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Elaine Lin Hering
Bestselling Author of Unlearning Silence | Former Managing Partner, Triad Consulting Group | Former Lecturer, Harvard Law School | Expert on Voice & Speak-Up Cultures
Elaine Lin Hering is a USA Today bestselling author, keynote speaker, and facilitator who helps leaders solve one of the most persistent problems in organizations: why people don't say what needs to be said. A former managing partner at Triad Consulting Group and lecturer at Harvard Law School, she is the author of Unlearning Silence. On stage, she gives leaders and teams practical tools to build 'speak-up' cultures where talent and honesty thrive.
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Elaine Lin Hering biography
Leadership speaker Elaine Lin Hering helps leaders and organizations solve one of the most persistent, and costly, problems in business: why people don’t say what needs to be said. A facilitator, coach, and USA Today bestselling author, she has spent her career at the intersection of communication, collaboration, and conflict, teaching people how to find their voice and helping leaders build cultures where others feel safe to use theirs. Her core insight is deceptively simple: silence is learned, which means it can be unlearned.
Hering’s expertise is grounded in decades of teaching and practice. A former Managing Partner of Triad Consulting Group, the firm behind the classics Difficult Conversations and Thanks for the Feedback, she served as a Lecturer on Law and Advanced Training Director of the Mediation Program at Harvard Law School, and has taught executive education at Harvard, Dartmouth, Tufts, UC Berkeley, and UCLA. She has worked on six continents with clients ranging from American Express, Google, and Nike to Pixar, Shell, and the Red Cross.
Unlearning Silence
In her acclaimed book Unlearning Silence: How to Speak Your Mind, Unleash Talent, and Live More Fully, Hering reveals how we learn to stay quiet, how well-meaning leaders inadvertently silence the very people they want to hear from, and how to change both. Recognized by Thinkers50 as one of the management thinkers to watch, she draws on research and lived experience, including her own work coaching women and leaders from underrepresented backgrounds, to show that unlearning silence is not about simply telling people to “be more confident,” but about changing the systems and habits that keep good ideas unspoken.
As a speaker, Elaine Lin Hering is warm, sharp, and deeply practical, blending story, research, and hands-on tools that audiences can use immediately. She speaks on building “speak-up” cultures and psychological safety, giving and receiving feedback, navigating difficult conversations, and unleashing the talent that silence keeps hidden. Leaders leave with a clear understanding of why their people hold back, and a concrete roadmap for creating teams where honesty, innovation, and every voice can thrive.
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Drawing on her bestselling book, Elaine Lin Hering reveals why so many capable, thoughtful people stay quiet, even when they have something important to say, and what to do about it. She shows that silence is learned and, crucially, can be unlearned. Audiences leave understanding the hidden costs of silence to teams and careers, and with practical, human tools to speak their minds and help others do the same.
Most leaders say they want candor, yet their people still hold back. Hering unpacks why "just speak up" doesn't work, and how well-meaning leaders inadvertently silence the very voices they need. She gives leaders a practical roadmap for building genuine psychological safety, removing the real obstacles to speaking up so that ideas, feedback, and honesty can flow, and innovation and teamwork improve.
Feedback and hard conversations are where teams either grow or quietly break down. Drawing on her years with the firm behind Difficult Conversations and Thanks for the Feedback, Hering shares how to give and receive feedback well, navigate high-stakes conversations, and turn moments of tension into trust. A practical, immediately useful session for leaders and teams who want to talk to each other, not about each other.
Some of us have learned, often for good reason, that it's safer to stay quiet. In this empowering keynote, especially resonant for women, people of color, and anyone who has felt underestimated or underrepresented, Hering helps individuals understand why they hold back and how to choose differently. Audiences leave with the insight and tools to use their voice with confidence and intention, on their own terms.
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FAQs on Booking Elaine Lin Hering
Why Elaine Lin Hering?
Booking Elaine Lin Hering gives audiences a rare combination of Harvard-honed expertise and genuinely practical, human insight into one of the most universal challenges at work: getting people to say what needs to be said. As a USA Today bestselling author and a former Harvard Law lecturer and leader at the firm behind Difficult Conversations, she brings deep credibility, and delivers it with warmth, story, and tools audiences can use immediately. Leaders repeatedly rank her among the best speakers they've booked. She is ideal for events on leadership, culture, communication, psychological safety, and inclusion. To bring Elaine Lin Hering to your next event, contact Aurum Speakers Bureau.
Who is Elaine Lin Hering?
Elaine Lin Hering is a USA Today bestselling author, keynote speaker, and facilitator who helps people and organizations build skills in communication, collaboration, and conflict management. She is the author of Unlearning Silence: How to Speak Your Mind, Unleash Talent, and Live More Fully, and a former Managing Partner of Triad Consulting Group and Lecturer on Law at Harvard Law School, where she also served as Advanced Training Director of the Mediation Program. She has taught executive education at Harvard, Dartmouth, Tufts, UC Berkeley, and UCLA, worked on six continents with clients including Google, Nike, and Pixar, and been recognized by Thinkers50. She holds a JD from Harvard Law School.
What is Elaine Lin Hering's book Unlearning Silence about?
Unlearning Silence: How to Speak Your Mind, Unleash Talent, and Live More Fully (2024) is Elaine Lin Hering's USA Today bestselling book about a pattern she saw again and again while teaching negotiation and feedback: capable, committed people staying quiet, even when they had something important to say. Her central argument is that silence is not simply a lack of confidence, it is learned and often protective, and that it can be unlearned. The book explores why we choose silence, how leaders inadvertently silence others, and how to build the individual habits and organizational cultures that let people use their voices. It offers practical, compassionate strategies for speaking up and for helping others do the same.
What topics does leadership speaker Elaine Lin Hering cover?
Elaine Lin Hering speaks on unlearning silence and finding your voice, building speak-up cultures and psychological safety, giving and receiving feedback, navigating difficult conversations, and unleashing talent. Her keynotes suit events on leadership, culture, communication, HR, and inclusion. To book Elaine Lin Hering as a speaker, contact Aurum Speakers Bureau.
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