LaTonya Wilkins

Founder & CEO of Change Coaches; Author of "Leading Below the Surface"

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LaTonya Wilkins Biography

Founder of Change Coaches and best-selling author of "Leading Below the Surface," LaTonya Wilkins coaches CEOs, senior executives, and teams around the world. Global leaders typically call Wilkins when they are facing the following challenges: creating psychologically safe teams, improving connections across differences, effectively coaching their team to create accountability and trust, and building sustainable cultures of belonging.

Wilkins has coached leaders at many well-known companies including Google, Target, The New York Times, and several nonprofits. She built her career working in HR, talent management, and learning & development at Fortune 500 companies before teaching and taking on progressive leadership roles at the University of Illinois’ Gies College of Business.

Wilkins has been recognized as an “excellent” teacher by her undergraduate and graduate business students. She is on the board (having previously served as the President) of the True Star Youth Foundation, which is a digital marketing social entrepreneurship company that recently received a Google Impact Award. Wilkins was also a member of the Advisory Board at Women of Color in the Workplace. Wilkins's book, "Leading Below the Surface was named a top-10 book for executive leaders by seniorexecutive.com and a top psychological safety book of 2023 by Book Riot.

Wilkins has been featured in publications such as Fast Company, the Los Angeles Times, NPR, Well+Good, and Inc Magazine, and was named a LinkedIn Top Voice in 2024. She is also currently an Adjunct MBA Lecturer for the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University.

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Speaker profile last updated by AAE Talent Team on 08/02/2024.

LaTonya Wilkins Speaking Topics

  • LEADING BELOW THE SURFACE™: BECOMING THE LEADER THAT THE FUTURE WORKPLACE DEMANDS

    Explore the future of work, the world’s biggest problems, and how Leading Below the Surface will help you navigate them.

  • ELEVATING MULTI-GENERATIONAL RELATIONSHIPS THROUGH LEADING BELOW THE SURFACE™

    Explore the five generations in the workplace, multi-generational organizations, multi-generational leadership challenges, and how to lead below the surface to navigate them.

  • HOW TO CREATE A CULTURE OF BELONGING THROUGH LEADING BELOW THE SURFACE™

    What a culture of belonging looks like and how to create one through Leading Below the Surface.

  • HOW TO BE A REAL ALLY

    The three levels of allyship, myths, and an actionable allyship model moving forward. The difference between an aspiring ally versus a REAL ally and how to stay below the surface to sustain allyship.

  • COACHING PEOPLE WHO ARE DIFFERENT FROM YOU / COACHING BELOW THE SURFACE

    Common mishaps and how to overcome them when leading and coaching people who are different from ourselves.

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LaTonya Wilkins Books

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    Leading Below The Surface

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LaTonya Wilkins is a keynote speaker and industry expert who speaks on a wide range of topics such as LEADING BELOW THE SURFACE™: BECOMING THE LEADER THAT THE FUTURE WORKPLACE DEMANDS, ELEVATING MULTI-GENERATIONAL RELATIONSHIPS THROUGH LEADING BELOW THE SURFACE™, HOW TO CREATE A CULTURE OF BELONGING THROUGH LEADING BELOW THE SURFACE™, HOW TO BE A REAL ALLY and COACHING PEOPLE WHO ARE DIFFERENT FROM YOU / COACHING BELOW THE SURFACE. The estimated speaking fee range to book LaTonya Wilkins for your event is $10,000 - $20,000. LaTonya Wilkins generally travels from Chicago, IL, 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, Cheryl Cran, Adrian Gostick and Summer Jelinek. Contact All American Speakers for ratings, reviews, videos and information on scheduling LaTonya Wilkins for an upcoming live or virtual event.

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