Aubrey Wade
A Boundary Pushing, Positive Disrupting, Way Maker - I make good trouble
Memphis, Tennessee, United States
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Aubrey Wade is a seasoned consulting professional, speaker, coach, and blogger with a passion for transforming workplace relationships and driving positive change. Based in Memphis, TN, she specializes in helping organizations improve processes, build strong teams, and guide C-suite leaders in driving company-wide transformation. With a hands-on, results-driven approach, Aubrey isn’t afraid to challenge the status quo to help companies reach their full potential.
Armed with a degree in Psychology and over 20 years of experience in technology, Aubrey has successfully partnered with multiple Fortune 300 companies to enhance team dynamics, streamline processes, and deliver consistent, successful releases. Her expertise spans organizational transformation, enterprise reporting, and optimizing performance at all levels.
Outside of her consulting work, Aubrey is a devoted wife, sister, and mother to three daughters, and she enjoys speaking and teaching across the country. Her greatest passion is helping people grow — starting with herself — through personal development, professional coaching, and leadership guidance.
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Human Code: Using the Enneagram to Optimize Team Performance
What if I told you anyone could get the best dynamics and products out of their teams with this? What if you knew the vices prone to trigger your ugly side? Or the great parts of your personality that could help your career or your team?
Each of us can do this: We all fall into a particular number on the Enneagram and no number is better than the other. During this session, we will take the Enneagram assessment and break down the results in detail not just for your personal benefit, but for how you interact with others. We walk through each number, the motives, triggers, vices and virtues, and how each number impacts each other.
In this session, I will explain how I used this info to build my professional career, help teams, and dig into the incredible science behind the Enneagram. Attendees will walk away with a thorough understanding of the Enneagram and learn how to optimize their team's performance in their own organizations.
The information we explore in this session will inevitably lead to MUCH discussion with the attendees. Because I normally do this as a 3 or 5 hour workshop, It would be very easy to break this down into 2 sessions: first session as an individual session then a part two specifically focused to Leaders to HOW they can apply this in becoming better leaders, how to guide and serve their people and focus on their specific needs to create detailed plans of action. I've given this several times and each time, feedback is EXTREMELY positive, always asking for more information.
I will have a presentation, in PowerPoint. And a handout available virtually.
Learning Outcomes:
● What is the Enneagram
● What is your number and how does it naturally react and work with others
● Understand your number’s Vices and Virtues and motivators
● How can the enneagram HELP technical teams and you to be better
● Understand how you can use the knowledge of your number to YOUR benefit!
Presentation History:
● In Spring of 2019, I led the Scrum Master group of ALSAC St. Jude thru the Enneagram self-discovery track.
● I presented this at Music City Tech 2019 in Nashville: https://musiccitytech.com/speakers/
○ The feedback received was outstanding! Only two people didn’t give me a 4 or 5 (on a 1-5 scale); both complained that it wasn’t a 3-hour conference.
● In Fall of 2019, for Dev Ops staff of AutoZone, we performed individual sessions for self-discovery work.
● November 2019, I was invited to a retreat and provided a ½ day workshop for team building and relationship management for the staff of ALSAC/St. Jude’s Regional staff.
● In early 2020, before COVID, I facilitated a team leadership workshop for the Memphis Junior League.
● Summer of 2020, one of the law firms in Memphis hosted an extended (virtual) lunch and learn Enneagram team assessment workshop – Was reviewed as extremely beneficial and a lot of fun!
● Feb 2021: Guest speaker (virtually) for the Agile 20 group out of London, UK
○ https://youtu.be/NoONM9sIhEI
● March 2021: Guest speaker (virtually) for the Memphis DevOps monthly luncheon from the Memphis Technology
404: Motivation Not Found - Troubleshooting a 'Case of the 'Mondays'
We’ve all seen it — employees dragging themselves through the workweek, struggling to find motivation, quality, and a sense of purpose. Whether it’s a lack of enthusiasm for tasks or a drop in work ethic, many teams today are facing a modern epidemic: the "Case of the Mondays" that seems to last all week.
As a leader, how do you break this cycle and reignite motivation in your teams? Whether it’s remote, hybrid, or in-person teams, the challenge remains the same: How do we foster motivation, maintain performance, and help teams finish strong— even when the drive feels missing?
