Ritu Bhasin

Authentic Leadership: Unlocking the Power of Belonging in Organizations
Organizations are more diverse than ever, but in a society that favors sameness and conformity, many workplaces still struggle to cultivate belonging. To create workplace cultures, where all team members feel like they belong and can contribute to their fullest, leaders must commit to authentic leadership. This keynote delves into why authentic leadership is critical to unlocking belonging in the workplace and how leaders can make this happen. Main takeaways include:
• Why authenticity is essential for fostering belonging, inclusion, psychological safety, trust, innovation, and engagement in the workplace
• How leaders can cultivate authentic leadership to ensure team members experience belonging at work, including a discussion about how to leverage The Three Selves Framework™
• Strategies for interrupting bias, embracing differences, and creating environments where everyone can bring their Authentic Selves and their Adapted Selves to work

The “How” of Inclusive Leadership: Transforming Organizational Cultures Through Allyship
More than ever, we’re hearing about the critical importance of allyship in the workplace, but while many of us want to be an ally, we may not know how to make this happen. This keynote digs deep into how effective allyship enables leaders and team members to interrupt bias, develop their cultural lens, and create environments that are rooted in authenticity, belonging, innovation, and empowerment. Main takeaways include:
• What is allyship and its importance in the workplace
• How to create an inclusive and engaged workplace culture through allyship — the must dos of allyship
• Practical tools, skills, and language leaders and team members can leverage in serving as an ally

We’ve Got This – Rise Through the Beauty of Authenticity and Belonging
In a world that constantly pushes you to conform, how can you experience greater belonging by being more authentic? This keynote digs into the central concept from Ritu’s bestselling book The Authenticity Principle – the Three Selves Framework™ – which is also highlighted in her new book on belonging (June 2023). Discover an innovative methodology for choosing to live, work, and lead in a more authentic, empowered, and inclusive way. Main takeaways include:
• The link between authenticity and belonging
• How to leverage the Three Selves Framework™ and, in particular, the power of choosing to be your Authentic Self or Adapted Self
• The importance of embracing your cultural identities so you can experience belonging
• How leaders can leverage the Three Selves Framework™ to create cultures of authenticity, belonging, psychological safety, and trust

The Foundations of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
In order to embed DEI principles deep into an organization’s culture, we first need to equip leaders and team members with foundational DEI knowledge, which includes a shared understanding of unconscious bias, cultural competence, and allyship concepts. Only then can an organization create an inclusive and psychologically safe work environment, where everyone can thrive and belong. This keynote provides an in-depth and practical summary of key DEI concepts and strategies. Main takeaways include:
• Understanding the differences between diversity, equity, and inclusion
• Key inclusion concepts including unconscious bias, cultural competence, allyship, and belonging
• Key forms of bias that manifest within organizations and team interactions
• Strategies for becoming more inclusive and culturally competent in working across cultural differences

Disrupting Bias — Overcoming Our Discomfort with Differences
When we know how to interrupt and address biases, our team members experience heightened belonging, feel safer, and sense greater inclusion. This keynote explores the critical first step to building more diverse, equitable, and inclusive environments: identifying and interrupting both conscious and unconscious biases. Main takeaways include:
• The key ways in which bias prevents organizations and individuals from thriving
• Neuroscience, leadership, and mindfulness research related to unconscious bias
• Highly practical strategies for interrupting bias to create more inclusive and innovative organizations where teams are more engaged, authentic, and successful