Celina Peerman, PH.D.

Knowledgeable & relatable with18,000+ hours with audiences and original content. Her 27+ years of human resources & operations experience brings real life examples, humor and take aways to your group.

Expert on

  • Future
  • Change
  • Difficult People
  • Organizational Development
  • Leadership – Entry Level
  • Leadership – Mid Level Managers

Fee Range

$5,500–$9,500

Travels from

IA, US

Biography

Celina Peerman, Ph.D., SHRM-SCP, CSP is an organizational psychologist with over 30 years of experience helping leaders and teams thrive. She has worked across industries, from frontline operations to senior leadership, bringing a deep understanding of workplace behavior and organizational health. Dr. Celina is a strategist with a sense of humor and a love for building capacity in organizations.

A dynamic speaker, strategist, and storyteller, Dr. Celina has presented at more than 250 events annually, engaging audiences at local, state, and national levels, as well as internationally in Asia, Canada, Central, and South America. She is a two-time TEDx presenter, podcast host, and author of three upcoming books in 2025.

Dr. Celina holds a Ph.D. in Psychology, a master’s degree in business, and undergraduate degrees in psychology and international studies. She has earned the Certified Speaking Professional (CSP) designation from the National Speakers Association—one of the highest honors in the field. Known for her humor, insight, and practical approach, she challenges leaders to rethink how they communicate, adapt, and lead for lasting impact.

Speaker Videos

LEADING FORWARD - THE CHANGING FUTURE

Can you imagine a future where all shoes were free in the future? That you would pay employees in multiple types of currency? What do you predict we will need to be ready for in the next ten years? Dr. Celina will share research and real stories to bring vision and enthusiasm so we can plan for a future organization in uncertain conditions. Let’s create our next best realities and lead with expertise and confidence as we help others grow. Gain new insight into what it takes to move forward with confidence even in when the unknowns lurk ahead.

Format: 60-90 minute keynote or 60-120 minute break out with additional interactive futurists thinking exercises

This program is perfect for:

  • Leaders who need to think more strategic during change
  • Early career leaders who need to expand their scope and awareness of impact across organization
  • Teams that want to be more change ready

The audience will leave with:

  • Insight how signals in changing external environment can help us be more change-ready internally
  • Application of specific tools can increase strategic expanded thinking 
  • Action steps to implement when stuck and need to get out of tunnel vision or change resistance

IT IS ALL ABOUT THE RELATIONSHIPS

Format: 60-90 minute keynote

This program is perfect for:

  • Diverse audiences
  • HR professionals
  • Leaders at all levels

The audience will leave with:

  • Identify key points about building relationships as a leaders/HR business partner/professional
  • Recognize patterns that inhibit relationships and reduce effectiveness
  • Apply tools to address needs and opportunities with team members

Relationships drive our work – who we are and how we do it…together. Bringing data, humor, and real life examples, this upbeat keynote will focus on what is coming to us next and how we will both show up for and lead through it. Change will continue to happen yet being change ready is what today’s [HR/audience] professional is uniquely positioned for to take our teams to the next level of effectiveness.

THE CULTURE OF "WE"

Format: 60-90 minute keynote, workshop or breakout 

“Culture of We”

Leveraging our strengths and building on excellence remain critical for our future. In this upbeat interactive session, we’ll examine how we build our desired future through everyday actions. We’ll review best practices on building relationships, connected to values, and through ways of working better together, especially during change. Find new ways to increase your motivation, draw on your best, and drive results for the people who have placed their trust in us.

This program is perfect for:

  • Team members who need to work better together beyond their own department and across the company
  • Early career leaders who need skills to work with other departments collaboratively
  • Senior leaders who are coaching others to work across silos/lanes for alignment

The audience will leave with:

  • Increased understanding about how they impact climate and culture in every day actions
  • Focused effort on being intentional to work across silos/departments in the organization
  • Tools for intentional communication up, over and across teams
  • Customized and adapted for onsite, hybrid, or remote teams

MEETING IN THE GAP: THE POWER OF ALONGSIDE

Format: 60-90 minute keynote

This program is perfect for:

  • Staff, Coworkers, and Colleagues who want to work better together
  • Leaders at all levels who want to be more effective with their teams

The audience will leave with:

  • Insight into isolation, ingroup/outgroup, and lack of inclusion
  • Framework to meet others where they are and honor the space
  • Tools to journey with others through the gap to what comes next

 

ON MY LAST NERVE: REFRAMING CONFLICT & DIFFICULT BEHAVIOR

Format: 60-90 minute keynote, 2 hour workshop, 60-120 minute breakout

This program is perfect for:

  • New supervisors who need to build skills in conflict resolution
  • Senior leaders who are conflict avoidant or coaching others to address conflict
  • All employees who want to navigate difficult behavior better (coworker, team, leader, customer)

The audience will leave with:

  • Recognition that conflict is necessary and provides growth opportunities
  • Tools to understand root cause of difficult behavior and potential conflict
  • Ideas to know when to avoid, address, and intervene with conflict and/or different behavior on teams