Najwa Zebian

The Art of Emotional Resilience

Mastering Emotional Intelligence At Work

What if the trick to effectively leading others lies in your ability to harness the power of your emotions? What if working cohesively in a team requires being in touch with your own feelings?

There is a myth that there is no room for emotion in the big leagues. Whether we want them to or not, emotions guide how we do almost everything, not just how we handle failure. Our feelings dictate how we manage our time and energy. They help us navigate conflicts, take responsibility for our actions, communicate with others and adapt to changes under stress. All these skills are required to be a good leader, teammate, or employee. Instead of focusing on one skill at a time, we can strengthen our emotional intelligence and build resilience that enables us to handle anything that comes our way.

For anyone to reach their full potential professionally, they must go through many ups and downs – they must learn how to be resilient. Resilience doesn’t come from not feeling the pain of failure- it comes from understanding and truly feeling that pain. When we have room for emotions, we process that failure more effectively; our ability to say “I’m going to try again” comes from being able to truly feel and work through that pain. Unless we examine our pain and truly feel it, we cannot feel the joy of success as keenly.

Keynote Presentation Goals:

• Increasing awareness about emotional intelligence
• Removing barriers to maximized employee performance
• Developing practical emotional resilience skills in the workplace
• Challenging the status quo and stigma surrounding emotions in the workplace
• Fostering a culture of cohesion and support in the workplace

Walking Through the Mirage of Fear

The Metamorphosis Of A Leader

Designed for employees, entrepreneurs, and managers, this conference explores the importance of moving from a top-down approach to leadership to a distributed type of leadership. What does a workplace where every employee is a leader look like? What does it feel like? And how could it transform both the professional and personal lives of every employee to be more productive and fulfilling? Najwa brings both her knowledge on leadership from her graduate studies and her expertise as a leader to this life-changing talk.

Participants, whether in conventional leadership positions such as management or CEO or not, will reflect on their own understandings of leadership and their application of it in the workplace and in their personal lives. They will also learn strategies to break through their existing fears that are hindering them from becoming the leaders they are meant to be.

Keynote Presentation Goals:

• Deconstructing fear and using it as a springboard for change
• Bridging the gap between personal and professional perseverance skills
• Fostering a sense of distributed leadership
• Understanding that servant leadership is the most effective
• Highlighting humility as a key leader characteristic
• Moving away from the race to compete and moving toward excellence

Authentic Influence

Moving A Million People With A Message

In a world where recycled content is used to increase views just for numbers, how do you succeed and stand out with original content?

This presentation is designed for entrepreneurs, influencers, brand-builders, social media managers, and anyone who wants to create impact through social media. Participants will engage in activities geared towards them reflecting on their real purpose and intentions behind seeking growth and recognition on these platforms. They will also be guided through an analysis of profiles of current influencers who are effecting real change and ones who are only seeking recognition. As someone who’s paved her way in this field through authentic, real and intentional content creation, Najwa will share her secrets on effecting impact that ripples through millions.

Organizations as a whole can learn to strategically position themselves to create long-lasting influence that creates brand loyalty, increases conversions, and makes them stand out amongst the crowd.

Keynote Presentation Goals:

• Deconstructing fear and using it as a springboard for change
• Bridging the gap between personal and professional perseverance skills
• Fostering a sense of distributed leadership
• Understanding that servant leadership is the most effective
• Highlighting humility as a key leader characteristic
• Moving away from the race to compete and moving toward excellence

Facilitating A High-Performing Workplace

Creating Workplaces on the Foundation of Diversity and Inclusion

Instead of creating space for diversity and inclusion, the organization must be built on a foundation that combines the two. These buzzwords often end up as posters on a wall or as a newsletter highlight, when they should be seamlessly incorporated into every aspect of the organization, from policy to practice. Instead of perpetuating the perception of these two words as a burden, a trend or a band-aid, this presentation offers the organization practical ways to authentically implement practices that, at their core, serve the true holistic meanings of diversity and inclusion.

Packed with knowledge from years of experience in the educational field and planning for a differentiated approach that caters to the needs of employees at every level of the organization regardless of their background, this presentation promises to infiltrate the organizational structure in a way that enhances productivity, creates a positive work culture, and encourages equity.

Keynote Presentation Goals:

• Deconstructing fear and using it as a springboard for change
• Bridging the gap between personal and professional perseverance skills
• Fostering a sense of distributed leadership
• Understanding that servant leadership is the most effective
• Highlighting humility as a key leader characteristic
• Moving away from the race to compete and moving toward excellence