Turn Insight Into Actionable Strategy
Empower your audience with data-driven insights presented in a smart and engaging presentation. I specialize in simplifying strategy and providing steps that are immediately actionable. Your participants will leave feeling inspired, informed, and ready to take the next step to start meaningful change.
“Summer presented during our Chicago Women in Business Summit. Summer was by far received as one of the best speakers during our day which contained a number of high-profile presenters. Summer’s presentation was not only fun, engaging and inspirational but it was practical! Many of our attendees stopped me on the way out the door to compliment us on having Summer. In fact, in our survey sent out, Summer scored the highest as having the most engaging presentation. It is clear her style of presenting resonated strongly with the audience. In addition to her “on the day” performance, her overall composure during the contracting and development of the Summit was very pleasant and professional. Summer is a pleasure to partner with and I would highly recommend her to any organization looking to inspire their staff.”
Shandra Richardson
Keynotes, Workshops, & Presentations
Being on Brand
Defining, Developing, and Demonstrating Your Personal Brand for Career Growth
Being On Brand: Develop Your Personal Brand for Career Growth
is an interactive workshop ideal for organizations focused on career growth and personal brand development for leaders, individual contributors, and growing small businesses with customer-facing employees. Workshop attendees will receive a personal brand guide and action plan.
Elevate Your Influence with Strategic Thinking
Moving from Tasks to Tactics
This workshop is designed to help professionals transition from tactical roles to strategic roles. Participants will learn the fundamentals of strategic thinking, develop actionable skills to enhance their strategic capabilities and gain insights on how to demonstrate and apply these skills in their current roles or in pursuit of new opportunities. The workshop will also address the necessary mindset shifts to succeed in strategic roles.
The Illinois Small Business Development Center at Kankakee Community College held an expo where Summer was our morning keynote presenter and what can I say other than she was spectacular!!! Held the audience for the entire time was provided a wealth of knowledge. From the reviews, she definitely exceeded their expectations! Would love to have her present on other topics!
Leadership Red Flags
Strategies for Revitalizing Your Leadership Approach
In this session we’ll address the critical issue of bad leadership and its impact on organizational health. This presentation will equip leaders and teams with the tools to identify and address the warning signs of ineffective leadership. Participants will learn about common red flags in leadership, such as lack of vision, poor communication, micromanagement, and toxic behavior, and how these traits can undermine team morale and productivity. Leaders will learn practical strategies for fostering self-awareness, creating feedback mechanisms, and how to develop the characteristics of an effective leader.
Leading Across Cultures
The Leader’s Guide to Cultural Competence
Leading Across Cultures: The Leader’s Guide to Cultural Competence is an essential workshop for leaders seeking to thrive in today’s globally interconnected workplace. Summer is a certified Intercultural Development Inventory (IDI) Administrator who will guide leaders in your organization through the complexities of cultural understanding and competence.
As a pivotal part of this workshop, each participant will complete the IDI assessment, a powerful tool recognized worldwide for its effectiveness in measuring intercultural competence. The IDI offers a comprehensive analysis of your current cultural competence level and provides a framework for understanding how to interact more effectively across diverse cultural contexts.
Need a Customized Session?
If your organization has a specific leadership training and development need not listed above please get in touch and we can co-create a session to address your unique goals.
Summer Alexander
Speaker, Strategist & Leadership Coach
Summer is a leadership development coach and consultant with educational and professional expertise in organizational leadership, human-centered design, and diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI). She has facilitated learning for thousands of leaders and directly coached hundreds of leaders across the globe including Australia, Europe, India, Brazil and China. Summer is an Amazon #1 Best-Selling author and has been featured as a guest expert on platforms such as WGN TV, WCIU TV in Chicago, Black Enterprise, and several other print and radio media outlets. Known for her engaging, practical, and insightful presentations, Summer has addressed global audiences both virtually and in person, including at SXSW, one of the largest conferences in the U.S.
Summer studied Strategic Management (BA) and Organizational Leadership (MA) at DePaul University and holds certificates from the Stanford Graduate School of Business and the Intercultural Development Inventory. With a passion for empowering leaders to maximize their potential, Summer is dedicated to helping leaders achieve their goals and create a positive, lasting impact.