Donna Hicks
About Donna Hicks
“Donna’s message is both universal and personal, and creates thought and change immediately. Her relaxed presence places everyone at ease, her sincerity fosters credibility, and her passion evokes emotions. Finally, unlike most speakers, Donna imparts to the audience a lifelong gift, a special take-away, of seeing both themselves and others in a stronger, more positive and brighter light. No value can be attached to such a gift. Donna Hicks’ transformative message and engaging style would be meaningful, motivational, and moving to virtually any audience.”
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Dr. Donna Hicks Speaking & Expertise
If your company or organization is in need of inspiring keynote or workshop, Dr. Donna Hicks, Ph.D., can deliver the message that will heal conflict and unify employees around their common identity. Her two decades of experience using dignity to resolve conflict, between people and nations, in the U.S., Columbia, Middle East, Sri Lanka, Cuba, and Northern Ireland, serve as the foundation for her insightful presentations and workshops. She reveals the profound truth about human nature and relationships, enabling you to:
- Create a culture of dignity, social justice, and personal accountability
- Heal workplace conflict in a safe and productive manner
- Facilitate positive relationships at an individual, group, and organizational level
- Transform business policies and common practices
- Develop leadership practices that embody the elements of dignity
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Books by Donna Hicks
“Leading with Dignity: How to Create a Culture That Brings Out the Best in People” (2018)
What every leader needs to know about dignity and how to create a culture in which everyone thrives This landmark book from an expert in dignity studies explores the essential but under-recognized role of dignity as part of good leadership. Extending the reach of her award-winning book Dignity: Its Essential Role in Resolving Conflict, Donna Hicks now contributes a specific, practical guide to achieving a culture of dignity. Most people know very little about dignity, the author has found, and when leaders fail to respect the dignity of others, conflict and distrust ensue. She highlights three components of leading with dignity: what one must know in order to honor dignity and avoid violating it; what one must do to lead with dignity; and how one can create a culture of dignity in any organization, whether corporate, religious, governmental, healthcare, or beyond. Brimming with key research findings, real-life case studies, and workable recommendations, this book fills an important gap in our understanding of how best to be together in a conflict-ridden world.
“Dignity: Its Essential Role in Resolving Conflict” (2016)
The desire for dignity is universal and powerful. It is a motivating force behind all human interaction-in families, in communities, in the business world, and in relationships at the international level. When dignity is violated, the response is likely to involve aggression, even violence, hatred, and vengeance. On the other hand, when people treat one another with dignity, they become more connected and are able to create more meaningful relationships. Surprisingly, most people have little understanding of dignity, observes Donna Hicks in this important book.Drawing on her extensive experience in international conflict resolution and on insights from evolutionary biology, psychology, and neuroscience, the author explains what the elements of dignity are, how to recognize dignity violations, how to respond when we are not treated with dignity, how dignity can restore a broken relationship, why leaders must understand the concept of dignity, and more. Hicks shows that by choosing dignity as a way of life, we open the way to greater peace within ourselves and to a safer and more humane world for all.
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