Winning Mind Institute · Full-time
Winning Mind Institute focuses on a critical gap in high performance that is often overlooked—what happens when execution breaks down under pressure. Most performance challenges at elite levels are not due to lack of skill, preparation, or strategy. They are the result of subtle interference, often tied to specific high-stakes moments, that disrupt how individuals and teams perform when it matters most. The Institute’s work centers on identifying and resolving that interference. Through a structured, applied approach, Winning Mind Institute works with athletes, leadership teams, and organizations to restore execution, improve decision-making under pressure, and create consistency between preparation and performance. This is not motivational work. It is performance work—focused on restoring access to what is already there. Winning Mind Institute delivers keynote presentations, team intensives, and targeted performance engagements across sport and business, working with individuals and organizations operating in high-stakes environments.… more
Self
41 yrs 5 mos
Hungary, New Jersey
- Caretaker and AuthorNov 2016 – 2026 · 9 yrs 3 mosWhy would I include this into my “work experience” you may ask? Simple. If anyone had done caretaking for either elderly parents or a sick spouse they know that it is not only almost a full-time job, but a truly difficult one at that. As the Author of: How to Survive Life’s Perfect Storms: A Guide To Managing Personal, Career and Relationship Transitions (Winning Mind Press, 2018) I helped and continue to help readers, students and clients overcome various difficulties in life transitions including care taking. Some topics of where I could be of help are listed below. The human element of 24/7 care taking The role of communication in are taking Essential steps in caring for the care-taker The role of play in dementia care In 2016 I traveled to Europe to set up 24/7 care for my father for his last months as well as going through all the legal steps of first becoming his power of attorney and later the administrator of his estate. Not only did I learn an incredible amount of legal, personal and financial information, some of which I teach now to my students and clients, but I also wrote my first book mentioned above. What I didn’t know is that not long after my father’s passing, I would have to become a caretaker for my mother, and just months later, for my husband as both their respective and repeated strokes left them with significant memory limitations. I am incredibly passionate about sharing these experiences with my audiences in both my private speaking and the university platform. My study and teaching in regard to Conscious Communication proved to be an extremely important skill during these last three years in maintaining the harmony in my family’s life, not only to communicate with the declining loved ones, but also with significant others, children, grandchildren, authorities and all forms of bureaucracies. This is a skill which can and needs to be learned, therefore I teach them at every appropriate platform I am asked to speak.… more
- Championship Winning Athlete in Multiple SportsSep 1984 – 2024 · 39 yrs 5 mosI’ve not only taught and/or coached over 20 different sports but have been competing and excelling in several of them for decades starting with tennis at age 10 to soccer through my teens finishing my European sports career at the Hungarian University of Physical Education where I was a three-sport (track, tennis and soccer) athlete. My main goal now is to represent New Jersey in 2021 in the United States Senior Olympic Games in as many sports as I possibly can including Golf, Tennis, Track, Badminton and Table Tennis. My plan is to never stop competing and that I shall breathe my last breath on the golf course at age 104 as I hit yet another “hole in one”! 1991-2007 Soccer (Montclair State University and later Morris County Women’s League) 1991-1996 Beach Volleyball (JSVBA) 1991-to present Tennis (Singles Champion at Ridgewood Country Club) 2001-to present Platform Tennis (Women’s and Mixed Doubles Champion at Ridgewood Country Club) 2001-to present Golf (Women’s Club Champion, Marron Cup Champion at Ridgewood Country Club) 2019 Golf (New Jersey State Senior Olympic Games Gold Medalist)… more
Montclair State University · Full-time
Sep 2001 – Dec 2023 · 22 yrs 4 mos
♦ Associate Professor of Exercise Science and Physical Education ♦ Test and Performance Anxiety Coach for the COP (Center of Pedagogy) ♦ Chair of the Panzer Convocation Committee ♦ Chair of the College Graduate Curriculum Committee I am an Associate Professor at MSU and serve in several significant roles. I teach a variety of courses for Exercise Science and Physical Education Majors comprised of both activity and theory courses. Lately my second main role has been to help students and athletes struggling with Test and Performance Anxiety overcome their challenges and pass their respective licensing exams or perform their best when it counts the most. I have been known to crack the “uncrackable cases” at times in a matter of days IF the subject is willing to do what is asked. I also developed an online mini course for students who struggle with Test and Performance Anxiety. I am the Chair of most of the committees I belong to as I am a disciplined yet compassionate leader that likes to “get things done”. My tenure paper proudly reads: “Klara is the best at herding cats (that is getting absent minded professors to complete tasks)”. One of my main duties is to Chair the Panzer Convocation Committee in which I am responsible for distributing the largest monetary and most historic awards given by the university. Montclair State, originally Panzer School of Hygiene, and it’s Panzer Convocation has an over 100 year history and I have been leading the work and the organization of the Annual Convocation for almost 15 years to date. … more
Gubacs Enterprises, LLC is an international speaking, training, coaching and consulting company offering keynotes, seminars, workshops, coaching and consulting related to Conscious Communication in the work place to decrease the “burnout-bailout” rollercoaster of employee retention, developing a winning mind to eliminate performance anxiety and achieve a healthy “work-life” balance, and key communication steps for increased profit and results. We assist individuals and organizations in significantly increasing the efficiency of their work culture through dynamic, inspirational and humorous keynote presentations, trainings, webinars, workshops and group and small mastermind coaching. I’m an in-demand speaker and trainer for conferences, conventions, company trainings, sports teams and many other events. I customize every engagement to meet your objectives and to reinforce the effectiveness of your entire team, meeting or conference. During my tenure I have trained thousands of people on the most effective uses of Conscious Communication to achieve a Winning Mind in education, business and life. Some of the benefits that Gubacs Enterprises, LLC can help you realize in regards to a Successful, Happy and Profitable Work Climate: ♦ Decrease turnover by eliminating the “burnout-bailout” rollercoaster ♦ Assist management in solving conflicts before they turn into “problems” ♦ Retain your good or best employees and keeping them happy and active ♦ Onboard clients like never before by creating a Win-Win environment ♦ Build deeper and more authentic relationships to win long term business clients ♦ Much, much more… Learn more at www.klaragubacs.com or reach out to Dr. Gubacs-Collins at klara@klaragubacs.com