Shadé Zahrai & Fayçal Sekkouah

Shadé Zahrai is a leadership ‘alchemist’ known for her superhuman ability to translate the latest in neuroscience and psychology research into practical and actionable strategies that drive mindset shifts and behavioral change in a systemic way. She’s a dynamic speaker who skillfully blends a wealth of experience in corporate and consulting Fortune 500s worldwide, with her approach as a scholar-practitioner and her PhD research in leadership and career performance. She’s spent countless hours with hundreds of teams from startups to Fortune 500s, observing clear behavioural trends behind the happiest and most successful people. Now through her company, along with her PhD research in career performance, she is leveraging the latest insights in high performance and leadership into commercially sound strategies for people and companies to do their best work by putting emotional intelligence and ‘humanness’ at the core. A former commercial lawyer that transitioned to a successful career in banking and strategy consulting, she has since become a bestselling author, Harvard-trained leadership coach, TEDx speaker and was recently recognized as Adweek’s Careers Creator of the Year has amassed a global community of over 1.3 M followers on social media. She’s been featured in Jada Pinkett Smith’s Red Table Talk, Adweek, the New York Times & Yahoo Finance, and is a former member of the Forbes Coaches Council, contributing articles focused on career development, leadership, and high performance. ​ With over 12 years of experience in the industry, Fayçal is passionate about training, facilitation, and Human Resource Development consulting. He’s worked with many Fortune 500 corporations, with clients including Microsoft, Samsung Electronics, LG, Siemens, and Medtronic.