You can become a truly outstanding HR leader through developing your social intelligence, the strategic ability to evaluate and influence other people’s emotions and behaviors. Social intelligence skills will determine your success in cultivating valuable relationships, improving teamwork, managing conflicts, exhibiting executive presence, and guiding stakeholders to achieving organizational objectives. This keynote at the 2018 International Public Management Association for Human Resources National Convention offers case studies on effective use of social intelligence-based strategies and provides clear take-aways to help you become an outstanding leader.

Learning Objectives:
- Identify where your leadership skills can most benefit from improving your social intelligence
- Learn best practices for using social intelligence in leadership contexts
- Discover how truly outstanding leaders use social intelligence to achieve their leadership goals
- Adapt social intelligence-informed strategies from these leaders into your own leadership toolkit
- Empower others in your organization to improve their leadership through social intelligence

Presenter bio:
Known as the Disaster Avoidance Expert, Dr. Gleb Tsipursky has over 20 years of experience empowering professionals and organizations to avoid business disasters by addressing potential threats, maximize unexpected opportunities, and resolve persistent personnel problems. The author of the national bestseller on avoiding disasters, The Truth Seeker’s Handbook: A Science-Based Guide, Gleb also published over 400 articles and was featured in over 350 interviews, including in Fast Company, CBS News, Time, Scientific American, Psychology Today, The Conversation, Business Insider, Government Executive, Inc. Magazine, and many other venues.

Gleb’s expertise comes from over 20 years of consulting and coaching for businesses and nonprofits, and he serves as the CEO of the boutique consulting firm Disaster Avoidance Experts, which uses a proprietary methodology based on cutting-edge research to help clients maximize their bottom line. Gleb’s clients include Aflac, Balance Employment Assistance Provider, Edison Welding Institute, Fifth Third Bank, Honda, IBM, International Coaches Federation, Ohio Hospitals Association, National Association of Women Business Owners, The Society for Human Resource Management, The Columbus Foundation, Vistage, and over a hundred others. He also has a strong research and teaching background in behavioral science with over 15 years in academia, including 7 years as a professor at the Ohio State University and before that a Fellow at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. His dozens of peer-reviewed academic publications include journals such as Behavior and Social Issues, Journal of Social and Political Psychology, and International Journal of Existential Psychology and Psychotherapy. His civic service includes over 4 years as the Chair of the Board of Directors of Intentional Insights, an educational nonprofit advocating for research-based decision-making in all life areas, as well as service on the Advisory Board of Canonical Debate Lab and Planet Purpose, and the Editorial Board of the peer-reviewed journal Behavior and Social Issues.

A highly in-demand international speaker, Gleb has over two decades of professional speaking experience across three continents. He gets top marks from audiences for his highly facilitative and interactive speaking style and the way he thoroughly customizes speeches for diverse audiences, while meeting planners describe Gleb as “a snap to work with.” Drawing on best practices in adult learning, Gleb’s programs address the wide spectrum of diverse learning styles, as attested by enthusiastic client testimonials and references.

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