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Inclusive Leadership

Inclusive leadership is visible in everyday moments: whose ideas are heard, how disagreement is handled and whether people can contribute without covering. Stellant’s inclusive leadership speakers help managers and executives build the self-awareness, trust and communication habits that make diverse perspectives useful. They connect inclusion to better decisions, stronger innovation and team performance rather than treating it as a separate initiative. These speakers bring practical, nuanced guidance to leadership programs, HR events and organizations working to create more open and equitable cultures.

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Alison Fragale
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Alison Fragale

Organizational psychologist, UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School

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Michaela Kerrissey
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Michaela Kerrissey

Professor of Management, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

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Ashley Goodall
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Ashley Goodall

Former senior vice President of human resources, Cisco

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Linda A. Hill

Wallace Brett Donham Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School

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Speakers

Inclusive Leadership Speakers

Alison Fragale

Alison Fragale

Organizational psychologist, UNC Kenan-Flagler Business SchoolNational bestselling author, Likeable BadassFormer McKinsey & Company consultant

Michaela Kerrissey

Michaela Kerrissey

Professor of Management, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public HealthNamed to the Thinkers50 Radar list, 2023Author of 40-plus publications on teams and organizations

Ashley Goodall

Ashley Goodall

Former senior vice President of human resources, CiscoFormer chief learning officer, DeloitteAward-winning author of The Problem with Change

Linda A. Hill

Linda A. Hill

Wallace Brett Donham Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business SchoolCo-author of Collective Genius and Genius at ScaleThinkers50 #4 management thinker in the world

Megan Reitz

Megan Reitz

Associate Fellow, Saïd Business School, University of OxfordAuthor, Speak Up and Mind TimeThinkers50 Top 50 Management Thinker, 2025, 2023, 2021

Amy Edmondson

Amy Edmondson

Novartis Professor of Leadership and Management, Harvard Business SchoolAuthor, The Fearless Organization and Right Kind of WrongTwice ranked No. 1 management thinker by Thinkers50

Tammy Erickson

Tammy Erickson

Former Leadership Program Director, London Business SchoolAuthor, Retire Retirement and Co-author, Workforce CrisisFive-Time Thinkers50 Top 50 Management Thinker

Dolly Chugh

Dolly Chugh

NYU Stern professor of management and organizationsAuthor, The Person You Mean to BeThinkers50 Radar Class of 2025

Liz Dunn

Liz Dunn

Professor of Psychology, University of British ColumbiaCo-author, Happy Money and Leave the Lights On2019 TED Curator's Pick

Manfred Kets de Vries

Manfred Kets de Vries

Distinguished Clinical Professor of Leadership Development and Organizational Change, INSEADAuthor or editor of more than 50 booksInternational Leadership Association Lifetime Achievement Award

Ingrid Nembhard

Ingrid Nembhard

Fishman Family President's Distinguished Professor, The Wharton School of the University of PennsylvaniaScholar of psychological safety and organizational learningAcademy of Management Mid-Career Achievement Award recipient

James Detert

James Detert

John L. Colley Professor of Business Administration, University of Virginia Darden School of BusinessAuthor, Choosing CourageContributor, Harvard Business Review and MIT Sloan Management Review

Paola Cecchi-Dimeglio

Paola Cecchi-Dimeglio

Harvard Law School and Harvard Kennedy School faculty chairAuthor, Building a Thriving Future and Diversity DividendCo-chair, United Nations ITU AI and Big Data initiatives

Ruchika T. Malhotra

Ruchika T. Malhotra

Founder and CEO, CandourAuthor of Inclusion on Purpose and UncompeteThinkers50 Radar list

Abigail Marsh

Abigail Marsh

Professor of Psychology, Georgetown UniversityDirector, Laboratory on Social and Affective NeuroscienceAuthor, The Fear Factor

Diya Khanna

Diya Khanna

Founder, Global IDEAFormer Global Diversity Equity Inclusion Program Manager, AmazonColumnist, Newsweek

Gianpiero Petriglieri

Gianpiero Petriglieri

Associate Professor of Organisational Behaviour, INSEADINSEAD Alumni Professorship in Leadership and DevelopmentNamed Among Thinkers50 World's 50 Most Influential Management Thinkers

Debora Spar

Debora Spar

Jaime and Josefina Chua Tiampo Professor, Harvard Business SchoolFormer president, Barnard CollegeNew York Times bestselling author, Work Mate Marry Love

Sandra Sucher

Sandra Sucher

MBA Class of 1966 Professor of Management Practice, Harvard Business SchoolCo-Author, The Power of TrustAdvisory Board Member, Edelman Trust Institute

Lalin Anik

Lalin Anik

Associate Professor of Marketing, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamDirector, MBA Program in International BusinessPoets and Quants 2019 MBA Professor of the Year

Connie Hadley

Connie Hadley

Founder and chief scientist, Institute for Life at WorkFellow, Institute for Leadership & Work, Boston University Questrom School of BusinessThinkers50 Radar honoree and Harvard Business Review cover author

