Deri Latimer

Deri Latimer

KEYNOTE SPEAKER

Winnipeg, Manitoba

Neuro-Leadership | Positive Psychology | Mindfulness | Resilience, Change Health & Wellness Expert

Deri Latimer is a TEDx speaker, author, and organizational consultant who combines positive psychology, neuroscience, and emotional intelligence to help create happy and healthy places for people to work and live. Deri's presentations are based on research on the latest trends and are grounded in practicality. Tailored messaging is focused on creating joyful and sensational workplaces in which individuals and organizations can thrive in a dynamic and complex world.

DERI LATIMER BIOGRAPHY

Deri Latimer is a renowned authority on positive possibilities for people. With her unique fusion of extensive knowledge and certifications, she dedicates herself to improving individual and organizational performance. She stands as a celebrated TEDx Speaker, prolific author, and effective organizational consultant, with over 25 years of experience consulting and speaking to organizations across every sector. She specializes in connecting individuals to their passion and purpose while employing her deep understanding of human behaviour and workplace culture.

A life-long learner and strongly committed to positively impacting others, Deri Latimer has spent years better understanding psychological and behavioural trends that impact human potential. She holds the Certified Speaking Professional (CSP) designation, a recognition achieved by fewer than 17% pf speakers globally, and is the international measure of excellence for professional competence, proven experience, and optimal client satisfaction.

Deri Latimer holds an Honours Bachelor’s degree in Management with a Major in Human Resources from the University of Lethbridge, where she was recognized as a Student of Distinction. These accomplishments, fueled by personal hardships that led her to this field, reflect her unwavering dedication to education and service to others.

Qualified in Emotional Intelligence, Psychometric Assessment, and Neuro-Linguistic Programming, Deri enriches others through her holistic understanding of human behaviour, emotional resilience and psychological performance. Her certifications in the BarOn EQ-i and EQ-360 Assessments, and Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, enable her to interpret and meet the needs of individuals within organizations with unique and practical strategies on mental health, mindset resilience, mindfulness, compassion, managing change and personal effectiveness.

For over 15 years, Deri Latimer served as a Management Studies Instructor at the University of Winnipeg. She helped shape future leaders, teaching subjects including Human Resource Management, Leadership Development, Coaching for Development, Personal Resilience, Positive Psychology, and Appreciative Inquiry. In addition, she held pivotal roles across various sectors, where she focused on fostering positive cultures and maximizing employee productivity through team building, leadership development, talent management, recruitment, and staff development.

As an accomplished author, Deri Latimer has penned three insightful books: ‘Wake Up To Your Habits,’ ‘What’s Your Story? You Decide,’ and ‘Not Crazy, Just Human.’ These books brim with strategies and tools that help individuals navigate their emotional landscapes, reframe their thinking, and achieve positive outcomes. Latimer’s impressive career is marked by her unwavering commitment to learning and her dedication to keeping up with the latest research and trends shaping employees, workplaces, and organizational culture.

With a strong focus on organizational growth and team resilience, Deri Latimer is a highly sought-after consultant and speaker for some of North America’s largest organizations. She is particularly recognized for her “people-first” philosophy, which makes her a sought-after figure across all sectors. Her profound understanding of management principles, human resources practices, and organizational dynamics, gives her the ability to effect meaningful changes at the heart of organizations and their people.

Deri Latimer delivers high-energy, engaging and impactful presentations that blend evidence-based research with practical strategies, tailoring each presentation to its audience and the needs of the organization. She possesses the unique ability to translate complex concepts into actionable strategies and blend motivation with researched outcomes for positive transformation. Her life-long commitment and unwavering dedication is to empower individuals, teams, and organizations to overcome challenges, embrace resilience, and lead purposeful and fulfilling lives.

Videos

Podcasts

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Deri Latimer Topic Presentations

your brain ‘at work’ - leveraging neuroscience for enhanced productivity and well-being

  • Virtual PresentationKeynote PresentationWorkshop SessionHalf Day TrainingFull Day Training
  • Are you constantly feeling drained? Lacking motivation? Facing burnout or heightened stress? This keynote illuminates how you can ‘hack your brain’ to harness increased energy, ignite curiosity, foster tranquillity, and boost productivity. In this electrifying presentation, we will dive deep into the intricate realm of neuroscience, unravelling its complexity to reveal easy-to-implement yet potent methods for unlocking more of your brain’s potential. The result? Tried-and-tested strategies to amplify your cognitive performance and help your brain function at its absolute best.

    This presentation is designed for every curious mind eager to delve deeper into self-awareness and understanding the dynamics of interactions with others in their sphere (colleagues, leaders, family members, etc.). If you’re yearning to make your beautiful brain work in harmony with you, instead of resisting you, this transformative session brings new understandings while embarking you on a journey of cognitive discovery, and unleashing the latent potential within your mind.

    Key takeaways from this session:

    • Discover a simple technique that can instantly transform your energy levels within a minute.
    • Gain insights into your ‘automatic’ tendencies and how to craft new pathways that can lead to enhanced performance.
    • Reframe your narrative – about your self-perception, your work, your leadership style, your organization, and your life as a whole.
    • Grasp the significance of nourishing your social brain for holistic well-being.
    • Explore the single most influential strategy directly linked to boosting happiness

the resilient mindset: practicing tools for living with change and achieving optimum results!

the neuroscience of leadership: harnessing neuroscience for enhanced leadership effectiveness"

harnessing neuroleadership for agility, adaptability and resilience in an evolving landscape

neuroleadership and mindful management

empowering positivity: catalyzing emotional intelligence and resilience for high-performance cultures

mastering emotional agility and resilience

Testimonials

Your workshop on Team Dynamics was truly worthwhile and rewarding, as well as interactive and fun. You managed to successfully bring substance and meaning to a process for understanding the dynamics of personality and behavior in the workplace. I believe the workshop, in helping staff to better understand our differences and how to make the most of them, was extremely useful in terms of team building and effective communication. Your delivery is superb!

Barry Tuckett

Manitoba Ombudsman

Your TEDx talk called “Choose Life” was one of the most important talks I have heard all year.

Matt Wiebe

Director, Financial Service Branch
Government of Manitoba

We engaged Deri to be our guest speaker at our first Inspire Network Conference and she hit it out of the park! Not only was she engaging and insightful she was able to connect with everyone at the conference in a meaningful and inspiration way

Gayle Corah

VP of Information Technology
Overwaitea Food Group

Deri was incredibly energetic, uplifting and captivated my attention from beginning to end of the session. I left the session feeling empowered.

Manitoba Prosecution Service

Learned that we as individuals are in full control of our behaviour – starting at our thought process, believing what we think that’s positive, taking the positive out of everything, making the choice to be what we want to be, it’s a decision.

Patrick P

National Leasing Inc.

Articles & Media

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Books

What’s Your Story?
What’s Your Story?
You are constantly telling yourself a story; about yourself, about others, about what?s possible in your life. You may not realize it but a narrative is occurring in your mind, every moment of every day. That narrative influences what you notice, how you interpret what you notice and what you do...
Wake Up to Your Habits!
Wake Up to Your Habits!
We all have habits; how we move, the way we think, how we associate feelings. These habits – negative and positive – determine our experience from moment to moment. In our busy lives, we can be mindless of our thinking, feeling, and behaving patterns, and the stories we tell ourselves that can...

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