Known as the workplace culture whisperer, Dr Jolene Church, a leadership expert and sought after keynote speaker, helps teams and organizations build cultures where people feel seen, heard, and valued. With over two decades of experience transforming teams across government or Fortune 500 companies and global nonprofit, she excels at bringing a human centred approach to leadership, fuelling engagement, belonging, and real-world results.

Dr Jolene changed schools 33 times, Kindergarten through 12. She had to build a relationship and then move on. No surprise then that, some of her oldest relationships are from childhood days.

"I looked at it in a different way. I needed to make that connection because my survival, my ability to thrive in that moment was based on me connecting. I'm so grateful that I did. This does not mean that I don't overthink things. It means that self-awareness is so important in realising how many times I am stopping myself from stepping into my best self. "

"I don't want to be muted. There's much power in the pause, in our present moment. Between every problem and solution is a space. Change will happen in the future. If I choose now to change something, I can't change the past, but I can change the present moment."

In conversation with Laura Gates

In building resilience leaders and organizations, recognise the parts of the business that are not doing well. Some parts of the system are operating ways simply out of habit or normalised patterns that aren't helpful to the business anymore. To sharpen the strategic perspective, effective leaders need to make sure they can carve out space and time to think and reflect. It's amazing the ideas, innovative, creative thoughts that come through when leaders are able to step back and get an expanded perspective.

Resilience grows through connection and trust, strengthening as we collectively support each other in eco-systems that are psychologically safe.

"It's not that people don't know in many cases what they want to do. It's that they're afraid of admitting it. They're afraid it's not possible. They're afraid, they're not qualified. Worse still, they don't feel safe being vulnerable or authentic. My encouragement is to follow that path. Follow what gives you energy that will take you where you need to go more than anything else." shares Laura Gates

"I'm not going to say it was any prettier than it was, but it was an honour to take care of him. He was a great husband".

In "My life Caring for Frank", Carol Weisman shares as she talks about her life caring for her beloved husband Frank.

She put a pause on her consultancy and speaking. She's now returning to international work, grateful for the time she spent with Frank and looking forward to connecting with the world once again.