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Shola Kaye: Bridging Cultural Divides with Inclusive Communication. Drive high performance and collaboration.

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Shola was professional and friendly. She delivered an engaging speech and got the entire audience interacting with each other which was great.

Francesca Laudat

Fiat Chrysler Automobiles

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Why you should book speaker Shola Kaye

Harness the power of Shola's diverse industry experience, benefiting from proven methodologies and best practices honed through collaboration with global leaders across various sectors.
Partner with a renowned industry thought leader, recognized for pioneering innovative solutions and driving meaningful change in organizations worldwide, resulting in measurable improvements in performance and culture.
Access the wisdom of an accomplished author with two acclaimed books, providing authoritative insights and actionable strategies that have garnered widespread acclaim and recognition.

Elevate your organization with Shola Kaye's transformative keynote, leveraging the power of empathy and inclusive leadership to drive innovation and engagement. With a proven track record of success with industry giants like Google, IBM, and American Express, Shola delivers actionable insights and captivating stories, empowering companies to create people-first cultures that foster belonging and productivity.

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Keynote by speaker Shola Kaye: Elevating Empathy

Creating a workplace where everyone feels that they belong is more important than ever before, but how can you build supportive, cohesive environments within your organisation?

This is a high-impact, inspiring keynote that offers the tools and the inspiration to become a more compassionate and effective leader, manager, or individual contributor. It may be modified for senior leaders, management, and whole-company keynotes.

We’ll look at the important themes of curiosity, courage and being a catalyst and you’ll understand the vital components of empathy, how to be compassionate while avoiding burnout, and why skills like emotional intelligence are in high demand.

What will the audience learn?

Explore the value of active listening and reasons why we may be reluctant to practice curiosity and courage.

Understand the different types of empathy.

Find out what impact empathy and listening have on diversity, inclusion, engagement, retention, innovation, and happiness at work.

Discuss how we might practice empathy in the virtual workplace.

Spend time reflecting on our own levels of empathy and potential areas for self-improvement.

Walk away with a simple three-step framework for being empathetic in nearly every situation.

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Keynote by speaker Shola Kaye: Embracing Psychological Safety & Inclusive Communication

Are you wondering why there has been so much interest in the topic of psychological safety?

During this interactive keynote, we explore the vital role of psychological safety in fostering an inclusive environment that values open, authentic communication. We’ll discuss the importance of embracing vulnerability, trust, and empathy in your daily interactions, enabling your team to unlock its full potential through collaborative ways of working.

What will the audience learn?

Understand the key elements of psychological safety and their impact on team performance.

Explore the relationship between psychological safety and emotional intelligence.

Discover strategies to create a culture of inclusive communication that values and supports diverse perspectives.

Recognise the role of empathetic leadership in fostering psychological safety.

Learn practical techniques for building trust and promoting vulnerability within teams.

Understand that cultural factors also play a role in the creation of psychologically safe environments.

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Keynote by speaker Shola Kaye: Inclusive Leadership: Strategies & Skills

Equip your leaders with the skills and knowledge to combat bias and foster belonging.

Today's leaders need an expanded repertoire of skills and know-how to ensure staff are engaged, happy and productive. In this highly impactful program, leaders are given the skill set to flourish in today’s complex work environments, managing ever more diverse and demanding teams.

What will the audience learn?

Explore the 6 key traits of an inclusive leader and their related behaviours.

Review key data that support the value of compassionate leadership skills in today's work environments.

Discover what it takes to create an environment of psychological safety.

Explore inclusive communication best practices to ensure everyone feels encouraged to speak up and make a contribution.

Discuss a number of behavioural nudges that help us bypass bias and create an atmosphere of innovation and belonging.

Review important cultural factors that all managers must consider when they lead diverse, multigenerational, international or intercultural teams.

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Keynote by speaker Shola Kaye: Unlock High Performance by Delivering Effective Feedback

Develop the skills to support and co-create your colleagues’ success.

At work and in our personal lives, delivering effective feedback is a valuable skill. Delivered in the right way, feedback can be empowering, inspiring and can drive an individual, and their team, towards fantastic success. However, delivered in the wrong way, feedback can be divisive, demotivating, and destructive. And when we avoid giving feedback to spare someone’s feelings, the eventual outcome can be just as damaging.

So what’s your intention as a manager? Is it to break or build? To crush or to co-create? Do you restrict your feedback to the obligatory once or twice a year, or do you feedback continuously, increasing the motivation and confidence of your team members

What will the audience learn?

Understand the importance of providing ongoing, tailored, empathetic developmental feedback.

Explore the repercussions of poor feedback styles such as The Drive-by, The Comparison, The Public Humiliation, and The Wrecking Ball.

Discover the four elements required to create psychological safety so that your feedback is well-received.

Take away an effective strategy for delivering feedback as an individual contributor.

Learn three different feedback frameworks and the pros and cons of each keynote or workshop.

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Customer Reviews

Shola was professional and friendly. She delivered an engaging speech and got the entire audience interacting with each other which was great.

Francesca Laudat Fiat Chrysler Automobiles

I reached out to Shola, following an introduction from a colleague within our inclusion team. I was looking for a speaking to compliment our agenda for international women’s day which was attended by over 120 female entrepreneurs and internal female corporates. Shola was extremely professional, the feedback we received off the back of her talk was fantastic… the audience were inspired and constantly engaged throughout the session, making this a great way to open our event. I would highly recommend Shola for any organisation that is looking for an inspiring / motivational speaker on communication in the workplace. Shola – thank you once again for your support on the day and bringing such great energy to the event.

