Steffan Surdek
KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Montreal, Quebec
Senior Leadership Advisor - Leadership and Conversational Debt expert
STEFFAN SURDEK BIOGRAPHY
With over a decade of experience in leadership coaching and an impressive track record of delivering over 2500 hours of workshops, training, and talks, Steffan Surdek is a thought leader on co-creative leadership, dedicated to enabling leaders and teams to unleash their full potential through a collaborative and inclusive approach.
Steffan believes that every voice counts within an organization. He helps management teams collaborate more effectively and reduce communication barriers, leading to increased organizational performance.
His unique expertise allows him to customize and adapt his teachings to meet the specific needs of his audience, ensuring both informative and relevant workshops and conferences. His signature talks on co-creative leadership showcase his innovative approach to fostering unity, complexity, and emotional intelligence in teams. His interactive and engaging talks leave a lasting impression.
Author of “The Way of the Co-Creative Leader”, Steffan published content on various platforms like Forbes, Cutter, and Wellness, as well as on his own leadership blog. A dynamic speaker, he inspires and motivates leaders to adopt co-creative leadership practices.
In a constantly evolving world, Steffan’s voice stands out and guides those seeking authentic, collaborative, and resilient leadership. A true facilitator of change, he transforms both teams and individuals.
Steffan’s hallmark is co-creative leadership, an innovative philosophy he developed working with leaders over the last 12 years. Co-creative leadership unlocks the potential of organizations by giving a voice to every team member and empowering them.
Steffan helps leaders to become facilitators rather than directors, enhancing everyone’s capabilities and fostering collective intelligence.
His approach centers on the following five key skills: being a voice among others in the conversation, unleashing the leaders around them, developing the capacity of their teams, dancing with the system, and fostering learning through practice.
This transformative approach revolutionizes how organizations communicate and innovate together. Steffan’s work drastically reduces barriers to collaboration and opens up new growth perspectives. Co-creative leadership is a compass for teams seeking lasting impact and agile transformation.
Steffan has successfully coached numerous high-level management teams, delivering over 2500 hours of engaging leadership training, while also contributing to over 150 articles, videos, and podcasts, resulting in transformed leadership dynamics within organizations and measurable improvements in efficiency, innovation, and employee satisfaction across various industry sectors.
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unlock your organization's potential with co-creative leadership
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Embark on a transformative journey into the heart of modern leadership with this keynote on Co-Creative Leadership. As today’s leaders navigate beyond traditional boundaries, this talk unfolds a blueprint for cultivating vibrant, collaborative work cultures.
Dive into the world of co-creative leadership and discover the five key skills of a co-creative leader:
- Being a Voice Among Many in the Conversation: Co-creative leaders ensure their voice is one among many, inviting challenge and diverse perspectives, while also honing their ability to listen and recognize valuable ideas from others.
- Unleashing the Leaders Around You: By identifying individuals with latent leadership potential, co-creative leaders create opportunities that encourage and nurture their growth into the leaders they are destined to be.
- Building the Capacity of Your Team: Co-creative leaders are committed to their team’s continuous development, enhancing their skills to forge a high-performing team capable of driving sustainable change.
- Dancing with the System Around You: Understanding that teams and organizations are complex, adaptive systems, co-creative leaders adeptly respond to and influence the dynamic interplay within their environment.
- Fostering a Culture of Learning by Doing: With a firm belief in action over discussion, co-creative leaders champion the practice of learning through small, iterative experiments that lead to meaningful insights and capabilities.
You will walk away with a clear understanding of how to embody these skills to elevate the engagement of your team and drive innovation. Expect an interactive session filled with real-world examples, actionable strategies, and the opportunity to engage with Steffan in a thought-provoking Q&A.
Transform into a leader who does more than manage — become an inspiration, empowering others to take the initiative and co-create a thriving future for your organization.
three secrets to co-create lasting change and empower your team
beyond endurance: the co-creative leadership blueprint for resilience
leading together: the co-creative leadership path to empowered teamwork
courageous conversations: how co-creative leaders master the art of difficult discussions
unseen costs: confronting the shadows of conversational debt
Steffan Surdek travels from Montreal, Quebec & delivers customized and tailored keynote speeches, presentations, workshops and training sessions. on the topics enlisted below. These services are designed for a variety of audiences, industries, and event types and event formats.
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