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Navigating the Hybrid Office

Hybrid Workplace

Now that COVID restrictions are lifting at a rapid pace, future-thinking companies across the country are shifting to hybrid workplace models. With their expertise in communication and connection, management, employee retention, productivity, and more, these speakers are perfectly poised to speak to your organization about navigating the hybrid office in a way that creates a positive, equitable, and friction-free transition for employees at every level.

Laura Vanderkam 

Time management expert and bestselling author

Laura Vanderkam Pitch

Laura Vanderkam is a journalist, author, and productivity expert who has helped thousands of people reevaluate their daily routines. Her popular books (including 168 Hours, I Know How She Does It, and Off the Clock) and hit podcasts (Before Breakfast and The New Corner Office) help her audiences find the time they didn’t know they had to make room for the priorities that matter most. Her latest book, The New Corner Office, is based on her successful podcast and directly addresses how professionals can adapt to non-traditional working environments. In her dynamic talks and workshops, Vanderkam arms audiences with immediately actionable strategies that allow even the most overwhelmed individuals to thrive and succeed.

Therese Huston

Cognitive scientist, gender strategist, and dynamic speaker

Therese Huston Pitch

Therese Huston is a cognitive psychologist, gender strategist, and the founding director of the Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning at Seattle University. She has led workshops at Microsoft, the U.S. State Department, and more. Her book, Let’s Talk: Make Effective Feedback Your Superpower, is a guide for managers, leaders, and professionals across industries, showing them how the once-difficult process of giving feedback can become more natural, improving performance, trust, and motivation. She also offers insights and strategies for giving feedback in a remote or hybrid work environment, a daunting challenge for many. Huston regularly speaks to academic audiences, businesses, and conferences about the intersection of gender and business, improving management and leadership skills, teaching and education, and giving impactful feedback that is free of gender and racial bias.

Priya Parker

Facilitator, strategic advisor, and author of The Art of Gathering

Priya Parker Pitch

As the way people connect at work continues to be redefined, so does Priya Parker’s bold approach to gatherings. With organizations beginning to transition to hybrid work environments, many of the practical questions about gatherings that applied during the pandemic are once again shifting, and Parker is here to help organizations with that transition. In her impactful, hands-on conversations, Parker examines how we gather now—and how that will continue to change—to help teams rediscover their motivations and develop strategies for innovation.

Lauren Smith Brody

Author of The Fifth Trimester

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Lauren Smith Brody is the founder of The Fifth Trimester, a movement to help parents and businesses revolutionize workplace culture together. She has worked with prominent organizations such as The New York Times, American Express, Google, Facebook, and more to bring The Fifth Trimester’s goals to life. Particularly during the pandemic, Brody has become keenly aware of working parents’ struggles to balance all their responsibilities at home and in the virtual and hybrid workspace. With her sound, practical advice, Brody helps caregivers preserve their mental health, adapt to their evolving workplaces, and find mutual employee/employer support during transitional periods like these.

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