The Top 101 Global Employee Engagement & Experience Influencers 2025

Mike Adams

Chief Executive Officer

Purple

Marissa Andrada is a Board Director, BizBox Group & Former CHRO Chipotle. Throughout her 30-year career, she has helped iconic brands—including Starbucks, Chipotle, Red Bull, GameStop, Kate Spade and Universal Studios—build cultures that fuel growth, performance, and lasting business success. Having supported more than one million frontline employees, Marissa has become a lifelong student of one simple question: What makes people believe? Her work explores the connection between trust, leadership, culture, and performance; it is grounded in the belief that behind every iconic brand is a culture people believe in—and that you can only grow companies by growing your people. Today, she advises CEOs, executive teams, and boards while speaking globally on leadership, culture, trust, and the future of work.

Marissa Andrada

Board Director, BizBox Group & Former CHRO Chipotle

Faroshia Ashley

Leadership coach

Emoworks

David Beeney

Founder

Breaking The Silence

Josh Bersin

Founder and CEO

The Josh Bersin Company

Helen Bissett

Founder, Managing Director

H&H Agency

Steve Boese

Co-Founder

H3 HR Advisors

Bruce Bolger

President

Enterprise Engagement Alliance

Dr Juliet Bourke

Human Capital Advisor | Board Member | Professor of Practice

UNSW Business School

Travis Bradberry

Author of the MICRO HABITS TEST and #1 bestselling coauthor

Emotional Intelligence 2.0

Tracy Brower, PhD

VP, Workplace Insight | Author | Senior Contributor at Forbes

Steelcase

Steve Browne

Chief People Officer

LaRosa's, Inc.

Ulrika Brunner

Chief Executive Officer

Inspire Group Asia

Rob Catalano

Chief Engagement Officer & Co Founder

WorkTango Inc.

Angela Cheng-Cimini

CHRO | Board Director | AAPI Champion | Keynote Speaker

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

Dawn Christian

CEO | Executive Coach | Founder | TEDx Speaker

Belong by Dawn Christian

Marc Coleman

Founder & CEO

UNLEASH.ai

Debra Corey

Chief 'Pay it Forward' Officer | Global Speaker | 6x Best-Selling Author

Step It Up HR

Bruce Daisley

LinkedIn Top Voice on Work & Workplace Culture | 2x Sunday Times Bestseller | Keynote speaker

Eat Sleep Work Repeat

Kara Dennison

Executive Career & Leadership Coach | CEO

Optimized Career Solutions

Joseph Dicianno, Ph.D., MBA

Director, Talent Management and Organizational Development | Author

UPMC

David Ducheyne

Founder and Managing Partner

Otolith

Chris Dyer

Keynote Speaker | Author | Chief Executive Officer

Chris P Dyer | Hopetape

Amy Edmondson

Novartis Professor of Leadership and Management

Harvard Business School

Brian Elliott

CEO | Exec | Speaker & Bestselling Author

Work Forward | Charter

Chester Elton

Partner | Founder | Executive Coach | Keynote Speaker

The Culture Works

Gifty Enright

Director | Tech Leader | Keynote Speaker | Coach

BUSINESSSCOPE CONSULTANCY

Ben Eubanks

Founder | Chief Research Officer | Bestselling Author | Speaker

HR Tech Awards | Lighthouse Research & Advisory

Gregory F. Simpson

Managing Director

Agent in Engagement

Friederike Fabritius

Wall Street Journal bestselling author

Keynote speaker

Jenni Field

Founder and Director | Leadership and Communication Consultant | Author | Speaker

Redefining Communications

Anne Fulton

Founder & Chief Executive Officer

Fuel50

Tara Furiani is an executive coach, leadership advisor, author, and creator of Not the HR Lady. After more than two decades in senior leadership, including 15 years as a Chief People Officer & Chief of Staff, Tara now focuses on executive coaching and SAIL for Leaders, an immersive leadership development experience aboard Virgin Voyages. She is also bringing back the popular Not the HR Lady YouTube show and podcast this fall with a new format: out of office and inside workplaces around the world, exploring leadership, culture, and the realities of work where they actually happen. Tara is the author of F*ck Your Office Snacks and has advised CEOs, executives, and leadership teams across entertainment, financial services, hospitality, education, media, and nonprofit organizations. She's a Mom of 5 and working on her 2nd book... Out From the Fluorescent Lights... Please welcome, Tara (Tare-Uh) Furiani (Fury-On-E).

