Heather Polivka
Heather Polivka is an internationally trusted business advisor accelerating the growth and success of progressive SMBs and their leaders through practical leadership, employee performance, and thriving workplace cultures. Heather’s methodology unites over a decade’s worth of experience across marketing, HR and, operations to transforming people, processes, and profits of Fortune 10 organizations, 20+ acquired businesses, and SMBs of all sizes.
Trusted Advisor. Business Owner. Founder. Change Agent. Speaker.
- Recognized as a 2023 100 Women to KNOW
- Scholar of the Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses program
Creating Sustainable Business Performance Through Your Employees
Addressing the Gap that Stops Most Businesses (& Workplaces) From Thriving
3 Critical Aspects to Employee Engagement
Po-tay-to, Po-Tah-to: How Small Differences Create Big Business Problems
Why People-centric Managers Outperform Their Peers in every way
3 Reasons Why Most Culture & Employee Engagement Work Fails
The most effective, overlooked solution to employee retention & engagement
“We have been fortunate to have Heather present at our International Branding Summits multiple times - her ability to engage an audience is first class!”
Brett Minchington - Chairman & CEO of Employer Brand International
"Heather created and presented a great learning experience for our NAWBO-MN members. Heather has a great style and is very engaging with the participants. Heather presented relevant and important information in a fun presentation. Her program attracted people not only from our state chapter but other chapters nationally. She received great scores and feedback on the follow-up survey. I would highly recommend Heather."
Jackie Engmark - Executive Director, NAWBO Minnesota
“Heather was our speaker for one of our first hybrid events this summer. Minutes before we went “live," the internet went down, and we lost Wi-Fi. Thankfully, we connected our virtual attendees through my phone. While this situation would throw off most speakers, Heather rolled with it and helped create a sense of ease for all of the event attendees, both in the room and online. Even more impressive is how engaged all of our attendees were, despite the glitches, as demonstrated during the Q&A that would have continued had we not run out of time. Heather identified the pain point that resonated for people and offered tangible, actionable takeaways to address them. Her energy, expertise and engagement with our members was top-notch and we would gladly invite her back.
Katy Burke - Executive Director of Team Women
2022 Minnesota Conference on Architecture – Speaker rating 4.9/5.0
“Great presentation. Heather was really engaging and clearly knows the subject and how to explain it to others. Content felt really applicable to the challenges faced by most firms today.”
2022 HR Tomorrow Conference – Speaker rating 4.73/5.0
“Great session! Heather was very engaging and presented meaningful content that was practical and immediately applicable to a wide audience.”
2022 SMPS SERC – Speaker rating 8.6/10
2022 SMPS Seattle – Speaker rating 4.73/5.0
“The speaker was fantastic and really had a lot of energy which made the presentation exciting.”
“I thought the content was extremely relevant with solutions!! I appreciated that she was able to tackle such a hot topic while addressing things from a perspective I hadn`t heard before.”
“Heather had great examples and didn`t sugar-coat the issues.”
“Heather was an amazing presenter!”