Margaret Spence
Margaret brings the art of visionary storytelling to every presentation, candidly interweaving her personal leadership journey to empower and foster transformation. She ignites audiences to move beyond the narrative they embraced, to question their assumptions, and to create a new vision for their lives and careers.
Author of: Leadership Self-Transformation: 52 Career-Defining Question Every High-Achieving Woman Must Answer (Best selling SHRM Book on Career and Women in Leadership)
Summary:
- Top-ranked keynote speaker delivering inspirational, dynamic presentations focusing on Women in Leadership, Next-Gen Millennial Talent Development, Unconscious Bias, Diversity and Inclusion, Corporate Culture, Workers' Compensation, and Risk Management.
- Top 5 Speaker at Society for Human Resources (SHRM) Annual Conference Seven Consecutive Years
- Top 5 Speaker at Society for Human Resources (SHRM) Diversity and Inclusion Conference Five Consecutive Years
- Author – three books her latest book – Leadership Self-Transformation coupled with her previous groundbreaking books From Workers' Comp Claimant to Valued Employee and The Injury Management Challenge
- Founder of The Employee to CEO Project and The Ten-X Leadership Academy for Women
- Founder of National Return to Work Week – Focusing on helping ill, injured and disabled employees remain in the workforce.
- Seven-term Board Member and Co-chair of the Workers' Compensation Institute's Return to Work National Emphasis on Disability Management.
- Thought-Leader and leading expert in talent development, diversity and inclusion, and a vocal advocate for effectively developing women leaders and next-generation millennial leaders.
- Contributor and Thought-leader often quoted in top publications like Forbes, Time, Crain's and the Washington Post
- Entrepreneur – 20 years as President/CEO of C. Douglas & Associates, Inc. Linking Human Resources, Risk Management, and Workers' Compensation with Corporate Compliance. Her company currently manages a claims loss portfolio valued at over $95 million for its multinational client base.
Mission:
Margaret's bold mission to empower ten thousand women, over the next five years, into executive leadership and ultimately into the C-Suite.
"Women can no longer be educated and missing from the C-Suite"
Margaret's primary focus, helping organizations move their commitment to advancing women leaders into measurable, concrete actions that hold leaders accountable for results while simultaneously helping high-potential emerging women leaders learn how to advocate and position themselves to strategically advance their career.
Determined to create a glide path for diversity and inclusion in executive leadership, Margaret launched The Employee to CEO Project, a global initiative aimed at increasing the representation of women, with specific emphasis on minority women, in C-Level leadership roles. She is on a mission to upend the dismal number of women leaders in the executive suite by empowering women to raise their hands and embrace leadership roles.
Margaret brings the art of visionary storytelling to every presentation, candidly interweaving her personal leadership journey to empower and foster transformation. She ignites audiences to move beyond the narrative they embraced, to question their assumptions, and to create a new vision for their lives and careers.
Author of: Leadership Self-Transformation: 52 Career-Defining Question Every High-Achieving Woman Must Answer (Best selling SHRM Book on Career and Women in Leadership)
Summary:
- Top-ranked keynote speaker delivering inspirational, dynamic presentations focusing on Women in Leadership, Next-Gen Millennial Talent Development, Unconscious Bias, Diversity and Inclusion, Corporate Culture, Workers' Compensation, and Risk Management.
- Top 5 Speaker at Society for Human Resources (SHRM) Annual Conference Seven Consecutive Years
- Top 5 Speaker at Society for Human Resources (SHRM) Diversity and Inclusion Conference Five Consecutive Years
- Author – three books her latest book – Leadership Self-Transformation coupled with her previous groundbreaking books From Workers' Comp Claimant to Valued Employee and The Injury Management Challenge
- Founder of The Employee to CEO Project and The Ten-X Leadership Academy for Women
- Founder of National Return to Work Week – Focusing on helping ill, injured and disabled employees remain in the workforce.
- Seven-term Board Member and Co-chair of the Workers' Compensation Institute's Return to Work National Emphasis on Disability Management.
- Thought-Leader and leading expert in talent development, diversity and inclusion, and a vocal advocate for effectively developing women leaders and next-generation millennial leaders.
- Contributor and Thought-leader often quoted in top publications like Forbes, Time, Crain's and the Washington Post
- Entrepreneur – 20 years as President/CEO of C. Douglas & Associates, Inc. Linking Human Resources, Risk Management, and Workers' Compensation with Corporate Compliance. Her company currently manages a claims loss portfolio valued at over $95 million for its multinational client base.
Mission:
Margaret's bold mission to empower ten thousand women, over the next five years, into executive leadership and ultimately into the C-Suite.
"Women can no longer be educated and missing from the C-Suite"
Margaret's primary focus, helping organizations move their commitment to advancing women leaders into measurable, concrete actions that hold leaders accountable for results while simultaneously helping high-potential emerging women leaders learn how to advocate and position themselves to strategically advance their career.
Determined to create a glide path for diversity and inclusion in executive leadership, Margaret launched The Employee to CEO Project, a global initiative aimed at increasing the representation of women, with specific emphasis on minority women, in C-Level leadership roles. She is on a mission to upend the dismal number of women leaders in the executive suite by empowering women to raise their hands and embrace leadership roles.
THE FUTURE IS NOW: TENACIOUSLY PAVING THE ROAD FOR NEXTGEN LEADERS
The reality for Leaders, Millennials check out long before they hand in their resignation because we haven't figured out how to connect their passion with our purpose. The critical question we...
THE POWER TO SUCCEED STARTS WITH YOU
Some of the most profound questions we can ask ourselves are, "What do I want to experience in this lifetime?" and "How will I experience it?" These questions lead to the overarching introspection around purpose and power. "What connects your passion, purpose, and value?" and "How do you find clarity, confidence and the...
WE NEED YOU TO LEAD US: CHAMPIONING WOMEN INTO EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP
Conventional wisdom suggests that if we shuttle women into executive leadership development programs they will be engaged, take action, and become formidable leaders - not so fast. The current statistics beckons the questions, if women are entering leadership development programs why are so few women in C-level leadership?
Women's leadership development is a long-tail strategy because statistics show that few women set out to become a C-level executive, and most didn't pursue...
Who's Going to Sit in Your Seat? Ending the Leaky Leadership Pipeline
Changing the Paradigm from Workers Comp Claimant to Valued Employee
This program challenges employers to see "Ability" instead of "Disability," discovering opportunities to keep, ill, injured and disabled employees in the workforce. Margaret...
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