Women on the Rise – A Virtual Summit

There will be more change in the next 10 years than in the last 100. Uncertainty and intense changes are not new problems, but our human window of tolerance has been stretched to the limit more than ever in recent months. 10 experts share their vision of the game-changing systems that fortify our resilience and help us reach the other side of any crises intact and thriving.

On April 20, LifeWork Systems will assemble recognized women business thinkers and practitioners to share cutting edge ideas to help you navigate forward no matter what life throws at you. Each one shares how to create a foundation upon which people thrive; one that provides stability, support and wellness in every instance. This foundation brings about what’s life-giving and encouraging to resiliency and activation. From across disciplines – economics, technology, agility, leadership, culture, wellness – you will hear from and personally interact with creators of cutting-edge ideas, critical to navigating your future.

Learn from the best.

2020 Women on the Rise – Virtual Summit Speakers

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  Judy’s bio & topic

  Judy Ryan

  Topic: Bridging Globalization, Diversity & Technology with Emotional Intelligence
  Implementing a responsibility-based culture framework for resilience and agility

  Change is happening at the speed of imagination, often causing high levels of confusion and strain on individuals and organizations. Today’s agile technologies and digital solutions must be mapped to equally agile workforce behaviors. All team members in every role must be able to both lead and follow dynamically as needs dictate, with confidence, no matter their title or tenure. In order to meet today’s requirement for collaboration and fluidity, each must know how to create psychological safety, using skills to manage their own engagement, productivity and trusting relationships. When this occurs, everyone is able to access and operate from their greatest potential; intuitively, emotionally, socially and intellectually.

  When 21st century requirements and new processes in technology result in crisis conditions or disappointing results, it becomes your greatest opportunity to reconsider and overhaul existing human systems to the most advanced organizational models, so your people are able to thrive despite today’s speed of change and complexity.

  Judy’s Bio

  Judy is CEO of LifeWork Systems, a performance management company specializing in culture transformation frameworks since 2002. Her proven culture model is consistent with today’s rapid speed of change, diversity and complexity and trends towards teal, trauma-informed and agile practices in business and technology. Judy is an author, columnist, systems developer and integrator, consultant, trainer, coach, and keynote presenter, responsible for creating a fully scalable, digital platform and support processes within a culture implementation framework.

• Judy Ryan – author, columnist and developer of a scalable, digital platform and culture implementation framework, consistent with teal, trauma-informed and agile practices
   
  Topic: Bridging Globalization, Diversity & Technology with Emotional Intelligence
  Implementing a responsibility-based culture framework for resilience and agility

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  Marti’s bio & topic

  Marti Konstant

  Topic: Career Agility: How to Navigate the Future of Work in a Time of Dramatic Change
  “Take Action” Techniques for Inspired Growth

  The modern economy is shifting away from traditional steady employment patterns and accompanying worker mindsets, towards increasingly dynamic and often fleeting lifecycles. The rapid moves to online programming and digital work environments will forever change what it means to work and manage business.

  Company longevity is in decline and the employer-employee relationship is evolving to meet the needs of the future workplace. In response, successful individuals are re-calibrating their approaches to and expectations from the world of work. With the help of Researchscape International, Marti has researched, written a book, and authored numerous articles about the role of agility as a way to thrive and succeed in the future of work.

  In this session, people learn:

  • The definition of career agility and the principles of the career agility model
  • Case studies of women who have applied career agility within their career path
  • 3 actionable techniques to stimulate career advancement and get noticed in an increasingly crowded business environment

  Marti’s Bio

  Marti is a workplace futurist and the best-selling author of Activate Your Agile Career. She has an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business and is a former technology executive that has worked in Silicon Valley. As a Top Career Influencer, she has been featured in media outlets such as NBC Chicago, Forbes, and The Muse, and has worked in companies like Samsung, Dow Jones and Apple. Marti is an investor in multiple technology companies and an expert in applying agile principles to workforce development.

