Laura Aiken

About

Laura C. Aiken is a leading stress and resilience expert, partnering with global companies to foster resilient teams and positive workplace cultures. Drawing on a decade's experience with multibillion-dollar projects in the energy industry and her poignant personal burnout journey, Laura employs a neuroscience-backed approach to enhancing well-being, leadership, and performance.

Her extensive work includes resilience training for a USA-based construction project involving 6,000+ individuals and a country-wide culture program in Saudi Arabia. An associate consultant with Kintla and a registered yoga instructor, she masterfully blends integrative practices into stress, resilience, and leadership strategies.

Laura, a Chartered Engineer, boasts appearances at many esteemed events and platforms, solidifying her as a sought-after thought leader.

Key Topics

1. Resilience in Action:

   How personal burnout led to a transformative approach to corporate resilience: Delve into Laura's intimate experience with burnout and her neuroscience-backed tools that are helping global teams build resilience and achieve enhanced performance.

   
   
   
   

2. Building Robust Teams in High-Stakes Environments:

   The intersection of large-scale projects and resilient team building: Drawing from her vast experience, including her role in a massive USA construction project, Laura shares strategies to bolster resilience even in the most demanding settings.

   
   
   
   

3. Holistic Leadership:

   Merging mindfulness with corporate grit: Using her unique background in yoga and meditation, Laura reveals how integrative solutions can help leaders cultivate self-awareness, empathy, and resilience, ensuring a lasting impact.

   
   
   
   

4. Inclusion and Its Ripple Effect:

   Mental health, DEI, and their profound impact on the corporate world: Harnessing her passion for DEI and wellness, Laura discusses the profound effects of inclusive environments on employee mental health and overall corporate health.

   
   
   
   

5. The Engineering of Resilience:

   Bridging the gap between engineering discipline and personal resilience: With a rich background in engineering and her work with Bechtel Corporation, Laura discusses the parallels and lessons between engineering projects and building personal and team resilience.

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