Pat Wadors

Pat Wadors

Keynote Speaker: Creator of the DIBs Framework on Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging; Inspirational HR Leader, Strategist, and Chief People Officer; Top 50 Women in Technology Recipient

Pat Wadors Biography

An inspirational HR and HCM leader and strategist for top technology companies, Pat Wadors currently serves as Chief People Officer (CPO) of UKG, a global powerhouse of HR, payroll and workforce management solutions that is known for its award-winning culture. In this role, she oversees the critical HR functions that bring UKG’s employee experience to life, including talent acquisition and development, compensation and benefits, employee listening and people analytics, HR technology, People Operations, and Workplace Services. Her mission is to make sure that every employee is better off for having worked for UKG –creating a positive and engaging experience for their 14,000+ workforce at every touchpoint—from a candidate’s first contact to building a robust alumni network of brand and culture ambassadors.

Before joining UKG, Wadors was CPO at Procore Technologies, leading the company through expansive growth and Chief Human Resource Officer (CHRO) at ServiceNow, overseeing global employee resources and talent and helping the company scale. She has held multiple HR leadership positions in the tech world, with tenures at LinkedIn, Plantronics, Twitter, Align Technologies and Yahoo! Wadors is a current board member of Accolade, Inc. and Moloco, Inc., and past board member of UKG, Zenefits, El Camino Hospital, and Second Harvest Food Bank of Santa Clara County, where she also served as Chair.

A thought leader in HR, Wadors has had numerous articles published in The Harvard Business Review. She is a multiple recipient of the National Diversity Council’s “Top 50 Women in Technology” award and the creator of the DIBs (Diversity, Inclusion, Belonging) framework, which champions employee belonging as the key driver of recruitment, engagement, satisfaction and retention. Wadors also developed a signature “Scorecard” for developing agile, relevant, and authentic leaders—an approach that anyone can use to live their values, achieve their goals, and become the leader of their own personal and professional lives. An evocative and inspiring speaker, Wadors has spoken to audiences around the world, including LinkedIn, The Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM), the Association of Talent Development (ATD), the Boston Consulting Group, Forbes Power Women’s Summit and Talent Connect.

A self-identified “Mom to three Millennials,” “introvert in a leadership role” who tirelessly works to embrace the quieter voices, and dyslexic who learned to embrace her neurodiversity, Wadors’ empathy, authenticity, insights, and talent for storytelling make her a standout speaker. Whether she’s talking hard numbers and analytics or sharing her own personal journey, Wadors’ talks challenge the mind and touch the heart, while providing actionable expertise on every aspect of HR, leadership, and personal and professional development.

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Pat Wadors Speaking Topics

CREATING A CULTURE OF BELONGING THAT DRIVES BOTTOM LINE RESULTS

As SVP of Global Talent at LinkedIn, Pat Wadors transformed the way that organizations view DE&I. “What’s missing from the discussion is the notion of belonging,” she wrote in a breakthrough article in the Harvard Business Review. “No matter what their background, their skin color, or gender, employees wanted what I wanted: to belong.” At LinkedIn, she coined the term, “DIBs,” the combination of Diversity and Inclusion with Belonging. The framework not only struck a cultural chord, but notably increased both employee engagement and LinkedIn’s recruitment and retention numbers—even attracting top-tier candidates from companies such as Apple and Google that had previously eluded them. All because LinkedIn had become known for their culture of belonging. In this inspiring talk, Pat shares research, data, and her talent for storytelling to show how any size organization, in any industry, can build a culture of belonging where employees feel free to bring their authentic selves to work. From creating “belonging micro moments” of true human connection for individuals, to taking it to scale across a large organization, Pat gives you the tools to make a culture of belonging your organization’s superpower.

ELEVATING THE EMPLOYEE EXPERIENCE JOURNEY

Companies spend millions on customer experience journey mapping, but rarely pay the same attention to their employee experience. According to Pat Wadors, if you really want to create a healthy, successful company that can scale, focus on your employees. In this enlightening talk, Pat shares the five key elements to the employee experience journey and how organizations of any size, in any industry, can elevate and enhance them to boost engagement, retain, recruit, and impact the bottom line. Noting that managers can have more impact on our mental health than our primary care doctors, she also discusses the phenomenon of the “bruised employee” and the critical role that leaders and managers play in the employee experience. Combining data with storytelling and analytics with real-world examples, Pat guides audiences through the key points of the employee journey, detailing challenges and highlighting key opportunities, every step of the way.