• Marti Konstant – best-selling author and workplace futurist, influencer and investor in multiple technology companies with recognized expertise in applying agile principles to workforce development
   
  Topic: Career Agility: How to Navigate the Future of Work in a Time of Dramatic Change
  “Take Action” Techniques for Inspired Growth

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  Ilhiana’s bio & topic

  Ilhiana Rojas

  Topic: Connecting purpose to drive performance
  How to create a culture focused on purpose that results in happiness

  More and more people face the pressure of living up to stressful business expectations every day, until their work is no longer fulfilling. This leads to frustration, self-doubt, anxiety and underperformance.

  When a culture enables people to connect with their purpose, they experience the happiness that comes from being fulfilled at work, increasing their engagement, motivation and workplace performance.

  Key takeaways:

  • Recognize the signs when people are just working for a paycheck.
  • Gain clarity on how to connect with their purpose and use it as fuel to propel their professional self.
  • Learn valuable strategies to create a supportive environment to articulate their worth.

  Ilhiana’s Bio

  Ilhiana is a Transformation Strategy Coach, Consultant, and is Owner and CEO of BeLIVE Coaching and Consulting. She is ICF, DISC PLUS and D&I Certified. Her mission is to empower professionals to move from ordinary to extraordinary through a meaningful transformation that leads to embracing their purpose, elevating their voice, and expanding their potential. Ilhiana is a keynote presenter and prior to starting her company, she had over 20 years of global executive experience in fortune 500 companies. She serves as VP of the Rhode Island Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, CDO of ALPFA Boston, Board Member of D&I Professionals, and advisor to SEG and CWE. Ilhiana graduated with honors as a Chemical Engineer.

• Ilhiana Rojas – global professional, strategic partner and presenter on empowerment, with a transformation process to meet today’s gig and flexible workplace conditions
   
  Topic: Connecting purpose to drive performance
  How to create a culture focused on purpose that results in happiness

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  Laura’s bio & topic

  Laura Putnam

  Topic: Creatures of Culture
  Why Changing the Culture Is Our Best Bet in Improving Our Health

  When it comes to improving our health and well-being, we do not need another self-help book, another app to get us moving or another program to get us “unstuck” from old patterns and into new habits. Rather, we need to change the culture. In this thought-provoking session, Laura Putnam, keynote speaker, author of Workplace Wellness That Works and CEO of Motion Infusion, a leading well-being provider, explains why wellness, now the world’s fastest growing industry, has taken us down the wrong path with the overstated mantra “take personal responsibility for our health.” It’s a lot more complicated than that. Laura will walk you through just why the expression “creatures of habit” is misguided and how the path forward starts by recognizing that, in fact, we are all more “creatures of culture.” This session provides a rethink on just why all our wellness efforts aren’t getting us any healthier, and what we can do differently. You’ll walk away with a blueprint to make a difference in your community, the employer you work for, the team you’re on, and for yourself.

  Key takeaways:

  • Understand why we need to rewrite the script.
  • Explain a four-step blueprint to improve the health of our communities, our workplaces, our teams and ourselves.
  • Feel inspired to make a difference!

  Laura’s Bio

  Laura is CEO and founder of Motion Infusion, an author, consultant, trainer and recognized leader in creating wellness. Her work has been featured in major publications, on radio and television interviews and in frequent keynote presentations. She has worked in a wide range of settings always with the intent of getting people “in motion,” She is recipient of the American Heart Association’s “2020 Impact” award and the National Wellness Institute’s “Circle of Leadership” award. She is a graduate of Brown and Stanford Universities.

• Laura Putnam – international speaker, author, trainer and recognized leader in wellness, written about in major publications and the recipient of numerous awards for getting people in motion
   
  Topic: Creatures of Culture
  Why Changing the Culture Is Our Best Bet in Improving Our Health

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  Colleen’s bio & topic

  Colleen Biggs

  Topic: Master You to Master Your Success
  How self-mastery can unveil authentic connections and cultivate healthy cultures

  When it comes to improving our surroundings and relationships with others, we must take the wheel. How we see life is in the eye of the beholder and Colleen will walk through the dangers of allowing the flow of negativity, gossip, and judgment to be the crippling factor that strips you of everything you are. Some believe that life is happening to them, rather than life is happening for them. When you are of the belief that you have the power to create your reality it becomes infectious to those that surround you. With unshakeable faith in your abilities to be, have and do anything that you desire, you can cultivate authentic relationships and cultures and be the pioneer that you were placed on this earth to be. It’s time to stand together, as individuals, strong in our foundations of truth to build a stronger future for women to blaze a trail of change in cultures through authenticity and love.

