Jan 13 2025
Named the “Oprah of Management Thinkers,” Erica Dhawan is a Wall Street Journal bestselling author, top-rated keynote speaker, founder & CEO of Cotential, and the world’s leading authority on 21st-century collaboration and connectional intelligence.
When leaders want to break team silos, drive exponential growth and innovate through teamwork, they call Erica Dhawan. She is an internationally recognized leading authority, speaker, and advisor on 21st century teamwork, collaboration, and innovation. She is also well-known for her keynote and motivational speaking. Erica speaks on global stages ranging from the World Economic Forum at Davos to TED and for companies such as Coca-Cola, FedEx, Goldman Sachs, Walmart, SAP, and Cisco. Erica Dhawan is available to be booked for corporate and private events. Contact the Mollie Plotkin Group today to inquire about Erica Dhawan’s fees.
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As a shy, introverted Indian-American girl growing up in Pittsburgh, Erica Dhawan struggled to find her voice. She juggled two languages and two cultures, but, eventually, learned the skills needed to build connections across differences. Since then, she’s been fascinated with human connection and studying 21st-century teamwork and collaboration.
She has degrees from Harvard, MIT Sloan, and The Wharton School, teaching courses in leadership and collaboration as a research fellow at Harvard and MIT as well. Her research during this time motivated her to start a speaking business which took off after her book Get Big Things Done became a best-seller.
Suddenly, she was a sought-after keynote speaker, addressing global leaders at the World Economic Forum, getting interviewed by Good Morning America host Robin Roberts, and teaching twenty-first-century collaboration skills to thousands of leaders across various industries, companies, and countries.
In addition to Get Big Things Done, Erica has written a second WSJ bestselling book – Digital Body Language. While Get Big Things Done challenges audiences and organizations to innovate faster and further, together, Digital Body Language teaches audiences new means of effective collaboration and teamwork in a digital-first human workplace.
Erica also regularly contributes to Harvard Business Review, Forbes, and Fast Company. Her research on 21st-century teamwork has also been featured in the New York Times, WSJ, and World Economic Forum at Davos.
The business world is increasingly digital and work practices are changing at a blistering rate.
Erica uses the power of storytelling, humor, and key research findings to provide audiences with interactive, refreshing, practical strategies for modern innovation-driving teamwork. She was named by Thinkers50 as “The Oprah of Management Ideas,” featured as one of the Top 20 Management Experts around the world by GlobalGurus, and been ranked as a top female keynote speaker.
Find out how to hire Erica Dhawan to appear at your next event. Contact the Mollie Plotkin Group to inquire about Erica Dhawan’s availability and cost. When booking Erica Dhawan for an event, we need to know the type of venue and location the event will take place. Erica Dhawan is a popular choice for corporate events, private events, and virtual events. So, you can click the Check Availability button or contact us and an MPG Erica Dhawan booking agent will get back to you within 48 hours.
How much to book Erica Dhawan depends on the type of event. So, the cost to hire Erica Dhawan for corporate or private events is available by contacting a Mollie Plotkin Group Agent. Notably, Erica Dhawan is available for conferences, festivals, private parties and events. Just contact the Mollie Plotkin Group and tell the booking agent the proposed date, time, and location.
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Erica tailors her program to each audience and industry she speaks with so if you would like to discuss tailoring his keynote further, schedule a Zoom call with Erica and the MPG team.
We all have the power to drive innovation in the age of AI.
But we live in a world of endless meetings, emails, and constant cross-team dysfunction, duplication, and delays. Our collaboration skills aren’t always working to unlock better value in our business. As radical a concept as Emotional Intelligence was in the 90s, Connectional Intelligence is turning people into superconnectors who accelerate innovation, break down silos, and foster breakthrough bottom-line impact by harnessing the power of networks.
This isn’t your ordinary keynote; it’s a front-row seat to the future of inspiration and impact in the age of AI. WSJ Bestselling Author and award-winning keynote speaker Erica Dhawan promises not just a talk, but an immersive experience. Get ready to be captivated, motivated, and equipped with the tools to bring out the best in yourself and those around you.
In this keynote, the secrets to unlocking peak performance and team spirit in the new world of work are revealed.Discover the exact strategies needed to build 21st-century teams that defy the odds – whether it’s how to be a better leader in the AI revolution or how to turn challenges into triumphs in the digital-first world.
