Shasta Nelson | Leading Expert on Human Connection.

Shasta Nelson

Leading Expert on Human Connection.

Shasta Nelson
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It Can’t Be Lonely At the Top
Why the Successful Leader is the Connected Leader

Focus: Leadership & Culture

We frequently talk about how lonely it is “at the top,” yet we’ve almost resigned ourselves to believing that’s the way it has to be. Just as our team members need meaningful relationships at work to be more engaged and productive, our leaders need to feel connected and supported. The stats speak for themselves: 60% of CEOs say they’re lonely, and three-fourths say it’s hurting their performance. But it doesn’t have to be this way—leaders with supportive relationships at work are more resilient through crisis, communicate more effectively, and enjoy increased longevity and health.

In this fun and interactive program, belongingness 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.

Perfect for leaders & orgs who want to:

  •  Boost leadership performance, resilience, and job satisfaction.

  • Improve communication and trust between leaders and team members

  •  Ensure their leaders’ health and well-being by building better relationships professionally and socially.

  •  Combat potential favoritism, power imbalances, and confidentiality breaches arising from boss-employee friendships.

    Audiences will leave with:

  •  The latest research on how meaningful relationships at work impact leadership performance, resilience, and communication

  • The three requirements of all healthy relationships and how they establish a culture of support and belonging

  •  Strategies to strengthen the three requirements and create supportive relationships that will boost your leaders’ performance and job satisfaction

  •  Insight into addressing the biggest fears around boss-employee friendships, such as favoritism, power imbalances, confidentiality breaches, firing and/or reprimanding a friend, and more

Frientimacy
The Three Requirements of Healthy Relationships

Did you know that over 60% of us feel lonely on a regular basis? With the constant connectivity of today’s world, it’s never been easier to meet people—but it’s never been harder to form meaningful relationships. The truth is, most of us aren't lonely for more interaction, but rather for more intimacy, more support, and more depth. But how do we create these relationships we all want?

In this energizing program packed with real-world research and inspiring stories, Social Relationships expert Shasta Nelson unlocks the secret to turning acquaintances and casual friendships into deep, supportive connections and reaching a level of trust that she calls “frientimacy.”

Perfect for:

  •  Fundraising galas, nonprofit organizations, philanthropic foundations, client appreciation events, and community-focused events

Audiences will leave with:

  •   The three requirements of all healthy relationships and how they work together to deepen our connections

  •  The ability to identify which of the three requirements need to be developed in your own relationships

  • Tools to strengthen the 3 requirements and achieve the supportive relationships you’re craving

Conference Connector
Hire Shasta to Emcee Your Event

Focus: Social Relationships

Let’s make belongingness a topic that not only inspires but is also the experience of all of your attendees, speakers, and team throughout your entire event! It’s one thing to have an amazing line-up of speakers—imagine if you also had a compelling and fun presence on stage to cast the vision, respond to the energy in the room, weave together all the speakers while keeping your conference theme front and center, and most importantly, facilitate connections and networking throughout your entire event! If you want your event team to feel supported, your attendees to feel energized and connected to one another, and your event to feel coherent and exciting—hire Shasta to set the stage as your opening speaker and stay as your Conference Connector, making belongingness a core experience of your next event!

Off-Site
Team & Organization Belonging

Focus: Leadership & Culture

Do you want to facilitate belonging and connection within your team(s)? This Off-Site Team Belonging program includes a pre-assessment that allows a safe space for each participant to evaluate their current sense of belongingness within their team and provides a “team score” in each of the three requirements of all healthy relationships, enabling leaders and teams to identify areas of improvement to focus on to make the biggest difference.

This program is most often facilitated for groups of 6-20 participants but has also been run for 100+ people, divided into teams or smaller groups at tables. It can be as short as 2 hours but is typically 3-6 hours.

Perfect for leaders & orgs who

  • Want to facilitate belonging and connection within their teams
  • Have undergone a lot of transition, turnover, or big changes recently
  • Are new leaders in a team
  • Are committed to promoting professional development & personal growth

Hiring Shasta to facilitate meaningful & strategic time together will:

  • Cast the vision for why it’s important to enjoy the people we work with (for the organization's success, but also for employee satisfaction!)

  •  Teach the three requirements of all healthy relationships

  •  Provide an assessment for evaluating team dynamics and empower everyone to help be a part of the solution

  •  Guide leaders and teams to develop strategies that create a culture of belongingness at work

  •  Facilitate conversation and getting to know each other

  • Offer your team(s) a framework to evaluate their personal and work relationships

  • Make you (the leader!) look good as it communicates to your team that you care about their relationships and gives you a chance to participate with them in connecting!

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