Linda Sharkey
- HR Executive
- Fortune 10 Talent Development Expert
Linda Sharkey Speaker Biography
Dr. Linda Sharkey is a trusted transformational expert, author, speaker, and global leadership development coach.
Her most recent book, The Future-Proof Workplace, Six Strategies to Accelerate Talent Development, Reshape Your Culture, and Proceed with Purpose, highlights the changes already taking place around us: the transition from skills to knowledge, the neuroscience approach to leadership and motivation, and galloping technical advances. Command-and-control leadership won’t take businesses into the new global environment and future-proofing your workplace may require a whole system change.
On her weekly radio show, Future-Proof Workplace, Dr. Sharkey and co-host Morag Barrett share first hand experiences, latest research and exceptional guest insights to help future-proof careers and companies. Listeners agree that their show is an essential guide to thriving in turbulence and is packed with compelling real-world cases on how to remain competitive in these unprecedented times. Archived shows are on iHeartRadio.
Through her programs and no-nonsense approach, Dr. Sharkey helps create high-potential leaders and shapes company culture. Linda has deep experience working with Fortune 50 companies and held senior human resource executive positions at Hewlett-Packard and at GE Capital. As Senior HR Executive with GE, Dr. Sharkey established a leadership development effort that became part of the world-renowned Crotonville offerings. This program was named best practice by CEO Jack Welch.
Her co-authored book, Winning with Transglobal Leadership, was named one of the top 30 best business books for 2013.
Dr. Sharkey is a founding member of the Marshall Goldsmith Group, and an inspiring keynote speaker at many global events, including the Global HR Academy with the Conference Board and the World Human Resources Development Conference, where she was honored with the “Super Women Achievement Award.”
Renowned leadership coach and thought leader, Marshall Goldsmith, has named Dr. Sharkey as one of the top 100 executive coaches from a field of over 16,000 and she was named to “Trust Across America’s 2018 Top Thought Leaders in Trust.”
Dr. Sharkey is a recognized expert on the future of workplaces around the globe and has been quoted recently in Inc. Magazine and Fast Company Magazine.
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Building high performance cultures
This presentation provides the nuts and bolts of ensuring your culture supports your company strategy. You will learn what to look for in your culture, how to analyze your culture for strategic execution and what to do to drive alignment between your leaders, your culture and your strategy.
How to ensure you have great talent to meet your challenges
Talent is the single most important issue on most CEO’s minds today. However, much of what we do in the talent space is based upon 20th century beliefs, practices and realities. This presentation provides a statistical and valid framework to ensure you have the right talent to compete now and in the future.
Coaching to greatness
Learn how to put coaching to work in your organization and make it part of your development DNA (to build and retain great talent fast and replace performance management). Learn steps to build a coaching culture that is timely, cost effective and fast.
Women in leadership
Women will continue to be a growing force in any organization. Yet their ability to make strides in corporate America has been slow. This discussion focuses on the 5 actions you can take now as a female leader or as an organization to build powerful women leaders.
Transformation of the workplace in the 21st Century
This discussion focuses on the 10 critical forces that are shaping the workplaces of today. Organizations who correctly recognize these forces and proactively manage them will have a distinct advantage in the years to come.
Culture – the glue to organization success
“Culture eats strategy for lunch” says Peter Drucker. This discussion helps you understand the role of culture in your business and understand it’s impact on your bottom line and ability to retain/attract talent. Learn how to shape values that matter and leaders that live your values to ensure your culture is productive.
Building a global mindset
Global expansion is the new normal and having leaders that can create value in the new normal is essential to succeed. This discussion focuses on the 5 dimensions of global leaders that have been proven to drive business success. You will learn the dimensions and how to spot and develop them in your leaders and talent pool.
Developing great global talent
Building a pipeline of great global talent is a must in today’s markets. Organizations must be able to tap into great talent at all levels in far reaches of the global to capture true innovation. This discussion will focus on the 3 steps needed to build a great pipeline of talent and how to retain and grow that talent to capture innovation.