Jenny Chatman

Jenny Chatman

Bank of America Dean, Haas School of Business, University of California, BerkeleyCo-Author, Making Organizational Culture GreatAcademy of Management Organizational Behavior Division Lifetime Achievement Award

Tova Friedman

Tova Friedman

One of the youngest living survivors of AuschwitzNew York Times bestselling author, The Daughter of AuschwitzHolocaust educator with more than 500,000 TikTok followers

Kathy Pham

Kathy Pham

Harvard Kennedy School faculty and Shorenstein senior fellowFormer vice president of artificial intelligence, WorkdayFounding member, U.S. Digital Service at the White House

Courtney Cogburn

Courtney Cogburn

Associate professor, Columbia University School of Social WorkLead creator, 1000 Cut Journey virtual reality experienceTEDx speaker on experiencing racism in virtual reality

Elaine Lin Hering

Elaine Lin Hering

Author of Unlearning Silence, USA Today bestsellerFormer Lecturer on Law, Harvard Law SchoolThinkers50 Radar 2025, Top 30 Global Management Thinkers

Tommy Amaker

Tommy Amaker

The Thomas G. Stemberg '71 Family Endowed Coach for Harvard Men's BasketballWinningest head coach in Harvard men's basketball historyNCAA Champion of Diversity and Inclusion honoree (2021)

Michèle Lamont

Michèle Lamont

Robert I. Goldman Professor of European Studies, Harvard UniversityAuthor, Seeing Others and Getting RespectWinner, 2017 Erasmus Prize and 2024 Kohli Prize

Elizabeth Paluck

Elizabeth Paluck

Eugene Higgins Professor of Psychology and Public Affairs, Princeton2017 MacArthur FellowLeading authority on social norms and behavior change

Christa Gyori

Christa Gyori

Co-Founder and CEO, Leaders on PurposeFounding Member, Unilever North American FS Sustainability CouncilShortlisted, Thinkers50 Ideas into Practice Award (2023)

Lynn Perry Wooten

Lynn Perry Wooten

President, Simmons UniversityCo-Author, The Prepared Leader and Arrive and ThriveNamed "Next Generation Business Thinker" by Financial Times

Janine Zacharia

Janine Zacharia

Carlos Kelly McClatchy Lecturer, Stanford University Department of CommunicationFormer Jerusalem Bureau Chief, Washington PostCo-Author, Polarization and the Press

Books

Books on Inclusive Leadership

Uncompete: Rejecting Competition to Unlock Success cover

Ruchika T. Malhotra

Uncompete: Rejecting Competition to Unlock Success

The Prepared Leader: Emerge from Any Crisis More Resilient Than Before cover

Lynn Perry Wooten

The Prepared Leader: Emerge from Any Crisis More Resilient Than Before

Arrive and Thrive: 7 Impactful Practices for Women Navigating Leadership cover

Lynn Perry Wooten

Arrive and Thrive: 7 Impactful Practices for Women Navigating Leadership

Inclusion on Purpose: An Intersectional Approach to Creating a Culture of Belonging at Work cover

Ruchika T. Malhotra

Inclusion on Purpose: An Intersectional Approach to Creating a Culture of Belonging at Work

You, the Leader (HBR Women at Work Series) cover

Amy Gallo, Ruchika T. Malhotra

You, the Leader (HBR Women at Work Series)

The Power of Trust: How Companies Build It, Lose It, Regain It cover

Sandra Sucher, Shalene Gupta

The Power of Trust: How Companies Build It, Lose It, Regain It

Becoming a Manager: How New Managers Master the Challenges of Leadership cover

Linda A. Hill

Becoming a Manager: How New Managers Master the Challenges of Leadership

The Diversity Advantage: Fixing Gender Inequality in the Workplace cover

Ruchika T. Malhotra

The Diversity Advantage: Fixing Gender Inequality in the Workplace

Social Knowledge in the Making cover

Michèle Lamont

Social Knowledge in the Making

Responses to Stigmatization in Comparative Perspective (Ethnic and Racial Studies) cover

Michèle Lamont

Responses to Stigmatization in Comparative Perspective (Ethnic and Racial Studies)

Successful Societies: How Institutions and Culture Affect Health cover

Michèle Lamont

Successful Societies: How Institutions and Culture Affect Health

The Dignity of Working Men: Morality and the Boundaries of Race, Class, and Immigration cover

Michèle Lamont

The Dignity of Working Men: Morality and the Boundaries of Race, Class, and Immigration

Keynotes

Conversations on Inclusive Leadership

Dolly Chugh

Dolly's Sizzle Reel

  1. Dolly ChughDolly's Sizzle Reel
  2. Dolly ChughHow to let go of being a "good" person — and become a better person | Dolly Chugh
  3. Ruchika T. MalhotraNew book argues against competition - New Day NW
  4. Desmond PattonPhiladelphia High School Cracks Down on Cellphones During Class (with Video)
  5. Elizabeth PaluckPrinceton Talk: Betsy Levy Paluck (Video)
  6. Raquel BonoRetired Vice Admiral's work to promote diversity never stops | Mission SA
  7. Courtney CogburnCan VR Teach Racial Empathy? (Video)
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