{"id":454,"date":"2019-10-14T16:02:08","date_gmt":"2019-10-14T16:02:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/conferences.cupahr.org\/annual2020\/?page_id=454"},"modified":"2024-08-21T20:12:55","modified_gmt":"2024-08-21T20:12:55","slug":"featured-speakers","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/conferences.cupahr.org\/annual2024\/featured-speakers\/","title":{"rendered":"Featured Speakers"},"content":{"rendered":"

[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ custom_padding_last_edited=”off|desktop” admin_label=”hero section” _builder_version=”4.16″ use_background_color_gradient=”on” background_color_gradient_stops=”#ffffff 0%|#e7edf9 100%” background_color_gradient_start=”#ffffff” background_color_gradient_end=”#e7edf9″ background_image=”http:\/\/conferences.cupahr.org\/annual2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2023\/03\/Hero-Background.png” custom_margin=”|||” custom_padding=”100px||100px|” custom_padding_tablet=”130px||130px|” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row admin_label=”title and illustration” _builder_version=”4.16″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” custom_margin=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.16″ text_font=”||||||||” header_font=”Merriweather|700|||||||” header_text_color=”#” header_font_size=”46px” header_line_height=”1.3em” custom_margin=”||0px|” animation_style=”fade” animation_direction=”top” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n

Featured Speakers<\/span><\/h1>\n

[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”||94px|||” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”4.16″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” width=”100%” module_alignment=”center” custom_margin=”|auto||400px||” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” module_id=”ross” _builder_version=”4.23.1″ text_font_size=”20px” text_line_height=”1.8em” background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” min_height=”560px” custom_margin=”||17px|||” custom_padding=”||0px|||” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_enabled=”0″]<\/p>\n

Jennifer Moss<\/h2>\n

Sunday, September 29 | 4:45-6:15 p.m.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"We\u2019ve come through a crisis, and for better or worse it changed us. We gained plenty of skills \u2014 how to pivot on the fly, work from anywhere, adopt new tech, build resiliency. We might be feeling hopeful, but we have a long way to go \u2014 Gallup says that less than 1 in 4 people are thriving at work. If the dust is settling and our well-being is (re)booting in our personal lives, why does work sometimes feel so \u201cmeh?” We might feel less confident, less effective, less connected (blame that on chronic stress!) but we\u2019re also hungry for purpose and meaning. We want our spark back! To kick off the conference, award-winning author and journalist Jennifer Moss will help us discover novel ways to bring a sense of purpose back to our work and our life.<\/em><\/p>\n

About Jennifer Moss:
Jennifer Moss is an award-winning writer, international speaker, and workplace culture strategist with clients ranging from startups to Fortune 500 companies. Her most recent book, The Burnout Epidemic<\/em>, was named one of the 10 Best New Management Books for 2022 by Thinkers50 and shortlisted for the 2021 Outstanding Works of Literature Award. She is a nationally syndicated radio columnist and freelance journalist and currently writes for Harvard Business Review. <\/em>Her work has also appeared in CNN, TIME<\/em>, The New York Times<\/em>, The Wall Street Journal<\/em> and The Washington Post<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Sponsored by\u00a0 \"\"<\/a> <\/em><\/p>\n

\n

 <\/p>\n

[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”4.23.1″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” width=”100%” module_alignment=”center” custom_margin=”-47px|auto||400px||” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” module_id=”glaude” _builder_version=”4.23.1″ text_font_size=”20px” text_line_height=”1.8em” background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” custom_margin=”||1px|||” custom_padding=”||29px|||” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n

Disney Institute<\/span><\/h2>\n

Monday, September 30 | 10:45 a.m.-12:00 p.m.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>On Monday, hear from Disney Institute about their tried and true strategies and insights for creating a thriving culture and fostering strong employee engagement, and how you can apply these strategies to your work.<\/p>\n

Sponsored by\u00a0 \u00a0 \"\"<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

