Shasta Nelson | Leading Expert on Human Connection.

Shasta Nelson

Leading Expert on Human Connection.

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Shasta Nelson
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Did you know that over 60% of our employees are lonely which directly increases turnover, hurts resiliency, lowers creativity, and compromises physical and mental health? 

As a go-to leading expert on relationships for over a decade, Shasta Nelson inspires her audience with the science of bonding, teaching them the 3 things that will lead to high-trust, resilient, and rewarding relationships at work and at home. Whether she’s speaking at conferences or on TEDx stages, giving media interviews to outlets such as The New York Times and The Washington Post, or appearing as a guest on The Harvard Business Review podcast or The Steve Harvey Show, she is constantly teaching all of us how to create healthier and more fulfilling relationships in our lives. She has written 3 books on the subject, including her latest one The Business of Friendship: How to Make the Most of Our Relationships Where We Spend Most of Our Time as she helps reduce loneliness and increase wellbeing in our workplaces

Whether she’s working with your leaders, your sales teams, your remote workforce, or your customer-facing professionals, Shasta will reveal the three factors needed to cultivate all healthy relationships. In making the science immediately actionable, Shasta also motivates those she works with to establish rituals and practices that will quickly lead to resilient, high-trust, and rewarding and bonded relationships. These stronger bonds will lead to greater loyalty and retention, elevated levels of co-creation in the marketplace, a more differentiated customer experience, and increased happiness and engagement for all involved.

Shasta's audiences leave saying things like "Shasta is hands down one of the best speakers I have ever seen," not only because her style is so engaging, humorous, and deeply touching, but also because her teaching content is so thought-provoking, informative, and unforgettable. The content in all her books, while based heavily on the best psychology and medical science, is original and ground-breaking in the way we think about relationships. A frequent response from her clients is "Why am I just now learning this?"

Additionally, Shasta will not only deliver a powerful, inspiring, and actionable keynote, but she will leave your audience feeling more connected to each other and more hopeful about developing the relationships in their lives that will leave them happier and healthier.

No matter the values of a company-- relationships are at the heart of them. And Shasta can teach your audience how to bond with each other, their teams, their friends, and their customers.

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It Can’t Be Lonely At the Top
Why the Successful Leader is the Connected Leader

Focus: Leadership & Culture

We frequently talk about how lonely it is “at the top,” yet we’ve almost resigned ourselves to believing that’s the way it has to be. Just as our team members need meaningful relationships at work to be more engaged and productive, our leaders need to feel connected and supported. The stats speak for themselves: 60% of CEOs say they’re lonely, and three-fourths say it’s hurting their performance. But it doesn’t have to be this way—leaders with supportive relationships at work are more resilient through crisis, communicate more effectively, and enjoy increased longevity and health.

In this fun and interactive program, belongingness expert and author of The Business of Friendship: Making the Most of Our Relationships Where We Spend Most of Our Time,
Shasta Nelson delivers strategies to create and maintain the supportive relationships that your leaders need and addresses the biggest fears around boss- employee friendships such as favoritism, confidentiality breaches, and more.

Perfect for leaders & orgs who want to:

  •  Boost leadership performance, resilience, and job satisfaction.

  • Improve communication and trust between leaders and team members

  •  Ensure their leaders’ health and well-being by building better relationships professionally and socially.

  •  Combat potential favoritism, power imbalances, and confidentiality breaches arising from boss-employee friendships.

    Audiences will leave with:

  •  The latest research on how meaningful relationships at work impact leadership performance, resilience, and communication

  • The three requirements of all healthy relationships and how they establish a culture of support and belonging

  •  Strategies to strengthen the three requirements and create supportive relationships that will boost your leaders’ performance and job satisfaction

  •  Insight into addressing the biggest fears around boss-employee friendships, such as favoritism, power imbalances, confidentiality breaches, firing and/or reprimanding a friend, and more

Frientimacy
The Three Requirements of Healthy Relationships

Did you know that over 60% of us feel lonely on a regular basis? With the constant connectivity of today’s world, it’s never been easier to meet people—but it’s never been harder to form meaningful relationships. The truth is, most of us aren't lonely for more interaction, but rather for more intimacy, more support, and more depth. But how do we create these relationships we all want?

In this energizing program packed with real-world research and inspiring stories, Social Relationships expert Shasta Nelson unlocks the secret to turning acquaintances and casual friendships into deep, supportive connections and reaching a level of trust that she calls “frientimacy.”

Perfect for:

  •  Fundraising galas, nonprofit organizations, philanthropic foundations, client appreciation events, and community-focused events

Audiences will leave with:

  •   The three requirements of all healthy relationships and how they work together to deepen our connections

  •  The ability to identify which of the three requirements need to be developed in your own relationships

  • Tools to strengthen the 3 requirements and achieve the supportive relationships you’re craving

Conference Connector
Hire Shasta to Emcee Your Event

Focus: Social Relationships

Let’s make belongingness a topic that not only inspires but is also the experience of all of your attendees, speakers, and team throughout your entire event! It’s one thing to have an amazing line-up of speakers—imagine if you also had a compelling and fun presence on stage to cast the vision, respond to the energy in the room, weave together all the speakers while keeping your conference theme front and center, and most importantly, facilitate connections and networking throughout your entire event! If you want your event team to feel supported, your attendees to feel energized and connected to one another, and your event to feel coherent and exciting—hire Shasta to set the stage as your opening speaker and stay as your Conference Connector, making belongingness a core experience of your next event!

