Team Building Speakers - The Lavin Agency

Jay Van Bavel

Professor of Psychology & Neural Science at NYU | Award-Winning Author of The Power of Us

To build powerful teams, you need to harness the power of a shared team identity.

Stephanie Mehta

CEO and Chief Content Officer of Inc. and Fast Company

Any company can become a Fast Company by pushing their creative boundaries.

Mary C. Murphy

Bestselling Author of Cultures of Growth | Indiana University Professor | Founder and CEO, Equity Accelerator

A growth mindset isn’t just for individuals. You can develop it in your whole organization, and unlock radical collaboration and innovation.

Modupe Akinola

Speaker on Stress and Leadership in the Workplace | Columbia Business School Professor | Host of The TED Business Podcast

Stress affects our performance at work. But the best leaders don’t buckle under it—they harness it to thrive.

Tessa West

Author of Jerks at Work and Job Therapy | NYU Professor of Psychology

We all face uncomfortable situations at work. By learning how to navigate them, leaders can boost their teams' productivity, creativity, and innovation.

Jessica Nordell

Author of The End of Bias | Award-winning science and culture journalist

Bias has a real cost for your organization. Fighting it is your greatest superpower.

Yvonne Camus

Member of the First Rookie Team to Complete the Eco-Challenge | Grit Speaker

Resilience, commitment, teamwork. That’s how ordinary people achieve extraordinary successes.

Minette Norman

Author of The Boldly Inclusive Leader | Co-Author of The Psychological Safety Playbook | Former VP of Engineering Practice, Autodesk

If you want to create a culture where creativity flourishes, you need boldly inclusive leaders.

Denise Hamilton

Author of Indivisible: How to Forge Our Differences into a Stronger Future | Founder and CEO of WatchHerWork

To lead in today’s changing world, your teams can’t just be inclusive—they need to be indivisible.

Dan Lerner

Positive Psychologist | Instructor of NYU’S “The Science of Happiness”

The overlooked key to achieving your unique potential? Passion.

Alison Wood Brooks

Harvard Business School Behavioral Science Professor | "40 Under 40 MBA Professor" | Author of TALK: The Science of Conversation and the Art of Being Ourselves

Even small improvements in our conversations at work—how we talk and listen to others—can have a profound impact on our success.

Gregory M. Walton

Author, Ordinary Magic | Co-Director, Dweck-Walton Lab at Stanford | Professor of Psychology, Stanford

Recognizing and answering the unspoken questions of life—Can I succeed? Do I belong?—will build trust, strengthen relationships, and change all our lives.

Tom Wujec

World Renowned Expert on Innovation | Former Chief Disruptor at Autodesk | Author of The Future of Making

An era of continuous disruption is changing, forever, how we design, manufacture, and consume.

Soraya Chemaly

Author of Rage Becomes Her and The Resilience Myth | Award-Winning Journalist | Co-Founder and Director of the Women’s Media Center Speech Project

Resilience is a group effort. Leaning into our emotions and community can help us build strength at work and at home.

Lera Boroditsky

Cognitive Scientist | Expert in the Fields of Language and Cognition

How do humans get so smart? Language: it shapes our minds and the world around us.

Corinne Low

Associate Professor of Business Economics and Public Policy at Wharton | 2024 "Top 40 Under 40" Business Professor | Author, Having It All (Forthcoming)

There's an economic benefit to inclusion. Companies that leverage this value will not only build a stronger company culture, but boost their bottom line.

Misha Glouberman

Negotiations Expert | Co-Author of The Chairs Are Where the People Go

Virtual environments aren’t the end of human connection—as long as we communicate effectively.

Manjit Minhas

Co-Founder of Minhas Brewery, Distillery and Winery | Owner of the 10th Largest Brewery in the World

It’s time to demolish outdated stereotypes in business—one boardroom at a time.

Jonathan Fader

Performance psychologist | Head of the MLB Players Association Mental Health Division | Former Director of Mental Conditioning for the New York Giants | Author of Life as Sport

From star athletes to office workers—to achieve success, you first have to visualize success.

Erin Meyer

INSEAD professor | Author of The Culture Map and No Rules Rules

How can we navigate—and make the most of—complex cultural differences in the workplace?

Charles Montgomery

Founder of Happy Cities | Award-Winning Journalist | Author of Happy City

The city you live in has a powerful effect on how you behave. How, then, do we design happy cities?

Team Building

The strength of your teams makes or breaks your organization. How do you build diverse teams that communicate well across differences, that reach their full creative potential, and that are greater than the sum of their parts? Lavin’s speakers can show you how.