Heather R. Younger

CEO of Employee Fanatix; Workplace Culture & Employee Engagement Expert

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Heather R. Younger Biography

Heather R Younger, J.D. is a trusted contributor to leading news outlets, like Forbes, Fast Company, Bloomberg, NBC and ABC and one of the world’s leading experts on Caring Leadership® and active listening at work. She is the visionary Founder and CEO of Employee Fanatix, a preeminent employee engagement and workplace culture consulting firm to Fortune 100 companies. Employee Fanatix conducts annual research on workplace culture, relying on employee voices for what is relevant now, to help companies redefine their culture strategy. Younger has personally read over 30,000 employee surveys and facilitated over 100 employee focus groups, including her signature “Art of Active Listening Sessions.”

With over 25 years of successfully managing teams, she has worked in customer experience, sales, and large account management for multi-million dollar accounts within multiple industries such as tech, staffing, healthcare, professional services, the public sector, and the financial sector. She's a renowned keynote speaker, drawing insights from current data and putting into practice what she teaches in her Caring Leadership Transformation Model™.

Younger’s strategies yield tangible business results, including heightened employee engagement, unwavering loyalty, seamless collaboration, and robust connectivity. One of her clients, a leader at a bank, continues to win Top Workplace awards, and the feedback from employees is that they are connecting the dots and making employees feel informed and engaged. Another one of her clients, a leader at an oil and gas company, says employee feedback shows an increased sense of trust about voicing concerns without fear of negative consequences. This all results in better outcomes in our everyday work.

Younger is a former practicing attorney turned award-winning leader in the area of Employee Engagement as recognized by Inspiring Workplaces, is a LinkedIn Learning course partner, 3-time best-selling author, TEDX speaker and host of the popular, Leadership with Heart podcast. She is also an Adjunct Organizational Leadership Professor at University College at Denver University.

Her accolades include being a best-selling author of three books: "The 7 Intuitive Laws of Employee Loyalty," a Forbes Must-Read List topper for HR professionals, "The Art of Caring Leadership," wherein she shines a spotlight on the radical potential of compassionate leadership, and her latest best-selling book, "The Art of Active Listening," through which she equips individuals with the interpersonal skills required to make others feel seen, heard, and valued.

Younger's personal journey, rooted in her challenging experiences growing up as the only child of an interfaith and interracial marriage and being excluded because of her race, fueled her unwavering determination to ensure that workplaces around the world make both employees and customers alike feel heard, valued and seen.

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

Heather R. Younger Speaking Topics

  • The Art of Caring Leadership®: The Key to Unleashing The Full Potential in Your People

    The four Caring Leadership principles delivered in this interactive experience serve as a powerful reminder of every leader’s responsibility to uplift their team and organization and drive real business results. Built around the framework of Lead Yourself, Lead Your Team, Lead Your Industry, this keynote will develop leaders who inspire loyalty and retention.

    The audience will leave with:

    • Strategies to inspire loyalty by becoming more present, caring, and compassionate
    • A practical understanding of the concrete actions they can take to uplift and engage those they lead
    • Deep insights into the positive power they possess to create a culture of caring at work

  • The Art of Active Listening: The Key to Making Anyone Feel Valued and Engaged

    Active listening is the doorway to increased belonging, loyalty, profitability and innovation. It is the difference between thinking we understand what people want and knowing what they want.

    For the last 12 years, Heather has reviewed over 25,000 employee engagement surveys as well as facilitated numerous listening sessions. She has distilled that knowledge into actionable insights that equip your people with the interpersonal skills they need to make others feel seen, heard, and valued in every interaction.

    In this keynote, Heather introduces a new change model for organizational listening which she illustrates in five steps through an interactive experience. The audience will leave with:

    • The understanding of how to practice active listening with those who look to them for guidance
    • A listening process that will unlock valuable insights and deliver desired outcomes
    • The one success characteristic they need to reach their goals and create win-win scenarios at work

  • The Art of Belonging at Work: How to Create Magnetic Cultures Where People Feel Included

    This keynote draws from Heather’s personal experiences as the only child of an interfaith and interracial marriage to inspire leaders to flex their empathy muscles. Through this interactive experience, attendees master the art of active listening to ensure every employee feels valued, respected and like they belong.

    The audience will leave with:

    • A practical method to elicit feedback and unlock change and growth
    • A greater understanding of the role they have to play in creating cultures of belonging at work
    • The inspiration to show up each workday as their most authentic selves

Heather R. Younger Videos

  • The Radical Power of Caring Leadership | Heather R Younger | TEDx
    You have more power than you think to influence the way people feel at work, at home, and in your community. In this inspiring talk, Heather R...
  • Transforming Adversity into Opportunity | Heather Younger, J.D. | TEDx
    When was the last time you struggled to move past adversity or a challenge in your life? In this personal and inspirational talk, Heather R. Younger,...

Heather R. Younger Books

  • The Art of Caring Leadership: How Leading with Heart Uplifts Teams and Organizations
    The Art of Caring Leadership: How Leading with Heart Uplifts Teams and Organizations
  • The 7 Intuitive Laws of Employee Loyalty: Fascinating Truths About What It Takes to Create Truly Loyal and Engaged Employees
    The 7 Intuitive Laws of Employee Loyalty: Fascinating Truths About What It Takes to Create Truly Loyal and Engaged Employees

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Heather R. Younger is a keynote speaker and industry expert who speaks on a wide range of topics such as The Art of Caring Leadership®: The Key to Unleashing The Full Potential in Your People, The Art of Active Listening: The Key to Making Anyone Feel Valued and Engaged and The Art of Belonging at Work: How to Create Magnetic Cultures Where People Feel Included. The estimated speaking fee range to book Heather R. Younger for your event is $20,000 - $30,000. Heather R. Younger generally travels from Aurora, CO, 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, Adam Markel, Erica Dhawan and Marilyn Tam. Contact All American Speakers for ratings, reviews, videos and information on scheduling Heather R. Younger for an upcoming live or virtual event.

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