2022 Agenda

Master of Ceremonies: Celeste Headlee, Host, Women Amplified podcast, award-winning Journalist & Author, Speaking of Race

Brené Brown, Researcher & Storyteller

Power is one of the most misunderstood—and therefore vilified— concepts in our society. Many people assume power is predetermined by personality or wealth, or that it’s gained by strong-arming others. You might even write it off as “dirty” and want nothing to do with it. But by staying away from power, you give it up to someone else who may not have your best interest in mind. In this session, Harvard Business and Kennedy School Professor Julie Battilana will provide a roadmap for how to make an impact on the power dynamics at work. She will explain how power is the ability to influence someone else’s behavior, and that this influence comes from having access to valued resources that others don’t have. She will share her proven strategies for orchestrating real change at work, negotiation, identifying the people who hold the power for change, and how those with less power can challenge established structures to make them more balanced

Speaker:  Julie Battilana, Harvard Business & Kennedy School Professor and Author, Power, for All: How it Works and Why it’s Everyone’s Business

All organizations have work that no one wants to do. This won’t change. What needs to change is the disproportionate number of women who are relied on to do this kind of “non-promotable” work. Women are 44% more likely to be asked by male managers to perform non-promotable tasks, and 50 percent more likely to say yes. This imbalance leaves women overcommitted and underutilized for the work they were actually hired to do. In this session, renowned professor and negotiation expert Linda Babcock, who a decade ago changed the negotiating landscape with her book, Ask for It, will walk you through the small, yet significant, changes you can make to your own workload so that you possess the decision-making skills to decide the work you say yes to. She will also share how you can help your organization reassess how they assign and reward work to level the playing field for women.

Speaker:  Linda Babcock, Author, The No Club: Putting a Stop to Women’s Dead End Work

While we all know that exhaustion and excessive stress is a health hazard, what may be shocking is the sharp increase in stress levels at work. An estimated 60 percent of employees report being stressed out at work all or most of the time. This anxiety can affect performance and make people nearly three times as likely to leave their jobs. It can also impair strategic thinking and lower creative abilities. In this session, you will learn new tools to mitigate stress, including pacing for performance, leveraging leisure time, securing a support system, and evaluating how to regain control of your time and priorities. Whether you want to build out a set of lasting resilience capabilities for yourself or are a leader dedicated to keeping your team or organization engaged and flourishing, this session will reshape the way you think about success while giving you―and your team―the tools and strategies you need to thrive.

Speaker:  Dr. Jacinta Jiménez, Award-winning Psychologist & Author, The Burnout Fix

Great leaders have always known that appreciating their employees helps retain top talent and inspire excellent performance. But, in the past two years, what is being required of leaders is much more than recognition. In this new world of work, leaders are being asked to truly understand their employees’ individual needs, mitigate burnout, make sure team members have equal access to opportunities, and create psychologically safe environments. Join this session to learn these critical new leadership skills that are hard to measure, but will be crucial for retaining your team.

Speaker:  Stacy Brown-Philpot, former CEO, TaskRabbit; Board Member of HP and Nordstrom

Career progression has stalled over the last few years adding confusion and complication for women looking to advance in the workplace. Add to that the reprioritization women have made since the pandemic, and that leaves many questions about career growth in a hybrid world. In this session, researcher and bestselling author Dan Pink will explore regret – showing how to reckon regrets in fresh and imaginative ways, so you can make smarter decisions about growth and advancement in your career and beyond. By understanding what people regret the most, we can understand what they value the most. You will learn a simple, science-based, 3-step process to transform your regrets into a positive force for working smarter and living better.

Speaker:  Daniel Pink, five-time New York Times best-selling Author

Master of Ceremonies: Celeste Headlee, Host, Women Amplified podcast, award-winning Journalist & Author, Speaking of Race

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, award-winning Author

Selena Gomez, Actor, Producer, Philanthropist & Cofounder, Wondermind

Studies have shown that introverts tend to be the most creative people on a team. But, bringing out the creative best of your introverted team members can be challenging in this new hybrid world of work, where speaking up is more difficult and the most assertive team members often dominate. In this session, Susan Cain, who started a revolution with the 2012 publication of her book, Quiet, will share her strategies for how you can structure your team so that the best ideas, rather than the most vocal people, are heard. She will show how introverts can overcome their fear of speaking up and be more participatory in meetings and and how leaders, with tactics such as providing more regular feedback and building better team relationships, can better empower their introverted team members to do their best work and stimulate innovation.

Speaker:  Susan Cain, Author, Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking and Bittersweet

In today’s high-stress world, communication is more important than ever, yet we seem to devote less and less time to really listening to one another. Genuine listening helps build relationships, solves problems, ensures understanding, resolves conflicts, and improves accuracy. At work, effective listening means fewer errors and less wasted time. At home, it helps develop resourceful, self-reliant kids who can solve their own problems. Listening builds friendships and careers. It saves money and marriages. Join this session to learn how to cultivate a listening mindset, how to identify unmet needs in conversation, and how our own default listening mode can get in the way of connecting with others. You will leave understanding the most common obstacles to effective listening and tips to improve your communication, collaboration, conflict management, and interpersonal relationships in the workplace, at home, and among friends.

Speaker:  Ximena Vengoechea, Author, Listen Like You Mean It

For years, women have been diagnosed with “imposter syndrome” when they express feelings of inadequacy or a sense of not belonging . And while many organizations are trying to improve their cultures, it is easier in theory than in practice and the tendency to pathologize individuals over improving systems persists. It’s time to stop “fixing” women and start shifting our perspective on the systems that perpetuate self-doubt. Austin Channing Brown, author of the bestselling memoir I’m Still Here, and XX will help you answer questions, such as:

• Is my performance lacking, or is the system not set up for my success?
• If my career progression or salary negotiations have stalled, can I improve? Or do I need to move on?
• How can I as a leader create an environment where imposter syndrome doesn’t exist?

This session will explore strategies to reframe feelings of inadequacy so that you can get back on your track to success.

Speaker:  Austin Channing Brown, New York Times bestselling Author, I’m Still Here & Media Producer