Selena Rezvani: Leadership
Leadership and self-advocacy keynote speaker Selena Rezvani empowers professionals to speak up with confidence, build influence, and close the leadership gender gap at work.
Quick Facts:
- Highlights:
- Award-winning author of Pushback and The Next Generation of Women Leaders
- Former senior consultant at Deloitte
- Forbes leadership and workplace columnist
- TEDx speaker on confidence, influence, and self-advocacy
- Formats: Keynote speaker and leadership development strategist
- Audiences: Women leaders, emerging professionals, managers, DEI leaders, and organizations seeking confident, inclusive leadership and stronger self-advocacy skills
- Outcomes:
- Practical tools to speak up and advocate effectively at work
- Increased confidence, visibility, and leadership presence
- Strategies to navigate resistance and close leadership gaps
- Travels from: Philadelphia, PA
- **Fee range: $20,001 - $35,000
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Keynote Topics:
Quick Confidence: Own Your Power
Most aspiring leaders know they need self-confidence: the ability to project authority, belief, and authenticity. Yet lasting confidence requires more than fake it ‘til you make it platitudes.
This session, based on Selena Rezvani’s Wall Street Journal bestseller, Quick Confidence: Be Authentic, Boost Connections, and Make Bold Bets on Yourself, helps ambitious professionals summon their personal power by addressing three key confidence filters—mindset shifts, body language habits, and interpersonal techniques.
Through immersive exercises, participants practice owning their authority and making their credibility known. Whether you’re dealing with intimidating people, hoping to ace a presentation or better connect with others, participants will walk away ready to show up and speak up—and help others do the same.
Negotiate Like a Boss: How To Be a Fierce Self-Advocate
Gone are the days when negotiating was only for a performance review, job interview or the big pitch. Professional women negotiate all day every day—for better project deadlines, to resolve a standstill within a team—even to take their PTO.
How can you make the most of these conversations—regardless of whether it’s with a direct report, boss, peer or customer?
Leveraging tips from her award-winning book, PUSHBACK: How Smart Women Ask–and Stand Up–for What They Want, Selena Rezvani teaches you how to prepare for these daily negotiations, flex your style based on the topic or person with whom you’re negotiating, manage tradeoffs, and get the “Yes” answer you need.
Disrupting Everyday Gender Bias: How To Be An Ally
Across many industries, women remain vastly underrepresented in the highest ranks of business. Gender bias, often unconscious in nature, remains a significant barrier to women’s career advancement and can be difficult to recognize and avert.
This session gives women a common vocabulary for identifying, disrupting, and overcoming 3 common gender biases in the workplace.
Through a mix of research, stories, and practical solutions, participants learn new ways to stop bias in its tracks and advocate for a more inclusive, respectful work culture.
Talent Short Bio
Selena Rezvani is an award-winning author, leadership strategist, and globally sought-after keynote speaker known for her bold, research-backed approach to self-advocacy and workplace empowerment. She has become a trusted voice for professionals who want to assert their value, navigate power dynamics, and lead with confidence in modern organizations.
Selena is the author of two critically acclaimed books, Pushback and The Next Generation of Women Leaders, which explore how professionals, especially women and underrepresented leaders, can ask for what they want and stand firm in the face of resistance. Her insights are grounded in hundreds of executive interviews and years of corporate consulting, giving her work both credibility and real-world relevance.
A former senior consultant at Deloitte, Selena has advised and trained leaders at top global organizations including Microsoft, Pfizer, Accenture, and the World Bank. She also served as a longtime contributor to Forbes, where her columns reached millions and focused on leadership visibility, negotiation, and influence.
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Selena Rezvani is a speaker on leadership, self-advocacy, and workplace empowerment. An award-winning author and expert strategist, Selena has become a go-to voice for professionals seeking to assert their worth and lead with confidence. With her engaging presence and data-backed insights, she challenges outdated norms and inspires individuals—particularly women and marginalized professionals—to rise in their careers by owning their ambition and speaking up unapologetically.
Whether she’s on stage delivering a keynote, consulting Fortune 500 companies, or creating viral LinkedIn content, Selena’s mission is clear: to close the leadership gender gap by helping professionals build influence and visibility. Her blend of personal storytelling, research-driven tactics, and authentic delivery make her a compelling and memorable speaker who resonates across industries.
Selena Rezvani holds a commanding presence in the professional speaking world, grounded in her expertise on leadership development, workplace confidence, and the critical art of self-advocacy. With two critically acclaimed books under her belt—”Pushback: How Smart Women Ask—and Stand Up—for What They Want” and “The Next Generation of Women Leaders”—she offers deep, actionable insight into the barriers and breakthroughs that define modern leadership journeys.
A former senior consultant at Deloitte and a leadership instructor for top global brands like Microsoft, Pfizer, Accenture, and The World Bank, Selena brings an intersectional approach to her teachings. She incorporates diversity, equity, and inclusion frameworks into her content, ensuring that her leadership strategies speak to a broad and diverse audience. Her authenticity and relatability are a breath of fresh air in a sea of generic motivational talks.
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