Laura Hambley | SpeakerHub

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Dr. Laura Hambley Lovett is an Organizational Psychologist, Keynote Speaker, Serial Entrepreneur, Author, and Podcast Host. She is a sought-after thought leader on workplace psychology internationally, with nearly 25 years of experience. Dr. Laura is a thought leader on the future of work and understands the intersection of business and people.

Dr. Laura’s areas of expertise include leadership, team, and culture development in organizations, remote/hybrid workplace success, career development, mental health/burnout, and building resiliency through turbulent times. She holds a Ph.D. in Industrial/Organizational Psychology from the University of Calgary, where she is currently an Adjunct Professor.

As a passionate entrepreneur, Dr. Laura has founded several psychology practices in Canada since 2009, including Canada Career Counselling, Synthesis Psychology, and Work EvOHlution™ which was acquired in 2021. She runs the widely followed podcast Where Work Meets LifeTM, where she interviews global experts on a variety of topics around thriving humans and organizations, and career fulfillment.

In addition to her businesses, she has published two psychological thrillers, Losing Cadence and Finding Sophie. She hopes to both captivate readers and raise awareness on important topics around mental health and domestic violence. These books are currently being adapted for a television series. Dr. Laura received a Canadian Women of Inspiration Award as a Global Influencer in 2018.

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Canada Career Counselling. DrLaura.Live

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Presentations (5)

The Evolution of Work: Keys to Create a Culture Where People Want to Stay

Trends like an ever-changing labour market, ongoing economic and global uncertainty, and increased levels of stress and mental health concerns require organizations to evolve or fail.   

Now, more than ever before, it’s crucial for organizations to be intentional about their culture, ensuring that leaders at every level are equipped with the tools to understand, support, and motivate their people within this new human-centric landscape. 

Learning Outcomes: 

- Improve employee engagement and productivity. 
- Apply the “3 Cs” to create human-centric cultures 
- Understand trends around flexible/hybrid work and how we balance needs of individuals with organizational performance and culture. 
-Learn keys to retaining talent and attracting newer generations of dedicated employees. 

Leadership Keys to Engage and Retain Talent in a Hybrid or Remote Workplace 

One thing’s for sure: leading in a hybrid or remote workplace is more challenging, but the extra effort is well worth it!  The benefits of a flexible hybrid work arrangement are many, and well supported by the latest data. This engaging keynote by a 20+ year pioneer on the future of work will explore the keys to leading past resistance and distrust to create a highly productive and engaged remote/hybrid workforce.  

  
Learning Outcomes:    
-Understand why courage is key to creating a high performing and engaged remote/hybrid workforce  
- Apply key evidence and habits to lead your people when together and apart  
- Explore the key role of trust, and how it can make or break hybrid work success 

Fostering Mental Wellness in Turbulent Times

Turbulent times continue with a multitude of challenges facing employees, including stress, burnout, financial uncertainty, increasing numbers of mental health related concerns, as well as family issues/challenges. In addition, labour shortages or downsizings have increased the demands on everyone’s shoulders.   

This evidence-based keynote, delivered through the lens of organizational psychology, will share the latest trends and proactive tools to better equip leaders to foster mental wellness in themselves and their people.  Topics will include highlighting the current mental health situation, common mental health concerns and how to navigate these challenges and conversations to thrive during these uncertain times.  

Learning Objectives:  
-Create a sense of psychological safety and belonging  
-Learn tips to address and navigate mental health challenges and conversations.  
-Apply strategies to create an environment that supports mental and emotional wellbeing 

Burnout Be Gone! Keys to Identify, Address, and Prevent Burnout in Today’s Workplaces

Turbulent times continue with a multitude of challenges facing today’s employees and leaders, including high levels of stress, economic uncertainty, polarization and other troubling after-effects of the pandemic. In addition, labor shortages and downsizings have increased the demands on everyone’s shoulders.  

Dr. Laura is an Organizational Psychologist and thought leader on how workplaces must evolve to support the whole human being. This evidence-based presentation will highlight the current mental health situation, explore the warning signs of burnout, and how to both prevent and address burnout in your organization. 

 
Learning Outcomes:  

Identify how mental wellness is on a continuum, and what burnout looks like.  

Understand the top organizational risk factors of burnout that your employees could be facing. 

Learn strategies to begin mitigating these burnout culprits.  

Explore what actions to take when someone (including yourself!) is experiencing burnout.

When One Bad Apple Spoils the Barrel: Addressing Toxic Leadership for a Thriving Culture

Do you wonder why people are leaving your organization? The cause could very well be toxic bosses who are poisoning your culture.

Based on her current organizational psychology research, Dr. Laura will take you on a journey around how to identify and address toxic leadership in organizations and evaluate your own risk factors for toxic behaviour, so that you can move towards a more thriving workplace culture. Not only will you learn to identify where toxic leaders may be doing damage to your organizational culture, but how to eradicate toxicity and its harmful impacts to create a thriving culture.

Learning Outcomes

Understand the key personas and behaviors of toxic bosses, and the latest research about the damage they are inflicting in your organization.
Identify the warning signs of toxic leaders in the hiring and promotion processes.
Learn how to identify a toxic boss in your organization, including the do’s and don’ts of how to deal with these individuals.