Join us for our 1-hour holiday give-back party and leave feeling lighter, sharper, and a bit more hopeful about the year ahead! Come prepared for our ugly sweater contest, some random show-and-tell opportunities, fake food props, fun and games – as well as valuable learning you can apply to your work, career, and/or life in general.
Whatever areas of uncertainty might be keeping you up at night, get ready to discover some practical ways you can tackle those concerns head-on, with confidence, some humor, and a blueprint for success.
Wear your swankiest holiday attire (or ugliest!) and have some of your favorite desktop decor or potential white elephant gifts close by and ready to show. We might even ask to see your pet! (No promises; your party may vary!)
Every year, Advantage Performance Group plans a special, complimentary event for our colleagues and friends that's beyond the scope of our usual business to offer a simple gift that we believe can enrich your life.
This year, we invited Rob Cordova to lead us in an encore performance (he was also our give-back facilitator in 2024) and provide a practical way to help us all top off this crazy year of fast-paced change and uncertainty with confidence, strategy, and above all, inspiration. With that in mind, we invite you to join us for...
Where the Magic Happens!
RSVP today to join our holiday party via Zoom on Wednesday, December 17, 2025, from 2-3pm Eastern.
Giving back
In honor of Rob's participation and in the spirit of giving back, we'd like to recognize and help support the Carmen B. Pingree Autism Center of Learning.
About Rob Cordova
A global educator, Rob Cordova is as famous for his wizard beard as he is for transforming corporate learning into meaningful, unboring experiences. His activity-based approach has empowered thousands of participants in over 20 countries to think more creatively and embrace experimentation and change. (He’s also appointed his college-age daughter as his Chief Creative Officer.)
A former consultant for FutureThink and Innovation Bound, Rob pioneered new techniques in active learning and increased memory retention. More recently, his Creative Leadership and Creative Intrapreneurship courses have earned him industry praise, including Top Presenter awards at Interop and HDI conferences.
Whether delivering his own courses or designing new training programs for Fortune 100 clients, Rob’s passion and expertise make his workshops practical, accessible, and memorable. Known for innovation courses that actually enable people to generate real-world ideas, his workshop offerings have expanded to sales, product training, development planning, collaboration, and onboarding.
On any given weekday, Rob can be found coaching executives in creativity, hosting webinars that don’t suck, or delivering orientations that lead to higher talent retention rates. As the writer and producer of Industry Snacks, he created the training video series for American Express which more resembles SNL digital shorts than the usual yawn-inducing fare.
In addition to performing a warm-up routine for “Late Night” TV host Seth Meyers, Rob’s 25-year career includes training folks in highly regulated industries like pharmaceuticals, energy, and financial services, as well as expertise in operations, customer service, and quality. With in-depth experience in Asia, Europe, and the Middle East, he’s well versed in cultural nuances and adapts his content, activities, and approaches accordingly.
Rob received his master’s in business education from New York University and has taught the Innovation & Resilience course for the Gabelli School of Business at Fordham University in New York City. He’s gained understanding into how Millennials and Gen Z learns—insights that have proven valuable to clients like Foundation Medicine, which won the Brandon Hall Group’s Silver Award of Excellence in 2020 for the onboarding program Rob implemented.
His recent and current client roster includes American Express, Comcast, Disney, Duke Corporate Education, Delta Airlines, Dun & Bradstreet, and Liberty Mutual Insurance. When he’s not mesmerized by his twin sons or perfecting his Rap Battle skills, he’s focused on evolving L&D from slide decks and spoon-fed content into an experience involving eye contact, peer learning, and interactivity. Rob is a citizen of the world who makes his home in Utah with his (ever-expanding) family.
