Alexia Georghiou is a keynote speaker, organizational development consultant, adjunct professor at the University of Tennessee, and founder of the Knoxville Happiness Coalition, parent organization of the World Happiness Fellowship. Her interactive, experiential keynotes—including
Happiness Habits for the Future of Work
The AI Paradox: Reducing Technostress While Elevating Talent Performance
Executive Presence: The Sweet Spot from the Inside Out—help organizations strengthen connection, meaning, creativity, resilience, and performance in fast-changing environments.
Author of The Future of Work is Human and The Future of Success is Happiness, Alexia uses her Happiness Habits Method, and her V.A.L.U.E.S. Model—Vision, Action, Leadership, Unity, Engagement, and Synthesis—to create measurable shifts in how leaders and teams work, connect, and thrive. Her work has been featured in MSN News, Florida SHRM Newswire, SHRM, HR Dive, and the Knoxville News Sentinel.
Alexia has delivered keynote talks and learning experiences for SHRM, the University of Tennessee System, UPEACE, SIOPSA, TECTA, and HR Tennessee. Through SHRM-approved professional development programs, she equips leaders to create workplaces where technology handles the automated work and humans do what only humans can do best.
"Your opening keynote sets the tone for everything that follows. It tells your audience what kind of event this is — whether it's going to be forgettable or transformational. Whether they'll scroll their phones or lean forward. Whether they'll leave with notes or leave changed." — Alexia Georghiou
alexia@knoxvillehappinesscoalition.com 865-283-3605
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