When compassion disappears, culture fractures. Chelsea Stoll learned this firsthand while leading HR at a Fortune 500 manufacturing plant during a unionization process. She saw how fear, burnout, and misalignment between leaders and employees created a perfect storm—and how reintroducing humanity rebuilt trust. Today, she helps leaders and organizations prevent those fractures before they form.

Key Talking Points:

• The hidden human cost of "efficiency at all costs."

• What the unionization process reveals about unmet needs in the workplace.

• How leaders can navigate high-stakes change with transparency and care.

• Practical strategies for rebuilding trust after conflict or division.

• Why leading with humanity is an operational advantage.

Key Takeaway: Leadership isn’t tested when things go smoothly—it’s revealed when the line is drawn.

Audiences: Manufacturing leaders, Operations Teams, HR Professionals, and Executives Navigating Culture Change

Women are rewriting the leadership playbook. Drawing on her research and lived experience, Chelsea explores how compassion—anchored in boundaries and clarity—becomes a power skill for women leading in complex systems. Her message challenges the outdated "toughen up" mindset and helps women lead authentically and sustainably.

Key Talking Points:

• How women can lead with compassion and confidence without burnout.

• Why compassion is a performance skill, not a personality trait.

• The "Three Roots of Compassion" framework and how it applies to women’s leadership.

• Balancing authenticity, ambition, and well-being in modern work.

• How compassion-driven leadership transforms culture and outcomes.

Key Takeaway: Women are redefining strength—not as control, but as connection.

Audiences: Women’s Conferences, Leadership Development Programs, and Professional Networks

HR professionals are trained to manage procedures, not people’s pain—and it shows. In a world where burnout and disengagement are rising, Chelsea Stoll argues that HR must evolve from compliance experts to compassionate coaches. Through her work at Compassionate Leaders Circle, she helps HR teams develop the relational and coaching skills needed to guide people through human problems—not just policy ones.

Key Talking Points:

• 8 in 10 HR professionals say they lack training in relational leadership.

• Why HR is expected to support everyone but often receives no development themselves.

• How compassionate coaching transforms HR from reactive to regenerative leadership. 

• Real-world examples of how small human practices rebuild trust and reduce conflict.

• Why compassionate HR is the future of organizational health and retention.

Audiences: HR and Leadership Conferences, Professional Associations, People Strategy Forums, and Executive Education Programs.

Key Takeaway: HR is the heartbeat of every organization—but we’ve trained them to monitor it, not strengthen it.