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Selena Rezvani
- internationally known leadership speaker and 3X author, TEDx-er, and an award-winning journalist
- Speaker and Consultant on Negotiation and Standing up for Yourself at Work
- Author of The Next Generation of Women Leaders: What You Need to Lead but Won't Learn in Business School
Travels From
Pennsylvania
Interrupting gender bias through meeting culture | Selena Rezvani | TEDxHartford
Selena Rezvani Speaker Biography
Selena Rezvani is an award-winning author of two books and an expert on leadership and self-advocacy. She consults with leading organizations such as Microsoft, J&J, The World Bank and many others. Her TEDx talk on gender bias was recognized with a Croly Journalism Award, she wrote an award-winning column on women in leadership for the Washington Post, and she’s served as a commentator on NPR’s nationally syndicated “The 51% Perspective.” Today, she continues to be a regular contributor to NBC News’ Know Your Value.
She trains some of the brightest minds on leadership development at places like The World Bank, Microsoft, Under Armour, Pfizer, and Nestlé – helping emerging leaders enhance their presence and self-confidence. Selena’s advice has been featured in The Wall Street Journal, Oprah.com, Today, The LA Times, and ABC and NBC television. Selena’s latest book, Quick Confidence, is the culmination of a viral newsletter she started on LinkedIn, where she shares bite-sized, everyday tips on boosting confidence.
Having amassed a following of over 500k followers and subscribers across platforms, Selena creates daily leadership content and was honored as a Fast Company Top Content Creator in 2021. In addition to coaching and consulting emerging leaders, Selena offers workshops to teams and conferences including her sought-after “Quick Confidence: Own Your Power” workshop. Today, she writes a column for MSNBC’s Know Your Value on the most pressing leadership and career issues.
Quick Confidence: Own Your Power
Most aspiring leaders know they need self-confidence: the ability to project authority, belief, and authenticity. Yet lasting confidence requires more than fake it ‘til you make it platitudes. This session, based on Selena Rezvani’s forthcoming career guidebook, Quick Confidence: Be Authentic, Boost Connections, and Make Bold Bets on Yourself, helps ambitious professionals summon their personal power by addressing three key confidence filters—mindset shifts, body language habits, and interpersonal techniques. Through immersive exercises, participants practice owning their authority and making their credibility known. Whether you’re dealing with intimidating people, hoping to ace a presentation or better connect with others, participants will walk away ready to show up and speak up—and help others do the same.
Negotiate Like a Boss: How To Be a Fierce Self-Advocate
Gone are the days when negotiating was only for a performance review, job interview or the big pitch. Professional women negotiate all day every day—for better project deadlines, to resolve a standstill within a team—even to take their PTO. How can you make the most of these conversations—regardless of whether it’s with a direct report, boss, peer or customer? Leveraging tips from her award-winning book, PUSHBACK: How Smart Women Ask–and Stand Up–for What They Want, Selena Rezvani teaches you how to prepare for these daily negotiations, flex your style based on the topic or person with whom you’re negotiating, manage tradeoffs, and get the “Yes” answer you need.
Disrupting Everyday Gender Bias: How To Be An Ally
Across many industries, women remain vastly underrepresented in the highest ranks of business. Gender bias, often unconscious in nature, remains a significant barrier to women’s career advancement and can be difficult to recognize and avert. This session gives women a common vocabulary for identifying, disrupting, and overcoming 3 common gender biases in the workplace. Through a mix of research, stories, and practical solutions, participants learn new ways to stop bias in its tracks and advocate for a more inclusive, respectful work culture.
