Teresa Quinlan

In this powerful keynote, Teresa Quinlan unpacks the transformative impact of emotional intelligence in today’s workplace. Attendees will journey through the foundational principles of EQ—self-awareness, self-regulation, motivation, empathy, and social skills—and learn how these elements elevate leadership across industries. Drawing on real-world coaching experiences and evidence-based practices, Teresa delivers strategies for leading with authenticity, fostering psychological safety, and optimizing team performance. Expect laughter, reflection, and a renewed connection to purpose.

Teresa Quinlan’s session reveals how emotionally intelligent leadership can improve engagement, retention, and performance. Designed for executive leaders, HR professionals, and team managers, this session provides actionable tools and frameworks for real-world application. Her signature approach—equal parts science, coaching, and storytelling—empowers attendees to lead with presence and influence.

As professionals, human skills are the most sought after skills in the workplace. They allow us to flourish through all circumstances, with all individuals, no matter the day, time, environment. This interactive sessions addresses the ever pressing questions “What is emotional intelligence, how do we get it, and why does it matter so much?” Every participant will walk away with a clear understanding of what emotional intelligence is and 2 EI strategies for their self-awareness and self-management.

We are all living in a time of fast pace, do it now, do it better, get to the finish line in the least amount of time, under budget, and with everyone smiling. Or at least we hope everyone can be smiling. The truth is, without emotional fortitude, we often don’t cross the finish line and more often, lose people along the way. This far-reaching talk by Teresa Quinlan gets to the heart of how we develop emotional fortitude at any age and apply that directly to our performance capabilities.

Furthermore, this talk taps into the power of emotional intelligence to lead others; the most important skill to navigating the every-changing landscape of people. All participants will walk away with 2-3 strategies for stress management, self-actualization, empathy, and flexibility to enhance their emotional intelligence and leadership effectiveness.

Psychological safety is a buzz word used too often without understanding of exactly what it takes to establish a culture rich with trust. Every workplace, and every employee within that workplace, deeply desires an environment in which they can be authentic, capitalize on their skills, and be seen and heard.

In this comprehensive session, every participant will hear what it’s like to lead without a title; the characteristics of leadership excellence to influence anyone, anytime, anywhere. Each participant will leave this session with an understanding of the foundation of psychological safety from 3 pillars of emotional intelligence: empathy, assertiveness, and interpersonal relationships.

*Custom keynote presentations available.

The high-touch, concierge experience of Executive Coaching is about one thing; helping you find the resources within for sustainable transformation.

Leadership Excellence is a commitment to better.

EQi assessment, real time debrief, and hands-on workshop experiences elevate emotional intelligence skills throughout leadership while supporting organizational strategy and goals.

CORE Workshop Experiences:

• Team Work – Psychological Safety and Getting Things Done
• Tough Conversations – Speaking Straight
• High Functioning and High Performing – Balancing Independence (Authenticity) and Empathy
• Flourishing through Change and Uncertainty – Leading Self and Others
• Emotional Fortitude and Resilience – Avoiding the Burnout Crisis

*CUSTOM workshop experiences available.

This program enlists the foundational skills in emotional intelligence: impulse control and emotional self-awareness. By expanding one’s proficiency in these skills, individuals begin to master themselves, their emotions, and their impact on others which positively influences trust, psychological safety, motivation, and performance.

There is a direct relationship between emotional wellbeing and performance. This relationship is known to all of us as we recognize that when we are in emotions of un-wellness, we find it difficult to engage our intelligence, make wise decisions, control our impulses, think creatively, address difficult problems with sensitivity, hold others accountable, or enrich relationships. In states of un-wellness we also ‘beat up’ on ourselves, allowing internal narrative to be a harsh critic of ourselves, others, and circumstances.

This program focuses on the 4 key emotional intelligence for wellbeing: self-regard, self-actualization, interpersonal relationships, and optimism. By elevating proficiency in these skills, individuals learn how to actively create emotional wellbeing which directly leads to optimal performance; freeing up the individual to access their intellect, attributes, and skills.

Empathy is highly sought after for cultures of psychological safety. It is within these environments that individuals do their best work as they are free from the repercussions of a lack of trust…fear. Under the influence of fear, individuals, teams, and organizations fall victim to blame rather than solutions, shame rather than confidence, sabotage rather than teaming, avoidance rather than accountability.

This program focuses specifically on deep development of the skill of Empathy and it’s emotional intelligence partners: emotional self-awareness, reality testing, and emotional expression.

Problem-solving, flexibility, and assertiveness. These are the trifecta of exceptional communication and influence within an organization. These are also, often, the skills lacking and so what becomes visible within the organization is dis-engagement and toxicity; a culture of “This is how we do things here” and “Conform or leave” and “Stay in your lane” and “Don’t challenge the status quo”.

Excellence comes in the form of being able to work together and amplify the talents of individuals toward the collective power of the group. Being able to speak straight in ways that encourage openness, honesty, transparency, and involvement by everyone is what the most successful teams and organizations can do. This is the pinnacle of TEAM.