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Renée Fishel      

"The Healthy MBA," Engineering Manager at IBM & Holistic Practitioner

As a recent MBA graduate and certified Holistic Practitioner, Renée Fishel has come to be known as the Healthy MBA. With over 15 years of experience in project and people management, she comes from a diverse background from multiple industries. After achieving a portfolio of professional certifications, and a graduate degree while working full time she realized how challenging prioritizing wellness can be when trying to balance both a professional and personal life.

After working as a coach and mentor for numerous millennials, Fishel saw how helpful this information is for those trying to grow their career while maintaining a healthy lifestyle and mindset. Fishel has a distinct presentation style, combining storytelling with compelling visuals.

Recently achieving her Executive MBA from the Quantic School of Business and Technology, she graduated with honors and walked away with some incredible learnings, along with a vast network of visionaries and entrepreneurs. When not mentoring and coaching, she can be found interviewing and writing content for her blog TheHealthyMBA.com.

Speech Topics

Empathy in Agile: The Key to Unlocking Team Engagement & Productivity

Over the past two years of the pandemic, everything about the way we work has changed — especially communication. Evolving priorities and a constant influx of information can cause things to get lost in translation, leaving Product and Engineering teams feeling overwhelmed and unmotivated. As a result, project managers and scrum masters have been forced to pivot, finding innovative ways to keep their teams engaged and focused amidst the chaos. And while there is so much we can't control, we certainly have the power to ask and listen.

Renée Fishel, an engineering and iteration manager at IBM, walks through how to use empathy to foster collaboration and increase productivity.

In this keynote, you’ll learn how to:

  • Create an inclusive environment that encourages collaboration and creative problem solving
  • Increase team engagement with more fun and productive online/hybrid meetings
  • Streamline your processes while putting people first by using customizable templates
  • Sharing:

Succeed in Graduate School & Life: Tips and Tricks to Create Work-Life Balance

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Empathy in Agile: The Key to Unlocking Team Engagement & Productivity
Over the past two years of the pandemic, everything about the way we work has changed — especially communication.

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