In an increasingly diverse world, the pressure to conform often keeps people from bringing their full, authentic selves to work. True belonging and breakthrough performance happen when individuals feel safe to express who they truly are. In this energizing session, Khaliah will guide leaders to create environments where authenticity is not just accepted — it’s celebrated. You’ll learn how to build stronger connections by encouraging authenticity, and how to build workplaces that honor individuality. Khaliah will also show how cultivating authenticity at every level inspires other leaders to serve with passion, go the extra mile, and transform teams for good. By tapping into the unique strengths of every employee, organizations can unleash greatness, fuel personal and professional excellence, and create cultures where people feel connected and thrive.
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Khaliah O. Guillory
Founder of Nap Bar, Speaker, Coach & Innovator
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Khaliah O. Guillory (KOG) worked her way from banker to vice president at a Fortune 100 company that oversaw a $1 billion book of business and over 220 employees. While Vice President of Wachovia Bank, she served as one of the founding members of the Diversity Council, influencing positive change at the company. During this time, the organization saw a retention increase of approximately 35% due to her leadership. After leaving Corporate America, her phone started ringing off the hook and hasn’t stopped since.
An avid napper and Forbes Featured Sleep Coach, Khaliah is obsessed with sleep so much, she founded Nap Bar™, the first-of-its-kind, white-glove, virtual reality wellness experience in the world. Nap Bar offers communities and companies onsite and en-suite rest sanctuaries to help reduce sleep deprivation and increase mindfulness and alertness.
In 2015, Khaliah founded KOG & Co., a boutique firm that partners with corporations to transform human emotion through inclusion, equity, culture, wellness, and employee engagement experiences. Khaliah is an international speaker chosen to deliver the 2018 MBA Commencement Speech at the University of Houston-Downtown. She has been featured in a plethora of national media outlets, including Forbes, Huffington Post, Essence, Houston Business Journal, Fox News, ABC, and NBC.
Khaliah’s thought leadership has inspired companies like Microsoft, Synchrony Bank, Shell, NASA, and LinkedIn, to name a few. As a dynamic professional speaker, she champions workplace well-being and belonging with electrifying energy and real-world insights.
When she’s not revolutionizing the way we rest, you can find Khaliah chasing her next adventure — like skydiving from 10,000 feet out of a perfectly good plane. She’s a lover of ’80s music, a travel junkie, a vinyl collector, and has an undeniable obsession with socks, sunglasses, and watches.
A member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., Khaliah is also the recipient of the Presidential Lifetime Achievement Award. Her impact runs deep, so much so that former Mayor Sylvester Turner and the City of Houston declared October 29 as Khaliah O. Guillory Day in recognition of her philanthropic work.