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The speaker coming to the stage next reminds us that we can still have an enormous positive impact as leaders, even though everything we are leading seems to be disrupted.
This organizational psychologist and executive coach blends psychological science, business pragmatism, and the wisdom of experience to offer game-changing insights about organizational culture and employee experience.
This speaker calls herself “The Respect Optimizer” because she is on a mission to help us all remember and use the power of human connection. You may have read her award-winning book, Leading Inclusion, or one of her point-of-view articles in Fast Company or Harvard Business Review.
Born in England, raised in beautiful Barbados, and now residing in the United States, her cross-cultural perspective informs her approach to leadership.
Speaker Bio
Dr. Gena Cox, founder of Feels Human, LLC, is an organizational psychologist and executive advisor who is deeply knowledgeable about the human experience at work. In her ”Surprising Power of Respect” keynote, she equips leaders with people-centered, psychology-backed techniques to drive employee retention and performance in the face of volatility.
Gena spent decades advising corporate leaders on enhancing organizational culture and leadership impact. Her research revealed that although many employees were disengaged, leaders overlooked a potent antidote to employee discontent.
Leaders need concise leadership models they can easily understand and implement to enhance employee experience. This insight prompted Gena to write the award-winning Leading Inclusion book, showing leaders how to build inclusive organizations. Her forthcoming 2024 book examines how small behavior changes can make connections at work.
Gena’s work has been featured widely in media, including Harvard Business Review and Fast Company.
Session Description
The Surprising Power of Respect: How Enlightened Leaders Create Sticky Workplaces That Retain Talent
Leading teams through nonstop change is draining. You race to deliver results with fewer resources while tending to the human needs of your team. But what if you could rapidly boost teamwork, agility, and inclusion without adding another complicated framework to your overloaded plate?
In this rousing 45-minute keynote, leadership strategist Gena Cox shares a delightful, unfussy 3-step method to amplify your impact. You will experience how this lightweight yet scalable model can enhance team collaboration, inclusion, and knowledge-sharing without distracting you from other operational priorities.
Drawing on research from psychology and business, Gena blends emotion and insight to lead you to lightweight but scalable and durable actions that can engage employees. You’ll feel inspired and equipped to help your team members rise to new heights of connection, trust, and collaboration that drive business results and team cohesion.
The tool is lightweight, but the impact is substantial: your renewed leadership mojo and a team that believes, despite the odds, “We’ve got this!”
You will leave this session with renewed confidence that you CAN make that positive difference that drew you to leadership in the first place.
Are you ready to feel the remarkable power of respect?
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Book Info
Leading Inclusion is a multiple award-winning "how-to-be" book that helps leaders understand and remove the barriers to building inclusive organizations.
Build an inclusive organization from the top down.
Why are workplace diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) efforts often disappointing?
This plain-spoken-yet-nuanced guide shows leaders how to set and incorporate a vision for diversity and inclusion that enables marginalized employees to see and feel the difference in their day-to-day work experiences. Leading Inclusion challenges many preexisting beliefs about how to lead “diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI)” and urges leaders to develop the necessary mindset for bold action this work requires.
Leading Inclusion offers a strategic way to forestall disappointing diversity and inclusion outcomes.
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