Nancy Scott Keynote

Relationships are the currency of life and leadership. By investing in yourself and others, you open the doorway to valuable relationships and both personal and professional development. In order to foster and grow these valuable connections, leaders are required to explore strategies in empathy and effective communication.

In this highly experiential keynote session, join Nancy Scott as she leads you through self-reflection and self-coaching exercises crucial to building relationships that matter. Not only will this session give you an in-depth look at meaningful relationships, but also practical strategies to pursue these relationships.

Learning Objectives

1. Identify the significance of building and maintaining healthy relationships in personal, professional, and social contexts.

2. Outline principles for maintaining and nurturing healthy relationships over time, including quality time, effective communication, and ongoing support.

3. Define empathy and understanding as they relate to appreciating different perspectives and experiences.

4. Analyze and practice a process of coaching yourself through personal and professional development.

About Nancy Scott:

Nancy Scott, Ph.D., MBA, is the Leadership Development Programs director for the Haslam College of Business Executive Degree Programs. Nancy designs and heads the executive education programs’ leadership development assessments and development activities. She also teaches courses in leadership in several of the college’s executive education, MBA, non-degree, and undergraduate programs. Her teaching focuses on leadership as a relational influence process. She covers topics that include power and influence, motivation, performance management, high performing teams, innovation emotional intelligence, and change leadership. Her primary research interests are humor, leadership and leadership development, organizational hardiness, training transfer, social entrepreneurship, and experiential learning. She is a member of the Academy of Management, the Society for Industrial-Organizational Psychology, and the Management & Organizational Behavior Teaching Society. Nancy also serves on the International Coaching Federation Tennessee board. Nancy is a certified facilitator in the LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY® methodology, the Strengths Deployment Inventory, and the Hogan Assessments. In 2015, she won the Chancellor's Excellence in Teaching Award. She won the Outstanding Faculty Award in the Strategic Leadership Executive MBA program in 2022. In 2023, she was the winner of the Richard Sanders Award in Graduate and Executive Education, the Outstanding Faculty Award for the Master of Science in Management & Human Resource Program, and the Alumni Outstanding Teacher Award.