901-754-9404
My List0

We've now made it easier for you to research and save your favorite keynotes speakers. Click on the + sign to add a speaker to your Speaker List and email your favorites to colleagues and friends.

using System.Text.RegularExpressions;
Linda Sharkey, Business Trends Speaker

Linda Sharkey

    • Business Strategist
    • HR Executive
    • Fortune 10 Talent Development Expert
Full Bio
In Person-Fee 🛈

$10,000 - $15,000

Virtual Fee:

Please Inquire

Travels From

California

ASHRM 2016 Conference: Dr Linda Sharkey

ASHRM 2016 Conference: Dr Linda Sharkey

Optimizing Talent

Optimizing Talent

Linda Sharkey Speaker Biography


Dr. Linda Sharkey is a HR Executive and Business Strategist who is an internationally recognized author and expert on leadership development and talent management. Her primary focus is coaching and developing leaders and teams and driving talent and workforce planning initiatives that support productivity and company growth. She is Global Managing Partner of Achieveblue Corp., a boutique consultancy focused on leadership, cultural and organizational transformation. She is also Founding Member of the Marshall Goldsmith Group a premier executive coaching organization. 

Linda was Chief Talent Office and VP of People Development for HP where she was responsible for executive development, succession planning, talent management, performance management, and workforce planning and organization improvement. Before joining HP she held Executive Human Resource positions at GE. She designed a high impact leadership development initiative named a best practice by Jack Welch. 

Dr. Sharkey is a frequent speaker and widely published in the area of leadership and organization development, culture change and executive coaching. Her most recent book Winning with Transglobal Leadership: How to Develop top Global Talent to Build World Class Organizations which she co-authored has been recognized as one of the “top 30 business books for 2012” by Soundview. She has co-authored an acclaimed book on talent development and data analytics entitled Optimizing Talent: What Every Leader and Manager Needs to Know to Sustain the Ultimate Workforce.

The Future-proof Workplace:

Six strategies to accelerate talent development, reshaping your culture and succeed with purpose. Linda has been doing a vast number of keynotes to top leadership teams on the specifics of our 6 strategies. She focuses on what they need to do personally to thrive in this unprecedented time of change and turmoil and how they need to lead their organizations. Linda helps them understand why 20th C. strategies must change or adapt to the new realities of the workplace and people in it.

 

Global Mindset:

Global mindset – through Linda's experience in developing global leaders at Chase Bank, GE and HP Linda saw many global leaders that were successful but they were few and far between and the stories of the impact of the lack of global mindset were astounding. She has developed a framework for what really makes top global leaders. Linda along with several colleagues researched why some leaders struggle in global contexts and others thrive. She analyzed over 150 highly successful global leaders in such companies as GE, HP, Jones Lang LaSalle, Shell, Standard Charter Bank to name a few and found 5 critical factors that makes these leaders stand apart. The research that she and her colleagues have done is ground breaking and takes the noise out of what drives successful leaders – it is truly 5 behaviors. She goes through, the 5 traits, how they make decisions, how they collaborate with others, how they develop their people as well as how you spot them, development and retain them. She will share the research and the stories about global mindset that we all can identify with.

Diversity:

Linda was responsible for global diversity at HP and throughout her over 30 year career. She has seen the various cycles of diversity and recognized that much of what is done today is just not realistic or practical and more importantly has not moved the needle. Companies still lack the diversity they need at the top. Yet every day diverse talent walks through the doors of every company. Linda tells the story of what she did at HP to break the unproductive patterns and really focus on building talent at all levels. She made some ground breaking controversial moves that increased the diverse promotions of women into leadership ranks by 38%. Diversity according to Linda is all about an inclusive culture and aligning global diversity to talent management and not quota's and goals. Linda can tell you what cultures will support diversity and what gets in the way and how you uncover your cultural elements no matter how hard you recruit will keep you from having a diverse talent organization.

Leaders Developing Leaders:

At GE Linda developed the Executive Leadership Development Symposium (ELDS) named a best practice by Jack Welch and that still runs at Crotonville today. She tells the story of how she developed that program and what made it so powerful. No powerpoint pitches but leaders telling their stories about their greatest leadership lessons, challenges and failures and what they learned that made them who they are today. Linda worked with each of the leaders as faculty and helped them shape their leadership story. The approach and impact was so powerful that it was introduced into the famed GE Business Managers Course (BMC). She has extensive experience in developing leaders as coaches and establishing peer coaching for leaders to help coach each other. She has some great stories of successful implementation.

