Chris Molina's Programs
Code-Switching: Reshaping Authenticity
Code-Switching: Reshaping Authenticity is a powerful and eye-opening program that explores the realities of code-switching and its impact on identity, belonging, and authenticity. Chris Molina helps students of color and their peers understand the social dynamics behind code-switching, while encouraging open dialogue and self-expression across all environments.
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“Why you talking white?”
Chris Molina has heard this question, or some variation, many times in his life. Of Puerto Rican and Trinidadian descent, Chris grew up in predominantly African American and Latinx communities, comfortably interacting in each. What he found as an adult, in the Marines and in college, was that he knew how to effortlessly “speak” in majority-White organizations. He was fluent in each, without even realizing it.
He could Code-Switch seamlessly.
This signature program is designed to equip students of color and white classmates, staff, and faculty with the tools to understand Code-Switching, it’s inherent benefits and harms. More than anything, Chris wants attendees to know they can talk openly, and genuinely, in all social situations without putting the comfort of others before their own.
He wants you to live authentically.
Audience members will…
Understand the origins and realities of Code-Switching in America
Consider how we can hurt or uplift others w/ the words we use
Evaluate whether Code-Switching is “okay” and its benefits and harms
Challenge campus and organizational leaders to transform community culture to be more accepting of other dialects.
Ideal Audiences
- Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Programming
- Identity Development
- TRIO
- Community Colleges
The Hard Things First: A Proven, No-Nonsense Method to Ensure Ridiculous Success
The Hard Things First is a practical and high-impact program that helps students and leaders stop procrastinating, cut through overwhelm, and take meaningful action. Chris Molina challenges audiences to rethink their relationship with effort and teaches a proven method for prioritizing tasks, building momentum, and achieving what he calls “ridiculous success.” Ideal for leadership development, retreats, and goal-setting events, this session delivers real strategies with no fluff.
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Do you ever feel lazy?
Do you have a long list of things that you NEED to do…and it’s not getting shorter because you can’t seem to get yourself to do them?
Do you have so many creative ideas that you can’t choose which one to start (or finish)?
OR…are you in a leadership position, and everyone comes to you and says, “I think it would be a great idea if we did this.” And then you’re left with a pile of ideas, but no one actually doing anything?
Chris Molina has seen ALL these situations thousands of times and he has seen good ideas and great leaders never reach their full potential. And, he has an answer:
Convenience itself isn’t a bad thing, Chris believes, but it has ruined our ability to separate the benefits of effort from the benefits of ease. It has prevented us from knowing how to prioritize our actions to achieve tremendous results. In this strategy-packed program, Chris will show you how to create a framework that promotes individual and collective success by flipping the way we view our lives.
And doing the hard things first.
Audience members will…
Explore mental pathways related to ease, efficiency, and effort
Develop habits pointed toward execution of big ideas
Re-frame the concept of “hard things”
Embrace the relationship between “hard things” and ridiculous success
Ideal Audiences
- Fraternity & Sorority Life
- Leadership Development
- Professional Development
- Community Colleges
Limitless Leadership by Design
In Limitless Leadership by Design, Chris Molina breaks down the exact traits that get this generation criticized — and reveals why those same traits are precisely what the next generation of leaders needs.
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Have you ever been told you’re “too distracted by technology”?
Too plugged in? Too sensitive? Too much something — by someone who’s never even met you?
Chris Molina has heard it too. He heard similar things about himself and his generation, and now he hears it about an entire generation of students he’s spent his career working with”. The complaints sound the same every time: Kids these days and their phones. Kids these days and their feelings. Kids these days don’t know how to work.
Here’s what Chris found out while researching for his upcoming book, People Who Say “Kids These Days” Should Shut Up: people have been about “this generation” for over 2,500 years. Socrates said it about writing. Newspapers said it about radio. Somebody’s grandfather said it about jazz.
The complaint isn’t new. But here’s what is new — your generation is the first one where that complaint went viral, got millions of views, and became background noise you’ve heard your whole life.
Chris isn’t here to tell you the noise is wrong. He’s here to show you what the noise is actually pointing at — and how to use it.
In Limitless Leadership by Design, Chris breaks down the exact traits that get this generation criticized — and reveals why those same traits are precisely what the next generation of leaders needs. Adaptability. Directness. Digital fluency. A built-in radar for what’s fake. These aren’t things to apologize for. They’re your leadership toolkit — and Chris will show you how to use it starting today.
You’re not behind. You’re early.
You’re not limited. You’re limitless by design.
Audience members will…
- Understand the 2,500-year-old pattern behind “kids these days” criticism — and why it says more about the critics than about them
- Identify the specific traits their generation gets criticized for, and reframe each one as a leadership strength
- Explore how adaptability, digital fluency, and values-driven thinking translate directly into leading teams, clubs, and organizations
- Develop a personal framework for leading now — without waiting for a title, a promotion, or permission
- Leave with language to confidently respond to generational criticism, on campus and beyond
Ideal Audiences
- Leadership Development
- Student Government & Emerging Leaders
- Fraternity & Sorority Life
- Orientation & Welcome Week
- Leadership Summits & Conferences
Ending Catfish Culture: Why Are We Lying to New Members?
Ending Catfish Culture: Why Are We Lying to New Members? is a bold and eye-opening program that calls out the disconnect between how student organizations present themselves and what they actually offer. Jasmine and Chris challenge students to examine where their chapters may be misleading potential members and guide them toward building authentic, values-driven cultures. Perfect for leadership development and fraternity/sorority life, this session helps organizations align their image with their actions—inside and out.
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Have you ever watched a student leader promoting their organization in a way that didn’t seem authentic? Does your campus have a fraternity or sorority house that looks amazing on the outside, but the inside is disgusting and falling apart? (…You know the one)
Catfishing – creating a false identity with the intent of deception – isn’t new but it’s reaching unhealthy levels among student organizations.
We’ve started to lie to potential members. It has become commonplace to say one thing during recruitment while doing another throughout the rest of the year. We spend so much time, energy and even money on how our organizations look. But when was the last time we spent any on how our organizations feel?
In this session, Jasmine and Chris guide audiences to a place of true transparency. This transformational program equips organizations to learn to rethink the connection between what they say they do (public relations and external communications) and what they’re actually doing (internal operations).
This is the place where we finally put an end to catfishing culture and get real.
Audience members will…
Identify ways our organizations may mislead potential members.
Consider the damage we do to our members, organization, and campus when we don’t live out our values.
Develop strategies to foster an authentic culture for all members.
Explore ways to practice honesty and transparency while reconnecting our public relations to internal operations.
Ideal Audiences
- Leadership Development
- Fraternity and Sorority Life
- Professional Development
Extend the Impact
Chris Molina can also serve as a consultant for your group on the topics of:
- Authentic Expression Among Students/Staff/Faculty
- Creating Meaningful Change for Your Student Veterans & Military-Connected Families
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Meet Chris Molina
Award Winning Speaker, Best-Selling Author of I’m In a Leadership Role, Now What?, Chris believes the world is a much better place when everyone feels they have permission to be their most-authentic selves.
A Marine Corps Veteran, Purdue alum, devoted #GirlDad, Filmmaker (loading) and Puerto Rican/Trinidadian/Chinese American, Chris has many experiences to pull from when he hits the stage.
Chris Molina's Impact