  Key takeaways:

  • Understand why change starts with you
  • Learn how to show up as you, unapologetically, in every situation every time!
  • Be inspired to pioneer change

  Colleen’s Bio

  Colleen Biggs is the founder of Lead Up for Women, an elite community of like-minded women driven by Passion, Power & Purpose. She travels the nation hosting powerful events, is a Global Speaker, and pioneer for women, empowering them, motivating them and educating them to lead up in their lives without asking permission of anyone and by tapping into their powerful purpose. She is an inspiration to others by helping them realize their worth, be seen, and SHOW UP. She believes that life is about thriving and not simply surviving. She has extensive success and experience in Corporate America for over 30 years, coaching over 300 CEO’s, franchising, voluntary national and local community service, and numerous project launches. She is happily married to the love of her life with 7 children and 11 grandchildren.

• Colleen Biggs – a global speaker and the founder of Lead Up for Women, an elite radio program and community of like-minded women
   
  Topic: Master You to Master Your Success
  How self-mastery can unveil authentic connections and cultivate healthy cultures

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  Lynda’s bio & topic

  Lynda Roth

  Topic: Re-imagining your Workplace To Meet Today’s Emerging Digital Age
  Culture and skills needed to transition into a digital business

  Since Amazon and the digital pioneers of late 20th century created the digital economy, business and consumer behavior has been changing. The transformation to the digital age moved into high gear when teh Apple released the iPhone and iPad. The ability interact with companies at anytime from anywhere using a mobile application completely changed the paradigm for business. With the rapid addition of Artificial Intelligence, Social Media and Robotics the workplace has also started to transform. The new digital workplace includes integration with human workers and digital technology. Many fear that robotics and artificial intelligence will displace human workers. Lynda will discuss how the workplace and required skill sets will change while making the case that there will be increased demand for human employment.

  Key Takeaways:

  • Process for management to transform the workforce
  • Skill sets for future employees and future career opportunities
  • Format of the distributed workforce

  Lynda’s Bio

  Lynda Roth is a digital economy expert and author of the forthcoming book ‘Digital Transformation: An Executive Guide to Survive and Thrive in the New Economy’. Lynda has led business and technology transformations for decades. Lynda is a futurist, educating people on how business is changing in light of the introduction of new technologies that affect culture and traditional work structures. She forecasts how the future workplace must lend itself to an agile process, in order to successfully impact how products and services are imagined, developed and brought to market in the future. She recognizes the need for emotional intelligence to manage globalization and the diversity of people and team approaches.

• Lynda Roth – digital economy expert and author, leading business and technology transformations; a futurist, educating people on how business and is rapidly changing
   
  Topic: Re-imagining your Workplace To Meet Today’s Emerging Digital Age
  Culture and skills needed to transition into a digital business

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  Mikaela’s bio & topic

  Mikaela Kiner

  Topic: Collaborative Conflict: Getting Better at Hard Conversations When Stakes are High

  Interpersonal conflict can derail important conversations and relationships at work and at home. Conflict costs American companies billions of dollars each year in lost time, productivity, and attempts at resolution. Many people ignore conflict until it’s too late, or they dive in head on creating even more damage. Healthy teams handle conflict directly, yet most of us were never taught how to do that. In this talk, we’ll explore the most common workplace hot buttons, constructive and destructive approaches to conflict, and offer real-world skills you can use immediately. If you want to get better at addressing – not avoiding – conflict, this talk is for you.

  Mikaela’s Bio

  Mikaela is a CEO, mom, executive coach, and author. In 2015, Mikaela founded Reverb, to help companies create healthy, inclusive cultures that engage and inspire employees. Prior to Reverb, Mikaela held HR leadership roles at Northwest companies including Microsoft, Starbucks, Amazon, PopCap Games, and Redfin. Mikaela enjoys coaching leaders at all levels and working with mission-driven organizations. She’s the author of Female Firebrands: Stories and Techniques to Ignite Change, Take Control, and Succeed in the Workplace. A native Seattleite who grew up on Capitol Hill, Mikaela is married to Henry, a musician, artist, and teacher. Their two teens are good at challenging the status quo and are a constant source of learning and laughter.

