In public sector HR, leaders are constantly balancing competing priorities: employee relations, workforce planning, organizational culture, compliance, collaboration, and change. In the midst of that complexity, the loudest voices often shape decisions, while quieter, more analytical thinkers may hold insights that never fully surface.
This session gives HR professionals and agency leaders a practical framework for creating meetings, teams, and leadership systems where deeper thinking can be heard and used.
Mendy Ouzillou, Principal of MMOmentum Coaching and an ICF-certified executive coach, draws on 35+ years of leadership, executive advisory, and organizational experience to show how leaders can “unmute” analytical talent without forcing introverts to become louder or more performative. Attendees will learn how to recognize cultural and structural patterns that silence thoughtful contributors, use facilitation techniques that surface stronger ideas, and build leadership pipelines based on capability, judgment, and contribution rather than communication style.
This session is calm, practical, and solution-focused, with reflection pauses, real-world examples, and tools HR professionals can immediately apply to improve collaboration, reduce groupthink, and strengthen decision-making across their agencies.
Participants will learn how to:
- Identify structural and cultural patterns that unintentionally silence analytical thinkers in meetings, teams, and leadership conversations.
- Apply practical facilitation techniques that surface deeper insights without disrupting team dynamics.
- Strengthen collaboration and reduce groupthink by creating space for different thinking and communication styles.
- Build stronger leadership pipelines by evaluating potential based on capability, judgment, and contribution rather than visibility or volume.
- Leave with immediately actionable approaches to improve decision-making and engagement across their agencies.
About our Presenter:
Mendy Ouzillou is Principal of MMOmentum Coaching, an ICF-certified executive coach, executive advisor, and speaker who helps organizations unlock the leadership potential of analytical introverts and other underheard thinkers. He brings 35+ years of experience across engineering, product strategy, marketing, business development, and executive leadership, including senior roles at Silicon Labs, Scintera Networks/Maxim Integrated, Telegent/Broadcom, Impinj, and National Instruments.
Free for members, $25 for non-members.
No refunds for missed or cancelled attendance.
