Cincinnati, Ohio, United States •
$5,001 - $10,000
About
Most leadership conversations focus on performance. I focus on alignment. I bring together organizational development, talent strategy, and lived experience to help leaders and organizations build trust that actually holds under pressure. After more than three decades in corporate leadership, I stepped away, not to retreat, but to re-examine how people are formed, not just trained. My work integrates proven OD frameworks with practical tools from The Surrender Project, helping leaders move from striving and burnout to clarity, character, and sustainable impact. This is not theory or motivation, it is applied insight grounded in real decisions, real teams, and real consequences. Clients choose me because I: Translate complex human dynamics into clear, usable frameworks Speak fluently across executive, academic, nonprofit, and faith-based contexts Balance data, discernment, and story without diluting any of them Create space for honest reflection while still driving measurable outcomes Whether the audience is senior leaders, emerging talent, or cross-functional teams, I meet people where they are and help them align who they are with how they lead.
The Way of Surrender: Finding Peace by Letting Go
The Way of Surrender invites audiences to step off the treadmill of striving, control, and anxiety and discover a deeper path to peace through surrender. In this reflective and hope-filled presentation, Vic Clesceri explores what it means to let go of fear, trust God’s timing, and live with interior freedom amid life’s uncertainty. Drawing from centuries of Christian wisdom and distilled into practical, everyday insights, this talk reframes surrender not as weakness or defeat, but as the highest expression of trust. Participants are encouraged to release their need to control outcomes and instead walk calmly through life’s challenges, confident that God is at work in a story far greater than they can imagine. Ideal for faith-based conferences, retreats, and leadership gatherings, this presentation offers a timely antidote to our anxious age and a clear invitation to live fully surrendered—one faithful step at a time.
Seasons of Surrender: A Story of Transformation, One Yes at a Time
Seasons of Surrender is a deeply personal and hope-filled presentation that invites audiences to consider a life transformed not by perfection, but by daily surrender. In this talk, Vic Clesceri shares twenty-one pivotal moments of surrender from his own life—from childhood financial insecurity to leaving corporate life at fifty—revealing how God patiently reshaped his heart through ambition, loss, faith, doubt, and perseverance. With humility and honesty, Vic recounts both faithful decisions and missteps, showing how each became part of God’s redemptive work. Through real-life stories drawn from family life, relationships, career transitions, illness, and uncertainty, participants gain practical insight into navigating their own seasons of surrender. This is not the story of a saint, but of a fellow traveler who discovered that surrender is not a single moment, but a daily choice that leads from anxiety to peace and from control to freedom. Ideal for faith-based conferences, retreats, and leadership gatherings, Seasons of Surrender offers a compassionate invitation to anyone longing for personal transformation and a deeper trust in God’s ongoing work in their life.
Avodah Spiritual Ikigai: Discovering God’s Design at the Intersection of Work, Calling, and Joy
Most people feel torn between what they love, what they’re good at, what pays the bills, and what actually matters. Avodah Spiritual Ikigai brings these tensions together through a biblically grounded framework that reframes work as sacred service. In this session, Vic helps leaders and professionals rediscover meaning in their work by exploring the intersection of joy, gifts, calling, and provision. Blending Scripture, leadership development, and real-life stories, this talk equips participants to discern their vocation with clarity, peace, and purpose—without guilt, hustle, or burnout.
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