Turning thoughts of inadequacy and insignificance into
STRENGTH | ACHIEVEMENT | CONFIDENCE | LEADERSHIP
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Dr. Jessica is a strategic leadership and workplace culture consultant who teaches self-intelligence and relational intelligence. She is an award-winning international speaker, best-selling author, former dental oncologist and education director. Speak Kindly, You’re Listening is her first book teaching leaders and high-achievers how to interpret their inner voice so they can strengthen their confidence both personally and professionally. Dr. Jessica believes in introspection before you can assess your environment accurately. She is currently working on her second book called, Speak Kindly, They're Listening, which involves the extrospection of environments and building workplace cultures.
Dr. Jessica’s experience working with cancer patients, being a former education director at a world-renowned cancer centre, clinical instructor and getting her life coaching certificate has allowed her to support hundreds of individuals and their teams through challenging times.
She has given keynote speeches and presentations to The University of Toronto, Boston University, WNORTH, Key Media, Harvard Women Alumni-e, Women in Wealth Management, and Princess Margaret Cancer Centre among other international organizations and companies, and looks forward to bringing her storytelling, research and actionable results to your next event.
Keynotes and Workshops
Advance and retain leadership in the workplace
Programs are customized to meet the needs of the organization.
Include:
- A pre-engagement call
- 30-90 minute live session
- An unlimited number of seats
- An optional Q&A
Include:
- A pre-engagement call
- 60-120 minute live session
- # of seats vary with workshop
- Q&A built in
- Interactive components: brain training exercises*
* What are brain training exercises? These are workshop exercises to improve mental performance for the individual and team. Digging deep means doing the work individually and together. That is how you start to enact long-lasting change.*
All Topics
Am I Good
Enough?
Leadership, DEI
Self-doubt is normal but shouldn't hold you back. Gain insights on impostor syndrome and perfectionism and the negative impact it has on leaders and teams.
What the Hell is
Wrong With You?
Leadership
Being a leader isn't easy. Build an engaged leadership that retains and builds the team, improves productivity and increases sales revenue.
Why Do I Feel
Like Crap?
Leadership
It's been a hell of a couple of years which feels like decades. Address the implications of burnout caused by stress associated with today’s modern lifestyle.
Did You
Say Something?
Leadership
Every single person wants to feel seen, heard, and understood. Learn effective communication skills that help you express your thoughts and vision with clarity.
The Impostor Syndrome Epidemic: The Truth and The Deception
Leadership, DEI
A lot of people talk about impostor syndrome but aren't sharing what's actually going on. There is more then just self-doubt and feeling like a fraud.
The Intersection of Burnout & Success: Work-Life Balance Is A Scam
Leadership, Team Building, Culture Dynamic
There is no true work-life balance but you also don't need to be hustling. This isn't your quick fix magical equation that will make you feel successful; it's more than that.
Speak Kindly, You're Listening
Leadership
Have you ever thought of how you speak to yourself? The words you choose? The tone of voice? The pitch or volume? How you choose to speak to yourself has a profound impact on your identity and worth.
"Am I Good Enough?"
Have you ever felt that if you took one more course, or had that specific degree, or even that right client, you would feel that much more confident? Do you question or underestimate your abilities? Do you struggle to leave work at work and find that it follows you home? Are you waking up in the middle of the night in a panic or having trouble sleeping because you can't stop those racing thoughts? Here's the thing: you're successful, but you don't feel it or believe it. The pressure you put on yourself is immense and you compare yourself to others and wonder, "What am I doing wrong? Am I good enough?"
Dr. Jessica has asked all of these questions too and now teaches others why it happens, what is happening and how to make changes. Time to understand the psychology, behaviours and inner voice of the high achiever.
Learning Objectives
- Identify the difference between self-doubt and imposter syndrome
- Gain tangible skills to break down self-sabotaging traits
- Discover ways to help team members improve their inner narrative
- Explore the negative aspects of perfectionism causing increased stress levels
- Define your executive presence by changing how you communicate to yourself
- Learn to use practical tools to identify and analyze your current skills and personal values without self-sabotaging future growth and career opportunities
- Assess and create your personal career goals and roadmap with certainty, boldness and grit
Who Should Take This?
