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Dr. Tracy Brower, PhD, MM, MCRW is a sociologist studying community, happiness, and the future of work and life. She is a Global 50 Thinker and the award-winning author of multiple books. Her critically acclaimed new book, Critical Connections explores how to build relationships and harness the power of community in work and life. It is available now for preorder! Tracy is also the award-winning author of The Secrets to Happiness at Work which provides insights for joyful work and life. And Bring Work to Life by Bringing Life to Work provides fresh perspectives and alternative ways to consider and achieve work-life “balance” (hint: it’s not about balance, it’s more than that). Tracy is also a senior contributor for Forbes and a contributor to Fast Company, and many other publications. She is also the Vice President of Workplace Insights for Steelcase. Tracy is recognized as a Global 50 Thinker and a keynote speaker. Tracy has been cited and referenced extensively, her work has been translated into 25 languages, and her TEDx talk has been viewed 8.6 million times.
EXECUTIVE ADVISING & MEMBERSHIPS: Tracy is an advisory board member for Kids Food Basket and the CoDesign Collaborative. She is a coach and advisor for the Center for Leadership at Hope College as well as an advisor to the Michigan State University Master of Industrial Mathematics Program. She also contributes as a judge for the Inspiring Workplaces Awards. She is a member of CoreNet Global and on the faculty with CoreNet, on the faculty for Hacking HR, a member of the American Sociological Association (ASA), the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (SIOP), and the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM).
SPEAKING & WRITING: Tracy is an award-winning speaker and has spoken in numerous engagements and on many podcasts. Tracy’s TEDx has been viewed 8.6 million times, and she has been cited and referenced extensively. Her work has been featured in The Wall Street Journal, Work-Life Balance in the 21st Century (book), Globe and Mail (Canada), InsideHR (Australia), HR Director (UK), T3N (Germany), Dubai Future Foundation Annual Report (United Arab Emirates UAE), Real Estate Review Journal, Fortune.com, Inc. Magazine, HBR France, and CXO Outlook Magazine. Tracy’s work has been translated into 25 languages including Arabic, Bosnian, Chinese, Croatian, Dutch, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Turkish, and Vietnamese. Tracy’s full list of publications and references to her work is here. Her professional blog is here and her personal blog is here.
EDUCATION: Tracy holds a PhD in Sociology, a Master of Management in Organizational Culture, and a Master of Corporate Real Estate with a workplace specialization.
CONNECT & FOLLOW: You can find Tracy on LinkedIn, X, TikTok, Instagram, Goodreads, or here on tracybrower.com. In addition, her amateur photography is available on Unsplash. You can subscribe to Tracy’s LinkedIn Newsletter, Connecting the Dots, here or you can sign up for occasional update vis Tracy’s mailing list here.
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Tracy has over 25 years of experience working with global clients to achieve business results. She is the recipient of awards for her books and she is a Global 50 Thinker. She is also the recipient of various speaking awards as well as the Innovative Practices award from the University of Houston Stanford Alexander Center for Excellence in Real Estate and the Constellation Award for top global executives achieving business results.
Previously, Tracy was the Global Vice President of Workplace Vitality for M&M Mars (Mars Drinks) as well as the Director of Human Dynamics + Work for Herman Miller and the Director of Performance Environments and Living Office Placemaking for Herman Miller. Over her career, Tracy has had the opportunity to engage with many of the Fortune 500. She has also taught college and university courses and was previously a member of the selection committee for the Rosabeth Moss Kanter Award for Excellence in Work-Family Research.
While professionally, Tracy works at Steelcase, the opinions she expresses in her blog are her own and do not necessarily reflect those of Steelcase.
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