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IS THE FUTURE

“Sophie brings the energy of her passion about the Future of Work and in-depth knowledge from her book to her speeches and other types of collaboration with our organization. If you want someone to challenge and encourage your audience to embrace the future; hire Sophie.”


“Sophie has the unique ability to make you feel like she’s talking directly to you, regardless of how many people are in the room. She connects seamlessly with her audience and covers complex topics with a simplicity that makes them digestible.”


NEW BOOK "EMPATHY WORKS"

How to Compete in the New Era of Work

We are in a period of change. The new world of work is significantly more digitized and decentralized than before. We need to orient ourselves differently to be successful, shifting from transactional to human-centric management, mindsets, and methods to deal with the faster pace of business developments, continuing uncertainties, more complex issues, and an increase in multidimensional projects. Sophie shows you why empathy is a critical corporate value, mindset, and skill for improving engagement and productivity, and achieving sustained growth as we emerge from the pandemic.

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“With an engaging style, thoughtful research, and wisdom, Sophie articulates the most critical skill of great leaders and companies – how they listen to, empathize with, and react to their employees and customers. A highly recommended read for leaders and aspirational leaders of tomorrow.”

NORMAN DE GREVE

Chief Marketing Officer, CVS Health

“Sophie is a catalyst. She both explains the new working circumstances clearly as well as giving thoughtful direction about what to expect going


KEY WORKSHOPS

EMPATHY @ WORK

Interpersonal skills are increasingly in demand in the workplace as evolving business needs demand more of your talent. Enable your employees to practice using empathy to improve their communication, collaboration and performance.

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INTERGENERATIONAL

Avoidable miscommunications between generations negatively impact results. Benefit from data-driven insights and surprising exercises to adapt how team members relate, interact, and react to bridge generational differences.

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REMOTE WORKING

Decentralized teams are challenged to work effectively across multiple locations. Experience new management methods and approaches to combine with accommodated working styles and improved communications.

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CONSULTING

Sophie combines a background in strategy and finance with a deep knowledge of Future-of-Work trends and research.

She utilizes her unique perspective to analyze the potential challenges and opportunities facing your organization and provide strategic advice.

Benefit from Sophie’s data-driven approach and informed experience to help your company transform and succeed in the new work environment.

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TRANSFORMING WORK
PODCAST

Sophie addresses current business conditions and explores ways to navigate the disruption. She shares informative insights and interviewing leading innovators who are providing or benefiting from transformative solutions that will allow companies to emerge with sustainable models, mindsets, and business practices. Find out how to transition to more effective, productive, and supportive new ways of working—across locations, generations, and platforms—as we harness these challenging circumstances to drive significant, multidimensional changes in all our working lives.

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TRANSFORMING
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