Pierre Rogers was a financial services executive leading teams at Columbia Management and Prudential Investments. Then he failed to supervise his best friend and CFO, received a wire fraud charge, and spent 18 months in a federal prison camp. Most people assumed his career was over. Instead, that failure became the foundation for everything he built next.

This talk is for anyone who has experienced a major setback — personal or professional — and wonders whether they can come back from it. Pierre shares the specific mindset shifts, daily disciplines, and relationship rebuilds that turned his lowest point into a launchpad. Audiences leave with a practical framework for transforming failure into fuel, not just an inspirational story.