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Glynis E. Devine
President | Chief Empowerment Officer, SheSuiteLeaders.com
President | Chief Empowerment Officer, SheSuiteLeaders.com
Glynis E. Devine is the person organizations hire to take their female leaders to the next level. She is the President and Chief Empowerment Officer (CEO) of She-Suite Leaders, an organization of solutionists dedicated to getting more women into C-Suite roles. Glynis works with executives to effect epic positive change and equip them to be more valuable to all stakeholders.
Organizations hire Glynis so they can:
- attract and retain TOP talent
- optimize performance
- grow exponentially – and sustainably
Drawing on her experience as a Senior Sales Director in a multinational cosmetics organization, she led her team to the top 3% in Canada for more than 25 years. She has personally sold more than a half million dollars worth of lipstick placing her in the top 10 in Canada, twice, out of a sales force of 30,000.
Glynis
- is a Certified Speaking Professional (CSP) a designation held by fewer than 900 speakers worldwide.
- trains female ‘high potential’ leaders in Saudi Arabia for Vision 2030
- served on the National Board of the Canadian Association of Professional Speakers
- presents in person and online, in English and French.
- leads the Your Soul Journey women’s empowerment retreat.
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Cutting-edge Advice for Developing Your Strategic Business Partnership
The corporate world is undergoing a seismic shift, and a remarkable opportunity has emerged for YOU! We’re talking about a transition from being task-focused to becoming a linchpin of leadership and strategy – a true strategic business partner.
Gone are the days when support roles were seen merely as a checklist of tasks. The new era demands a fusion of skills, blending administrative excellence with strategic foresight.
This evolution isn’t about piling on more work. It’s about enriching your role with a layer of expertise that positions you and your executive for unparalleled success.
Stepping into this role means you don’t just contribute to your organization’s success – you shape it. You’ll find yourself in a position where your insights influence critical decisions, where your voice carries weight at the executive table, and where your partnership with leadership can redefine your organization’s trajectory.
- Are you ready to see your professional input become a driving force in your company’s strategy?
- Are you eager to elevate your role to a place of high-level strategic impact?
- Do you dream of being recognized as a core contributor to your executive’s and organization’s achievements?
Join us in our cutting-edge session, where we delve into the seven pillars of strategic partnership.
Learning Outcomes
You will learn how to:
- align your support roles with broader leadership and organizational strategies, enabling you to become essential partners in decision-making processes.
- enhance your communication and influence skills, enabling you to effectively convey insights, ideas, and recommendations to executive-level stakeholders, thereby increasing your impact within the organization
- build collaborative relationships with executives and other key stakeholders, fostering trust and cooperation to drive organizational success.
This session is also available on demand, in our Learning Library
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Keynote: Squeeze the Day
Are you squeezing the BEST out of life? Or do you sometimes feel like you’re having the life squeezed out of you?
As professionals, we wear a lot of hats; employee, colleague, leader, parent, adult child, sibling, spouse, volunteer, coach, manager, mentor… and the list goes on.
We are SO good transforming into who and what the job or role needs – we’re master chameleons.
The downside of this art is that we can sometimes lose ourselves – who we are and what matters to us.
In ‘Squeeze the Day!’, Chief Juicer, Glynis E. Devine provokes you to start to ask the questions:
- Wo am I and what do I want?
- What matters to me?
- Where does it end?
- What do I say ‘no’ to?
- How do I begin?
- How can I have more without doing more?
This is a ‘feel-good’ session that’s jam-packed with next steps to an actionable blueprint! This is a don’t miss session that can help you squeeze the BEST out of life!
Primary Learning Objectives
- Understand what feeds your energy, initiative, and drive
- Understand the roles & tasks that drain your energy, initiative, & drive
- Identify the strengths that will foster living a life with more
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Core Motive: The Superpower to Unlock Your Human Capital
Imagine if you could figure out why people do what they do. For leaders, that superpower will save precious time and energy finding the right solution for those you serve while engaging them to use it – quickly and easily!
Wouldn’t that take half the stress out of your day?
Never before has our communication and leadership effectiveness directly impacted our organization’s performance. We live in a world where time IS money – and results.
Communication must be seamless and succinct… the first time.
Core Motive is a psychometric that measures ‘why we do what we do’ and is the foundation of emotional intelligence (EQ). Your Core Motive is as intrinsic as the colour of your eyes. And you can learn your Core Motive – and others’ – easily.
Leaders who understand and apply the strategies of Core Motive:
- communicate more effectively
- build better quality relationships
- provoke better, faster results
- reduce conflict
- foster autonomy and empowerment
- promote increased collaboration.
Primary Learning Objectives
- – understand your Core Motive and build Self Awareness
- – understand how to assess your people’s Core Motive to improve communication and collaboration
- – ways to leverage Core Motive to increase performance and nurture the best in your people.
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Say What? Assertive Communication Skills for Administrative Professionals
Do you find that what you say to some people is definitely NOT what they hear?! While others, could finish your sentences for you – like they ‘get you’?
Communication… it’s the root of all relationships – and challenges!
In a world where professionals are continuously being asked to do more, with less, effective respectful, assertive communication has never been MORE necessary for collaboration and high performance.
As a Purpose expert, I start at the core.. Core Motive. It’s the science behind why we do what we do. When we understand the motive behind someone’s message, we can:
- Reduce conflict
- Engage advocacy
- Increase effectiveness
- Influence change
- Reduce bottlenecks – and stress!
- Shift mindsets
Primary Learning Objectives
- -The five ‘dirty words’ that take away your power
- -Two effective acronyms in an alphabet soup mess
- -Assertive body language that aligns with your power
- -How to upwards delegate, assertively, effectively, and respectfully
- -How to say ‘no’ – and when you should
This is a highly interactive sessions for participants who have healthy motives and need to communication skills to effect positive change!
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Christine Montoya, Senior Event Manager, Help Desk International
100% of participants at Glynis’ session at HDI19 reported that the content was practical and applicable and said they would recommend Glynis for future events.
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Rhonda Scharf, Owner, On The Right Track
Working with Glynis is super easy throughout the planning and execution of the events. I book her because she is incredibly responsive (which I value) and is 100% concerned about the client’s experience. Participants say that she is real, fun, and ‘get’s it’ and what they take away helps them to understand more about what they do and why they do it.
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Julian Lee, President, TechnoPlanet
Understanding how to best communicate with each other is a fundamental human requirement for success in business and life. Understanding your persona is the first step. Glynis’s professional and energetic keynote at our IT Conference of business executives presented this message in an effective and fun way that I am sure will continue to help the delegates forever.