Tara Furiani

Executive Coach | Keynote Speaker | Host of Not the HR Lady | People, CoS & DEI Consultant

Not the HR Lady

Francesca Gino

Professor, Author

Harvard Business School

Chuck Gose

Founder | Co-Host of Frequency | Championing Internal Communicators

ICology

Adam Grant

Organizational psychologist at Wharton, #1 NYT bestselling author

host of the TED podcast WorkLife

Risha Grant

CEO & Award Winning Entrepreneur | Global Keynote Speaker | Personal Culture & Leadership Expert | Best-Selling Author

Risha Grant

David Green

Executive Director

Insight222

Kevin Grossman

VP of Research

ERE

Dr. Jerry Gule is a Director and Executive Coach at Gule Executive Coaching (Pty) Limited and has a passion for leadership development, people development, transformation, and mainstreaming of persons with disabilities in the economy.   He is a seasoned Executive Coach with over 30 years of professional experience, during which time he was in different leadership roles such as GM Marketing Competency Centre, GM HR & Transformation, Senior Manager: HR Consulting Services, Senior Manager: Development Programmes, Training Manager and Lecturer, Adult & Management Education. In 1991, after doing his studies and research work on international education and leadership,  he was conferred with a Doctor of Education from the Harvard Graduate School of Education.  

Dr. Jerry Gule

Director | Coach | Chairperson of Boards

Gule Executive Coaching

Lance Haun

Practice Lead, Research & Insights

Rep Cap

Lizzie Henson

Founder & Director | Chief People Connector

HR Ninjas

April Homer

Partner & Chief People Officer | Wellbeing & Performance Coach

Cooper Parry

Nicky Hoyland

Chief Innovation Officer

Auspicious Group

Aaron Hurst

Co-Founder, CEO

Imperative & Purpose Mindset

Samara Jaffe

Co-Founder & GM | Connector & Bridge Builder | Board Member | Advisor

Transform Media

David Kasperson

Co-Author | Director of Speed of Trust Speaking & Business Development

Franklin Covey

Jill Katz

Chief People Officer & Founder | Top Leadership Voice - LinkedIn | HR & People Strategy Advisor

Assemble HR Consulting

Damon Klotz

Work Culture Evangelist

Culture Amp

Jessica Kriegel

Chief Strategy Officer | Podcast Host | Keynote Speaker | Author

Culture Partners

Jason Lauritsen

Keynote Speaker | Author | Advisor | Co-Founder & Leadership Trainer

www.JasonLauritsen.com | Check-In To Thrive

Josh Levine is a work futurist, author, and educator recognized as one of North America’s leading voices on organizational culture. He has spent nearly two decades helping leaders design cultures that drive engagement, retention, and performance. His clients include global technology firms, nonprofits, and Fortune 500 corporations navigating growth, transformation, and IPO preparation. Josh integrates design thinking and business strategy to develop frameworks that align people and purpose. Levine is the author of Great Mondays: How to Design a Company Culture Employees Love, which BookAuthority listed as one of the best culture books of all time. He has written for Forbes and Fast Company and appeared on APM’s Marketplace.

Josh Levine

Culture & Change Architect

Great Mondays

Chris Littlefield

Founder | Keynote Speaker on Employee Appreciation and Workplace Culture

Beyond Thank You

Dr Grace Lordan

Founding Director of The Inclusion Initi

The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)

Meghan M. Biro

Founder | HRTech Evangelist | Author | Analyst | Speaker

TalentCulture | Host of #WorkTrends Podcast

Ester Martinez

Venture Investor | Founded & exited People Matters | LinkedIn Top Voices

Entrepreneur in Residence

Kristy McCann Flynn

Co-Founder | CEO

SkillCycle

Scott McInness

Founder & Director | Keynote Speaker | Host of the Building Better Cultures Podcast

Inspiring Change

Carmen Medina

Owner, Author

MedinAnalytics

Rachel Miller

Founder | Author | Keynote Speaker

All Things IC

Jacob Morgan

Keynote & TED Speaker

4x Best-Selling Author, & Futurist

Rhonda Morris

Former - Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer

Chevron

Tshepo Yvonne Mosadi

Chief People Officer

Daybreak

Jennifer Moss

International Speaker, Journalist, Author

Jennifer Moss Inc.

