Kimberly Dickman
Dr. Kimberly Dickman helps organizations strengthen performance, resilience, and leadership effectiveness by translating the science of well-being, emotional intelligence, and human connection into practical, skill-based strategies audiences can apply immediately
Key Topics & Expertise
Wellbeing, Wellness & Burnout
Workplace Culture, Teams & Belonging
Human Behavior, Psychology & Neuroscience
Topics
Signature Programs
Keynote
High-Quality Connections:
The Key to Performance and Well-Being
Key Takeaways:
Understand how loneliness and disconnection impact psychological, emotional, social, and cognitive functioning at work
Learn the science of high-quality connections and how they drive engagement, trust, resilience, and performance
Apply practical, research-backed strategies to strengthen relationships and connection across teams and organizations
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Description:
Disconnection is quietly undermining performance, engagement, and well-being across organizations. As work becomes faster, more digital, and more fragmented, people are interacting more but connecting less leading to rising loneliness, weakened trust, and reduced performance.
This interactive session introduces the science of high-quality connections and why they are essential for psychological, emotional, social, and cognitive functioning. Dr. Kimberly Dickman shows how everyday interactions either strengthen or drain connection and how small and deep intentional behaviors can dramatically improve energy, performance, and team effectiveness. Participants will actively practice research-backed strategies that build connection in real time and leave equipped to create healthier, more resilient workplaces.
Keynote
You’re Not Broken:
Understanding Burnout and Chronic Stress
Key Takeaways:
Explore how prolonged, unrelenting stress creates the conditions for burnout in high-demand environments
Reframe burnout as a predictable stress response rather than an individual weakness or failure
Practice evidence-based strategies to restore energy, reduce burnout risk, and build collective capacity and support for both individuals and organizations
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Description:
Burnout is often framed as an individual resilience problem, yet it continues to rise even among high performers and dedicated leaders. In reality, burnout is the predictable result of prolonged, unrelenting stress in environments where demands consistently exceed human capacity.
This session reframes burnout through a science-based lens, helping participants understand how chronic stress erodes energy, motivation, and performance over time. Dr. Dickman provides a clear framework for recognizing early warning signs of burnout and demonstrates how individual habits, leadership behaviors, and team norms can either accelerate depletion or support recovery. Participants will engage in practical exercises and leave with concrete strategies to reduce burnout risk and build sustainable for themselves and their teams.
Keynote
Every Emotion Has a Job:
Emotional Intelligence for Leaders and Teams
Key Takeaways:
Learn how emotional intelligence supports performance, decision-making, and leadership under pressure
Develop skills for recognizing, regulating, and using emotions as data rather than distractions
Apply a clear, research-informed framework and practices that shows how all emotions are useful for communication, connection, and effectiveness
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Description:
Emotions are often treated as distractions in professional settings, yet they strongly influence decision-making, communication, and performance especially under pressure. When emotions are ignored or suppressed, conflict increases, clarity decreases, and teams struggle to function effectively.
This highly engaging session introduces a research-informed emotional intelligence framework that shows why all emotions are useful and how they can be leveraged as data rather than liabilities. Dr. Dickman helps participants build skills for recognizing, regulating, and using emotions to improve leadership effectiveness, collaboration, and trust. Through real-time practice, attendees leave with tools they can immediately apply to recognize and management their own emotions and navigate relationships, lead with clarity, and perform more effectively in complex environments.
About Dr. Kimberly Dickman EdD
Dr. Kimberly Dickman, EdD, MAPP, is an award winning educator, curriculum designer, and nationally recognized speaker who helps organizations strengthen performance, connection, and well-being by translating the science of emotional intelligence, happiness, and human connection into practical skill-building. Her advanced training in positive psychology, educational leadership, and character development and decades of experience across academia, military leadership, and counseling makes her a leader in human performance, relationships management, and personal well-being. Sessions include topics of DEI, women specific focus, healthy relationships, and sustainable performance.
Dr. Dickman delivers high-impact keynotes and interactive learning experiences that ensure participants leave with usable skills, not just insight. Her sessions are research-informed, highly engaging, and grounded in real-world application (with a little bit of humor), and she is frequently invited back by organizations for her ability to meet audiences where they are. Every session is customized to align with the goals, challenges, and culture of the group.
Website: https://www.drkdickman.com/
Speaker FAQs
Who is Dr. Kimberly Dickman?
Dr. Kimberly Dickman is a certified educator and mental health counselor. She has worked as an educator with children, a professor of college students, and an advisor and program director with military leaders of all ranks around the globe and at the Pentagon.
Why is Dr. Kimberly Dickman considered an expert in workforce wellbeing and leadership development?
Dr. Kimberly Dickman combines expertise in positive psychology with decades of experience designing curriculum and working with leaders and high-demand organizations. Her research and practice helps individuals and organizations address the conditions that shape performance and well-being through practical, skill-based approaches. She is known for translating science into practical skill-building.
What topics does Dr. Kimberly Dickman speak on as a workplace wellbeing and performance expert?
Dr. Kimberly Dickman addresses high quality connections, burnout and stress, emotional intelligence, subjective wellbeing (happiness), mindfulness, and burnout as it relates to personal and professional wellbeing and performance. She also addresses healthy relationships with particular focus on equity and women’s experiences.
What makes Dr. Kimberly Dickman different from other wellbeing and performance speakers?
Dr. Kimberly Dickman blends academic excellence with real-world experience and an engaging, high-energy presentation style. Her sessions are interactive and experiential (with a little humor), ensuring audiences not only learn but continue applying the skills long after the session ends.
What outcomes can organizations expect from Dr. Kimberly Dickman’s sessions?
Organizations will gain knowledge on topics that increase well-being, performance, and personal thriving and strengthen skills to be better people, partners, team members, and leaders.
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