"[Erika’s] vision and strategy process helps us get our heads around complex issues in a way that’s unusually simple…[to make] our aspirations practical and build a clear path to achieving them."
Doug Herzog, President, MTV Networks Entertainment Group

"When I described our most recent restructuring plan to a friend – a seasoned and successful financial professional – he was certain we must have hired McKinsey & Co. to help us think things through. Wrong. It was Erika Andersen."
Danny Meyer, President, Union Square Hospitality Group

“Erika has a wonderful gift and talent for taking the essence of things and expressing them in a simple, yet powerful way.”
Peter Block, Author of Flawless Consulting and Founder of Designed Learning

Erika Andersen is deeply passionate about exceptional leadership and creating successful businesses and her keynotes are sure to resonate long after they have been delivered. Andersen is known for her clear, simple, yet superbly powerful speaking style. With programs like “The Art of Being a Great Boss,” “Organizational Influence: Managing Up and Out,” and “Being Strategic: Skills for Mastering the Future,” Andersen has the bases covered.

She also offers programs based on her books Growing Great Employees, Leading So People Will Follow, and Be Bad First. Listeners will not be disappointed by Andersen’s profound business and leadership acumen and ability to help organizations navigate complex solutions.

The Art of Being a Great Boss
An introduction to the “what, why and how” of people management in the form of an interactive overview of the key points of Growing Great Employees. It is primarily for those who have responsibility for others’ success--managers, executives, business owners, team leaders, project managers, and entrepreneurs. Participants will be provided with a big-picture sense of people management as a valuable business builder, and insights into some key elements of doing it well.  Participants will leave wanting to find out more about how to manage well. 

Leading Through Change: Being the Leader Employees Will Follow
 Erika explores how corporate culture changes, what people look for from their leaders, and how to be that kind of leader during times of change. It is primarily for those who have responsibility for building organizations and creating organization change--senior managers and executives, business owners, and senior HR staff. This speech gives participants a practical understanding of how to create culture change in their organizations, and how to lead their people successfully through those changes.

How Great Bosses Think
Erika offers insight into the mental habits and skills that distinguish great people leaders.  This presentation provides practical guidelines for developing the mindset of a coach.  It is useful for anyone who wants to have more control over his or her own “mental monologue”; especially useful for anyone who helps others grow--supervisors to executives, team or project leaders, HR staff, and leaders.  Participants will learn how to “get out of their own way” by understanding and changing the habits of thought that inhibit their success as managers and leaders. 

Social Style: Making Differences Work
An introduction to a simple yet powerful model for better understanding yourself and those with whom you work.  It is suitable for anyone who needs to work well with a wide variety of colleagues. Participants are given a new and more productive way to think about the differences between themselves and others--and to bridge those gaps.

Chieftains: How People Choose Their Leaders
 Explores an archetype-based model for understanding what people look for in those who lead them, and how to develop those qualities in yourself as a leader.  It is most useful for those who aspire to be leaders, especially those who are already in leadership positions.  Erika provides insight and ideas for developing those personal characteristics most essential to good leadership.

Organizational Influence: Managing Up and Out
 Takes the skills of people management and turns them up and out, focusing on how to create better relationships with peers and senior executives. It is for anyone who wants to improve his or her organizational relationships; especially useful for those who already manage others and want to extend their organizational influence. Participants will receive valuable understanding and ideas for building strong, positive relationships throughout their organizations.

Your Hoped-for Future: Getting Clear about What’s Best for You
This presentation focuses on a set of key questions for clarifying where you want to take your career. Anyone who’s wondering how to decide where to go in life will find this speech helpful. Erika provides a practical approach for determining where you are now, what you want professionally, and where to look for it.