Kenston Henderson Sr., CSP EPIC Experiences Guaranteed

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Current position (2)

Chief Empowerment Officer

Live With Lyfe, LLC

Training & Development Facilitator & Coach

City of Columbus

Degrees (1)

Corporate Training & Development

The Ohio State University

1999 to 2003

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Keynote Speaker |Facilitator | Author

Kenston Henderson Sr. aka "The Game Changer" , "The Bias Disrupter" and " The Winning Conversations Enthusiast"is the founder and CEO of Live With Lyfe, LLC, a Best Selling Author, TEDx Signature Speaker, certified John Maxwell Leadership Speaker and Trainer, and a certified Youth Mental Health First Aid USA facilitator. With over 20 years of experience inspiring & equipping leaders, his life work is to ignite, inspire, and empower people to be resilient by establishing greater connection and leading themselves effectively.

Bio

Kenston Henderson Sr. aka "The Bias Disrupter" and " The Winning Conversations Enthusiast" is the founder and CEO of Live With Lyfe, LLC, is a TEDx Signature Speaker, a certified John Maxwell Leadership Speaker and Trainer , Culture Transformation Champion, and certified in Youth Mental Health First Aid USA. He has over 17+ years of experience in Human Resources and 20+ years of experience helping people cultivate the best version of themselves. Kenston delivers impactful, on-time, and action-packed speaking and training messages.

Kenston is also an accomplished musician with two instrumental albums Breathe (2016) and Oasis (2018). In 2018, he also wrote the book “Parenting Like a Boss: Intentionally Committed” which landed on Amazon’s Best Seller list and author of Winning Conversations: How to Communicate Successfully and Courageously About Race.

As much as Kenston loves speaking and inspiring youth and adults, his ongoing commitments and goals are to be the best husband to his amazing wife and the best father in the world to his incredible son.

His client list includes global financial organizations, technology companies, healthcare organizations, government agencies, cities and municipalities, non-profits, and many others.

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Presentations

Presentations (9)

Implicit Bias: Conscious Decision Maker: Becoming Aware of Your Inner Storyteller

"45-60 minute keynote", "1-2 hour day workshop or breakout"

This program is perfect for:
-Senior leaders
-Teams who are new to DEI
-Organizations who want a more inclusive culture

The audience will leave with:
-Understanding of what Implicit Bias is
-Understand various types of biases
-The tools to breakdown what bias is and its effects in the workplace
-How to address negative bias in the workplace and community

Did you know workplace bias loss cost is projected at $64 billion annually? When it comes to biases, we must understand that in the absence of details, our unconscious minds will fill in the gaps with information based on our lived experiences and that of others. In this session, participants will learn that we all have inner storytellers-or biases-that should not be exclusively viewed as good or bad. Instead, we need to become more conscious whether the story being told is still relevant, helpful, and positive.

Winning Conversations: How to Communicate Successfully and Courageously About Race

"45-60 minute keynote", "1-1.5 hour day workshop" or breakout session"

This program is perfect for:
-Senior Leaders who are struggling with leading this type of conversation
-Senior HR Leaders who are struggling with leading this type of conversation
-Teams who want to dive in and have this necessary conversation

The audience will leave with:
-Effectively create a safe space for conversations to take place
-Assess your own commuication skills to make necessary adjustments
-Say goodbye to the fear/comfort of necessary conversations
-The art of curiosity
-The Winning Conversations REM Method

Kenston has been on his own speaking circuit with this talk. Organizational leaders who are truly looking to make sure everyone in the workplace is seen, heard and valued are reaching out.

Do you avoid conversations about race? Ever imagine that conversation going bad? Or question whether or not you're prepared for the conversation? Well, the truth is you're not alone.

Self-Leadership- Stand Up and Lead Yourself

"45-60 minute keynote", "1- 2 hour day workshop or breakout session"

This program is perfect for:
-Students K-12
-College students who want to lead themselves well
-New Leaders in the workforce
-Team members who want to be more effective
-Team members who are seeking a promotion

The audience will leave with:
-Knowing what Self-Leadership is
-What it takes to have a winning mindset
-Becoming more aware of their emotions and how to control them
-Actionable tips to lead themselves even more effectively

I have given this talk and workshop numerous of times whether in a school building, college campus, and corporate offices. From teachers to corporate leaders they have all said we need more people to have this skillset. This talk is about the art of Self-Leadership. It will ignite, inspire, and empower the audience to take ownership of their personal lives and careers. He accomplishes this by helping the audience discover how their emotions impact how they communicate

The Power of Connection- YOU MATTER

"45-60 minute keynote", "1-2 hour day workshop or breakout session"

This program is perfect for:
-Leaders who are struggling to get buy-in from team members
-Teams that want to communicate better
-Individuals who want to take their career to a great level

The audience will leave with:
-The ability to connect quickly with others to build rapport
-How to build a solid support community
-The value of connection

I've performed this program a lot since the pandemic to help leaders, team members, teachers, and students not only survive but thrive through the power of connection. World-renowned leadership expert Kenston Henderson says if you're doing life alone, you're doing it all wrong. The ability to connect with others is a major determining factor in reaching your full potential. Connecting is a skill you can learn and apply in your personal, professional, and family relationships and you can start now by building and fostering a community that will walk alongside.

Resilience: The Bounce Back

2020 has been a year full of multiple global pandemics from COVID to racial unrest, to parents forced to be at home teachers. This talk will ignite, inspire and empower participants to keep moving forward in spite of hard times, knowing there will be an ultimate come back. Les Brown says if you can look up, you can get up. If we can just fall forward, we can keep moving towards our goals, dreams, and be amazing during hard times.