Speakers and Workshops

Whether you are looking for a speaker for your women's network "lunch and learn" or you need just the right facilitator for a workshop for your top executives, we can help. Our internationally recognized voices include scholars, practitioners, authors and advocates who substantively address leadership, gender equity, diversity and organizational effectiveness in the workplace. Using their research findings and drawing on vast personal experience, our engaging, highly credible speakers leave audience members with specific, actionable ideas and insights for increasing diversity and improving performance.

Speaking venues include Fortune 100 firms, professional societies, universities and non-profit organizations in the U.S. and around the world. Sample topics include:

Leadership

  • Exploring Leadership Potential
  • Leading High Performing Teams
  • Negotiating Conditions for Leadership Success
  • Influence Without Authority
  • Leading Change

Diversity And Gender

  • Learning from Diversity: The Effects of Learning on Performance in Racially Diverse Teams
  • Gender and Leadership
  • Invisible Work: Women, Power, and the ’Disappearing’ of Relational Practice at Work
  • Managing Diversity: Understanding the Impact of Unconscious Bias

Strategy and Finance

  • Building Strategic Advantage
  • Interpreting Financial Data to Strengthen Your Organization

Communication Skills

  • Creating a Powerful Personal Brand
  • Presence and Presentation Skills
  • Creating Authority and Credibility
  • Articulating Your Vision              

Career Management

  • Enhancing Your Strategic Network and Relationships
  • Mentoring
  • Managing Your Career    

Work-Life Balance

  • Gender Perspectives on Work and Personal Life
  • Making Flexible Work Arrangements Usable

We are constantly developing new topics and programs, so if you don't see what you need, please let us know. To learn more about our faculty speakers and workshops, please contact Nancy Leeser at nancy.leeser@simmons.edu or 617-521-3830.

See Also

Custom Executive Education Programs