Marc Brackett Keynote Speaker

• Dealing with Feeling: The Power of Emotion Regulation to Transform Leadership, Well-being, and Performance

In today’s fast-paced, high-pressure world, one skill separates thriving leaders and organizations from the rest: emotion regulation. In this transformative keynote, Dr. Marc Brackett—bestselling author of Permission to Feel and Dealing with Feeling, and founding director of the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence—reveals the science and practice behind regulating emotions with intelligence and intention.

Drawing on decades of research, Dr. Brackett introduces a breakthrough approach to self-regulation (managing your own emotions) and co-regulation (helping others manage theirs)—skills proven to reduce burnout, increase productivity, improve decision-making, and build high-trust cultures. Participants will walk away with practical, evidence-based strategies to navigate difficult conversations, lead under pressure, and foster environments where people feel safe, empowered, and motivated to perform at their best and thrive, together.

• Emotional Intelligence: From Theory to Practice at Work

Emotions can either hurt or help us. In this presentation Marc will describe how people can harness the wisdom of emotions to enhance decision making, leadership skills, relationships, well-being, workplace creativity, and organizational performance. Marc will also teach the emotional intelligence framework developed at Yale, which includes five key skills that have been shown to help people achieve greater personal and professional success.

• Creating an Emotion Revolution in our Nation's Schools

Emotions inform learning, thinking, decision making, creativity, relationships, mental and physical health, and everyday performance. In this highly interactive presentation, Marc will discuss his Center’s whole-school, evidence-based approach to social and emotional learning (SEL) which has been adopted by over 5,000 schools across the U.S. and around the world. A particular focus will be on why a systemic approach to SEL leads to better outcomes, including reduced aggression and bullying, more effective leading and teaching, greater academic achievement, and more positive classroom and school climates.

• Emotional Intelligence: Key to Raising Healthy, Happy, and Successful Children

In this interactive presentation, Marc will first discuss his Center’s research on the “emotional state” of our nation’s children and families and describe the theory and skills of emotional intelligence, which have been shown to support optimum health, well-being, and academic success. He’ll then teach the skills, tools, and practices developed at Yale, which can immediately support parents in developing their own and their children’s emotional intelligence.

• Permission To Feel: Unlocking the Power of Emotions to Achieve Optimum Well-being and Success

Emotions matter. What we do with our emotions is especially important. The goal of this presentation is to (1) inspire a new mindset around the power of emotions to transform our lives, (2) unpack the global research study conducted at Yale on the characteristics of “feelings mentors”, describe the five key underlying skills of emotional intelligence, known as the “RULER” skills, and (3) provide innovative strategies and tools for developing emotional intelligence so that our emotions help, rather than hinder, our well-being and success at home, in school, at work, and in everyday life.