LEADING THROUGH CHANGE: BECOMING AN AGILE, RELEVANT, AND AUTHENTIC LEADER

Describe Pat Wadors as a “transformational leader” and she’ll quickly tell you that she’d rather be known as an agile, relevant, and authentic one. Instead of focusing on “change management,” she says, we should instead be focused on bringing more agility to how we lead. Agile leaders are realistic, inclusive, pragmatic, calm, and go with the flow of reality. They have a growth mindset and understand the power of “yet,”—as in, “We haven’t done that yet.” To become more agile, we must become more humble, more courageous, more inclusive, and nimble enough to not only adapt and change, but to grow and care. Pat walks audiences through what it means to be truly agile, relevant, and authentic, including creating your own “Scorecard” as your guide. Warning that those who are not agile cap their own growth, and organizations who rely on old standards face atrophy, Pat provides real tools and a path forward that audiences can leverage to both empower their own professional growth and to spark change in their team and organization.

WHAT’S YOUR SCORECARD? THE MOST IMPORTANT TOOL YOU CAN DEVELOP FOR BOTH CAREER AND LIFE

What do you stand for? What are your guiding principles, your values, your motivators? Who do you want to be, regardless of what everyone else is doing around you? When you look at yourself each day in the mirror, how do you determine if you’re living up to who you really want to be? According to Pat Wadors, check your “Scorecard,” the most important tool you can leverage to become the leader of your personal and professional life. In this game-changing talk, Pat shows you how to develop your own Scorecard by determining what matters most to you and the actions necessary to get there. She also shares her own personal journey of achieving her own potential as a leader, and how finally being herself inspired others to also bring their own authentic selves and true potential to work. Bringing decades of real-world corporate HR expertise to an inspirational and empowering experience worthy of Brené Brown or Mel Robbins, Pat Wadors’ “Scorecard” will forever change the way you think about achieving your best self and the life you really want.

Pat Wadors Videos

Building a Purpose-Driven Culture with Pat Wadors

How do I book Pat Wadors to speak at my event?

Our experienced booking agents have successfully helped clients around the world secure speakers like Pat Wadors for speaking engagements, personal appearances, product endorsements, or corporate entertainment since 2002. Click the Check Schedule button above and complete the form on this page to check availability for Pat Wadors, or call our office at 1.800.698.2536 to discuss your upcoming event. One of our experienced agents will be happy to help you get speaking fee information and check availability for Pat Wadors or any other speaker of your choice.

How much does it cost to book Pat Wadors for a speaking engagement?

Speaking fees for Pat Wadors, or any other speakers and celebrities, are determined based on a number of factors and may change without notice. The estimated fees to book Pat Wadors are $30,000 - $50,000 for live events and $20,000 - $30,000 for virtual events. For the most current speaking fee to hire Pat Wadors, click the Check Schedule button above and complete the form on this page, or call our office at 1.800.698.2536 to speak directly with an experienced booking agent.

What topics does Pat Wadors speak about?

Pat Wadors is a keynote speaker and industry expert who speaks on a wide range of topics such as Business, Human Resources, DEI, Neurodiversity, Women, Inspirational, Female Leadership, Influential Women, Women in Tech, Diversity & Inclusion, Leadership and Belonging.

Who is the agent for Pat Wadors?

AAE Speakers Bureau has successfully secured keynote speakers like Pat Wadors for clients worldwide since 2002. As a full-service speaker booking agency, we have access to virtually any speaker or celebrity in the world. Our agents are happy and able to submit an offer to the speaker or celebrity of your choice, letting you benefit from our reputation and long-standing relationships in the industry. Please click the Check Schedule button above and complete the form on this page including the details of your event, or call our office at 1.800.698.2536, and one of our agents will assist you to book Pat Wadors for your next private or corporate function.

What is a full-service speaker booking agency?

