Tara Lafon Gooch

Tara LaFon Gooch is an award-winning keynote speaker, author, and thought leader specializing in the transformative power of confidence. With a dynamic stage presence and a passion for empowering individuals, Tara has inspired audiences around the globe to unlock their full potential and embrace a life of self-assurance through her powerful story. With her unwavering purpose, deep gratitude, and an abundance of confidence, Tara has emerged as a driving force for businesses looking to develop unstoppably confident leaders and teams. Tara is actively making an impact with her thought leadership and presence on global stages and conferences, including recently being accepted as a TEDx speaker in Nottingham, England. Growing up in poverty in an abusive home as the youngest child of five from a single mother was far from an easy start to life. She learned from an early age the power of perseverance and the impact confidence can have on achieving success. Her journey has not been easy and for years of her life she was powerfully unconfident, and it impacted her in her career and in life. As an adult, she worked tirelessly to find the solution to regaining confidence because she could feel that her lack of confidence was holding her back. Since then, Tara has developed a simple 5-step method for regaining confidence that she is ready to share with audiences around the world. She uses her incredible story to inspire and motivate others to action and her goal is to show others how to live truly purposeful lives by developing unstoppable confidence. Tara has earned a reputation where high-profile executives and top companies trust in her leadership, experience, and unmatched track record. Tara teaches Fortune 500 companies across the US and globally, traveling internationally to deliver leadership strategies to her audiences and to the companies she is working with. Tara’s strong skill set as an experienced facilitator teaches participants, “How to Techniques” and “Practical Application Strategies” for leaders to acquire the necessary skills to be successful in the modern workplace. Tara is highly educated, earning her MBA with a specialization in Business Analytics from the University of North Carolina at Wilmington as well as earning certificates in Management from The University of Notre Dame, and a certificate in Financial Management from Cornell University. Additionally, Tara is the United States Country Chair for Start-Up Ecosystems for the G100 Mission Million where she uses her position to elevate and support female entrepreneurs across the United States. Recently, Tara has been featured in Forbes Morocco, The United Business Journal, Fox News in New York, the NASDAQ Entrepreneurial Center, as well as many top podcasts. Tara is proof that no matter where you came from or what hardships you have endured in life, you can live purposefully, successfully, and confidently. Her mission is to continue to amplify her inspiring and positive messages to both national and international audiences and help leaders and teams across the globe to empower themselves through her strategies and methodologies.