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Chelsea C. Williams is more than a speaker; she's a catalyst for change. With over a decade of experience that intersects talent development, workforce development, and diversity, equity & inclusion she delivers talks that captivate audiences, spark meaningful conversations, and drive actionable results.

Attendees leave with insights they can put into action immediately.

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Chelsea C. Williams is an energetic, passionate, visionary leader with a desire to reimagine work & career. 

She is the Founder & CEO of award winning talent & workforce development firm, Reimagine Talent Co. She is the curator of Reimagine Talent Co., a customized learning program that supports today's multi-generational workforce, from seasoned leaders to emerging professionals. Her deep expertise in talent development has supported employers in the financial services, consumer goods, beauty, fashion, sports, and non-profit sectors. 

Chelsea is also a highly-sought thought leader & speaker addressing audiences across North America, the UK, and Australia. Chelsea's approach to speaking is actionable, empowering, reflective, and educational. She believes in approachable content that inspires personal action. 

Chelsea is a multi-faceted communicator available for speaking engagements as a keynote speaker, breakout facilitator, or panel moderator or panelist.

*Preview Chelsea's Speaking Reel: The power of belonging

Speaking to Inspire

Chelsea Has Spoken at Conferences Including:

Talent Development Conferences

  • Transform
  • ATD Annual Conference
  • SHRM Conference
  • Raleigh Chamber of Commerce
  • Seramount EmERGe

Workforce development Conferences

  • National Association of Colleges & Employers Conference
  • Big Brothers Big Sisters Annual Conference
  • Partnership for Afterschool Education Conference
  • United Negro College Fund Student Leadership Conference


Leading Orgs  & Teams

Signature Speaking Topics

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  • Coaching Your Team for Growth & Performance
  • Fostering a Feedback Forward Culture
  • The Building Blocks of Belonging
  • The Future of Work & Your Early Talent

Chelsea speaks on leading self & teams within a changing world of work. She is deeply committed to celebrating diversity and power inclusion & equity through practical application. Her signature programs include: 

Leading Self

  • 5 Steps to Transition from Peer to Manager
  • How to Start Your Career Strong (For Gen Z)
  • Leveraging ERGs to Catapult Your Career 

*Other topics available upon request.

Understand the definition of belonging and how to proactively build belonging daily

Mitigate behaviors & actions that exclude others and further amplify connection

Move from theory to action in creating truly inclusive & equitable team

Be a part of the solution in bringing humanity to the workplace which in turn increases collaboration, productivity, and performance

Can you recall a time in your life where you felt you truly belonged?

Belonging creates an environment where people feel welcomed, respected, valued, heard and protected. Further, belonging unlocks human potential and creates teams where direct reports can show up as their authentic selves. 

In today's work environment leaders are challenged to consider multi-generational differences in teams and consider thoughtful methods to drive connection, collaboration, and performance.

The stats are mind blowing – professionals who experience belonging have greater personal and professional well being than their peers including – a 56% increase in job performance, a 50% reduction in turnover risk, 2X more employee raises, and 18X more employee promotions (Deloitte). This engaging program will empower people managers & leaders to take everyday, practical steps that build workplace belonging.

Program Outcomes:

The Building Blocks of Belonging:Leading Multi-Generational Teams

Discover how to provide feedback that empowers and builds agency within employees

Explore how to solicit feedback that helps you best support a diverse employee base

Gain tools to take daily and monthly actions to build employee trust, empathy, and understanding

Mitigate roadblocks and challenges that prohibits manager-employee connection and trust

According to PwC, nearly 60% of employees reported that they would like feedback on a daily or weekly basis — a number that increased to 72% for employees under age 30.

When you add in the realities of today's workforce & workplace and managing across intersectional identities -- additional challenges exist.

This program will focus on feedback as a tool to better manage your team with intention and create environments that support employee engagement, well-being, and belonging, even within fast-paced work environments. 

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Fostering a Feedback-Forward Culture to Empower Your Team

Understand the differentiating factors impacting the workforce & workplace through a generational lens.

Discover how to proactively engage, develop & retain GenZ through the lens of belonging.

Gain practical tools to audit your organization’s policies, programs, and practices to consider the impact on your early talent pipeline.

Explore best practices in early talent pipeline development & retention in emerging industries & sectors.

Recruiting early talent is the key to your company’s success. With the most racially diverse generation in history entering the workforce, GenZ, employers & higher ed institutions must assess relevant methods to develop & retain diverse early talent. Skills, jobs & workplace dynamics have been significantly impacted by a global pandemic, new dynamics of work, and social injustices, and companies must adapt to the “future of work.” 

In this presentation, audiences will learn how to build and cultivate the early talent pipeline by viewing effective case studies and solutions—supporting a portfolio of employers, education institutions and non-profits across the United States.

PROGRAM OUTCOMES:

The Future of Work in Your Early Talent Pipeline

Support professionals in being conscious around the changes impacting today’s workforce & workplace as a tool in career decision making

Support professionals in building confidence around the skills, abilities, and competencies they bring to professional spaces

Leverage the 3C career development framework (clarity, consciousness + confidence) to support professionals in starting their career strong 

Support professionals in gaining greater clarity towards their career vision and values

There’s little guidance to support professionals in the first few years on the job. Often, early career professionals are left to figure out their path. This period in one’s career is usually met with uncertainty, anxiousness, and timidity as early career professionals seek to find their way in the workplace.

