, and learning from the fresh perspectives of new entrants, we can create a workforce that is adaptable, collaborative, and ready for the future. Attendees will see how integrating AI, sustainability, and modern teamwork practices into workforce development keeps pace with a rapidly evolving industry while honoring the value of both traditional and emerging skill sets.
Through real-world stories and actionable strategies, participants will learn how to cultivate leaders at every stage—preparing people not just for the next position, but for a lifelong career of adaptability and growth. This is about uniting the field and the office, the entry-level and the executive, into one high-performing, future-focused construction team.
"Whether you're an aspiring manager or a seasoned leader, Cory’s expert insights will elevate your ability to oversee complex projects, manage resources effectively, and lead with confidence. Her engaging speaking sessions provide practical techniques to refine decision-making and problem-solving in construction management".
Alex H.
Construction Project Management Partner
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Cory is a leading construction management keynote speaker with over 25 years of industry experience. She has mentored over 4,000 professionals, sharing real-world strategies that optimize workflows, improve efficiency, and elevate careers in the construction industry. From hands-on fieldwork to executive leadership, she delivers powerful insights that help professionals master project management, leadership, and team coordination.
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