ATD St. Louis Event Announcement: Empathy Is Your Superpower

Save your your team from Distrust, Disconnection and Disengagement!!

Join our speaker Holly Pyatt and explore how empathy enhances facilitation, trust, and learner engagement. Discover practical strategies to apply empathy in training, communication, and leadership for more connected, impactful learning experiences.

By the end of this session, participants will be able to:

Differentiate among cognitive, emotional, and compassionate empathy and explain how each enhances facilitation and learning outcomes.

Demonstrate empathy-based communication strategies that strengthen psychological safety and learner engagement.

Apply empathetic leadership techniques to navigate challenges in training environments and improve collaboration and learning transfer.

About Our Speaker:

Holly Pyatt, President Pyatt Consulting 

Holly Pyatt is a leadership development and organizational effectiveness consultant with

more than 20 years of experience helping individuals and organizations grow to their fullest potential. As the founder of Pyatt Consulting Company, L.L.C., Holly partners with businesses, nonprofits, and franchises to design and deliver tailored solutions in leadership development, succession planning, team building, and talent development.

Holly’s career spans multiple industries, including healthcare, technology, and energy, Where she has led organizational initiatives that strengthened culture, developed high performing teams, and equipped leaders with the skills to navigate change. She is a certified Project Management Professional (PMP), a Six Sigma Green Belt, an experienced

MBTI practitioner, and has been a certified Crucial Conversations facilitator since 2016, facilitating both in-person and virtual programs for diverse audiences. Her facilitation style is engaging, empathetic, and practical — blending interactive learning with tools that leaders and teams can apply immediately. Holly is especially passionate about helping people build confidence, strengthen communication, and embrace the skills needed to thrive in both business and life.

Holly holds an Education Specialist (Ed.S.) post graduate degree in Educational Leadership from Saint Louis University, an MBA from University of Central Missouri, and a dual Bachelor’s of Science in Business Administration and Marketing from Missouri Baptist University. She is an active member of professional networks including ATD St. Louis, STL-ODN, and Project Management International (PMI), and frequently speaks on topics such as emotional intelligence, advocacy, and leadership superpowers. When she’s not facilitating, Holly enjoys being with family, podcasts, working out, traveling, and supporting her daughter’s journey as a competitive golfer. She lives in Eureka, Missouri with her junior high sweetheart husband and two wonderful daughters.

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This session Builds the following Capabilities and skills from the ATD Capability Model:

Professional Capability - Career & Leadership Development

This session has been approved for recertification credits by the Association for Talent Development.