Spoiler alert: AI won’t replace us, but leaders who master it will redefine the game. Globally recognized teamwork expert Erica Dhawan provides actionable insights, equipping attendees with the knowledge and strategies to not only adapt to the changing landscape but thrive in it.
Email replies that show up a week later. Video chats full of “oops… sorry no you go” and “can you hear me?!” Ambiguous text-messages.
Is it any wonder communication takes us so much time and effort to figure out? How did we lose our innate capacity to understand each other?
Humans rely on body language to connect and build trust. But with most of our communication happening from behind a screen, traditional body language signals are no longer visible. Or are they?
In this keynote, Erica combines cutting-edge research with engaging storytelling to decode the new signals and cues that have replaced traditional body language. In-person, we lean in, uncross our arms, smile, nod, and make eye contact to show we listen and care. Online, reading carefully is the new listening, writing clearly is the new empathy, and a phone or video call is worth a thousand emails. Get ready to supercharge your teams with collectively understood rules that foster connection, build trust, and drive innovation.
Erica’s presentation was an absolute hit. – Erik Spoelstra, Head Coach of Miami Heat
Erica offers a profound look at how to foster inclusion and better leadership in our digital world. – Billie Jean King, American Tennis Star, Founder, Billie Jean King Leadership Initiative
Terrific. Our leaders were very engaged and had immediate practical takeaways. Erica made a big impact. – Mike Fucci, Chairman Emeritus, Deloitte
Non-verbal cues are vital to understanding each other. Now that so much communication happens online–and with the massive shift to distance learning and remote workplaces–we need Erica Dhawan’s book more than ever. In Digital Body Language, Erica shares tips and strategies for communicating effectively on chats, emails, and video calls, so everyone can successfully share and connect in the digital age. – Sheryl Sandberg, COO of Facebook
An instant Wall Street Journal Bestseller
The definitive guide to communicating and connecting in a hybrid world.
Email replies that show up a week later. Video chats full of “oops sorry no you go” and “can you hear me?!” Ambiguous text-messages. Weird punctuation you can’t make heads or tails of. Is it any wonder communication takes us so much time and effort to figure out? How did we lose our innate capacity to understand each other?
Humans rely on body language to connect and build trust, but with most of our communication happening from behind a screen, traditional body language signals are no longer visible -- or are they? In Digital Body Language, Erica Dhawan, a go-to thought leader on collaboration and a passionate communication junkie, combines cutting edge research with engaging storytelling to decode the new signals and cues that have replaced traditional body language across genders, generations, and culture. In real life, we lean in, uncross our arms, smile, nod and make eye contact to show we listen and care. Online, reading carefully is the new listening. Writing clearly is the new empathy. And a phone or video call is worth a thousand emails.
Digital Body Language will turn your daily misunderstandings into a set of collectively understood laws that foster connection, no matter the distance. Dhawan investigates a wide array of exchanges―from large conferences and video meetings to daily emails, texts, IMs, and conference calls―and offers insights and solutions to build trust and clarity to anyone in our ever changing world.
Connectional Intelligence unlocks the 21st-century secret to getting "big things done," regardless of who you are, where you live, or what you do.
We typically associate success and leadership with smarts, passion and luck. But in today's hypercompetitive world, even those gifts aren't enough. Get Big Things Done argues that the game changer is a thoroughly modern skill called Connectional Intelligence. Virtually anyone can maximize his or her potential, and achieve breakthrough performance, by developing this crucial ability.
So, what is it? Put simply, Connectional Intelligence is the ability to combine knowledge, ambition and human capital, forging connections on a global scale that create unprecedented value and meaning. As radical a concept as Emotional Intelligence was in the 90s, Connectional Intelligence is changing everything from business and sports to academics, health and politics by quickly, efficiently and creatively helping people enlist supporters, drive innovation, develop strategies and implement solutions to big problems.
Can a small-town pumpkin grower affect the global food crisis? A Fortune 500 executive change her company's outdated culture through video storytelling? A hip-hop artist launch an international happiness movement? Or a scientist use virtual reality games to lower pain for burn victims? The answer, you'll read, is a resounding yes. Each of these individuals is using Connectional Intelligence to become a power player to get big things done.
Erica Dhawan and Saj-nicole Joni's Get Big Things Done unlocks the secrets of how the world's movers and shakers use Connectional Intelligence to achieve their personal and professional goals--no matter how ambitious.
