Carlos Andrés Gómez

Carlos Andrés Gómez Speaking Topics

• Care & Community: At the Intersection of Wellness & Belonging

  This interactive session will explore the interconnected nature of culturally-affirming spaces and holistic mental and emotional wellness. Carlos Andrés Gómez will explore and identify actionable tools for promoting mental and emotional well-being through culturally-responsive and evidence-based strategies that enable classrooms and campuses to be more care-centered and community-oriented environments for all. Participants will leave this skills-based session with tools and strategies to immediately implement in their lives.

  Takeaways:

  • Attendees will build competency and awareness about mental and emotional health, social identity, and community.
  • Attendees will examine the effect of various strains on their mental and emotional wellbeing, as well as strategies for alleviating those stresses.
  • Attendees will identify concrete strategies to promote mental wellness and emotional resilience, as well as ways to be more culturally-responsive, accessible, and community-oriented.

• Tools for Self-Care: Mental Wellness & Emotional Resilience

  In a time of unprecedented stress, anxiety, and isolation, the need for strategies to promote mental wellness and build emotional resilience are more urgent than ever. With building pressure to find ever innovative and responsive ways to address our intensifying mental health crisis, this session will be focused on ways to keep attendees motivated and supported, both individually and communally. This skills-based session will identify ways to navigate challenges to our mental and emotional well-being. From routine building to evidence-based psychological strategies and more, participants will leave with practical tools and a resource list for how best to support their mental and emotional wellness.

  Takeaways:

  • Attendees will build competency and awareness about concepts related to mental and emotional health and evidence-based strategies for mental wellness and emotional resilience.
  • Attendees will examine the effect of various strains on their mental and emotional wellbeing, as well as strategies for alleviating those stresses.
  • Attendees will identify concrete strategies to promote mental wellness and emotional resilience.

• Reimagining Modern Manhood

  Through storytelling, audience engagement, and poetry, Carlos Andrés Gómez shares his journey of growing up as a sensitive boy forced to navigate restrictive and harmful gender stereotypes. A riveting combination of personal narrative and sociological excavation, Gómez guides the audience through his life story, from that tender-hearted and out-of-place little boy constantly moving and changing schools to where he is now: a father of two and husband, determined to reimagine how we all think about masculinity and gender—beyond preconceived social roles, beyond the binary.

  Takeaways:

  • Participants will comprehend concepts related to gender, care, and community.
  • Participants will build competency and awareness about societal and cultural messages, best practices, and how to build healthier, more fair, and productive spaces.
  • Participants will examine the effect of friends, family, culture, technology, and media on behavior and ways of thinking, as it relates to gender.

• Recharge! How to Motivate your Team & Cultivate Compelling Leadership

  Join Carlos Andrés Gómez, best-selling author and strategic consultant, for this interactive session that will identify actionable strategies to cultivate a healthier and more productive workplace, both as an individual and as a team. From tools for effective communication, mindful auditing of habits, and reconnecting to your Why, participants will leave with tangible ways for how to best support challenging employees, position oneself for career advancement and growth, and holistically scaffold a positive mindset that enables the tenacity, perspective, resilience, and gratitude exemplified by the best of our teammates and leadership. This skills-based training will give participants tools to immediately implement into their professional and personal lives.

  Takeaways:

  • Participants will comprehend concepts related to communication, team management, leadership, and how to advocate for both individual and team outcomes.
  • Participants will identify personal qualities and values that can best serve their roles and responsibilities in the workplace.
  • Participants will build competency and awareness about common pitfalls and obstacles to effective teamwork, with particular focus on effective communication and team management.
  • Participants will identify concrete strategies to be proactive, responsive, and resilient employees and leaders.

• A Better Workplace through Communication, Intention, & Purpose

  What qualities make a colleague or boss exceptional? And how do you wish your colleagues thought of you as an employee or boss? This session will identify actionable ways to cultivate a healthier and more productive workplace, both as an individual and as a team. From tools for effective communication, mindful auditing of habits, and reconnecting to your Why, participants will leave with tangible strategies for how to best support challenging employees, position oneself for career advancement and growth, and how to holistically scaffold a positive mindset that enables the tenacity, perspective, resilience, and gratitude exemplified by the best of our teammates and leadership.

  Takeaways:

  • Participants will comprehend concepts related to communication, team management, leadership, and how to advocate for both individual and team outcomes.
  • Participants will identify personal qualities and values that can best serve their roles and responsibilities in the workplace.
  • Participants will build competency and awareness about common pitfalls a obstacles to effective teamwork, with particular focus on communication and cultivating a positive mindset.
  • Participants will identify concrete strategies to be proactive, responsive, and resilient employees and leaders who are always seeking to manage up.