In this session, we'll look at why teams are struggling in 2025. I'll share the best tools, tips, and strategies I’ve accumulated over 20+ years of working with teams, including those that are remote, hybrid, and facing dysfunction and strategies work for having productive conversations with leaders.
Attendees will walk away with:
- Proven techniques to boost motivation: Practical methods for energizing teams and driving engagement, even when morale is low.
- Tools that work for every team type: Whether you’re leading a remote team, managing in-office employees, or navigating a hybrid environment, I’ll share tools that have been tried and tested.
- Handling dysfunction in teams: Strategies to identify and overcome challenges with difficult employees or toxic team dynamics.
- Healthy conversations with leadership: How to have productive discussions with senior leadership to advocate for your team’s well-being and performance.
By the end of this session, you’ll walk away with fresh, actionable ideas and tools to inspire even your most disengaged team members, and bring new energy to your workplace.
Target Audience: People Leaders, managers, HR professionals, team leaders, C-Suite and anyone looking to boost motivation, improve team performance, and address challenges in today’s work environment.
The 3 legged stool: A Powerful Tool for Teams and Leaders in the AI Age
The 3-legged stool is more than just a sturdy piece of furniture—it’s a powerful concept for driving agile implementation and fostering collaboration. Over the years, I’ve found it to be one of the most effective analogies for teaching agile practices and simplifies complex dynamics and helps teams stay balanced and successful.
However, since the complexities of 2025 have unfolded, employees are struggling more now than ever. In this session, I’ll dive into how the 3-legged stool analogy can be applied in practice to enhance team roles, communication, collaboration, and dependency management across various agile frameworks. Whether you’re new to agile, a seasoned practitioner, or a CEO, this is a session you need! You’ll learn how this simple tool can serve as a foundation for driving meaningful organizational change, the issues employees are facing today, and how you can make change, together, today!
Key takeaways include:
How to use the 3-legged stool analogy to explain key principles of agile to teams and leadership, making it easier to understand and implement.
Practical strategies for improving communication, collaboration, and role clarity, preventing common pitfalls like role ambiguity or dependency overload.
Why balancing your team—ensuring no one is stretched too thin—leads to healthier, more sustainable agile practices.
How to create productive conversations with leaders and teams about the importance of maintaining balance and avoiding shortchanging your teams.
This session will leave you empowered to foster better communication, streamline collaboration, and drive lasting change within your teams and organizations.
Target Audience: Agile coaches, Scrum Masters, team leads, managers, and CEOs. Everyone!
Previous online presentation: (not this talk) https://youtu.be/NoONM9sIhEI
Pivot! How to Move Forward Without Starting Over
Have you ever heard of a company stuck maintaining 25-year-old legacy code, desperately trying to keep pace with modern demands? Or a startup still relying on its original, outdated architecture, hoping to become a household name?
Or maybe you’re grappling with a hybrid approach, where legacy systems and new builds are clashing, leading to tech debt and constant roadblocks?
In today’s fast-paced tech world, it’s easy to feel trapped, especially when your company is at a crossroads and doesn’t know which direction to go. The pressure to either transform or rip and replace can be overwhelming.
But here’s the truth: You don’t have to make huge investments or launch a million-dollar transformation to get back on track. In fact, some of the world’s most successful companies have found ways to pivot and innovate while maintaining their legacy systems. You can too.
Drawing from my years of experience in high-end tech consulting, where I’ve helped companies clean up messes just like this, this session will guide you through actionable strategies to pivot right where you are today. Whether you're a startup, a mid-market company, or an enterprise, this talk will provide you with a roadmap to:
* Tackle tech debt without an overwhelming overhaul.
* Balance legacy code with modern development.
* Leverage incremental changes to drive big results.
* And more…
You’ll leave this session equipped with concrete tools to implement in your own organization, without the need for a massive budget or risky "rip-and-replace" strategies.
Note: This talk can also be tailored into an interactive workshop where attendees will work through actionable plans for their next steps.
Target Audience: Leaders, Managers, and decision-makers navigating complex technical landscapes and wanting to find sustainable ways forward.
Michigan Technology Conference 2025 Sessionize Event
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Aubrey Wade
A Boundary Pushing, Positive Disrupting, Way Maker - I make good trouble
Memphis, Tennessee, United States
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