Teresa Quinlan

Teresa Quinlan

Kitchener, Ontario
Executive Coaching, Leadership Development, Certified Emotional Intelligence Coach & Facilitator
Teresa Quinlan is a certified Emotional Intelligence Coach, facilitator, and speaker with 19 years of professional experience in Learning and Development. Over 2+ decades of coaching, training, and speaking to thousands of executives, leaders, and professionals to bring emotional intelligence skills into workplaces around the globe. Teresa has been focused on transforming individuals, teams and organizations to greater levels of performance since 1998 and has experienced leading teams and organizations through the highest of highs and the most challenging changes.
  • Change Management
  • Communications
  • Diversity & Inclusion
  • Employee Management
  • Health & Wellness
  • Leadership
  • Mental Health
  • Peak Performance
  • Business Management
  • Agriculture & Farming
  • All Staff Meeting
  • Annual General Meetings
  • Associations & Unions
  • Award Galas & After Dinner
  • Awareness Days
  • Board Meetings & Strategic Advisory
  • Campus & University Speakers

TERESA QUINLAN BIOGRAPHY

Teresa Quinlan is an executive coaching and leadership development expert, a keynote Speaker, a certified emotional intelligence coach, facilitator and consultant with 19 years of professional experience in Learning and Development.

An Entrepreneur and Founder of her personal brand and the formula IQ+EQ=TQ, Teresa is passionate about emotional intelligence as the key ingredient to leveraging your IQ and personality and achieving the greatest levels of performance success.

Teresa Quinlan has been focused on transforming individuals, teams and organizations to greater levels of performance since 1998 and has experienced leading teams and organizations through the highest of highs and the most challenging changes.

Having spent over 25 years cultivating a rich and diverse set of skills, knowledge, behaviours, coaching and training new and experienced leaders, and mentoring, Teresa Quinlan has developed shoot-straight coaching, training, and mentoring techniques which foster opportunities for sustainable behavioural changes that lead to exceptional results; whether these results are to improve an individual’s overall sense of well-being, a teams ability to be innovative, collaborative, self-organizing and self-directing, or an organizations ability to truly live their values throughout every uphill battle and downhill celebration.

The road for Emotional Intelligence can being with the EQi-2.0 assessment; providing the baseline markers for one’s current EQ skill set. Development of EQ is done in many ways including 1:1 Coaching, lEQdership – Leadership Development through Emotional Intelligence Program, Webinars, Speaking Engagements, Team coaching, and consultation.

Videos

Podcasts

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OACO

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031: Increase Emotional Intelligence and Performance with Teresa Quinlan
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Audacy

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049: Developing Emotional Intelligence with Teresa Quinlan
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The Nishant Garg Show

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Teresa Quinlan - Emotional Intelligence, Self-Awareness, and some Mindfulness

Teresa Quinlan Topic Presentations

emotional intelligence in today’s workplace

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  • 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.

emotional fortitude and high performance

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  • 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.

leadership excellence – beyond the title

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  • 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.

executive coaching

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

corporate coaching and training

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  • 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.

eq program - foundations of self-mastery

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  • 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.

eq program - peak performance through emotional wellbeing

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  • 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.

eq program - prepare to care - empathy in action

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  • 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.

eq program - communication & influence

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  • 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.

Testimonials

When our head of Human Resources, along with two members of our Executive Team, recommended we engage with Teresa Quinlan for Emotional Intelligence development, I didn’t know quite what to expect. Our first meeting with Teresa Quinlan brought a presentation on the ins and outs of emotional intelligence and its value to us as individuals, for the people we are leading, for our teams and for the company. In my first 1:1 session with Teresa Quinlan, she asked for my goals, and set the stage for...

PERRY MCPHERSON

PROJECT MANAGER
NORTH AMERICA CONSTRUCTION

Working with Teresa Quinlan has been a transformative experience…… catapulting me into a level of self-awareness that I cherish on a daily. Teresa Quinlan has the unique and incredible blend of holding space, tapping into a deeper level of inquiry with a gentle firmness that creates deep insights and “a-ha” moments all the time for me! I love our work together and recommend her to anyone ready for both internal & external inquiry alongside a supportive coach to get you to your next...

ARLENE R. MENDOZA

PRODUCT MANAGEMENT
MIGHTY NETWORKS

I had the opportunity to meet Teresa Quinlan over coffee and very soon I felt a strong environment of trust was being formed.  In a follow-up session, I shared my Emotional Intelligence assessment that had been collecting dust for 2 years.  I had completed it but not really acted on a number of the recommendations that came with the report.  The questions she asked in the friendly, trusting environment allowed me to do a deep dive into my personal experiences.  I quickly realized that it is...

BRYAN HUCK, CPS, CGA

OWNER
YOUR STRATEGY NAVIGATOR

As I sit at my desk fielding many emails, texts, and calls with all my thoughts and responsibilities spinning, I am calm in the eye of this storm.  I have been working on myself in earnest for many years, though at some points more intentionally than others.  However, as my awareness of my inner calm is growing exponentially, I feel compelled to explore the why & the how.  I am experiencing the rewards of my ‘inner work’ as we have referred to this process in a deeper sense...