• Mikaela Kiner – author, executive coach, creating healthy, inclusive cultures that engage and inspire employees; a seasoned executive who has led inside major Northwest companies
   
  Topic: Collaborative Conflict:
  Getting Better at Hard Conversations When Stakes are High

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  Carey’s bio & topic

  Carey Conley

  Topic: Creating a vision that becomes your anchor in all storms
  Your purpose keeps you focused, at peace, and intentional in uncertain times

  Having a crystal clear, written vision can help solve so many common problems both in your personal and professional life. You can minimize being constantly distracted and unfocused, can set better boundaries around your time and the people you spend it with, and follow doable daily action plan for success.

  Carey’s Bio

  Carey is a nationally-recognized speaker, author, entrepreneur, and mom. She is also the creator of the Do It On Purpose and Vision Driven Life movements, and is a co-founder of Infinite Nation™. Her renowned work hinges on her keen ability to help women create, develop, and execute a rock-solid, bigger-than-life vision for themselves. The result propels them to succeed in all areas of life, including self-love, financial prosperity, a healthy lifestyle, caring relationships, a strong family, supreme confidence, and spiritual connection. Known for her contagious passion, Carey’s speeches, books, and workshops build self-empowering skills and create a community of support for women from all walks of life.

• Carey Conley – a nationally-recognized speaker, author, entrepreneur, and ‘vision expert’ working to help women realize their purpose; creator of several Life movements.
   
  Topic: Creating a vision that becomes your anchor in all storms
  Your purpose keeps you focused, at peace, and intentional in uncertain times

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  Tara’s bio

  Tara’s Bio

  Tara is founder and CEO of Breakwell, a resource hub for holistic wellness. She knows that when employee health suffers, companies suffer. Unhappy, unhealthy employees affect absenteeism, performance, customer experience, quality and profitability. Tara knows people are complex and that wellness is more than physical alone. She represents comprehensive wellness: emotional, social, financial, physical, mental, and career wellness. She uses a wellness integration framework to assess and then match businesses with the necessary wellness resources.

  Topic: Tara is participating on a panel only.

• Tara Gregor – expert in holistic wellness including culture, financial, psychological, and physical wellness, and developer of integration framework to assess and match businesses with needed wellness resources
   
  Topic: Tara is participating on a panel only.

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  Sandra’s bio

  Sandra’s Bio

  Sandra is a best-selling author, a radio host on the Voice America Influencer Channel and the founder and CEO of a consulting company. Sandra facilitates coaching and change management conversations primarily with business and organizational leaders. She also writes career coaching articles for the Forbes Coaches Council based on her successful 25 years in various government leadership positions.

  Topic: Sandra is participating on a panel only.

• Sandra Hill – a best-selling author, a radio host on the Voice America Influencer Channel and the founder and CEO of a consulting company
   
  Topic: Sandra is participating on a panel only.

What you’ll get out of joining.

An opportunity to interact with recognized business thinkers from the comfort of your home. You’ll leave the summit with a greater understanding of the systems that better support a resilient, healthy and agile future workforce. You’ll be introduced to the conditions and conversations needed to ensure the stability of life and work as it will be going forward. You come to understand new economic, technological, social and organizational perspectives and what they mean for your industry, your company, your teams and
yourself.

Guided by these business thinkers, you gain the concepts and tools to drive innovation and engagement of people despite every challenge. You’ll be able to pivot quickly so that the future is an adventure rather than a catastrophe.

Finally, you will gain insights on how to execute on new strategies through proven systems for implementation. This makes the information you gain usable and practical right away.

Here’s how it works.

• Monday April 20th, the summit runs from 8 AM to 7 PM CST.
• 10 speakers
• Live + Q&A – All sessions are happening live and include Q&A for you to ask your questions.
• Online – You can join from anywhere, as long as you have internet access. No travel needed!
• Recordings – After the summit, you get recordings and transcripts to check what you’ve missed.
• One Year Access – Moreover, you keep access to the content for a full year.

Pricing: $99 per person, 5 seats $399, 10 seats $699