Presentation Details

"Culture in Action: Leading Through Values"

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Culture isn’t mission statements or wall art, it lives or dies in what leaders do every single day. The truth? Culture rises or falls on leadership behavior. When leaders walk the talk, trust builds, energy surges, and momentum spreads fast. But when they fake it or fall short, disengagement creeps in, and even the strongest strategies stall.

This session cuts past theory and dives straight into the raw truth of values in action. Together, we’ll examine how leadership choices either amplify or erode culture in real time. Forget abstract ideals—this is about the lived behaviors that teammates see, feel, and respond to.

This isn’t a sit-back presentation. It’s a skill lab. You’ll get practical tools and bring them to life through self-reflection, small-group exercises, and hands-on practice. We will surface how everyday leadership actions ripple outward, strengthening or undermining culture, showing just how high the cultural stakes really are.

You’ll walk away with clarity, conviction, and a challenge that cuts to the core: live the values, or risk losing the culture you’re trying to build. Because leaders don’t just influence culture, they define it.

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Through this session, you'll:​​

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1. Understand clearly how leadership behaviors shape culture, for better or worse, and why values-based leadership drives trust and engagement.

2. Gain a tool to identify the values you personally lead with and the ripple effects they have on your decisions, actions, and team culture.

3. Walk away with practical techniques to embed values-driven leadership into everyday conversations, decisions, and organizational practices

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Speaker Bio:

Vic is a culture and leadership geek, professional certified coach, skilled facilitator, consultant, and podcast host. She is fueled by human connection, believes in the power of a single conversation, and holds the belief that every person can realize their full potential given the right tools and knowledge. 

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Vic has led manager and leader development at multiple Fortune500 organizations including Nike, Google and Amazon. She founded WhistleSmith, a culture and leadership consultancy in 2023 and partners with joyful as a Senior Culture Strategist.

Vic does her best work with individuals, teams and organizations that are looking to change culture, seek different perspectives, shift mindsets and unlock potential. Big dreams, small goals, something in between, these are all spaces Vic loves to help.