- All high achievers (in leadership roles and team members)
- High achieving, high performers who will likely enter a leadership role in the next year
"What The Hell Is Wrong With You?"
The hustle and grind work culture that we’ve become accustomed to has churned out people feeling under-appreciated and over-worked. People are questioning if their career is even worth it. They’re beginning to question if it’s worth their mental and physical health.
In this open and raw discussion, Dr. Jessica breaks down effective leadership and communication styles, ways to improve workplace culture and ways to improve your quality of life.
Learning Objective
- Explore a new way of looking at your leadership, your organization, and the environment in which it operates
- Gain tangible skills to increase individual and group performance, productivity and confidence
- Unpack how trust acts as a vital component for high performing teams and is developed through meaningful communication and psychological safety
- Explore worry, stress and anxiety while preventing workplace burnout and retaining a high-performance team
- Investigate what separates high performing teams (and high performing humans) from everyone else
Who Should Take This?
- All leaders (supervisors, managers, directors, senior directors, VP levels, C-suite) who manage 2 employees or more
- High potential employees who will likely enter a leadership role in the next year
"Why Do I Feel Like Crap?"
It's been a hell of a couple of years which feels like decades. You notice you're waking up in the middle of the night stressing about a conversation that was had, a meeting to come or deadlines approaching. You may even notice things that don't usually stress you out, are causing more anxiety and overwhelm. It feels as if you can't catch a break and as you hold your team and yourself together, all you want is someone to tell you, "You're doing a good job and it's going to be okay." As we slowly move into a post-pandemic era, it's time to bring to light the importance of talking about burnout, being busy and feeling blech. Stop struggling to create a work-life balance and re-think your approach to have more energy, freedom and enjoyment each day.
Learning Objectives
- Address the implications of burnout caused by stress associated with today’s modern lifestyle
- Design a framework to proactively manage your energy before overwhelm flows into other areas of life
- Learn how to spot when stress is building and decide when it’s time to re-adjust your strategy to improve self-care
- Manage stress around relationships, decision making, daily habits
- Identity how to detach from work, improve self-care, enjoy interests and playtime to achieve work/life integration
- Investigate what separates high performing teams (and high performing humans) from everyone else
Who Should Take This?
- All leaders (supervisors, managers, directors, senior directors, VP levels, C-suite) who manage 2 employees or more
- High potential employees who will likely enter a leadership role in the next year
"Did You Say Something?"
Every single person wants to feel seen, heard, and understood. It’s not only important to learn how to communicate and communicate your thoughts and vision, but it is just as important to hear what others on your team are saying. Empathetic and actively listening is a communication skill. Yet, it is widely underestimated when leaders are placed in high-stress, high-performing, high-stake situations. It goes beyond simply hearing the words of another but also seeking to understand the meaning and intent behind them. This skill is the foundation of a successful conversation in any setting–whether in the boardroom, at business lunches or in performance reviews.
Learning Objective
- Learn how to create deeper relationships through psychological safety, actively listening and mindful communication
- Establish new ways to confront and connect with others that hold opposing views and ideas by asking open-ended questions to encourage further responses
- Determine how to identify a trusted/relevant network of peers, coaches, mentors and sponsors to assist in your career development
- Discover why “The Great Resignation” and “Quiet quitting” are happening to gain a clear understanding of connection, humanity, and care
- Tap into high-performing teams by listening to understand rather than responding with immediate advice
- Investigate what separates high performing teams (and high performing humans) from everyone else
Who Should Take This?
- All leaders (supervisors, managers, directors, senior directors, VP levels, C-suite) who manage 2 employees or more
- High potential employees who will likely enter a leadership role in the next year
The Impostor Syndrome Epidemic: The Truth and The Deception
A lot of people talk about impostor syndrome but aren't sharing what's actually going on. "Unleash your true potential." "Be authentic and be you." "Own your success and power." Yes, these are all great affirmations but a mantra isn't going to help you. Let's talk about the science, psychology and behaviours around impostor syndrome. It's more than just self-doubt and feeling like a fraud. Learn about the truths and the deceptions that society and social media are portraying. And no, you don't have to have impostor syndrome to learn about the truth and the deception behind it all.
