Cynthia Farrell

Canopy Leadership Expert

Topic

EQ is a hot topic in business today, and with good reason. According to Harvard Business Review, EQ accounts for 90% of what sets high performers apart from peers. The good news: EQ can be developed and improved. But how? In this session, Cynthia shares her own EQ journey, starting with a career setback that forced her to build her EQ to be a better leader, colleague, friend and partner. Using an accessible model of EQ as the foundation, she'll lead attendees on an exploration of the components of EQ and how they impact our ability to build relationships, manage stress, navigate change, and lead courageously. She'll share tangible approaches to explore our EQ strengths and weaknesses, and build our EQ skills so we show up as our best each day.

Cynthia is a strategic HR leader with over 25 years of experience, including talent management and development, organizational development, change leadership, employee engagement, and HR operations. She also is an experienced executive coach and advisor, blending proven coach¬ing approaches with her experience working with and influencing C-suite leaders.

She has worked with companies ranging from PE-backed high-growth companies to Fortune 500 orga¬nizations, both US-domestic and global. She’s held Talent lead¬ership roles at US Bank, UnitedHealth Group/Optum and The Schwan Food Company; she rounded out her corporate roles as the SVP of HR for ABILITYNetwork, a privately-funded healthcare technology company with a unicorn exit.