Victoria Legg Business Growth Manager, NatWest

I was lucky enough to participate in two of Shola’s sessions at the Women of Silicon Roundabout conference. Both were amazing - inspirational and educational. What I like most about Shola, and the reason I was so eager to attend her workshop for the second year, is how she provides practical tools and frameworks I can directly apply to my work, and she delivers them with style and grace!

Laura Turner Client Success Manager, Radient 360 Solutions

An eye-opener for me. I exercise empathy often however, I considered it more of a nice to have. Now I realise the importance of it in our day to day lives.

Achu Mani Event Manager, Deloitte

Shola is highly intelligent and approachable and was so well received by our Women In the Law audience at Grant Thornton. Shola is so unique in that she has an outstanding education, professional experience in the corporate world, is a writer and also a professional singer, and draws on all of her experience to deliver very inspiring sessions.

Sandra Mossios Director, Forensic and Investigation Services (Valuations) Grant Thornton UK LLP

I’m happy to share that the feedback we received for your session was extremely positive! Respondents rated it a 4.7 out of 5 stars, and 100% said they would recommend it to a colleague.

Mariana Ortega L&D Director, Sony Music Entertainment

If you are looking for a top-notch, engaging, high-energy speaker to help motivate your company, Shola is your person. I had the opportunity to hear Shola speak on Empathy and Inclusive Leadership, and she speaks effortlessly on these topics, imparting knowledge in a way that makes the audience participate and take away solid messages. Her examples and methods to more fully engage in these valuable skills have proven valuable as I’ve been able to utilize them to build a stronger team. I highly recommend Shola to enhance your personal or business objectives.

Sonia Zacher-Martini Manager - Project Controls at PSEG

A great company-wide virtual keynote on Empathy in the workplace. It was a fascinating subject, and I think it was the most engagement I have seen with a topic – clearly it gave people food for thought and resonated. Our HR team has already said that they would like to incorporate some of the tools you gave us into the updated manager training programme. Our Diversity & Inclusion sponsor on the board of directors even contacted me to say that he really enjoyed the talk and especially how engaging it was for the audience – which I consider a great success!

Natasha Gibbs Diversity & Inclusion Council, S-RM Corporate Intelligence

Shola was a joy to work with as the closing keynote for our recent all-company, virtual event. Shola took time to fully understand the organisation and the brief and delivered not one but TWO closing keynotes in one day for global teams spanning across the world, from Sydney to San Francisco. The content was so powerful and authentically delivered, our teams are still raving about it today. If you’re looking for a standout presenter, with lasting impact and actionable outtakes - Shola is the woman for you!

Victoria Morrison Global Marketing Director at Hotwire

After hearing Shola speak several years ago, and being moved then by her vulnerability, I knew she was the right person to speak to our global group of lawyers and communicators about using “Empathy as a Superpower.” Shola delivered an insightful and meaningful session that left people feeling empowered and inspired. Beyond that, Shola provided our team with the tools we can use to become more empathetic individuals. We continue to receive positive feedback on Shola's session and have teams already looking to work with her on new projects. She is a true professional and a real joy to work with. Can't recommend Shola enough!

Sylvie Russo Communications Manager, Mondelez International

We were lucky enough to have Shola as our keynote speaker this week for our global Women's network @GlanbiaNow. Shola was perfect in addressing the #breakthebias focus of IWD and provided us strategies and practical ideas on how to manage this in the workplace. She was engaging and energetic and was a great speaker even in a virtual format. Thanks Shola and please let me know if you ever need a recommendation.

Wendy Chang Smith CFO, Glanbia

Shola has been incredible to work with. She accepted the challenge of a last minute brief to deliver a virtual Keynote speech on Empathy to a global audience and blew us away ... inspiring, relatable, engaging and empowering. Thank you Shola!

Rachael Rowland Global Marketer, Ex-L’Oréal, Henkel

Shola Kaye

Empathy at the Heart of Organizational Success

Meet Shola Kaye, a dynamic keynote speaker renowned for her transformative approach to organizational culture. As a motivational speaker and expert in empathy-driven leadership, Shola brings a wealth of experience and insights to every event.

As a seasoned professional, Shola Kaye understands the challenges faced by today's businesses in creating environments of empathy and belonging. Her wealth of experience, gained from working with global corporations across diverse industries, ensures that her insights are not only practical but also easily implementable.

Shola Kaye's motivational talks are described as engagingly practical, easily implementable, and inspiring. She shares moving stories, accessible case studies, and actionable insights, tailored to the specific needs of your organization. Whether it's reducing bias, fostering collaboration, or driving innovation, Shola Kaye's sessions deliver tangible results.

With a client roster boasting industry titans like Google, IBM, and American Express, Shola Kaye's reputation precedes her. Her ability to captivate audiences and drive meaningful change has made her a sought-after speaker for organizations looking to create inclusive, high-performing cultures.

In today's fast-paced world, where empathy and understanding are more crucial than ever, booking Shola Kaye for your event is a strategic investment in your organization's success. Let her expertise guide your team towards greater collaboration, innovation, and productivity. Unlock the potential of your workforce with keynote speaker Shola Kaye.