Samantha Karlin is the CEO of Empower Global, a company that offers leadership, cross-cultural teamwork, and women’s empowerment programmes for various organisations, including AWS, Monday.com, and the US Department of Homeland Security. She also serves as a senior facilitator for the Partnership for Public Service.
Samantha also leads a women’s leadership course called The Women’s Leadership Challenge, which has over 100 alumni from 28 countries. This programme fosters a community of changemakers who support one another in their leadership journeys. She is committed to developing empathetic leaders who create environments where individuals can thrive.
In addition to her training work, Samantha hosts Samanthropolitics, a talk show focused on global politics and women’s rights. She is currently writing a book on 21st-century leadership, for which she has received the Bellagio fellowship from The Rockefeller Foundation.
Samantha holds a Master of Arts in Law and Diplomacy, specialising in global gender analysis and conflict resolution from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy. She has also studied at Yale University, Harvard Kennedy School, and the Harvard School of Education. Her work has been published in the Washington Post, Conscious Company Magazine, and Women2.0, and she is recognised as a New America expert.
In this talk, Samantha Karlin offers clear actions that women can take in their everyday workplace to position themselves for advancement, promotions and success without burning out. Covering everything from demonstrating your worth to negotiation to embodying feminine leadership, everyone will leave energised and ready to step into their power.
This engaging talk will embolden male allies to stand up for women in the workplace and to understand how to. Packed with useful advice and actionable steps, Samantha Karlin provides a clear understanding of the challenges that women face and how men can help them overcome those challenges. Sharing stories of male allyship and scenarios where male intervention can make the difference, this session is both inspiring and practical.
In this talk, Samantha Karlin reflects on many of the incredible women that she has encountered and the changes that they have been able to create through ingenuity, strategy, and persistence. She ends with a call to action - what can women in the audience do with their unique skill set, background, and experience? How can they confront the problems they see and create significant and sustainable change?
Countries led by women fared better during COVID. Why? What is the secret ingredient that women bring to leadership? In this talk, Samantha Karlin dives into how leadership has shifted in the last decade, with a special focus on the pandemic. This is an empowering talk designed to lift people from transactional leaders to transformational ones and shows how women can lead the way.
Drawing from her extensive leadership experience, in this session Samantha Karlin shares her expert advice on how to level up your leadership skills. Covering a range of topics, including navigating personality types, building trust, effective delegation, current and future leadership trends, and strengths-based leadership, Samantha is here to help your leaders thrive.
