Margaret Spence - Empowering Women into Leadership Keynote Speaker from West Palm Beach, FL

Margaret Spence is a dynamic international keynote speaker and author who has spent the last 30 years empowering organizations to stop undervaluing talent. The philosophy of engaging employees in a shared vision, creating inclusive initiatives and fostering collaborating across silos is the tenets of empowering employee value. She feels that the heart of competitive advantage is finding ways to eliminate the systematic underutilization of talented individuals. She engages organizations worldwide to improve operational efficiency by linking human resources with strategic outcomes. Margaret believes that HR is uniquely positioned to drive innovation by creating an intersection between vision, strategy, and collaboration. HR must be business-centric, we cannot just hire and retain we must strategically drive innovation. In addition to her company, Margaret is also the founder of a global women leadership initiative to increase the representation of minority women and men in C-Suite leadership. Margaret has authored three books on Workers' Compensation Disability Management, and her newest book: OWN the C-Suite – Transforming High Achieving Women into Leaders. Topic Area's Women in Leadership Diversity and Inclusion Leadership Development Motivating and Developing Women into Effective Leaders Talent Development Human Resources Margaret also speaks on Workers' Compensation Employee Safety Disability Management Accommodating Disabled Employees in the Workforce Empowerment Succession Planning Margaret served as a volunteer leader at the SHRM chapter level and was a six-year member of SHRM's Special Expertise Panel serving on the Employee Disciplines Panel and the Safety Health & Security Panel. A sought-after thought leader on women in leadership, inclusion and disability management she is often quoted in Forbes, Time, Slate and The Washington Post – Margaret also writes two award-winning blogs. Most sought after keynote topic: Women Still Need Pioneers - Empowering Women into Leadership Who's Going to Sit in Your Seat Changing the Paradigm Life Changing Lessons From the Employee Desk to the CEO Chair