Octavia Goredema

Award-Winning Author & Career Coach

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Octavia Goredema Biography

Octavia Goredema is an award-winning author, career coach and speaker. Goredema is the author of "Prep, Push, Pivot: Essential Career Strategies for Underrepresented Women," heralded as a book of the year by Cosmopolitan and Refinery29.

An acclaimed career expert, Goredema’s insights have been featured in Fast Company, CNBC, Harvard Business Review, Forbes, Business Insider, and Los Angeles Times, among others. Goredema co-hosted and produced HBR Now, Harvard Business Review’s weekly live show about leadership.

Goredema is a sought-after speaker by leading corporations, institutions, and conferences including Google, Tinder, American Airlines, Kyndryl, Deutsch, Black Enterprise Women of Power Summit, LIGO Laboratory, University of Toronto Rotman School of Management, and the University of Oxford.

Originally from England, Goredema was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) by the Queen in recognition of her work, one of the United Kingdom’s highest civic honors. Goredema is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, where she leads the Gender Equity network in the United States. Goredema is an Ambassador of the Pankhurst Centre, the iconic site of women’s activism, past and present.

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Speaker profile last updated by AAE Talent Team on 05/14/2024.

Octavia Goredema Speaking Topics

  • How Organizations Can Advance and Retain Underrepresented Professionals

    How leaders can advance, retain, and empower underrepresented professionals the workplace.

  • Own Your Career and Overcome Obstacles

    Know your worth, cement your career values, overcome obstacles, and align your actions to achieve your career goals.

  • Paying It Forward

    How to be an impactful mentor and advocate for underrepresented professionals in the workplace.

  • Position Yourself for a Promotion

    How to determine if you’re ready for a promotion, how to make the ask, and how to navigate the next steps.

  • Achieving Your Career Goals as a Working Parent

    How to prepare for a career break, how to navigate the return to work, and how to align your career goals as a working parent.

Octavia Goredema Videos

  • Octavia Goredema - Speaker Reel
    Octavia Goredema is an award-winning speaker, career coach and the author of PREP, PUSH, PIVOT.
  • Facing Microaggressions At Work? Here's How You Should Handle It
  • Real Talk: Black Women on Balancing Pressure, Fatigue
    Black women are often "the onlys" in their organizations, putting tremendous pressure on them in uncertain times, but also offering unique...

Octavia Goredema Books

  • Prep, Push, Pivot: Essential Career Strategies for Underrepresented Women
    Prep, Push, Pivot: Essential Career Strategies for Underrepresented Women

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Octavia Goredema is a keynote speaker and industry expert who speaks on a wide range of topics such as How Organizations Can Advance and Retain Underrepresented Professionals, Own Your Career and Overcome Obstacles, Paying It Forward, Position Yourself for a Promotion and Achieving Your Career Goals as a Working Parent. The estimated speaking fee range to book Octavia Goredema for your event is $10,000 - $20,000. Octavia Goredema generally travels from Los Angeles, CA, USA and can be booked for (private) corporate events, personal appearances, keynote speeches, or other performances. Similar motivational celebrity speakers are Libby Gill, Dr. Jackie Freiberg, Carin Taylor, Dr. Kimberly Harden and Bola Sokunbi. Contact All American Speakers for ratings, reviews, videos and information on scheduling Octavia Goredema for an upcoming live or virtual event.

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