Gethin Nadin

Chief Innovation Officer | Award-Winning Psychologist | 2x Bestselling HR Author | International Speaker

Benifex | Zellis

Dr. Amanda Nimon-Peters

Professor of Leadership

Hult International Business School

Misty J. Oratokhai Esq.

Chief Operating Officer

National Children's Center

Jody Ordioni

Chief Brand Officer and President

Brandemix

Carina Parisella

Chief People Officer

Andromeda Robotics

Joanna Parsons

CEO | Top 10 LinkedIn Creators in Ireland

The Curious Route

Advita Patel

CIPR President 2025 | Director

CommsRebel | A Leader Like Me

Gustavo Razzetti

CEO, Consultant & Speaker

Fearless Culture

DeRetta Cole Rhodes, PhD

EVP/Chief Culture Officer

Atlanta Braves

Dan Riley

Co-Founder | Keynote Speaker

RADICL

Russell Robinson

Founder | Associate Professor

Amplified Research | American University

Enrique Rubio

Founder | Head of Global Community

Hacking HR | Transform

Steph Ryter

Creative Culture Leader

Arity

Asif Sadiq

Chief Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Officer

Warner Bros. Discovery

Alexandra Samuel, Ph.D

AI & Workplace Speaker | Wall Street Journal & Harvard Business Review Contributor | Author

Lavin Agency | Host of Me + Viv

Céline Schillinger

Founder, CEO | Author of 'Dare to Un-Lead'

We Need Social

Lars Schmidt

Vice President, Talent Acquisition & Innovation | Bestselling Author

Fruitist

Marcel Schwantes

Leadership Coach, International Speaker, author of Humane Leadership

Alex Seiler

Founder | Chief People Officer

Alex Seiler LLC

Vanessa Shaw

Coach, Executive & Board Leadership

Momentous.work

Brett Smyth

CEO & Founder

The Engage Group

Dan Sodergren

Keynote & TedxTalk speaker on the future of work Expert &

guest on national TV / radio and podcasts

Tracie Sponenberg

Founder, Chief People Officer & Keynote Speaker

Tracie Sponenberg LLC, DisruptHR

Mildred Talabi

Director | Personal Branding Coach, Speaker & Trainer | 4 x Author

Talabi Enterprise

Gustavo Tavares

Human Capital, Head of Talent Solutions | Latam Ambassador & Judge

Aon | Inspiring Workplaces

Bruce Temkin

Chief Humanity Catalyst | Keynote Speaker

temkinsight

Perry Timms

Founder and Chief Energy Officer, Keynote and TedX Speaker, 3x Author

PTHR

Sean Trainor

Chief Executive Officer | Senior Communication Advisor

Salient Communication Group

Kristina Vaneva

Head of EX, Engagement and Internal Comms

Beyond Employee Engagement Consultancy

Karin Volo (Chief Joy Bringer / CEO of Evoloshen) is an international bestselling author of AI Dystopia or Utopia: The Choice Point for Humanity Is Now and an expert in engagement, culture transformation, and AI consulting. With over 20 years working with Fortune 500 and scale-up companies globally, she specializes in building trust-based cultures, leadership development, and helping organizations navigate the human side of AI adoption.

Karin is a Certified AI Consultant, Certified C-IQ™ Coach, and named one of the Top 50 Most Influential Women in AI by Citiesabc & Businessabc and a Top 150 Women B2B Thought Leader by Thinkers360. Evoloshen is one of the Top 10 Organizational Development Companies in Europe. Her purpose is bringing joy to the workplace.

Karin Volo

CEO | AI Consultant | Chief Joy Bringer | Speaker & International Bestselling Author

Evoloshen

Jeff Waldman

Founder & Principal | Unmuted Podcast | SocialHRCamp | Speaker

ScaleHR

Dr. Nika White

President and CEO | Speaker/Facilitator | Best Selling Author

Nika White + Company

Melody Wilding

Best-selling Author & Executive Coach

Keynote Speaker

Lindsay Wolff Logsdon

Co-Founder | Chief People Officer

Culture LabX | LOGE Camps

Gamiel Yafai MBE

Founder & CEO | Author | Global DEI & TEDx Speaker

Diversity Marketplace

Heather R. Younger

2x TEDx International Female Keynote Speaker | Author | LinkedIn Learning Instructor

Employee Fanatix

Hebba Youseff

Chief People Officer

Workweek