Elaine Lin Hering is a facilitator, speaker and writer. She works with organisations and individuals to build skills in communication, collaboration and conflict management. In her career, Elaine has worked on six continents and with a wide range of corporate, government and non-profit clients. She has trained mental health professionals, political officials, religious communities, and leaders at companies including American Express, Capital One, Google, Nike, Novartis, Shell, Pixar and the Red Cross. Elaine is a former Managing Partner of Triad Consulting Group and Lecturer on Law at Harvard Law School, specializing in dispute resolution, mediation, and negotiation.
'A book the world needs right now, and Elaine is just the right messenger ... She has all the ingredients to become the next Brené Brown' * Douglas Stone and Sheila Heen, Co-authors of the New York Times Bestsellers, Difficult Conversations (Penguin, 2010) and Thanks for the Feedback (Penguin, 2015) * We cannot heal our world if we do not unlearn silence. An inviting and essential read -- Alex Elle, New York Times bestselling author of How We Heal Too often, we are told we are the problem. Books tell us to just be more confident. To show up and then speak up. Elaine goes deeper and shows us that the silence we've been indoctrinated by runs deep and it is what holds us back and makes us feel small. A must read for every leader -- Deepa Purushothaman, author of The First, The Few, The Only This book will transform your relationship with silence so that your voice can finally be heard. -- Simon Alexander Ong, author of Energize