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Melissa Majors

Human-Centered Leadership Speaker, Author, Consultant and Coach

Melissa has spent 25+ years of her career optimizing the business impact of education, innovation, inclusion, and leadership. She started Melissa Majors Consulting to drive better strategic decision-making in these areas and works with organizations across the country to effectively measure their inclusion and diversity performance.

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Bio

Melissa Majors has spent 25+ years of her career optimizing the business impact of education, innovation, inclusion, and leadership. She started Melissa Majors Consulting to drive better strategic decision-making in these areas and works with organizations across the country to effectively measure their inclusion and diversity performance. She has extensive experience at Meeting Professionals International, Ellucian, and other organizations in improving profitability, boosting organizational performance, and optimizing inclusion strategies.

Author

Melissa is the author of The 7 Simple Habits of Inclusive Leaders and Help Them Thrive: Leadership Coaching for Humans Leading Humans.

Keynote Speaker, Consultant, and Coach

Melissa Majors is a crowd-pleasing speaker who masters brain-friendly talks that engage her audiences and spark not just inspiration but action as well. Founder of Melissa Majors Consulting, creator of in’klooded®, an inclusive strategic planning method that ensures all voices get heard, and Community Keynotes an inclusive process that draws out game-changing ideas ® a coaching program. She is an innovator and optimizer of education, inclusion, & leadership strategies. She has dedicated her career to maximizing the business impact associated with these areas of focus.

Entrepreneur

Her firm, Melissa Majors Consulting, has extensive experience and a proven reputation for driving better business outcomes through innovative and inclusive strategic planning. She brings deep expertise in improving profitability and innovation, boosting team and organizational performance, and optimizing inclusion strategies.

Game-Changing Leader

Melissa has been a force of change throughout her professional career. She has served on the board of The Propel Group DFW, as the Director of Global Education at Meeting Professionals International (MPI) where she used executive leadership to drive global education strategies and develop excellence in teams. She revamped the educational division to effectively serve 500k+ clients and strategic partners as the Director, Global Education Services at Ellucian.

Media

Melissa has been featured in publications such as Forbes Magazine, Smart Meetings, The Meeting Professional, NorthStar Meetings Group's Eventful Podcast, The Event DR, and on the keynote stage at events such as Meeting Professional's International's WEC, Matthews Asia, Orthofix, Blue Shield of CA, State Street, Institute for Internal Auditors, and many more.

Education

Melissa has a Bachelor of Business Administration and studied strategy and innovation at Harvard University.

Personal

Melissa lives in the DFW area with her husband and two young sons. She loves the outdoors, including freshwater fishing and camping.

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Keynotes

Featured Keynote

Help Them Thrive: Boost Employee Engagement, Retention, and Well-Being
"Unintentionally Toxic" is a dynamic plaguing our teams and wreaking havoc on workplace performance. No leader intends to cultivate unhealthy work environments, yet here we are. Gallup’s 2023 Global Workplace study revealed that engagement and employee well-being are the most critical problems to solve, and the way to fix both is by becoming even better leaders.

There's hope! High-performing leaders detoxify their workplaces through tactics that rehumanize themselves, their teams, and their company cultures. They simplify over engineered experiences and embrace the humanity of those they lead and serve.

During this fun, inspirational, yet actionable experience, Melissa Majors examines research, stories, and best practices for mitigating unintentional toxicities and boosting engagement, high performance, and team happiness. Based on neuroscience, research, and common sense, she illuminates profound insights and simple tips you can immediately use to become an even better leader. This discussion is relevant for all leaders.

Learner Outcomes:
- Articulate the case for rehumanized leadership in mitigating modern-day workplace challenges.
- Equipped with specific leadership tactics that can be used to overcome these issues.
- Ability to Access resources (infographics and pre defined social posts) that can be used to continue the conversation with your network.
Learning Experience:

Delivered as a keynote, concurrent session, or an engaging, brain-friendly workshop that incorporates lecture, group discussion, and individual reflection.

The 7 Simple Habits of Inclusive Leaders
The 7 Simple Habits of Inclusive Leaders
What do inclusive leaders do? What specific actions do they take to demonstrate a commitment to inclusion?

Inclusive leadership expert Melissa Majors is an innovator and optimizer of inclusion, leadership, and education strategies. In The 7 Habits of Inclusive Leaders, she reveals how great leaders enjoy superior team performance and drive much higher profitability by incorporating inclusive practices.

These behaviors fall into seven categories: Business Process, Collaboration, Mindset, Leading Self and Others, Decisions, Values, Empathy

This discussion is for all leaders; leaders of self, people, initiatives, and organizations.

Learner Outcomes:

Identify and describe concepts such as intellectual humility, tactical empathy, and intersectionality.

Gain insight into the habits and tactics used by inclusive leaders.

Unlock access to social posts, job aides, and toolkits to help build inclusive habits.
Help Her Thrive: Leadership Strategies for Women's Success
Help Her Thrive: Leadership Strategies for Women's Success
Women commonly experience unique workplace challenges due to covert competition, microaggressions, lack of sponsors and mentors, balancing authenticity and assimilation, gaining and retaining power, being heard, increased scrutiny, etc.

However, women’s success is not just a woman’s issue. Without the avid support of men, often the most influential stakeholders in many large corporations, significant progress toward ending gender disparities are unlikely.

During this talk, Melissa of Melissa Majors Consulting examines research, scenarios, and best practices for leveraging ethical leadership to mitigate barriers to women’s success. This discussion is relevant for both men and women in manager and non-manager roles.

Learner Outcomes:

Articulate the case for integrity-based

Leadership as it relates to mitigating common challenges women face in the workplace. Describe specific leadership tactics that can be used to overcome these issues.