In today’s workplace & marketplace environment, filled with significant change, it can be even more difficult to chart a path that helps build the blocks to career advancement and fulfillment. This program will empower early career professionals with what they need to start their careers strong! Through the 3C method, participants will gain practical strategies to impact their workplaces and intentionally manage & own their careers!

How to Start Your Career Strong

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Chelsea C. Williams is an award-winning Entrepreneur, Workplace Educator, and Energetic Speaker!





ABOUT CHELSEA

As the Founder & CEO of Reimagine Talent Co. she & her team support employers, education institutions, and nonprofits in spearheading multi-generational workforce & talent development solutions that drive employee engagement & retention.

She is a frequent contributor to media outlets like CNBC, Fast Company, Investment News, Insider, and Forbes on managing & leading multi-generational teams and engaging & developing Generation Z.

Chelsea's honors include: receiving the 2021 Forbes Next 1000 Award for small businesses redefining the American dream, being selected as a 2022 Tory Burch Entrepreneurial Fellow, and receiving the 2023 Entrepreneurial Impact Award by J.P Morgan Chase Commercial Bank and Women Presidents Organization (WPO).

Prior to founding Reimagine Talent, Chelsea spent a decade on Wall Street in Global Human Resources at Lazard and Barclays.

She obtained her B.A. in Economics from Spelman College. She is a graduate of the Tuck Executive Education Program - Building a Successful Diverse Program.

Chelsea is based in Raleigh, North Carolina. 


Associate Director, Event Programs, Seramount

Seramount invited Chelsea to serve as one of our speakers at the 2024 EmERGe Summit in New York City, which brought together over 400 national ERG leaders and program managers for education and practical application. The primary audience of our event was Fortune 500 companies. Chelsea stood out from other speakers due to her ability to build a storyline and engage with a diverse audience. Her experience with Strengths Assessments and ability to share direct resources and tools to leverage opportunities to think about ERG leaders’ career nest was precisely what we wanted to highlight for our audience. Her takeaways for helping ERG leaders leverage their experience for career advancement would be a massive asset to attendees. Still, she also has a theoretical mindset well-aligned with ERGs not being a passion project. She has the skills, experience, and knowledge of how to frame and present information that meets our audience where they are.



Ilyssa Padrid-Dykman

Chelsea certainly has more than enough relevant experience to be a great speaker at any event, what makes her stand out is her willingness to be flexible in producing content aligned with our event’s purpose.

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Natalie Overton

Their team captured the essence of my brand and transformed it into words that resonated with my customers. The web copy they crafted not only beautifully showcased my products but also convinced visitors to make a purchase. Thanks to their expertise, my conversion rates have skyrocketed, and I'm thrilled with the results!

Chelsea has an ability to authentically lead with the correct measure of accountability and empathetic leadership. 

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Executive Director, Gloria Cordes Larson Center for Women and Business, Bentley University


Chelsea knows how to approach the  complex and critical topics that are necessary for workplace success.

Yaro Fong-Olivares

Chelsea is an engaging speaker and facilitator who knows how to connect with her audience. on complex and critical topics necessary for workplace success.

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Associate Director, Stanford Graduate School of Business

Her session of diversity, equity, and inclusion programming was thoughtful, powerful, and inspiring.  Our MBA students responded with gratitude. One wrote, "Her suggestion to look at the intersection of 'what matters' and 'what we can control' has stayed with me and rings true in so many areas of life." Another adds, "Chelsea's warmth made all the difference in what otherwise could have been a challenging session.

Rebecca Taylor

Chelsea's warmth made all the difference in what otherwise could have been a challenging session.

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Director of the Center for Women in Financial Services, The American College of Financial Services

For our virtual event, she hosted a webinar on the Building Blocks of Belonging in the Workplace, which was a game-changer for our attendees. The practical steps and strategies she shared were not only eye-opening but also actionable. The feedback from our participants was overwhelmingly positive, with many noting the immediate impact of her shared knowledge. 


Lindsey Lewis

Chelsea is not only a brilliant speaker and thought leader but also a warm, engaging, and approachable professional. 

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Executive Director, National Association of State Auditors, Comptrollers and Treasurers

Chelsea C. Williams delivered a keynote address at our annual conference. She was well prepared and delivered relevant, valuable content in a very engaging fashion. She discussed not only DEI principles, but also provided helpful tips and tools for attendees to use in developing strategies in their organizations. Fantastic job!


Kinney Poytner

She was outstanding, receiving some of the highest evaluations of the conference. 

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Executive Director, Gloria Cordes Larson Center for Women and Business, Bentley University

I recommend working with her if you're looking for a dynamic and forward-thinking thought leader who can connect with diverse audiences and challenge them to think differently and more inclusively.


Yaro Fong-Olivares

Chelsea C. Williams is an engaging speaker and facilitator who knows how to connect with her audience on complex and critical topics necessary for workplace success.

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Merging transformative insights with impactful partnerships, Chelsea transforms spaces where innovative perspectives meet actionable solutions. 
Her digital media reach is over 12,000 on LinkedIn and Instagram.

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