a message from

 DR. STEVE YACOVELLI 
a.k.a. "The Gay Leadership Dude®

... just for event planners and those booking speaking talent!
DIVERSITY, INCLUSION, & BELONGING
LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT
CHANGE
MANAGEMENT

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LEADERSHIP
DEVELOPMENT
DIVERSITY, INCLUSION,
& BELONGING
CHANGE
MANAGEMENT
LEADERSHIP
DEVELOPMENT
DIVERSITY, INCLUSION,
& BELONGING
CHANGE
MANAGEMENT

 WHAT   PEOPLE ARE SAYING   ABOUT THESE TALKS

Dr. Yacovelli is an incredibly knowledgeable and dynamic speaker, sure to bring insight and energy to any audience he works with. If you're looking for an engaging, informative, inclusive, and professional resource to help take your company or team to the next level, look no further than Dr. Yacovelli and TopDog Learning Group.

  S.G.K., Senior Vice President, National LGBT Chamber Of Commerce (NGLCC) 
(Verified @NGLCC.Org)

Dr. Steve Yacovelli is one of our go-to speakers for Training Magazine conferences. He consistently receives high evaluation scores on his sessions. He's a pleasure to work with to boot!

  J.G., CONFERENCE DIRECTOR, TRAINING MAGAZINE EVENTS
(VERIFIED @TRAININGMAG.COM)

I have worked with Steve as a speaker, trainer, content developer and strategy partner for over a decade. Steve delivers consistently excellent results. He is super creative and always evolving his methods and approaches for engaging the audience. Steve is always my first choice when it comes to training and presenting.

  M.H., EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, PUBLIC LIBRARY ASSOCIATION 
(VERIFIED @ALA.ORG)

DR. STEVE HAS SHARED TALKS WITH SOME  GREAT ORGANIZATIONS  INCLUDING ... 

 SIGNATURE TALK #1: 
BELONGING: BEING A CONSCIOUSLY INCLUSIVE LEADER

 SAMPLE: CLICK BELOW 
to see Dr. Steve in all his virtual delivery glory (his Doctorate in Distance Education is coming in handy these days!)

 SIGNATURE TALK #2: 
GROWING: THE TOP 6 LEADERSHIP SKILLS EVERYONE SHOULD KNOW & GROW

 SIGNATURE TALK #3: 
THRIVING:
THE TOP 3 STRATEGIES TO BE RESILIENT IN TIMES OF CHANGE

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MORE  SAMPLES  OF DR. STEVE

 MORE OF WHAT   PEOPLE ARE SAYING   ABOUT THESE TALKS

Dr. Yacovelli is easy to listen to and his enthusiasm and insight enables him to engages his audience with ease. He has clearly given a lot of thought, love, and passion to the topic of diverse and inclusive leadership.

  C.V., CO-CHAIR OF PRIDE - LGBTQ+ NETWORK, CHARLES SCHWAB 
(VERIFIED @SCHWAB.COM)

I have attended several Dr. Yacovelli's presentations. I would like to recommend Dr. Yacovelli as an engaging and thoughtful speaker. His presentations are full of information and he gets that information across to the participants in a positive and humorous manner, always leaving time for questions.

  P.D., GRACS IT/BA AND MRA PA-CHAPTER CO-LEAD, MERCK 
(VERIFIED @MERCK.COM) 

Dr. Steve Yacovelli is an engaging, dynamic speaker with the ability to facilitate complex conversations with ease. His enthusiasm and authentic passion shine through and draw the participant in. While his tone is fun and informal, his content is serious and researched. By including pre- and post-session participant guides, Dr. Yacovelli was able to substantially increase the interactive nature of a virtual session and provide additional resources to participants. If you are seeking someone who can captivate a virtual audience and deliver an inspiring and substantial talk, look no further!

  I.P., LEARNING & DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR, OUT & EQUAL WORKPLACE ADVOCATES 
(VERIFIED @OUTANDEQUAL.ORG) 

WHO IS
 "THE GAY LEADERSHIP DUDE® ?

Dr. Steve Yacovelli (“The Gay Leadership Dude®”) is the Owner & Principal of TopDog Learning Group, LLC – a learning and development, leadership, change management, and diversity and inclusion consulting firm based in Orlando, FL, USA, with "TopDoggers" (consultants) across the globe.

Steve and TopDog have had the pleasure of working with some great client-partners who they consider to be members of their “pack.” He’s worked with Fortune 500 greats like The Walt Disney Company and Bayer to amazing not-for-profits like The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, PBS, and The American Library Association; large universities like The Ohio State University and The University of Central Florida, to small entrepreneurial rock stars like International Training & Development and GovMojo, Inc. Steve and TopDog have thoroughly enjoyed helping their client-partners grow, develop, expand, and be successful with their corporate learning, change management, diversity and inclusion, and leadership consulting goodness.

With almost thirty years’ experience in leadership, strategy, organizational learning, and communication, Steve is a rare breed of professional that understands the power of using academic theory and applying it to the corporate setting to achieve business results.

Oh, and he’s quite fond of dogs, too.

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"The Gay Leadership Dude's" not-so-hidden agenda is to bring the conversation of inclusive leadership front and center to make the workplace - and the world - a bit more welcoming for us all