Dr Candice Deal-Bartell

Title of the Talk:: Rebel Leadership: Redefining Power, Purpose, and Presence for Women Who Lead

Biography:

Dr. Candice Deal-Bartell is a global leadership strategist and scholar with a Doctorate in Organizational Leadership, specializing in women’s leadership, authentic leadership, and system-level change. For more than a decade, she has supported leaders across sectors in navigating leadership, complex organizational dynamics, and high-pressure environments. Her work focuses not only on empowering individual leaders but also on reshaping the systems around them, rebuilding cultures, structures, and practices that honor humanity, equity, and collective wellbeing.
Her signature framework, Rebel Leadership, centers responsible rebellion as a necessary pathway for advancing justice and authentic leadership. By helping leaders reconnect with their values, voice, and purpose, she equips women to lead from self, challenge oppressive norms, and co-create organizations where belonging and liberation are possible. Through her consulting, speaking, and research, she continues to champion a future where women lead with courage, clarity, and conscious impact.