Stephanie J. Creary, Ph.D.
Keynote Speaker
Relationships and Culture Expert, Founding Faculty Member of the Wharton IDEAS Lab
Stephanie Creary teaches organizations how to build stronger relationships in the workplace among people from different backgrounds.
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Stephanie J. Creary, Ph.D.'s speaking fee: Under $25,000
Stephanie J. Creary, PhD is an assistant professor of management at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, and affiliated faculty member of the Wharton AI and Analytics Initiative. Dr. Creary’s research investigates how people build meaningful relationships across differences at work and strong workplace cultures that drive workplace performance. She regularly shares her research and applied insights with academic and practitioner audiences and the media. Insights from Professor Creary’s research have also appeared in top popular press outlets, including Harvard Business Review, MIT Sloan Management Review, strategy+business, the New York Times, Bloomberg, NPR, Marketplace, and Time Magazine. For two years, she was a visiting faculty fellow at the Harvard Business School Institute for Business in Global Society. For her contributions to management research and thinking, she has been included in the Thinkers50 Radar Class which acknowledges people whose ideas are predicted to make an important impact on management thinking in the future and received an NACD Directorship 100 award which recognizes the most influential directors and leaders in the corporate governance community.
Stephanie J. Creary, Ph.D.’s Speech Topics
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Strong Workplace Cultures That Drive Performance
A strong workplace culture is the foundation for trust, collaboration, and business success, but it doesn’t happen by accident. In this engaging talk, Dr. Stephanie Creary explores what makes a workplace culture thrive, drawing on research and real-world experience across executive teams and organizational change efforts. She unpacks four core cultural pillars and shares how leaders can measure, support, and shape culture even amid competing strategic demands. Attendees will leave with practical insights for leading cultural transformation, strengthening executive team dynamics, and turning culture into a strategic asset.
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Building Stronger Work Relationships Across Differences
Building strong work relationships across differences is essential to well-being, engagement, collaboration, and organizational success, but it’s not always easy. In this dynamic talk, Dr. Stephanie Creary draws on her research to explore how people form meaningful connections across differences in identity, culture, job role, values, and beliefs. Rather than treating these differences as obstacles, she frames them as powerful opportunities for learning, growth, and innovation. Attendees will leave with practical tools to navigate conflict, build trust, and lead with empathy and relational courage.
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