Gain access to resources (infographics and pre-defined social posts) that can be used to continue the conversation with your network.
Busy Bosses: Leadership Lessons for Leaders Who Don't Have Time for Leadership Lessons
Busy Bosses: Leadership Lessons for Leaders Who Don't Have Time for Leadership Lessons
Want to be an even better leader? Of course! But really, who has time to invest in leadership training? Not the leaders who need it; they’re too busy leading!

Some of the trends covered include: Prioritization, Intellectual Humility, Overcoming Fear of Conflict, Fostering Trust Across Difference, Virtual Collaboration, Tactical Empathy, Empowering Others, Inclusion, Maintaining Mental Clarity, Servant Leadership.

During this talk, Melissa Majors, CEO of Melissa Majors Consulting, synthesizes best practices for evolved leadership into a comprehensive course that you actually have time to take! This discussion is relevant for leaders of people and initiatives.

Learner Outcomes:

Demonstrate tactics associated with relevant leadership trends and best practices.

Describe the need for evolved leadership. Gain access to resources (infographics and pre-defined social posts) that can be used to continue the conversation with your network.

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“Melissa Majors is a dynamic speaker, coach and consultant who specializes in inclusive leadership and empowerment! Her powerful presentation skills will leave learners on the edge of their seats! I was blessed to hear Melissa speak for the very first time at the HR Southwest conference. The actionable take-a-ways that she shares in her 7 Simple Habits of Inclusive Leaders resonates well with her audience. The resources that she's shared have already empowered me, and the teams I lead to be more inclusive leaders. Investing in Melissa as a guest speaker or consultant for your organization will undoubtably reap dividends.”

— Senior Manager, Human Resources, 7-Eleven

"WONDERFUL PRESENTATION!!! Melissa I am so glad I was able to experience your presentation and get a first hand understanding on why you are SO in demand! So well done! I was blown away and so were many of my cohort members. You are getting RAVE reviews on the Zoom chat and in our Cohort Slack channel and I am absolutely beside myself. Thank you for sharing with us today, and also for your guidance throughout the program...it has been life changing.”

— Event Planner, Johns Hopkins University

"It was such a delight to meet you Melissa – you officially have earned the status of BEST RCE LEADERSHIP LUNCHEON SPEAKER EVER! Seriously, your message was very timely as you can tell by the number of AEs that spoke to you following the luncheon."

— Manager, Professional Development | Engagement, National Association of Realtors®

“Melissa offers a refreshing perspective on inclusiveness. Her stories and examples really hit home with our board and members. Too often we try to tackle the issue of DEI in a very intimidating way, Melissa makes it much more approachable.”

— President, Virginia Restaurant, Lodging & Travel Association

“Melissa is an inspiring and dynamic presence on stage and off. Her charm and inspirational wisdom are unparalleled. Working with her is a joy because she works to understand not just her potential audience, but the nature of the conference and all its deliverables. Majors becomes an extension of the planning team in the best way possible. I would highly recommend her for any speaking or training. Learning from her is phenomenal.”

DEI Community Leader, The Channel Company

"We've had the pleasure of working with Melissa to create custom workshops for our Sales Team, facilitation for Annual Strategic Planning and Coaching and we couldn't be more impressed. Melissa is a master storyteller who has an incredible ability to captivate and engage her audience. Her creativity and passion shine through in everything she does. The workshops she designed were not only tailored to our needs but also filled with valuable insights that have already made a lasting impact on our business. Beyond her skills, Melissa operates with the utmost integrity, always ensuring that every project delivers its full value—and then some. If you're looking to elevate your team and engage them in a meaningful and strategic way, hiring Melissa is an investment you won't regret."

Janet Traphagen, President, Creative Group

Melissa brought what our community needed to our Signature Event Series: clarity, connection, and a call to thrive. As the keynote for our three-part Signature Event Series spanning a coach workshop, teen girls' session, and a community-wide gathering, Melissa brought clarity, warmth, and brilliance to every room she entered. Her ability to connect across generations and backgrounds is truly remarkable. She didn't just speak to our audience; she activated something within them, which showed brilliantly in the engagement across all sessions. We witnessed women and girls step into their voices, lean into their confidence, acknowledge skills that need their focus, and leave with the tools to truly thrive. Melissa's message lives far beyond the stage, it will leave a ripple effect across our community and the extended communities of our attendees.

Suzanne Khan, WeSpeak Bermuda

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Melissa Majors

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Keynotes

Help Them Thrive: Boost Employee Engagement, Retention, and Well-Being

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"It was such a delight to meet you Melissa – you officially have earned the status of BEST RCE LEADERSHIP LUNCHEON SPEAKER EVER! Seriously, your message was very timely as you can tell by the number of AEs that spoke to you following the luncheon."

“Melissa offers a refreshing perspective on inclusiveness. Her stories and examples really hit home with our board and members. Too often we try to tackle the issue of DEI in a very intimidating way, Melissa makes it much more approachable.”

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Melissa Majors

Bio

Keynotes

Help Them Thrive: Boost Employee Engagement, Retention, and Well-Being

The 7 Simple Habits of Inclusive Leaders

Help Her Thrive: Leadership Strategies for Women's Success

Busy Bosses: Leadership Lessons for Leaders Who Don't Have Time for Leadership Lessons

Topics

"It was such a delight to meet you Melissa – you officially have earned the status of BEST RCE LEADERSHIP LUNCHEON SPEAKER EVER! Seriously, your message was very timely as you can tell by the number of AEs that spoke to you following the luncheon."

“Melissa offers a refreshing perspective on inclusiveness. Her stories and examples really hit home with our board and members. Too often we try to tackle the issue of DEI in a very intimidating way, Melissa makes it much more approachable.”

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