Keynote SpeakersChristine Armstrong is a Future of Work speaker, researcher, author and vlogger.
By exploring current trends and data, workplace communications and culture, work-life balance and remote working, Christine examines the new challenges to the old business ways. These include the productivity paradox, communication overload, the challenges of boundaries and flexible work, burn out and resilience. She also explores the impact of working practices on different groups, including parents and carers.
Christine co-founded Jericho Chambers, an early example of flexible and hybrid work. She writes regularly for the Times and Telegraph and is a contributing editor of Management Today.
She is also the author of ‘The Mother of All Jobs: how to have children and a career and stay sane(ish)‘, published by Bloomsbury. The book is based on six years of interviews with working parents, employers, leadership experts and carers. The book was a finalist in the Business Book UK Awards 2019.
She continues her research into the experiences of women and work and has just completed a tour of the country interviewing women in ‘mid-life’ about how they define success and what they want for the future.
Christine and her team are researching employees’ responses to the cost of living crisis and the predicted downturn.
Future of Work Keynote Speaker:
Some Future of Work speakers are energising, but you’re unsure what you learn.
Others are full of facts, but you drift off halfway through.
Combining her research and the best data, Christine Armstrong gives audiences evidence-based and energising takes on the world of work.
Every talk or workshop is tailored to the audience and updated with the latest insights and practical takeaways for individuals, teams and organisations.
Popular themes include:
- The six current work models and how to make them work in practice.
- Resolving the productivity paradox.
- Managing cognitive overload & communication overwhelm.
- How to attract and retain the best talent.
- What do ‘flexibility’ and ‘work-life balance’ really mean?
- New models of leadership.
- Velvet Power: the new work principle for productive teams.
- Powerful Presence: unlock the magic.
- Women and work (often exploring why so many leaves)
- Working Dads
- Working and Parenting – Where work and life collide – thriving or surviving as a working parent
Shining Bright or Burning Out?
How to Increase Energy, Happiness and Productivity at Work.
Productivity is nose-diving, while burnout is rocketing. Business leaders contend with uncertainty and overwhelm while their teams struggle with disconnect, disruption and disharmony. How do we find our way through these challenges that blind us from emerging trends, cloud our decision-making, and extinguish our inner flame?
Christine Armstrong carries the torch to help your teams find the light. In her new series of interactive, one-off talks, she explores the latest research on managing energy for ourselves and others, overcoming conflict, vanquishing micro-stressors, and how finding ‘glimmers’ – tiny reminders of joy, peace and happiness and kindling for their phoenix – can help team members restore their energy and super-charge their productivity.
Laced with self-deprecating humour, a joie de vivre, and practical takeaways, Christine’s talks are tailored specifically for the audience, melding the research and scientific evidence with her own experiences of emerging from dark times. Consistently ranked as one of the top speakers at events and conferences, your teams will leave educated, entertained, and well-equipped to survive – and thrive – in the emerging workplace of today – and tomorrow.
She absolutely promises that she will not, at any point, recommend Feel Good Fridays, walking meetings, yoga or mindfulness apps!
How do I tell them? “Doing more with less”
“We’ve reorganised twice, but more change is coming. How do I break the news?”
“Our team is stretched thin, but we need to do more with less.”
Burnout is rising, but change is essential.
Impact: After these sessions, teams feel less overwhelmed and more aligned. They get clarity on how to handle tough news, reconnect as a unit, and leave with an action plan and the energy to tackle it.
How do we increase productivity? “New ways to think about productivity”
“Some team members are thriving, but others aren’t delivering. Can you help?”
We focus on identifying what’s working and provide practical steps for managers to unlock greater potential at team level.
Impact: Renewed sense of purpose and direction. Leaders gain actionable insights for boosting team-wide productivity and morale.
Why is Gen-Z so tricky to manage? “Understanding and leading your youngest employees”
Despite what many leaders feel (frustrated!) this isn’t about tackling laziness. It’s about understanding how this group has been raised, educated and their views on work. Once understood, motivating them becomes much easier.
Impact: New language and techniques for managing Gen Z, transforming potential friction into value.