Off-Site
Team & Organization Belonging

Focus: Leadership & Culture

Do you want to facilitate belonging and connection within your team(s)? This Off-Site Team Belonging program includes a pre-assessment that allows a safe space for each participant to evaluate their current sense of belongingness within their team and provides a “team score” in each of the three requirements of all healthy relationships, enabling leaders and teams to identify areas of improvement to focus on to make the biggest difference.

This program is most often facilitated for groups of 6-20 participants but has also been run for 100+ people, divided into teams or smaller groups at tables. It can be as short as 2 hours but is typically 3-6 hours.

Perfect for leaders & orgs who

  • Want to facilitate belonging and connection within their teams
  • Have undergone a lot of transition, turnover, or big changes recently
  • Are new leaders in a team
  • Are committed to promoting professional development & personal growth

Hiring Shasta to facilitate meaningful & strategic time together will:

  • Cast the vision for why it’s important to enjoy the people we work with (for the organization's success, but also for employee satisfaction!)

  •  Teach the three requirements of all healthy relationships

  •  Provide an assessment for evaluating team dynamics and empower everyone to help be a part of the solution

  •  Guide leaders and teams to develop strategies that create a culture of belongingness at work

  •  Facilitate conversation and getting to know each other

  • Offer your team(s) a framework to evaluate their personal and work relationships

  • Make you (the leader!) look good as it communicates to your team that you care about their relationships and gives you a chance to participate with them in connecting!

Shasta Nelson
Featured Books

Frientimacy: How to Deepen Friendships for Lifelong Health and Happiness by Shasta Nelson

Frientimacy: How to Deepen Friendships for Lifelong Health and Happiness

by Shasta Nelson
Friendships Don't Just Happen!by Shasta Nelson

Friendships Don't Just Happen!

by Shasta Nelson
This essential go-to guide reveals how women can enhance their lives by creating valuable friendships in today's busy, mobile world, from nationally recognized friendship expert and CEO of GirlFriendCircles.com. Every woman is searching for a happier, healthier, more fulfilling life. Many realize the significant role that an intimate, tightly knit circle of friends plays in creating a more fulfilling life, but with hectic schedules, frequent moves, and life changes, it's more important than ever for women to establish natural, meaningful friendships that will contribute to their overall wellbeing. In Friendships Don't Just Happen!, Shasta Nelson, friendship expert and CEO of GirlFriendCircles.com, reveals the most important proven steps, processes, and secrets vital to establishing the five different levels of friendships, or Circles of Connectedness, that women-no matter their age or relationship status-are longing for in today's stressful and mobile culture. This revolutionary, engaging guide will also benefit women who already feel rooted to fabulous friends, with insightful principles that will help them maintain and enhance their current friendships. Full of practical how-to tips, fun activities, guiding questions, and step-by-step instructions, Friendships Don't Just Happen! highlights several areas of developing lasting friendships, teaching women how to: -Evaluate their current circle of friends -Recognize what types of friends they are seeking based on career, interests, location, and relationship status -Create a prioritized friendship action plan -Find extraordinary friends-where to look and how to approach them -Take initiative to jumpstart friendships and face fears of rejection -Establish "frientimacy," trust, and happiness through conversation and activities -Maintain meaningful friendships and determine which ones are worthwhile
The Business of Friendship: Making the Most of Our Relationships Where We Spend Most of Our Timeby Shasta Nelson

The Business of Friendship: Making the Most of Our Relationships Where We Spend Most of Our Time

by Shasta Nelson

It is virtually impossible to feel connected and supported in life when you don’t feel that way where you spend most of our time—at work.

In The Business of Friendship, friendship expert Shasta Nelson unpacks the distinct ways we can make work relationships the healthiest they can be, both for the sake of the employee and the mission of the company. She inspires readers to see why friendship is crucial to our health and our careers, and teaches us exactly how to develop the supportive and meaningful connections we need.

Our organizations benefit as friendships at work result in higher levels of workplace productivity, employee retention, safety, innovation, collaboration, and profitability. In having a best friend at work, we are seven times more engaged in our job, which translates to better customer service, less absenteeism, fewer workplace accidents, and more loyalty to our organizations.

Through Shasta’s stories, research, and practical guidance, she:

  • Breaks down what creates healthy bonds and reveals the 3 requirements necessary in all healthy relationships and teams.
  • Helps managers and employees assess the health of their relationships and learn ways to repair and improve them.
  • Provides advice for addressing some of the biggest fears around workplace friendships, such as increased drama, favoritism, confidentiality, gossip, toxic coworkers, relationship with bosses, and potential romantic attractions.

The Business of Friendship is for those who are ready to maximize the two most significant factors of our wellbeing—career and relationships. Whether you are a leader or an employee, when you feel more connected and supported at work, everyone wins.

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