Learning Objectives
- Define impostor syndrome and impostor phenomenon
- Identify the origin of impostor syndrome for you the high achiever by breaking down gender stereotypes, society and culture expectations and upbringing
- Evaluate the 5 different impostor types and experiment with helpful tips
- Take a turn around the impostor cycle (or what I like to call the high-achiever with a loud inner critic cycle) and learn the 6 checkpoints to get you out of the cycle
- Investigate the difference between impostor syndrome and self-doubt
- Rewrite your inner narrative by analyzing 4 steps to take you from inner gremlin to inner wise one
Who Should Take This?
- All leaders and team members (inclusive supervisors, managers, directors, senior directors, VP levels, C-suite) who manage 2 employees or more
- High potential employees who will likely enter a leadership role in the next year
The Intersection of Burnout and Success: Work-Life Balance Is A Scam
Whether you're starting your career, in the middle of it, hustling 24/7 or heading towards retirement, you're successful. You've worked hard devoting your time and energy to get to where you are today. However, has your success come at a cost of your health or well-being? How many times have you heard, "You just need to practice work-life balance and you'll be better off"? It's what's all over social media, wellness programs and a part of today's culture. But what actually is work-life balance?
Dr. Jessica learned the hard way that work-life balance is a scam and then watched her colleagues spiral as well. Being busy, thriving on goals and reaching 'success' didn't provide fulfillment. Instead it came with finding it hard to relax, always feeling guilty for taking a break and heading into burnout more than once. Burnout became a badge of honour and overworking to the point of exhaustion became glamorized. There is no work-life balance for the high-achiever if your success and happiness are always after the next goal.
Learning Objective
- Understand the causes and symptoms of burnout and how it intersects with the pursuit of success
- Identify personal warning signs and triggers of burnout, and develop a personalized plan for self-care and stress management
- Explore how societal and cultural expectations impact the pursuit of success and how to navigate these pressures in a healthy way
- Discover why “The Great Resignation” and “Quiet quitting” are fancy terms for burnout
- Develop an awareness of your values and priorities and how to align them with your goals in a way that promotes both success and well-being through self-compassion
- Navigate the importance of setting boundaries and saying "no" to avoid overcommitment and burnout
- Explore how mindset and self-talk impact the ability to achieve success and prevent burnout
- Create a support network and learn how. toeffectively communicate yoru needs to others to prevent burnout and promote success
Who Should Take This?
- All leaders (supervisors, managers, directors, senior directors, VP levels, C-suite) who manage 2 employees or more
- High potential employees who will likely enter a leadership role in the next year
Speak Kindly, You're Listening
Have you ever thought of how you speak to yourself? The words you choose? The tone of voice? The pitch or volume? Just as you use different voices when speaking to a child, parent, or lover, have you noticed you use a different voice when you speak to yourself?
Dr. Jessica heard her voice say on repeat: "I'm not good enough," "I'm not worth it," "What is wrong with me?" and used them as a way to motivate herself, until those words broke her. That inner voice belittled her and shouted insults. She didn't understand how that same voice took care of cancer patients and others but chose to call her names.
This workshop unveils strategies to untangle the complexities of your inner voice. You will unravel the threads of imposter syndrome, perfectionism, burnout, and that haunting inner critic, and illuminate the interconnections among them.
Remember, if you wouldn't say it to a friend or loved one, why is it okay to say to yourself?
Learning Objectives
- Unraveling Imposter Syndrome: Dissect the roots of imposter syndrome, recognize its manifestations, and develop strategies to navigate its grip on your self-belief.
- Confronting Perfectionism: Explore the downsides of perfectionism and its connection to your inner voice. Develop techniques to release yourself from its unrelenting demands.
- Exploring the Burnout Link: Identify burnout's impact on your inner dialogue and vice versa. Acquire tools to manage stress, cultivate balance, and restore well-being.
- Taming the Inner Critic: Confront and disarm your inner critic's negative influence. Transform it into a constructive force that nurtures your growth and aspirations.
Who Should Take This?
- High achievers seeking liberation from self-doubt and a critical inner voice
- Individuals transitioning from self-sabotage to self-empowerment
- Professionals aspiring to align their inner dialogue with their outward accomplishments and embody authentic confidence
*based off of Dr. Jessica's best-selling book: Speak Kindly, You're Listening*
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