With over a decade of experience in healthcare management, leadership and research, Dr. Meese is a researcher and scholar in the field of organizational behavior, well-being, and leadership. Dr. Meese has published numerous peer-reviewed journal articles and has served as an evaluator on multi-million dollar grants. She has co-authored two textbooks on organizational behavior in healthcare that are used in over 160 schools across the country. Her most recent book is The Human Margin: Building the Foundations of Trust with Quint Studer.

Dr. Meese also teaches and mentors graduate, doctoral and executive students at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) Department of Health Services Administration, home to the #1 ranked MSHA program (U.S. News and World Report).

She is an internationally recognized keynote speaker, delivering over 100 presentations, workshops and keynotes across the globe. Her passion is to translate data and research into meaningful knowledge to help leaders and organizations support their humans.

Dr. Meese has a B.B.A from Texas A&M, an MPH from the University of Texas Health Science Center, and a PhD from the University of Alabama at Birmingham. She lives in the Nashville, TN area with her husband and two children.

Dr. Meese brings decades of organizational behavior research into designing and teaching meaningful tactics that leaders can use right now to transform their organizations and teams. She translates the theoretical into the actionable through highly interactive and engaging keynotes to multi-day workshops.

Sample Keynote Topics

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  • Human Margin: Building the Foundations of Trust
  • Autonomy & Job Crafting
  • Harnessing the Power of a Multigenerational Workforce
  • Simulation: Interpreting Data – Crash Course for Leaders
  • Lavender Oil Won’t Fix This: Leadership Strategies for Burnout
  • Creating Healthy Teams
  • Women at Work: Influence, Authenticity and Voice
  • Women at Work: Building Your Network Bouquet

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Nicole has an intense desire to make a difference…and it shows. Throughout her work in events, sales & marketing, community work, and business development, Nicole’s career spanning 15 years has produced consistent results.

In 2014, Nicole joined Quint Studer as one of the first employees at Studer Community Institute. She was on the team that piloted the first early learning programs in Pensacola, FL. Nicole also spearheaded the small business training and development program, ultimately helping initiate EntreCon, a nationally known business and leadership conference. Most recently, she organized The Gratitude Symposium, impacting over 61,000 healthcare professionals with 45 expert speakers.

Today Nicole plays a vital role in working with partners and making an impact. She is a certified Management by Strengths trainer and manages all operations, assessments leads the data and research division, and helps organizations turn data into knowledge.

As a former Program and Events Manager for the Chamber of Commerce, she is instrumental in organizing and managing events that have an impact on individuals and organizations. Her extensive experience in sales and marketing with Cox Media has translated into success with organizations she assists. Whether managing partner engagement, managing book sales, designing and maintaining the website, the constant for Nicole is results.

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