Collaboration and proactive communication drive teamwork and culture forward while improving profitability. Equipping professionals with practical tools to have innovative, critical, and actionable conversations, Bridge the Gap focuses on the art and science of emotional intelligence and human dynamics. Bridge the Gap optimizes people to show up powerfully to better connect, converse, and collaborate.
With engaging props, stories, and activities grounded in neuroscience, Edwards and McCleary captivate audiences and help them find the sweet spot in their teamwork and relationships. Audiences will learn the 4 C’s to Mastering Collaboration and specifically know how to show up in any interaction by being:
1. Psychologically Clean—where people are calm, present, willing, and able to collaborate or converse without dominating the conversation, becoming defensive, or being triggered.
2. Radically Curious—where people learn replicable conversation patterns that open everyone up to hear diverse perspectives and creative ideas without fear or tension.
3. Truly Collaborative—where people create action around shared goals and outcomes and then execute them efficiently using teamwork.
4. Committed to Caring – where people commit to quality work and actively foster trust and respect in their professional relationships.
Jennifer Edwards and Katie McCleary are passionate about creating healthy, passionate about skilling-up leaders, teams, and organizations around the world to have critical conversations, to collaborate most effectively, and develop meaningful influence. and actionable conversations that amplify the power of teamwork. As co-authors of BRIDGE THE GAP: Breakthrough Communication Tools to Transform Work Relationships from Challenging to Collaborative (McGraw-Hill), they show everyday professionals how to use the social psychology of human behavior to drive meaningful communication and collaboration at work. They teach professionals how to elevate their emotional intelligence and influence.
Bridge the Gap is a thoroughly researched book, featuring credible data and best practices from 59 thought leaders and professionals and garnered Inc Magazine’s 1 of 3 business books to read in 2022. They personally know the transformative power of collaboration between unique, talented, and smart people.
Jennifer and Katie embrace their own energetic dichotomies of being Traditional/Non-Traditional; Country/Rock-n-Roll; Christian/Buddhist, and Executive/Creative to help thousands find the sweet spot in their teams and relationships by transforming how they think, behave, converse, and collaborate. Watch their viral TEDx Talk—Critical Conversations 2.0: Bridge the Gap—which garnered over 1.2 million views in less than 4 months on YouTube. Their work has been featured Fast Company, Forbes, Wall Street Journal, New York Post, Investor’s Business Daily, ComputerWorld, Apple News, Shondaland, and many more.
We love sharing transformative tools and presenting to teams and audiences from 10 to 20,000+. We uniquely deliver an interactive experience as a keynote, break-out session, and/or workshop to engage and compel audiences to wrestle with—and integrate—the information presented. We work both onstage and within the audience to create a meaningful experience where people connect, engage, and learn.
Connect with us at [email protected]
About Us