Elaine Lin Hering

People like you are underrepresented -- in the industry, meetings, and rooms you're in. But the truth is you’ve long been underestimated. Told to wait your turn, not rock the boat, and follow the rules. As you watch other people get the opportunities and promotions you want, you wonder what’s missing. The common advice “just speak up” falls flat if we fail to recognize the silence we’ve learned and the real and perceived costs associated with speaking up. In this session, we interrogate the role silence plays in your leadership and offer concrete ways to find and use your voice – for the impact you want. As a result of this keynote, participants be able to: - Identify their unique value-add perspective - Own their narrative even in the face of disagreement - Utilize 3 levers for using your voice - Leverage key phrases when they feel stuck

You’ve hired good people and are doing solid work. But it seems like there’s untapped potential. How do you work together so the team is greater than the sum of its parts? People consistently talk about each other rather than to each other. How do you get them to talk to each other? To speak up and share what really matters? Building on 20+ years of research at the Harvard Negotiation Project, Elaine explores the underrated factor that undercuts team effectiveness, collaboration, and innovation: the ways we unintentionally silence the very people we aim to support and the results that can come from unleashing that talent. In this session, participants will learn how to: - Support rather than silence the people they lead - Surface the best ideas, not just the loudest ones - Invite feedback necessary to ideate, course correct, and drive results - Build a culture where people work with rather than workaround each other