Human-Centered Professional Development

As artificial intelligence reshapes workplace dynamics, a powerful paradox emerges: the more technology advances, the more valuable uniquely human capabilities become.

Our Human-Centered Professional Development programs focus on strengthening these irreplaceable skills through immediately applicable frameworks like Progress Check-ins, Conflict-to-Opportunity Strategies, and Inspiration Beyond Compensation. Unlike traditional training that emphasizes knowledge transfer, our approach develops the capabilities that create genuine competitive advantage: emotional intelligence to navigate complex problems, psychological safety to drive effective innovation, and authentic connection to build customer and employee loyalty.

We design customized development experiences that strengthen your team's uniquely human capabilities with measurable outcomes through both qualitative and quantitative metrics. Clients across industries have successfully implemented our frameworks to maintain engagement during uncertainty, transform tension into innovation, and create environments where teams can focus on their work rather than their worries.

In a world where information is abundant and rapidly changing, our approach prepares your organization not just for today's challenges, but for the human-centered future of work.

Our Speakers

Deanna Singh

FOUNDER & CEO, UPLIFTING IMPACT

Deanna Singh wants to live in a world where marginalized communities have power. As an expert social entrepreneur, she is dedicated with making the world a better place, and she will build or break systems to create positive change. While tackling complex social challenges, Deanna gives audiences the tools and courage to imagine, activate, and impact the world as agents of change. She is described as a trailblazer and dynamic speaker who is at the forefront of social change.

Justin Ponder

CO-FOUNDER, UPLIFTING IMPACT

Justin Ponder is an Ethnic Studies, African American Studies, and Ethnic Minority Literature professor. He has published in numerous journals and books on the issue of race and identity politics, exploring ways to bridge the gap between who we are and who we must become to achieve a more equitable world. He knows how to masterfully weave the academic with the practical and the political with the personal,.

Human-Centered Professional Development Programs

Leadership Coaching | Bridging Leadership Development Training

Transform executives into Bridging Leaders who convert workplace anxiety into productivity. Our executive leadership coaching develops four evidence-based competencies—awareness, empathy, adaptability, and collaboration—proven to improve performance. Leadership development training equips managers to navigate team polarization, maintain focus during uncertainty, and make confident decisions with incomplete information, fostering high-performing teams that overcome workplace challenges.

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Professional Development | Communication Workshop

Eliminate costly workplace miscommunication with our research-backed communication training. Organizations lose productivity to miscommunication during change. This professional development workshop delivers immediate tools to separate facts from interpretations, establish unified terminology, and listen for understanding. This significantly enhances team collaboration.

Performance Management | Progress Check-in Framework Certification

Revolutionize employee performance management through our Progress Check-in Framework. This structured approach transforms traditional reviews into growth-focused conversations that sustain engagement during uncertainty. Our management training certification teaches practical techniques for delivering meaningful feedback, recognizing achievements, and addressing challenges proactively, while building authentic connections that help maintain team focus during organizational change.

Team Building | Conflict-to-Opportunity Training Program

Convert workplace tension into innovation with proven conflict resolution training. Companies investing in human skills development report higher innovation metrics and improved retention rates. This team-building program provides practical conflict transformation strategies that establish trust and openness, enabling creative problem-solving during uncertainty. Teams learn to leverage multiple perspectives as assets, transforming potential conflicts into breakthrough innovative opportunities.

Hear it from our clients

Deanna was a joy to work with and a masterful presenter. She wove together professional expertise, personal stories, and implementable advice to deliver a keynote that was both engaging on a human level and informative on a practical level.

Sara Cunningham

ONBOARDING LEAD

Working with Deanna is an empowering and refreshing experience. Her enthusiasm, her wisdom and her presence is a motivating force that will not only make you want to go out and conquer the world, but it will make you want to better the world for others. Her presentations are incredibly engaging and will create a positive ripple effect among individuals in your organization.

Catherine Wanzer

COMMUNITY RELATIONS & INCLUSION MANAGER

Deanna offered a remarkable Keynote to kickoff our AmeriCorps members' term of service. Her genuine warmth and excitement was absolutely motivational and truly set the stage. We continue to get storied and appreciation for her amazing presentation. We are so grateful to have shared a powerfully inspiring moment of growth with such a tremendous change agent!

Amy Porter

EVENT PLANNER

Deanna was authentic, engaging, and delivered a message that was inspiring and uplifting - much needed given the major endeavors our agency currently faces.

Patty Metropulos

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR & CEO

If you are looking to embrace diversity, equity, and inclusion both in your company and in your personal life, this is the summit for you and your team members.”

AMY LORENZ - Milwaukee

County Behavioral Health Division

Deanna is a true storyteller who brings her energy and passion to her work and shares that with others. She helped many folks in the audience not only feel compelled to make our organization more diverse and inclusive but also gave great actionable steps for all of us.

Joe Hankey

SR. DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION MANAGER