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Diane Hamilton

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Behavioral Expert, Author, Speaker and Consultant

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Languages: English

Travels from: United States

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A sought-after expert in emotional intelligence and behavioral science with nearly four decades of real-world experience, Dr. Hamilton is the creator of the Curiosity Code Index® and the author of four books sold worldwide.

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About Diane Hamilton

Leaders embrace the need to engage their employees, improve communication, and move the needle on innovation. What they often find challenging is how to do that. Dr. Diane Hamilton can provide the needed insight to help organizations reach their peak performance through understanding human behavior. She has inspired people throughout the world to assess their critical skills like curiosity, to get out of status-quo thinking. Diane’s research into the inhibitors of curiosity is recognized as one of the most innovative ideas in the world. Her insights can help employees and leaders discover their true talents. Her goal is to ensure that employees and leaders are aligned to their passions. She demonstrates that through recognizing the inhibitors to our growth, we can create a path that leads to engagement, innovation, and productivity.

Her insights into areas of human behavior include improving curiosity, perception, emotional intelligence, and other critical soft skills to equip you and your organization with the tools for success. She recognizes that organizations hire people for their talents and fire them for their behaviors. If organizations can ignite that spark that improves those behaviors, it is a win/win for everyone. In a world where the only constant is change, there has never been a better time to get out of doing things the “way they have always been done.” Diane can help you find innovative ways to reinvent your individual and organization’s success.

Award-winning speaker, consultant, author, and educator Dr. Diane Hamilton is the thought leader in management, leadership, sales, and marketing. Her playful personality captivates the audiences, which is backed by a solid background of scholarly research. Diane is regularly hired by companies such as Forbes, Verizon, Novartis, and others to improve innovation and develop curiosity at the workplace. She introduces real-life examples and offers ready-to-be-used strategies to help organizations make a difference in and out of the office.

Unlike the traditional educator, Dr. Diane Hamilton’s playful personality captivates the audiences with content backed by a solid background of scholarly research. In 2020, Thinkers50 Radar selected Diane as one of the most innovative thinkers in the world. She has shared the stage with some of the biggest names in leadership, including Steve Forbes, Martha Stewart, and Damon John.

As an experienced scholar, author, and educator of behavioral issues, including curiosity, perception, and emotional intelligence, Dr. Diane Hamilton instantaneously established her role as a renowned expert. Speaker Dr. Diane Hamilton is also the host of the nationally syndicated radio program, Take the Lead, interviewing the most successful entrepreneurs and inspiring people to take the lead both in their professional and personal lives.

Diane is the author of Cracking the Curiosity Code and the creator of the Curiosity Code Index (CCI) Assessment. The CCI is the first and only assessment that organizations can use to determine the factors that inhibit curiosity. Her work around curiosity is required reading in top HR and MBA university programs around the globe. Dr. Diane Hamilton’s research-based knowledge provides a robust framework for the presentations, improving innovation, productivity, and engagement within the company. She works together closely with top organizations to enhance employee relationships and reduce conflict.

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Employees leave bosses, not companies

With over three decades of experience researching, writing, teaching, and speaking on emotional intelligence, Dr. Diane Hamilton knows how to apply her soft skill expertise to help your organization improve performance by refining your team’s behaviors.

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Importance of Emotional Intelligence and Soft Skills to Improve Productivity

This speech embraces the significance of emotional intelligence, a key player in improving team cooperation.

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Four Curiosity Killers Holding Your Career Hostage

Speaker Diane Hamilton designed this presentation to help to overcome the obstacles holding one back from career advancement. By learning to crack the Curiosity Code.

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Soft Skills: What are they and why are they important for leaders?

In leadership, it is essential to realize the significance of soft skills to improve culture and engagement in the company.

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The Future of the Workplace: Coexisting with Multiple Generations

In a modern workplace, it is essential for all generations to work together effectively. For this reason, this speech was created to show how to overcome generational stereotypes by creating a diverse working environment.

