Creating Inclusive Workforces and Scaling Business Impact
The expert keynote speakers from the Simmons Institute for Inclusive Leadership bring unparalleled expertise to your organization, with over two decades of experience working with hundreds of organizations globally on topics related to creating a more engaged, inclusive workforce and advancing women into leadership.
Available for in-person or virtual delivery, our action-oriented keynotes are designed to help you ignite widespread adoption and excitement around the key concepts that the leaders in your organization must be bought into in order to achieve your leadership development objectives. Many of our clients leverage keynotes as a kick-off or capstone event to increase the impact of their leadership development initiatives.
Fostering cultures of accountability
What every leader can do to build a team, and a culture that is feedback-rich, respectful, and productive.
Best practices for women leaders to thrive
Practices that will help your workforce understand and leverage their unique personal powers to thrive.
Creating a more engaged, inclusive workforce
Strengthen cohesion and create an environment where the best people want to join, stay and engage.
Tailored for your organizational needs
We partner with you to address critical topics to move your organizational objectives forward.
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Susan MacKenty Brady
Susan
is a globally renowned expert on inclusion, best self leadership, and women’s leadership. She has keynoted or consulted at over 500 organizations worldwide.
“Susan is high energy and high impact! Not afraid to challenge, she skillfully brings people along on a journey of self-discovery. You leave any time spent with Susan feeling inspired to do more and be even better.”
See Susan in Action
In this 2 minute video, hear how Institute partners Intuitive Surgical, John Hancock, and Moet Hennessy leverage Susan’s keynotes to ignite action in their organizations.
Susan's Keynotes
Fostering Cultures of Accountability: Leading with Respect
So, what is the answer? How do leaders overcome avoidance and foster a culture of accountability where others feel empowered to bring their full selves to work each day? In this engaging, informative and inspiring keynote, leadership expert Susan MacKenty Brady shares what every leader can do to build a team – and a culture – that is feedback-rich, respectful, and productive.
This content is the foundation for Cultivating Accountability & Effective Communication: The “Best Self” Approach for Success, a turn-key learning experience, available as an instructor-led or self-guided leadership course.
Arrive & Thrive: 7 Impactful Practices for Women (and their allies) Navigating Leadership
Have you ever wondered how to flourish in a senior leadership role as your best self, inspire excellence in your team and, at the same time, lead a fulfilled life? In this engaging, informative and inspiring keynote, leadership expert Susan MacKenty Brady shares seven impactful practices that will help your leaders understand and leverage their unique personal superpowers so that they can thrive as leaders in your organization and scale their impact.
Powered by her latest book, Arrive & Thrive: 7 Impactful Practices for Women Navigating Leadership, Susan inspires women in leadership and allies of inclusivity who have made the brave choice to go for it – to strive for a top job, to make an even bigger impact, and to lead by example with compassion and curiosity.
Creating Value in an Uncertain World: What Every Leader Must Know to Engage & Retain the Best
When the words and actions from the leaders in your organization intentionally show respect for others around them, trust, action, and growth follow. These actions have the power to skyrocket your culture’s value, strengthen cohesion, and mobilize it forward so that the best people want to join, stay, and fully engage.
In this engaging and inspiring keynote, Susan MacKenty Brady shares a proven system any leader can apply in the moment that will transform their influence and inclusivity, and will empower themselves and their people to achieve more than they ever thought possible.
This content is the foundation for Cultivating Accountability & Effective Communication: The “Best Self” Approach for Success, a turn-key learning experience, available as an instructor-led or self-guided leadership course.
Conquer Your Critical Imposter with Your Inner Champion
What is that voice inside your head saying about you and about others? Research shows that the self-destructive voices inside of our head can make us feel not good enough, or superior to others – or both at the same time. The result is broken trust, poor decisions, and lower engagement with our people – and lost opportunity for us.
Bestselling author and leadership expert Susan MacKenty Brady helps us shift the derailing inner critic to the positive-minded inner champion. With her guidance, leaders will get out of their own heads in order to unleash their optimal impact on themselves and others.
This content is the foundation for Leading With Impact: Essential Practices for Women, a turn-key learning experience, available as an instructor-led or self-guided leadership course.
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Susan has been featured on ABC’s Good Morning America and has keynoted at over 500 organizations worldwide. Download Susan’s speaker kit to learn more about her work and impact.
Elisa van Dam
Elisa
has over two decades of experience working with leaders and organizations to increase their understanding and practice of inclusive leadership behaviors.
Elisa's Keynotes
Breaking Barriers with Courage: Thriving as a Woman Leader
Powered by Simmons’ best-selling book, Arrive & Thrive: 7 Impactful Practices for Women Navigating Leadership, Elisa inspires women in leadership to make an even bigger impact, and to lead by example with courage and purpose.
This content is the foundation for Leading with Impact: Essential Practices for Women, a turn-key learning experience, available as an instructor-led or self-guided leadership course.
Fostering Cultures of Belonging: The Work of the Inclusive Leader
Fostering a team culture where others feel a sense of belonging can seem daunting, and yet, when leaders don’t intentionally include others, they run the risk of unintentionally excluding.
In this practical and engaging keynote, inclusive leadership experts Elisa van Dam and Gary Bailey demystify inclusive leadership by providing a road map of 6 key practices across three levels of engagement. Increase the effectiveness and impact of the leaders in your organization and create a culture where all team members bring their best selves to work.
Ensuring the workplace works for everyone isn’t just about creating equitable shots at opportunities and advancement. To create an environment where others are inspired to give their best effort, leaders need to show up in a way that welcomes everyone on their teams, especially those who are unlike us.
This content is the foundation for Inclusive Leadership in Action, a turn-key learning experience, available as an instructor-led or self-guided leadership course.
Book Elisa to Speak at Your Next Event
Elisa has over two decades of experience working with leaders and organizations to increase their understanding and practice of inclusive leadership behaviors.
