Helen Fagan - The Courage to Be Curious: Rewiring Your Brain for Human-Centered Leadership

 

Dr. Helen Fagan is a leadership scholar, executive coach, and global strategist who equips leaders with the tools to unlock human potential and advance meaningful results.

 

As the founder of Helen Fagan & Associates, she helps high-impact leaders move beyond checklists and competencies into true self-mastery. Her research and leadership development philosophy integrates Emotional Intelligence, Intercultural Mindset, Psychological Capital, and the Neuroscience of Transformation to create lasting change in people, culture, and legacy.

 

Currently serving as Graduate Faculty in Leadership at Doane University, Dr. Fagan designs learning experiences that challenge conventional leadership development models and raise the bar on what it means to lead with depth, discernment, and discipline.

 

Her upcoming book, Lead Like People Matter, is a memoir-meets-manifesto for leaders who refuse to lead on autopilot and are ready to do the hard work. She holds a PhD in Human Sciences with specialization in Leadership, brings decades of experience designing executive-level programs, and is a trained executive coach and Qualified Administrator of the Intercultural Development Inventory (IDI).

 

Dr. Fagan Is a recipient of the Key to the City of Lincoln,  has been honored with the 2020 Inspire Leadership Excellence in Education Award and the 2021 University of Nebraska-Lincoln Fulfilling the Dream Award, and 2025 50 Nebraskans over 50 impacting the state.