With over three decades of experience in leadership and personal development, Paula Guilfoyle specializes in transforming teams, enhancing productivity, and boosting engagement. As a keynote speaker and leader her sessions and programs are aimed at giving people the tools to manage their thinking – helping senior leaders and teams thrive during constant change. 

The transformation is real. They think better. They lead better. They execute faster.

This expertise is the foundation for success in an era where companies face greater challenges at faster speeds than ever before. Her scientifically based GAP Formula improves productivity, engagement, and retention while reducing stress. It is the human operating system that prevents decision paralysis, increases human connection, and unlocks creativity.

 

Paula focuses on transforming teams at Fortune 500 companies like Coca-Cola, Lowe’s, Microsoft, and Collins Aerospace as well as KPMG, EY and Accenture.

Before founding Claim Leadership, Paula spent 15 years in high-pressure leadership roles in Human Resources and Sales at Fortune 500 giants GE and Aventis, earning accolades like GE’s Managerial Award and Aventis’s highest sales honor, The President’s Club. This deep corporate background ensures her solutions are practical, scalable, and directly aimed at closing the human gaps created by technology-driven change.

In her personal life, Paula enjoys spending time with her partner Jeff and daughter Melia, and loves biking, hiking, traveling, and baking. She is committed to her own personal development and relies upon meditation, constant education (she loves reading) and lots of exercise to keep her on track.