Carolyn Everson

Do you bring your humanity to your leadership style? Often as leaders, we believe in order to be respected we must create a barrier between ourselves and our employees. However, instead of gaining respect, leaders earn misunderstanding and distrust. In order to be better leaders, we must be more human. In this talk by the Former VP at Facebook, Carolyn shares how she was able to build trust and better communication with her teams by being vulnerable at work. By showing you can be tired, emotional, or wrong, you can build better trust and communication with your employees, which will strengthen your leadership.

There are many fabulous companies with fabulous strategies but they fail because their culture is toxic. Great cultures, on the other hand, produce happier employees, attract better talent, and achieve better results. In fact, there is a direct correlation between happier employees and a company’s performance in the S&P 500. But how do you build a great culture so your employees can thrive and your company can prosper? From her experience working at Microsoft, MTV, and Facebook, Carolyn Everson learned how to create a sustainable culture that allows people to lead extraordinary lives. In this talk, you’ll learn different ways to improve your culture, including providing psychological safety, creating vision statements, and adapting to different working styles.

The digital revolution and the pandemic have changed entrepreneurship for the better—especially for women. During the pandemic, over 4 million new businesses were created, the majority by women. Studies have shown businesses with more diversity in leadership tend to be more profitable and gain a greater market share. However, women often face barriers to starting a business in terms of lower capital investment, lack of support, and family commitments. In this talk by angel investor Carolyn Everson, she’ll talk about the importance of women and entrepreneurship for women and for society. Audiences will learn how women entrepreneurs bring new ideas and serve new markets while also creating more financial freedom for women.

Innovation is often what separates companies that thrive from companies that die. Companies that innovate are constantly serving and anticipating the needs of their customers, providing valuable services and products. They add new markets and increase profits. But how can you create a company culture that constantly innovates? In this talk by the former VP of Facebook, Carolyn Everson explains how to create an innovative culture. Audiences will come away with how to create a positive environment that inspires employees to develop ideas and how leaders can encourage teams by being more open to mistakes.