Speaking Engagements
Our team is experienced in presenting on panels at local and national conferences, delivering keynotes, and participating in interviews and podcasts. We love discussing how we envision and build the future of equitable work. We would love to be in conversation with you too.
Contact us about scheduling and creating the perfect topic for your event.
Jennifer McClanahan
As founder and CEO of Leverage to Lead, Jennifer has decades of experience presenting to multiple and diverse audiences about leadership and the future of equitable work. Topics include:
- Human-Centered Practices for Leaders
- Understanding and Leveraging Your Leadership Identity
- Power Dynamics & Co-Creating Equity in Relationships
- Exploring Emotion & Inner Agility
- Values-Aligned Leadership
- Leveraging Age Diversity and Leading Across Generational Differences
- Leading through uncertain and changing cultural landscapes
- Managing interpersonal conflicts with Inner Agility
Jennifer’s Podcast Appearances
Kelly Diels’ Masterclass, Leveraging Your Difference is a Career Power Move 05/15/2020
Break Concrete Podcast, Leveraging Your Difference and Building A Career with Audacity 05/12/2020
Duke’s Fuqua School of Business, Women in Male-Dominated Fields Panel Presentation 11/21/2019
The Resilient Lawyer Podcast, Leaning into Diversity 02/05/2018
MJ Mathis
With experience as an educator, instructional coach, leadership coach, and facilitator, MJ Mathis presents audiences with human-centered approaches that help build strong relationships and transform workplaces. Speaking topics include:
- Transitioning into leadership with intention and compassion
- Co-creating high-functioning and values-centered teams
- Building supportive meeting structures
- Leveraging emotions to disrupt biases
- Holding white identity with responsibility
- Making the invisible visible to make values-aligned decision
Kim Ho
A seasoned HR professional, Kim Ho helps audiences understand the nuances of Human Resources systems, policies, and practices that bring equity to the workplace. Her presentations include:
- How to start building an equitable compensation system
- Training interviewers to disrupt bias and create an equitable hiring process
- Designing a values-aligned performance management system
Dione Lee
Dione provides human-centered financial management and strategy aimed at supporting an organization’s most important assets–people. Speaking topics include:
- Building pay equity and compensation philosophies
Past Presentations
We’ve presented for teams at Gap, The Branson School, Society of Human Resource Management, Black Law Librarians, Private Law Librarians & Information Professionals (PLLIP), and others, on topics that include:
- “A Time to Reset,” Wellness Series Workshop
- Compensation and Pay Equity
- Black Law Librarians, compensation and pay equity
- “Leveraging Your Difference at Work,” Virtual Diversity Summit
- “Disrupting Bias through Emotional Awareness”
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