AAE Speakers Bureau is a full-service speaker booking agency, meaning we can completely manage the speaker’s or celebrity’s engagement with your organization from the time of booking your speaker through the event’s completion. We provide all of the services you need to host Pat Wadors or any other speaker of your choice, including offer negotiation, contractual assistance, accounting and billing, and event speaker travel and logistics services. When you book a speaker with us, we manage the process of hosting a speaker for you as an extension of your team. Our goal is to give our clients peace of mind and a best-in-class service experience when booking a speaker with us.

Why is AAE Speakers Bureau different from other booking agencies?

If you’re looking for the best speaker recommendations, paired with a top-notch customer service experience, you’re in the right place. At AAE Speakers Bureau, we exclusively represent the interests of our clients - professional organizations, companies, universities, and associations. We intentionally do not represent the speakers we feature or book. That is so we can present our clients with the broadest and best performing set of speaker options in the market today, and we can make these recommendations without any obligation to promote a specific speaker over another. This is why when our agents suggest a speaker for your event, you can be assured that they are of the highest quality with a history of proven success with our other clients.


Pat Wadors is a keynote speaker and industry expert who speaks on a wide range of topics including Business, Human Resources and DEI. The estimated speaking fee range to book Pat Wadors for live events is $30,000 - $50,000, and for virtual events $20,000 - $30,000. Pat Wadors can be booked for (private) corporate events, personal appearances, keynote speeches, or other performances. Similar motivational celebrity speakers are Dr. Kimberly Harden, Jenn Lim and Carin Taylor. Contact All American Speakers for ratings, reviews, videos and information on scheduling Pat Wadors for an upcoming event.

Speaker profile last updated by AAE Talent Team on 01/10/2024.

Pat Wadors Speaking Topics

  • CREATING A CULTURE OF BELONGING THAT DRIVES BOTTOM LINE RESULTS

    As SVP of Global Talent at LinkedIn, Pat Wadors transformed the way that organizations view DE&I. “What’s missing from the discussion is the notion of belonging,” she wrote in a breakthrough article in the Harvard Business Review. “No matter what their background, their skin color, or gender, employees wanted what I wanted: to belong.” At LinkedIn, she coined the term, “DIBs,” the combination of Diversity and Inclusion with Belonging. The framework not only struck a cultural chord, but notably increased both employee engagement and LinkedIn’s recruitment and retention numbers—even attracting top-tier candidates from companies such as Apple and Google that had previously eluded them. All because LinkedIn had become known for their culture of belonging. In this inspiring talk, Pat shares research, data, and her talent for storytelling to show how any size organization, in any industry, can build a culture of belonging where employees feel free to bring their authentic selves to work. From creating “belonging micro moments” of true human connection for individuals, to taking it to scale across a large organization, Pat gives you the tools to make a culture of belonging your organization’s superpower.

  • ELEVATING THE EMPLOYEE EXPERIENCE JOURNEY

    Companies spend millions on customer experience journey mapping, but rarely pay the same attention to their employee experience. According to Pat Wadors, if you really want to create a healthy, successful company that can scale, focus on your employees. In this enlightening talk, Pat shares the five key elements to the employee experience journey and how organizations of any size, in any industry, can elevate and enhance them to boost engagement, retain, recruit, and impact the bottom line. Noting that managers can have more impact on our mental health than our primary care doctors, she also discusses the phenomenon of the “bruised employee” and the critical role that leaders and managers play in the employee experience. Combining data with storytelling and analytics with real-world examples, Pat guides audiences through the key points of the employee journey, detailing challenges and highlighting key opportunities, every step of the way.

  • LEADING THROUGH CHANGE: BECOMING AN AGILE, RELEVANT, AND AUTHENTIC LEADER

    Describe Pat Wadors as a “transformational leader” and she’ll quickly tell you that she’d rather be known as an agile, relevant, and authentic one. Instead of focusing on “change management,” she says, we should instead be focused on bringing more agility to how we lead. Agile leaders are realistic, inclusive, pragmatic, calm, and go with the flow of reality. They have a growth mindset and understand the power of “yet,”—as in, “We haven’t done that yet.” To become more agile, we must become more humble, more courageous, more inclusive, and nimble enough to not only adapt and change, but to grow and care. Pat walks audiences through what it means to be truly agile, relevant, and authentic, including creating your own “Scorecard” as your guide. Warning that those who are not agile cap their own growth, and organizations who rely on old standards face atrophy, Pat provides real tools and a path forward that audiences can leverage to both empower their own professional growth and to spark change in their team and organization.

