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Smiley Poswolsky, keynote speaker

Adam Smiley Poswolsky

    • Millennial Workplace Expert
    • Advisor on Millennial Talent, Multigenerational Engagement, And Fostering Belonging In The Digital Age
Full Bio
In Person-Fee 🛈

$15,000 - $20,000

Virtual Fee:

$15,000 - $20,000

Travels From

California

Adam Smiley Poswolsky | Workplace Belonging Keynote Speaker | 2022 Speaker Reel

Adam Smiley Poswolsky | Workplace Belonging Keynote Speaker | 2022 Speaker Reel

Adam Smiley Poswolsky | Belonging in a Remote Workforce | Virtual Speaker Reel 2021

Adam Smiley Poswolsky | Belonging in a Remote Workforce | Virtual Speaker Reel 2021

Refusing to Settle: The Quarter-Life Crisis | Adam "Smiley" Poswolsky | TEDxYouth@MileHigh

Refusing to Settle: The Quarter-Life Crisis | Adam "Smiley" Poswolsky | TEDxYouth@MileHigh

Adam Smiley Poswolsky Speaker Biography


ADAM “SMILEY” POSWOLSKY is an internationally renowned keynote speaker, workplace belonging expert, and bestselling author of three books: The Quarter-Life Breakthrough, The Breakthrough Speaker, and Friendship in the Age of Loneliness.

Smiley regularly speaks at Fortune 500 companies like Apple, Google, Deloitte, Unilever, and Verizon. Smiley has advised heads of state and foreign leaders about Gen-Z, Millennials, and the future of work. Smiley’s inspiring keynotes will help you attract and retain the next generation of talent, engage the multigenerational workplace, create a culture of belonging, manage hybrid teams, and turn The Great Resignation into The Great Reconnection.

Smiley’s TED talk on “the quarter-life crisis” has been viewed over 1.7 million times, and he has spoken in front of fifty thousand people in twenty-five countries.

Smiley has spoken at Stanford University’s Graduate School of Business, University of California-Berkeley’s Haas School of Business, and the Federal Reserve Bank. Smiley’s writing has been published in Harvard Business Review, Fast Company, and the Washington Post, and his work has been featured in the New York Times, the New Yorker, and the World Economic Forum.

KEYNOTES
Belonging in a Hybrid Workforce: Fostering Human Connection & Community in Challenging Times

In the age of coronavirus, the necessity of remote work and social distancing has increased the lack of human connection at work. More than 60 percent of Americans are feeling lonely and one-third of Americas show signs of clinical anxiety or depression amid the pandemic. Only 30 percent of people report that they have a best friend at work, and 10 percent say they have zero friends in the workplace; even though data shows that employees who have a best friend at work are 7 times more engaged with their work. How do we stay connected and engaged in these uncertain and challenging times? How do we re-imagine company culture when we’re not at the office together, and foster workforce belonging as we’re spending more and more time connecting via technology and social media? How do we solve the growing loneliness and mental health epidemic in our companies and across the world?

In this inspiring, interactive, and highly relevant virtual presentation, author and millennial workplace expert Adam Smiley Poswolsky will share how we can increase human connection, inspire creativity, and create more belonging, by building supportive communities inside the workplace. Smiley will lead participants through an interactive alignment exercise to help them clarify how they can best show up for their colleagues (and customers) in these uncertain times, and tangible ways to make remote work feel more human and more connected. We’ll discuss how to stay engaged in the age of hybrid work, and how this time can be an opportunity for learning, leadership development, and personal growth. Smiley will share practical strategies to help you re-imagine a collaborative, inclusive, purpose-driven remote work culture, that empowers everyone on your team.

KEY TAKEAWAYS:

Develop strategies for increasing human connection, community, and belonging in the hybrid workplace.

Learn practical tips for engaging employees in the office while supporting employees working from home—and how to build bonds across remote/hybrid locations.

Discover how to invest in self-care practices to best support your employees with the challenges of social distancing and the growing loneliness epidemic.

Use experience design principles to help build employee engagement, boost creativity, take employee wellness seriously, and increase productivity among a remote and virtual workforce.

Learn practical HR management strategies to build a collaborative, inclusive, and purpose-driven company culture during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond.

Engaging the Multigenerational Workplace: Communicating Across Generations

Millennials currently make up more than half of the workforce, but what about everyone else? There are currently five different generations working together in the workplace. How do we create an employee experience where every single employee can thrive? Millennial workplace expert Adam Smiley Poswolsky will share how companies can retain top talent and empower the talent of the future by leading with purpose. We’ll breakthrough common stereotypes about Gen-Z, Millennial, Gen-X, and Baby Boomer employees, share case studies for increasing employee engagement and learn proven strategies and tools to increase retention and foster intergenerational collaboration in the workplace, which will help you build a purpose-driven company culture that empowers all of your employees.

KEY TAKEAWAYS:
• Proven strategies to engage employees of all ages, as well as how to attract, retain, and empower top talent.

• The similarities and differences between what Gen-Z, Millennials, Gen-X, and Baby Boomers want in the workplace, how to communicate across generations, and ways to foster intergenerational collaboration.

• Tangible HR management tools, technologies, and examples for increasing workforce collaboration and creating a purpose-driven workplace that participants can implement on their own teams.

• Insights on navigating the future of work, building an inclusive company culture, and creating a culture of coaching, mentorship and learning.

Creating a Purpose-Driven Workplace: How to Attract, Retain, and Engage Your Employees

A thriving workplace begins with an engaged and collaborative workforce. In this inspiring presentation, bestselling author and millennial workplace expert Adam Smiley Poswolsky will share how organizations can attract top talent and empower the talent of the future by leading with purpose. Smiley will teach a practical framework that helps employees find more meaning in their work, and find alignment between their personal values and the core values of your organization. Having a shared purpose can bring your workforce closer together, and lead to increased performance and retention. Smiley will provide case studies for increasing employee engagement and managing generational differences, with proven strategies and tools to foster inter-generational collaboration in the workplace and build a purpose-driven company culture that engages all of your employees.

KEY TAKEAWAYS:
• Proven strategies to engage employees of all ages, as well as how to attract, retain, and empower top talent.

• Learn how to find alignment between your personal values and the core values of your organization.

• Tangible HR management tools, technologies, and examples for increasing workforce collaboration and creating a purpose-driven workplace that managers can implement with their own teams.

• Insights on navigating the future of work, building an inclusive company culture, creating a community of learning and development, investing in coaching and mentorship, and how to be a Purpose-Driven Leader who can manage during times of transformation and turbulence.

The Gen-Z Experience: How to Attract and Engage Gen-Z Talent and Customers

Purpose, Not Pool Tables: What Millennials Really Want in the Workplace

The Future of Work: Meeting and Exceeding the Demands of Top Talent

Public Speaking Skills for Leaders and Changemakers

WORKSHOPS
Belonging in a Hybrid Workforce: Fostering Human Connection & Community in Challenging Times

The Multigenerational Workplace: Communicating Across Generations

(Virtual interactive experiences)

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