Shasta Nelson

Speech Topics

• Creating Connection: How to Foster Community for Your People Working at Home

  Research shows that employees who have meaningful relationships at work are seven times more likely to be engaged in their job, customers better, take fewer sick days, have fewer workplace accidents, share their opinions and collaborate more, and feel more committed to their current company. With new work-from-home mandates in place for your team, how do you keep your team feeling connected, not just to you, but also to each other? How do you make sure that your team isn’t only productive, but also feeling supported and seen? How do you keep your people feeling like they belong on a team in a meaningful way? In this virtual program, designed for business leaders who are overseeing employees working remotely, relationship expert Shasta Nelson inspires and teaches team leaders how to create a sense of belonging when distance separates us. This inspiring and interactive program will energize the audience with research, stories, and Shasta’s groundbreaking work on how to increase the depth in your relationships.

• Apart But Not Alone: How to Feel Supported and Connected While Working from Home

  Learn why it’s so important to physical and emotional health to be intentional about relationships right now Identify the three requirements of all healthy relationships and how they work together Interact and share with each other in ways that leave them feeling closer Feel seen and validated for their unique sense of loneliness or disconnection Feel excited, hopeful, and energized It’s one thing to figure out the digital infrastructure needed to maintain communication and productivity, but it’s quite another thing to maximize interactions in a way that leaves everyone feeling seen and supported. Just because you might have to work apart, doesn’t mean you have to feel alone. In this virtual program, designed for corporate teams working remotely, relationship expert Shasta Nelson teaches attendees what it takes to feel supported and connected, while facilitating meaningful interactions that increase resiliency, hope,and compassion. This inspiring and interactive program will energize with research, stories, and Shasta’s groundbreaking work on how to increase the depth in all our relationships.

• Relationships: The Health Factor More Important than Treadmills and Kale

  Feeling disconnected is as damaging to our health as smoking 15 cigarettes a day; twice as harmful as being obese; and is the equivalent of being a lifelong alcoholic. Research continues to show that the most significant factor to our longevity, mental health, disease prevention, and happiness is our relationships – and yet the health industry continues to focus largely on diet and exercise. This inspiring keynote will energize the audience with research, stories, and Shasta Nelson’s groundbreaking work on how to increase the depth in all our relationships.

• The Resilient Workplace: How to Create a Supportive Culture

  Fostering resiliency, whether working in person or remotely, is one of the most significant issues for workplaces today. While companies want to protect their people from burnout, stress, mental exhaustion, and isolation, current research reveals the majority of employees feel they lack the resilience they need in order to keep showing up with energy and positive attitudes. Workplace resilience is an organizational issue that rests on relationships: how we feel supported and cared for by our leaders and co-workers. We can’t tell people to be more resilient without teaching them how to develop healthier and more positive relationships in their workplaces. Shasta Nelson, relationship expert and author of The Business of Friendship: Making the Most of the Relationships Where We Spend Most of Our Time, combines science, story, and real-life application to inspire more meaningful connections at work, creating an organizational culture that thrives.

• The Business of Friendship: Making the Most of Our Relationships Where We Spend Most of Our Time

  Did you know that employees who have meaningful relationships at work are seven times more likely to be engaged in their job, treat customers better, take fewer sick days, have fewer workplace accidents, share their opinions and collaborate more, and feel more committed to their current company? Creating an environment where friendships are encouraged and nurtured benefits both the company and the employee. Meaningful friendships at work are effective solutions for employee retention, increased engagement, customer service, and increased revenue. Employees who have friendships at work (where they spend more time than any other place) show an increase in good health and overall happiness in all aspects of their lives. This fun and interactive presentation teaches the best ways to build a culture of friendliness in appropriate, effective, and healthy ways.

• The Connected Leader: Driving Performance and Growth through Human Connection

  We frequently talk about how lonely it is “at the top,” and yet we’ve almost resigned ourselves to believing that’s the way it has to be. Just as our team members need to have meaningful relationships at work to be more engaged and productive, our leaders need to feel connected and supported. The stats speak for themselves: 60 percent of CEOs say they’re lonely, and three-fourths of them say that it’s hurting their performance. But it doesn’t have to be this way—leaders who have supportive relationships at work are more resilient through crisis, communicate more effectively, and enjoy increased longevity and health. In this fun and interactive program, social relationships expert and author of The Business of Friendship: Making the Most of Our Relationships Where We Spend Most of Our Time, Shasta Nelson delivers strategies to create and maintain the supportive relationships that your leaders need and addresses the biggest fears around boss-employee friendships, such as favoritism, confidentiality breaches, and more.

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  The typical range for Shasta Nelson's speaking fee is $10,000–$20,000. The low end of the fee range represents their standard virtual fee. The high end of the fee range represents their standard fee for a US-based in-person speaking engagement. Appearances which require an extended schedule of activities or international travel will possibly exceed this fee range. Speaker fees update frequently. To receive a personalized quote for Shasta Nelson to speak at your event, please consult with a Key Speakers advisor for up to date information and assistance.
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