  • WHAT’S YOUR SCORECARD? THE MOST IMPORTANT TOOL YOU CAN DEVELOP FOR BOTH CAREER AND LIFE

    What do you stand for? What are your guiding principles, your values, your motivators? Who do you want to be, regardless of what everyone else is doing around you? When you look at yourself each day in the mirror, how do you determine if you’re living up to who you really want to be? According to Pat Wadors, check your “Scorecard,” the most important tool you can leverage to become the leader of your personal and professional life. In this game-changing talk, Pat shows you how to develop your own Scorecard by determining what matters most to you and the actions necessary to get there. She also shares her own personal journey of achieving her own potential as a leader, and how finally being herself inspired others to also bring their own authentic selves and true potential to work. Bringing decades of real-world corporate HR expertise to an inspirational and empowering experience worthy of Brené Brown or Mel Robbins, Pat Wadors’ “Scorecard” will forever change the way you think about achieving your best self and the life you really want.

Pat Wadors Videos

Building a Purpose-Driven Culture with Pat Wadors
  • How do I book Pat Wadors to speak at my event?

    Our experienced booking agents have successfully helped clients around the world secure speakers like Pat Wadors for speaking engagements, personal appearances, product endorsements, or corporate entertainment since 2002. Click the Check Schedule button above and complete the form on this page to check availability for Pat Wadors, or call our office at 1.800.698.2536 to discuss your upcoming event. One of our experienced agents will be happy to help you get speaking fee information and check availability for Pat Wadors or any other speaker of your choice.
  • How much does it cost to book Pat Wadors for a speaking engagement?

    Speaking fees for Pat Wadors, or any other speakers and celebrities, are determined based on a number of factors and may change without notice. The estimated fees to book Pat Wadors are $30,000 - $50,000 for live events and $20,000 - $30,000 for virtual events. For the most current speaking fee to hire Pat Wadors, click the Check Schedule button above and complete the form on this page, or call our office at 1.800.698.2536 to speak directly with an experienced booking agent.
  • What topics does Pat Wadors speak about?

    Pat Wadors is a keynote speaker and industry expert who speaks on a wide range of topics such as Business, Human Resources, DEI, Neurodiversity, Women, Inspirational, Female Leadership, Influential Women, Women in Tech, Diversity & Inclusion, Leadership and Belonging.
  • Who is the agent for Pat Wadors?

    AAE Speakers Bureau has successfully secured keynote speakers like Pat Wadors for clients worldwide since 2002. As a full-service speaker booking agency, we have access to virtually any speaker or celebrity in the world. Our agents are happy and able to submit an offer to the speaker or celebrity of your choice, letting you benefit from our reputation and long-standing relationships in the industry. Please click the Check Schedule button above and complete the form on this page including the details of your event, or call our office at 1.800.698.2536, and one of our agents will assist you to book Pat Wadors for your next private or corporate function.
  • What is a full-service speaker booking agency?

    AAE Speakers Bureau is a full-service speaker booking agency, meaning we can completely manage the speaker’s or celebrity’s engagement with your organization from the time of booking your speaker through the event’s completion. We provide all of the services you need to host Pat Wadors or any other speaker of your choice, including offer negotiation, contractual assistance, accounting and billing, and event speaker travel and logistics services. When you book a speaker with us, we manage the process of hosting a speaker for you as an extension of your team. Our goal is to give our clients peace of mind and a best-in-class service experience when booking a speaker with us.
  • Why is AAE Speakers Bureau different from other booking agencies?

    If you’re looking for the best speaker recommendations, paired with a top-notch customer service experience, you’re in the right place. At AAE Speakers Bureau, we exclusively represent the interests of our clients - professional organizations, companies, universities, and associations. We intentionally do not represent the speakers we feature or book. That is so we can present our clients with the broadest and best performing set of speaker options in the market today, and we can make these recommendations without any obligation to promote a specific speaker over another. This is why when our agents suggest a speaker for your event, you can be assured that they are of the highest quality with a history of proven success with our other clients.
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