Women's Leadership Forum - The Brand is You

As a leader in the GE Women's Network, the sponsor of HP'S Global Women's network and Advisory Board Member of Catalyst Linda has extensive experience with women's issues in the workplace. She give a powerful talk about how to identify your brand, and understand what you need to do make sure your brand is what you want it to be. She provides tips on uncovering perception of you and how you can gain the necessary skills to shape your brand for success. She walks groups through a series of exercises to uncover the power of who you are and how to make that work for you every day. In addition she takes participants through a peer coaching model so they can real time feedback on how to best develop their brand.

Leadership & Culture - The Keys to High Performance: 

Linda is an expert in organization culture and the impact that culture has on organization performance. She takes leaders through the elements of their culture that is helping them achieve their business strategy and what is getting in the way. Leaders are the critical shapers of the cultures that they lead and knowing the hidden behaviors and values that block and sometimes stifle performance is critical in today's intense business environment. Linda helps you peal back the onion to see the invisible aspects of your organization and helps you shape a path to improved performance. She has had extensive experience in cultural integrations of both large and small companies and can provide the steps and lessons learned to make those integrations a success.

Optimizing Talent: What Every Leader & Manager Needs to Know to Sustain the Ultimate Workforce

Dr. Linda Sharkey, Executive Director for the Global Talent Network, shared highlights and answered questions about her newly released book, Optimizing Talent. Extensive research and experience with Fortune 500 companies has led Dr. Sharkey to conclude that most organizations still come up dry in their attempts to develop a sustainable system - let alone one that allows for talent practices to be as well articulated and clear as most other operating mechanisms with in companies. By highlighting specific actions, tools, and techniques, this book creates a Talent Formula that ensures rigor in talent practices and makes talent optimization a top priority every day!

Related Speakers

Matt Dunsmoor

Matt Dunsmoor

Joia Crear-Perry

Joia Crear-Perry

Founder & President National Birth Equity Collaborative

JJ Birden keynote speaker

JJ Birden

 The Small Man in the Big Man’s Game of Football

Brian Cain, Keynote Speaker

Brian Cain

Creator of The Mental Performance Mastery (MPM) Coaching Certification and 30 Days to MPM for Athletes Program

David Breashears Speaker

David Breashears

Accomplished Filmmaker

Lesa Bradshaw, Diversity speaker

Lesa Bradshaw

Disability and Diversity Transformation Specialist

Farrah Gray, Communications Speaker

Farrah Gray

One of BET’s 12 Famous Black Entrepreneurs

Albert Pujols, keynote speaker

Albert Pujols

MVP and World Series Champion for the St. Louis Cardinals

Ravin Jesuthasan keynote speaker

Ravin Jesuthasan

Recognized Futurist

John Iannarelli keynote speaker

John Iannarelli

Known as FBI John

JJ DiGeronimo keynote speaker

JJ DiGeronimo

President

Kelly Hager

Kelly Hager

Expert in Innovative Business Techniques and Real Estate Practices

Reviews

Testimonials

Everyone on the ESB team has been great to work with for our events. Looking forward to keep working with ESB!

Plexus Worldwide

We had a positive experience with ESB. Matt Meyer is a great communicator and easy to get a hold of. His helped us through the process to mak..

BNSF

ESB was patient, thorough, and responsive during the planning process. Thank you for making this such a great experience for us!

ConnectWise

ESB supported our needs and the needs of our speaker throughout the entire process. I highly recommend working with ESB to find your next spe..

DogWatch

"It's always a pleasure to work with ESB. Very professional and personable staff. Thanks!"

Testimonial | Texas Society of Architects

"Excellent! Thank you for being a true partner to our organization and its development."

HCA Healthcare

"They are the only speakers bureau I will even consider using!"

Testimonial | Youth Villages

A wonderful bureau to work with! Big ups to everyone who helped make our event a success. Fingers crossed we get the chance to collaborate fo..

MDRT | Testimonial

"As always, you are the best most responsive speaker bureau I've ever worked with!"

Image Media

Angela Schelp was a great partner in finding the right kick-off speaker for our conference. This was my first conference identifying the keyn..

CubeSmart
Need Suggestions? Have Questions?

Need Suggestions? Have Questions?

Call to discuss how we can you help find the right speaker(s) for your organization.

© 2024 Executive Speakers Bureau. All Rights Reserved.

Design and Developed by eBiz Solutions

Get Ideas in 1 hour or less

Executive Speakers Bureau consistently receives praises about our speed and efficiency. From the beginning of your event planning, our extensive online speaker database and resourceful staff allow us to quickly equip you with the best speaker for your event.

Need a last minute speaker? No worries. Our speed and efficiency help us give you ideas for speakers in one hour or less.

Please fill in information below