\n

 <\/p>\n

[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”4.23.1″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” width=”100%” module_alignment=”center” custom_margin=”-47px|auto|-11px|400px||” custom_padding=”0px|||||” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” module_id=”panel” _builder_version=”4.23.1″ text_font_size=”20px” text_line_height=”1.8em” background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” custom_margin=”||-14px|||” custom_padding=”||0px|||” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n

Heather McGowan<\/span><\/h2>\n

Tuesday, October 1 | 2:30-3:45 p.m.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

The most in-demand skill, both today and in the future, won\u2019t be the one you have now \u2014 it\u2019s the one you can develop tomorrow. Driven by our innate curiosity, humans possess an unparalleled ability to learn and adapt, from thriving in previously uninhabitable climates to creating tools that initially seem to surpass our capabilities. Take the ATM, introduced about 50 years ago. When ATMs became widespread, it was assumed that the role of the bank teller would become obsolete. Yet, the position of bank teller has not only persisted but has grown slightly faster than the overall labor force. Although the number of tellers required per branch has declined, the increased demand for branches has driven up the need for bank tellers. Curiosity is also the foundation of empathy and connection \u2014 the key forces needed to mend our polarized society and unlock our unparalleled capacity to connect and collaborate with technology and with each other.<\/p>\n

What does all this mean? It means that the future of work is human. Once we move beyond the outdated pursuit of single-disciplinary skill sets \u2014 rooted in fear of being replaced by technology and suspicion of one another \u2014 we can focus on developing our uniquely human skills. These include our abilities to learn and adapt, connect, collaborate and explore emerging technologies, all with the goal of continuing to improve the human condition.<\/p>\n

About Heather McGowan:
Future-of-work strategist Heather E. McGowan helps leaders prepare their people and organizations for the augmented era. As a keynote speaker, she brings clarity to complex topics through her research-rich graphic frameworks and powerful metaphors. McGowan has been named the #1 global voice for education (LinkedIn), and as one of the Top 50 Female Futurists (Forbes). She is the coauthor of both The Adaptation Advantage<\/em> and The Empathy Advantage<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Sponsored by\u00a0 \u00a0 <\/em> \"\"<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Featured SpeakersJennifer Moss Sunday, September 29 | 4:45-6:15 p.m.\u00a0 We\u2019ve come through a crisis, and for better or worse it changed us. We gained plenty of skills \u2014 how to pivot on the fly, work from anywhere, adopt new tech, build resiliency. We might be feeling hopeful, but we have a long way to go […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"

Dr. Michael J. Sorrell<\/a><\/h2>\r\nSunday, October 20 | 5:00-6:15 p.m.\u00a0<\/strong>\r\n\r\n\"\"\r\n\r\nDr. Michael J. Sorrell\u00a0<\/b>is the longest-serving president in the 146-year history of Paul Quinn College. During his 11 years of leadership, Paul Quinn College has become a small, private, minority-serving institution that, by focusing on the most persistent, prevalent and pressing problems of our society, is remaking higher education and becoming a movement.\r\n\r\nDuring President Sorrell\u2019s tenure, Paul Quinn College has won the HBCU of the Year, the HBCU Student Government Association of the Year and the HBCU Business Program of the Year. Additional achievements include the college being recognized as a member of the President\u2019s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll, the creation of the New Urban College Model, achievement of full-accreditation\r\n\r\n\u00a0\r\n\r\n\u00a0\r\n\r\n\u00a0\r\n\r\n
\r\n\r\n

