Dr. Rebecca Heiss

Our brains aren’t bult for optimal performance, happiness, or inspired leadership. They are built simply to keep us alive. The result? We avoid difficult conversations, and confrontations, workers are disengaged, and we exist our way through work and life. MEH.

But the solution lies within each of us. Rather than allowing our biology to hold us back, we can use it to work with us, unlocking our highest potential and learning that when we fear(less), we make room for so much more.

Keynote audience will leave with tools that enable them to:

• Identify and breakthrough personal biological barriers to optimal performance.
• Evaluate and neutralize subconscious fears that prevent them from playing all in
• Utilize awe in place of fear to drive performance, collaboration, and engagement.

Our brains believe the stories we tell them. Without conscious effort, they are negativity seeking missiles, but we have the power to change that. Rather than allowing our stress to spiral resulting in decreased performance and an array of health problems, we can use our biology to work with us, turning stress into a positive experience that pushes us toward better outcomes.

Keynote audience will leave with tools that enable them to:

• Re-categorize stress as a strength that can drive performance
• Utilize a 3-step scientific technique to shift stress mindsets from ordeal to adventure
• Enable positive communication, ideation, and creative collaborations to lead through ambiguity with a beginner’s mind

No blame. No finger pointing. No guilt. Fear(less) Diversity is all about not running away from the critical conversations we need to better understand the instincts and systems that drive us to carry bias. No matter our background, we all carry some shortcuts and biases about others (and ourselves!). It doesn’t make us bad people- it makes us human! But when we understand the programming that drive these stories, we can be more effective in intervening before they negatively affect our relationships and performance.

Keynote audience will leave with tools that enable them to:

• Understand the root of subconscious bias and stories that lead to unproductive behaviors.
• Engage with less fear in difficult conversations.
• Adopt a clear common external enemy to decrease internal conflict and increase cooperation and connection.