Celeste Headlee
Communication and Human Nature Expert, Award-winning journalist and Author whose TED talk, Ten Ways To Have Better Conversations, has been viewed over 38 million times!
Celeste Headlee is an internationally recognized journalist and radio host, professional speaker and author of bestselling book We Need To Talk: How To Have Conversations That Matter, Do Nothing: How to Break Away from Overworking, Overdoing, and Underliving, Speaking of Race: Why Everyone Needs to Talk About Racism and How to Do It, and You’re Cute When You’re Mad: Simple Steps for Confronting Sexism. Her newest Scribd Original, It Starts with Self-Compassionwas released in May 2023. Her TEDx Talk, 10 Ways to Have a Better Conversation, has been viewed over 36 million times. Close to 50,000 talks have been given at 10,000 events since the TED program launched in 2009, and Celeste’s talk is one of the 10 most-watched talks posted on TED’s homepage.
In her 20-year career in public radio, Celeste has been the Executive Producer of On Second Thought at Georgia Public Broadcasting and anchored programs including Tell Me More, Talk of the Nation, Here and Now, All Things Considered, and Weekend Edition. She also served as co-host of the national morning news show, The Takeaway, from PRI and WNYC, and anchored presidential coverage in 2012 for PBS World Channel. Celeste is a regular guest host on NPR and American Public Media, serves as an advisory board member for ProCon.org and The Listen First Project, and received the 2019 Media Changemaker Award.
She is the host of “Women Amplified,” a podcast from the Conferences for Women, the largest network of women’s conferences in the nation, drawing more than 50,000 people to its annual events. Celeste also hosts the "Freeway Phantom" and "Big Sugar" podcast series.
Celeste is also the president and CEO of Headway DEI, a non-profit that works to bring racial justice and equity to journalism and media through targeted training and interventions, and she serves on the board for the National Center for Race Amity. Celeste is the granddaughter of composer William Grant Still, known as the Dean of Black American Composers and she is a trained operatic soprano. She lives in the DC area with rescue dog, Samus.
Celeste Headlee is an internationally recognized journalist and radio host, professional speaker and author of bestselling book We Need To Talk: How To Have Conversations That Matter, Do Nothing: How to Break Away from Overworking, Overdoing, and Underliving, Speaking of Race: Why Everyone Needs to Talk About Racism and How to Do It, and You’re Cute When You’re Mad: Simple Steps for Confronting Sexism. Her newest Scribd Original, It Starts with Self-Compassionwas released in May 2023. Her TEDx Talk, 10 Ways to Have a Better Conversation, has been viewed over 36 million times. Close to 50,000 talks have been given at 10,000 events since the TED program launched in 2009, and Celeste’s talk is one of the 10 most-watched talks posted on TED’s homepage.
In her 20-year career in public radio, Celeste has been the Executive Producer of On Second Thought at Georgia Public Broadcasting and anchored programs including Tell Me More, Talk of the Nation, Here and Now, All Things Considered, and Weekend Edition. She also served as co-host of the national morning news show, The Takeaway, from PRI and WNYC, and anchored presidential coverage in 2012 for PBS World Channel. Celeste is a regular guest host on NPR and American Public Media, serves as an advisory board member for ProCon.org and The Listen First Project, and received the 2019 Media Changemaker Award.
She is the host of “Women Amplified,” a podcast from the Conferences for Women, the largest network of women’s conferences in the nation, drawing more than 50,000 people to its annual events. Celeste also hosts the "Freeway Phantom" and "Big Sugar" podcast series.
Celeste is also the president and CEO of Headway DEI, a non-profit that works to bring racial justice and equity to journalism and media through targeted training and interventions, and she serves on the board for the National Center for Race Amity. Celeste is the granddaughter of composer William Grant Still, known as the Dean of Black American Composers and she is a trained operatic soprano. She lives in the DC area with rescue dog, Samus.
Ten Ways To Have Better Conversations
45-minute Presentation + 15-minute Q&A (30-minute version is available, as well.)
Celeste Headlee's How to Have Conversations That Matter keynote focuses on the science-based fundamentals of communication and includes thought-provoking topics like the "smarter" you are the worse you are at communicating. This highly motivational talk, with 10 practical lessons, is designed to inspire self-confidence and introduces strategies for...
Civility in Conversation
Webster's Dictionary defines civility as "polite, reasonable and respectful behavior." However, growing consideration has produced a more nuanced, sophisticated and helpful definition. This expanded definition highlights that civility entails honoring one's personal values, while simultaneously listening to disparate points of views. Civility transcends politeness and encompasses pursuing shared...
Leadership and Critical Communication Skills
Bad communication in the workplace costs us about 37 billion dollars a year. That means the cost of miscommunication is more than $26,000 per worker per year. Good communication is profitable. Companies whose leaders are great communicators had almost 50% higher returns.
Smart people often try to deal with emotional problems with logic and that approach is doomed to failure. Emotion is...
Keynote Breakout Session
Celeste offers a one-hour breakout session, typically held directly after her presentation. Celeste will deep dive into her presentation and attendees receive further training with exercises.
Workshop (3 hours)
Celeste's three-hour workshop is broken down into hourly segments (1) Introduction (2) Study (3) Exercises. Celeste will work with your team to tailor-fit the workshop to the needs of your organization focusing on your biggest challenges and pain points.
Personal Consult
Celeste will meet with you, via video conference, to provide 1:1 discussion and training.
Video Training Series
Available 2020
Virtual Presentations
