Heather Hilliard, Inspiring Leadership Keynote Speaker

Heather delivers customized keynotes annually on leadership, entrepreneurship, team development, performance mastery and the achievement of potential to rave reviews. She has spoken to more than 150 organizations and at over 100 association events to companies as diverse as Kinross Gold, City of Mississauga, Municipal Property Assessment Corporation, Diply (GoViral) and Tridel.

She has broad association appeal as evidenced by past speaking engagements with the Human Resources Professional Association, Vancouver Board of Trade, Senior Women in Technology, Entrepreneurs Organization (EO) and Building Industry and Land Development Association. The following are Heather’s most popular keynote topics.

SO, YOU THINK YOU CAN LEAD?

Most leaders have never received training on how to lead. Yet, they believe they are great leaders. But what if you are not? What if you have developed bad leadership habits, rather than effective ones? Heather’s message will have you ready to take a fresh look in the mirror at your leadership approach. She will also give you the tools to break your bad leadership habits.         

[ALSO AVAILABLE AS 1/2 DAY WORKSHOP]

Leading with Authority

Leaders today are struggling with how to lead, defaulting to being overly permissive with their employees. It’s a leadership approach that costs organizations and leaves leaders feeling frustrated and powerless. Using relatable, and highly entertaining examples, Heather sets out a practical, easy to follow framework for you to stop being permissive as a leader and embrace leading with authority to drive performance outcomes. She explores the 6 pillars of leading with authority and how to leverage each of them to increase your satisfaction and impact as a leader.

[ALSO AVAILABLE AS 1 & 2 DAY WORKSHOP]

the Myth of fearlessness

Is being fearless even possible? Heather takes an honest and refreshing look at fear and how our innate fears undermine our performance. Heather shares stories from her experiences as a successful leadership consultant, and lessons from top executives and entrepreneurs in business. She outlines a 4-step process to harness your emotions (and those of others) to optimize behaviour and outcomes.

STOP BLAMING THE MILLENNIALS

Leaders are bombarded with messages about how to lead millennials given all the negative stereotypes that surround this generation. Drawing on real world examples, Heather explores the harsh reality that it’s the leaders who are fostering the poor performance and entitlement that they complain about. She shares a proven approach to maximizing the performance of even the most entitled employee. 

the POWER OF Incompetence

Incompetence is a fact of life, yet somehow its a taboo topic. Wouldn’t it be great to just say it out loud instead of thinking it about people? Heather shares an entertaining look at the four types of incompetence and the lengths we go to avoid addressing it. Her practical advice will give you the skills and the courage to tackle it personally and professionally. 

THE DISCIPLINE OF LEADING PERFORMANCE

Even if its just your own performance that you are leading, it is not something that you can just learn  through osmosis. Leading performance is a discipline that, more often than not, is missing in today’s work environment. Heather explores the barriers to leading performance as well as 6 key strategies for maximizing impact in any context. You will learn how to lead your own performance as well as that of others even when not in a position of direct authority, to immediately master the discipline of leading performance.

WHO ARE YOU MEANT TO BE?

Most of us seek, yet struggle, to find the answer and end up living our lives on autopilot. Heather empowers you with a new understanding of potential based on brain organization. Using inspiring examples, she shows you how to break free of behaviours that limit your growth and happiness, and how to redirect your instinctual energies to become who you are meant to be.

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