CATHERINE FITZGERALD

CEO
CATAPULT LEADERSHIP

Teresa Quinlan, I wanted to thank you for our work together this past year and share how much it has helped me. I’d like to expand on two aspects of your coaching: your materials/tools, and the skill and care with which you employ them. First, the materials and curriculum you employed, drew from a ton of sources to really zero in on the issues I was working on. I appreciated both the breadth of your knowledge background and your facility in adapting that to me and my journey. As a trained...

Amy Dexter

1-on-1 Client

Teresa Quinlan makes a real, tangible, impact every time I interact with her.  She listens well, asks the right questions, and provides pragmatic, real-world, coaching after she understands the context of the issue at hand. I’ve had the pleasure of going through a personal EQ assessment and debrief which revealed several areas for me to dig into for my own personal development.  Teresa provided me with practical tools that I have continually leveraged over the past year as I moved from a...

Pete Anderson

Partner
Three Bridge Solutions

Articles & Media

Teresa Quinlan on All about Podcasting: How to Start, Finding Guests, Editing, Purpose and Vision, and More

The Blog of Nishant Garg

I wrote down 40 questions based on my podcasting experience and refined them by keeping in mind how to map out a podcasting life cycle journey in a simple and fun way, and someone who’s on any spectrum in their podcasting journey can take the bullets as the foundation and test their hypothesis. I...
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Chip Baker-The Success Chronicles

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TSC Topic- The Importance of Emotional Intelligence with Teresa Quinlan
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Chip Baker-The Success Chronicles

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TSC Topic The Balance of Empathy and Assertiveness
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The Happy Engineer | Career Success and Leadership

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Books

You Belong Here: HumansFirst Stories
You Belong Here: HumansFirst Stories
HumansFirst is simply an elaborate invitation, an open invitation, to experience, explore, and discover. You are invited to go deeper into finding opportunities to activate your best ideas and thinking, your desires and dreams. Then, to expand this out to other groups, circles, and areas of impact....
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Teresa Quinlan keynote speaker is an expert presenter and has a wide range of experience speaking to a wide variety of audiences and organizations. Teresa Quinlan delivers keynotes, workshops & training sessions. They may also host or emcee events. Hire Teresa Quinlan from Kitchener, Ontario for your event to inspire the audience to take action and make change in their work and their lives. Your workplace will benefit from our keynote speaker and their keynote talks and speeches will shift the mindsets or behaviours for the audience members in Canada. 

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Are you looking to hire Teresa Quinlan for your event? Teresa Quinlan Kitchener, Ontario is a dynamic and engaging speaker that offers audiences researched content paired with expertise and a dynamic speaking ability. Teresa Quinlan is also a Canadian corporate consultant and coach and facilitates workshops and training sessions for a corporate audience. Teresa Quinlan is an expert keynote presenter and speaks on wide variety of topics. Hiring a great speaker for your event is important and working with a thought leader like Teresa Quinlan from Speakers Canada’s roster will engage audiences into the content of the presentation to bring awareness and a fresh perspective for their approach to their work and their lives. Book Teresa Quinlan to educate, motivate and activate the audience through an interactive and entertaining presentation at corporate meetings and gatherings.

Known as a popular key note speaker in Canada, Teresa Quinlan creates life changing experiences for the participants with practical insights and strategic advice they can implement right after the session. Working with a one our leading expert speaker like Teresa Quinlan from Kitchener, Ontario offers organizations a fresh perspective to assist the people of the organization. No matter if it is a government, association, or business crowd, Teresa Quinlan is a perfect speaker for your event. Through unique practical insights for trending topics and years experience speaking to different organizations, Teresa Quinlan focuses on changing individuals to make better decisions at work and their lives. No matter if you are holding an in person or virtual event, having an influential speaker such as Teresa Quinlan will engage, motivate, and activate the audience to make a change in their lives and inspire action for results to meet organizational goals. Your workforce will benefit from Teresa Quinlan’s presentations and speeches, with measurable results set to shift the people of the organization and core direction of the company. Book Teresa Quinlan speaker for your annual general meeting, conference, summit, or convention in Canada.

How much does it cost to hire Teresa Quinlan for a keynote presentation or virtual event?

Teresa Quinlan is an expert professional key note speaker with a lot of experience speaking and delivering engaging talks to organizations and audiences in Canada. Each of Speaker Bureau Canada’s talent have different ways to assess their fees, and Teresa Quinlan speaker fee ranges depending on the size of the audience, event format (in person or virtual), event location, and if the organization booking them is a non profit, association, government department/government agency or business/corporation. The speakers we work with are flexible with their fees, and it is important for us to learn more about your event before we approach them, as it is our role to work for you, and to help you find a speaker within budget. 

Please contact Speakers Bureau of Canada and provide us with your event details so that we can contact Teresa Quinlan to check availability or confirm the pricing and associated costs to hire a great speaker like Teresa Quinlan for your event. As Teresa Quinlan's agent and as a Canadian top speaker bureau and talent agency for speakers, we are able to propose each event opportunity from each host organization’s behalf to try to help you get in touch with Teresa Quinlan and confirm them for your in person or online meeting/event. We can also provide and advise on the booking process and potentially negotiate their fee. Speakers Canada is a client focused speaker agency, and we work for you in finding good speakers for your team meetings and booking processes.

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