Pre-Conference Workshops

Self Leadership – The Strategy No One Teaches You

Facilitator/s:

Neelu Kaur, Sattvic Living

Workshop Description:

We live in a world that rewards speed, productivity, and constant comparison-where everyone seems to have an opinion about what we SHOULD be doing. Between social media noise and AI-driven advice, it’s easy to lose sight of our own inner compass.

But here’s the truth: sustainable leadership doesn’t come from external validation-it comes from self-trust.
In this transformative 45-minute session, Neelu Kaur, organizational psychologist and best-selling author of Be Your Own Cheerleader guides high-achievers to step out of the information storm and return to their own grounded wisdom. You’ll learn to recognize when fear or over-achievement is leading the way, and how to re-center in the calm authority of your truest self.

You’ll explore:

  • How to identify when fear-not wisdom-is driving your choices.
  • Research-backed methods to strengthen internal trust and emotional authority.
  • How redefining your relationship with time unlocks creativity, clarity, and better decision-making.
  • Simple techniques to quiet external noise and amplify your authentic leadership voice.\

This isn’t just a mindset shift-it’s a leadership edge.

When you lead from self-trust, you make faster, wiser, and more aligned decisions that elevate your business, your team, and your impact.

Are you ready to move from outer approval to inner authority—and lead from the inside out?

Objectives or Learning Outcomes:

You’ll explore:

  • How to identify when fear-not wisdom-is driving your choices.
  • Research-backed methods to strengthen internal trust and emotional authority.
  • How redefining your relationship with time unlocks creativity, clarity, and better decision-making.
  • Simple techniques to quiet external noise and amplify your authentic leadership voice.

This isn’t just a mindset shift-it’s a leadership edge.

When you lead from self-trust, you make faster, wiser, and more aligned decisions that elevate your business, your team, and your impact.

Are you ready to move from outer approval to inner authority—and lead from the inside out?

Intended Audience:

Everyone

About the Facilitator/s:

Neelu is a force for self-advocacy, innovation, and inclusion, helping professionals thrive in corporate spaces. She is an author, speaker, organizational psychologist, and executive coach. With a background in business, social psychology, and NLP, she partners with Fortune 500 companies to inspire transformative leadership. A dedicated yoga teacher for over 15 years and an Ayurveda practitioner, Neelu also brings a powerful mind-body connection to her work. She is the author of ‘Be Your Own Cheerleader’ focusing on self-advocacy for Asian & South Asian Women. Neelu holds a BS from NYU’s Stern School of Business, an MA in Social & Organizational Psychology from Columbia University and is a certified NLP Master Practitioner and Coach from the NLP Center of New York.

About the workshops

On Thursday, March 26, 2026, the conference will host up to 30 half-day workshops, running in both morning and afternoon sessions, before the opening keynote presentation by Professor Robert Putnam in the evening.

These workshops will span a wide range of topics connected to social capital, offering space for hands-on practice, in-depth research exploration, applied analysis, and more. They provide an opportunity for participants to engage closely with experts, develop practical skills, and exchange insights in a more interactive format than the main conference sessions.

Workshop Signup

You can sign up for a workshop when you register for the conference. Or you can sign up just for a workshop. All workshops are held in person in Dubai.

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