Whitney Johnson<\/a><\/h2>\r\nMonday, October 21 | 8:30-10:15 a.m.\u00a0<\/strong>\r\n\r\n\"\"Whitney Johnson<\/strong>, CEO of WLJ Advisors, is an innovation and disruption theorist, best-selling author, sought-after executive and performance coach, and management consultant. She is recognized as one of the world\u2019s most influential management thinkers by\u00a0Thinkers50<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0Fortune<\/em>. Johnson specializes in helping leaders grow their awareness, building the skills needed to achieve maximum success in their organizations. Senior executives seek out Johnson\u2019s coaching and consulting expertise because she understands that productive workplace cultures begin with the leader. She excels at helping leaders break through to new levels of personal and organizational effectiveness. Johnson\u2019s services utilize her exclusive proprietary tools, such as her S-Curve coaching framework and team disruption diagnostics, which were first developed after co-founding the Disruptive Innovation Fund with Harvard Business School\u2019s Clayton Christensen. At WLJ Advisors, she has mastered her formula for helping executives and organizations harness the unpredictability of change so they can thrive in today\u2019s volatile business environment.\r\n\r\nJohnson\u2019s best-selling book,\u00a0Build An A-Team: Play to Their Strengths and Lead Them Up the Learning Curve,\u00a0<\/em>is being used by leaders globally to build the culture and attract the talent they need to reach their big goals. This follow-up to her critically acclaimed\u00a0Disrupt Yourself: Putting the Power of Disruptive Innovation to Work (2015),\u00a0<\/em>outlines the key strategy to having an engaged, productive and innovative workforce, which is having a plan for developing all employees \u2014 no matter where they are on their personal learning curves. Using her book\u2019s frameworks, Johnson works with leaders to shape how their organizations embrace and manage disruption by leading individuals and teams up the S-curve of change.\r\n\r\nPrior to WLJ Advisors, Johnson was an award-winning Wall Street analyst. She is one of Marshall Goldsmith\u2019s original cohort of 25 for the #100 Coaches Project, is a coach for the Harvard Business School\u2019s Executive Education program, frequent contributor to the Harvard Business Review, a LinkedIn influencer and hosts the Disrupt Yourself Podcast.\r\n\r\n
\r\n\r\n

Michele Norris<\/a><\/h2>\r\nTuesday, October 22 | 8:00-10:15 a.m.<\/strong>\r\n

\"\"<\/h2>\r\nMichele Norris<\/strong>\u00a0is a Peabody Award-winning journalist, founder of The Race Card Project and executive director of The Bridge, The Aspen Institute\u2019s new program on race, identity, connectivity and inclusion.\r\n\r\nFor more than a decade Norris served as a host of NPR\u2019s\u00a0All Things Considered\u00a0<\/em>where she interviewed world leaders, American presidents, Nobel laureates, leading thinkers and groundbreaking artists. She has also produced in-depth profiles, interviews and series for NPR News programs as well as special reports for\u00a0National Geographic<\/em>,\u00a0Time Magazine,\u00a0<\/em>ABC News and Lifetime Television. Norris created The Race Card Project, an initiative to foster a wider conversation about race in America, after the publication of her family memoir,\u00a0The Grace of Silence<\/em>.\r\n\r\nBefore joining NPR in 2002, Norris spent almost 10 years as a reporter for ABC News in the Washington Bureau. She has also worked as a staff writer for\u00a0The Washington Post<\/em>,\u00a0Chicago Tribune\u00a0<\/em>and\u00a0The Los Angeles Times<\/em>. In 2014, Norris earned a Peabody award and the Distinguished Dialogue Award for her work on the Race Card Project.\r\n\r\nIn 2009, she was named \u201cJournalist of the Year\u201d by the National Association of Black Journalists. The NABJ recognized Norris for her coverage of the 2008 presidential campaign \u2014 when she co-hosted NPR\u2019s Democratic presidential candidates\u2019 debate, covered both conventions, anchored multi-hour election and inauguration live broadcasts and moderated a series of candid conversations with voters on the intersection of race and politics. That series earned Norris and\u00a0Morning Edition\u00a0<\/em>Host Steve Inskeep an Alfred I. DuPont -Columbia University Award for excellence in broadcasting.\r\n\r\nNorris was honored with NABJ\u2019s Salute to Excellence Award, for her cove","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-454","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/conferences.cupahr.org\/annual2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/454","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/conferences.cupahr.org\/annual2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/conferences.cupahr.org\/annual2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/conferences.cupahr.org\/annual2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/conferences.cupahr.org\/annual2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=454"}],"version-history":[{"count":96,"href":"https:\/\/conferences.cupahr.org\/annual2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/454\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4587,"href":"https:\/\/conferences.cupahr.org\/annual2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/454\/revisions\/4587"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/conferences.cupahr.org\/annual2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=454"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}