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Books

Curiosity Unleashed: Achieving Business Excellence by Challenging the Status Quo

In “Curiosity Unleashed,” business behavioral expert Dr. Diane Hamilton, acclaimed author of “Cracking the Curiosity Code,” delves deeper into the transformative power of curiosity on personal and organizational success. This compelling follow-up book enriches the conversation, offering new insights and actionable strategies to foster an organizational culture where curiosity thrives. Dr. Hamilton reveals engaging stories of triumph and caution—featuring those who soared by embracing curiosity and those who faltered by adhering to outdated practices. As the creator of the Curiosity Code Index, the world’s first assessment tool to pinpoint the factors that inhibit curiosity, she provides clear methods for overcoming these barriers. This approach sparks innovation, bolsters engagement, and significantly boosts productivity. “Curiosity Unleashed” extends its reach beyond individual success, illustrating how cultivating a robust culture of curiosity can revolutionize organizational dynamics. This book is an essential resource for anyone eager to break free from conventional thinking and embrace a future where curiosity drives exceptional growth and innovation.

Cracking the Curiosity Code: The Key to Unlocking Human Potential

“Among its virtues, Dr. Diane Hamilton’s well-researched, highly useful and very timely book, ‘Cracking the Curiosity Code,’ gives critical advice for how to overcome the factors that hold individuals and organizations back from achieving their full potential.” Steve Forbes – Chairman and Editor-in-Chief of Forbes Media “Diane Hamilton gives you everything you need to know on curiosity, all wrapped in a book that surely will make you a better business manager or, for that matter, parent. ‘Cracking the Curiosity Code’ is a crackerjack book loaded with prizes.” Ken Fisher – Executive Chairman, Fisher Investments, New York Times Bestselling Author Everyone is born curious. So, what happens? Why do some people become less curious than others? For individuals, leaders, and companies to be successful, they must determine the things that hold curiosity hostage. Think of the most innovative companies and you will notice they employ people who do not accept the status quo, they aren’t reluctant to change, they evolve with the times, they look for problems to solve, and focus on asking questions. Drawing on decades research and incorporating interviews from some of the top leaders of our time, Hamilton examines the factors that impact curiosity including fear, assumptions, technology, and environment (FATE). Through her ground-breaking research, she has created the Curiosity Code Index (CCI) assessment to determine how these factors have impacted curiosity and to provide an action plan to transform individuals and organizations to help improve areas impacted by curiosity, including innovation, engagement, creativity, and productivity. “I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious” – Albert Einstein

It’s Not You It’s Your Personality: Skills to Survive and Thrive in the Modern Workplace

There is more to excelling at work, than just being effective at your job. To survive and thrive, you must also master interaction with your coworkers. In It’s Not You It’s Your Personality, mother-daughter team, Diane Hamilton and Toni Rothpletz, explore personality assesments including in the workplace. Find out: Why this is the essential guide for the anyone in the post-baby boomer workforce What makes the current younger workforce unique How to understand new generation personality issues How to recognize different personalities and their individual needs Why understanding different character types can make you more tolerant of others How to work together more effectively, no matter the scenario How to recognize your own personality issues for better interpersonal relationships How to utilize personality assessment to climb the ladder of success Filled with tips, tricks and techniques, the authors cover all the major personality tests, giving examples of modern day celebrity personalities to send their point home. Written in a lighthearted yet professional manner, The Young Adult’s Guide to Understanding Personalities outlines various scenarios with different personalities to give you a more detailed look at how different people can more effectively work together, both in team situations, and when various activities require them to better understand one another. You’ll learn how to recognize character traits in others, as well as in yourself, and what to do about the traits that need work. Entertaining as well as educational, The Young Adult’s Guide to Understanding Personalities makes personality assessment as essential as having a good briefcase.

How to Reinvent Your Career: Make More Money Doing What You Love

In author Diane Hamilton’s latest book, How to Reinvent Your Career, she offers readers specific ways to get ahead and stay ahead in the workforce-and in life. The author of The Online Student’s User Manual and a master at the art of reinvention in her own right, Hamilton shows readers how to get on the right path to success and how to stay there by examining individual personalities to gain perspective within workplace environments, as well as learn valuable networking skills. In ten straightforward chapters with titles like “Things Change,” “The Product is You,” and “One Thing Leads to Another,” Hamilton helps readers get educated, as well as overcome their fears in order to make the most of every opportunity. With insightful pointers to find not any job, but the right one, this book guides readers in honing their career skills because the only thing that’s certain in life is change. Let the transformation begin!

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