For Press Room please click here

Dr. Tracy Brower, PhD, MM, MCRW is a sociologist studying work life fulfillment, happiness and the future of work. She is the author of two books. The Secrets to Happiness at Work provides insights for joyful work and life. Bring Work to Life by Bringing Life to Work provides fresh perspectives and alternative ways to consider and achieve work-life “balance” (hint: it’s not about balance, it’s more than that). Tracy is also a senior contributor for Forbes and a contributor to Newsweek and Fast Company, and the Vice President of Workplace Insights for Steelcase.

EXECUTIVE ADVISING & MEMBERSHIPS: Tracy is a board member with United Way of Greater Ottawa County and a coach and advisor for the Center for Leadership at Hope College as well as an advisor to the Michigan State University Master of Industrial Mathematics Program. In addition, she is an advisory board member for the Design Museum Everywhere. She is a member of CoreNet Global, the American Sociological Association (ASA), the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (SIOP) and the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM).

SPEAKING & WRITING: Tracy is an award-winning speaker and has spoken in numerous engagements and on many podcasts.  In addition, her work has been featured in TEDx, The Wall Street Journal, Work-Life Balance in the 21st Century (book), Globe and Mail (Canada), InsideHR (Australia), HR Director (UK), T3N (Germany), Real Estate Review Journal, Fortune.com, Inc. Magazine. Tracy’s work has been translated into 22 languages including Bosnian, Chinese, Croatian, Dutch, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Turkish and Vietnamese. Tracy’s full list of publications and references to her work is here. Her professional blog is here, and her personal blog is here.

EDUCATION: Tracy holds a PhD in Sociology, a Master of Management in Organizational Culture, and a Master of Corporate Real Estate with a workplace specialization.

CONNECT & FOLLOW: You can find Tracy on LinkedIn, Twitter, Instagram, Goodreads or here on tracybrower.com. In addition, her amateur photography is available on Unsplash. Or to subscribe to Tracy’s blog or reach out via email, click here.

MORE…

Tracy has over 25 years of experience working with global clients to achieve business results. She is the recipient of various speaking awards as well as the Innovative Practices award from the University of Houston Stanford Alexander Center for Excellence in Real Estate and the Constellation Award for top global executives achieving business results.

Previously, Tracy was the Global Vice President of Workplace Vitality for M&M Mars (Mars Drinks) as well as the Director of Human Dynamics + Work for Herman Miller and the Director of Performance Environments and Living Office Placemaking for Herman Miller. Over her career, Tracy has had the opportunity to engage with many of the Fortune 500. She has also taught college and university courses and was previously a member of the selection committee for the Rosabeth Moss Kanter Award for Excellence in Work-Family Research.

While professionally, Tracy works at Steelcase, the opinions she expresses in her blog are her own and do not necessarily reflect those of Steelcase. 

For Press Room please click here

Tracy is an avid reader.
Check out what she’s reading:

The Best of Me
The Memoir Project: A Thoroughly Non-Standardized Text for Writing & Life
Death by China: Confronting the Dragon - A Global Call to Action
Mindset: The New Psychology of Success
Flash
The Secret Lives of Color
Anxious People
The Coddling of the American Mind: How Good Intentions and Bad Ideas Are Setting Up a Generation for Failure
Childhood's End
Or Else the Light
The Dystopia Triptych: Ignorance is Strength, Burn the Ashes, & Or Else the Light - Digital Box Set
Burn the Ashes
Ignorance is Strength
Sensation: The New Science of Physical Intelligence
The Time Keeper
The Art of Gathering: How We Meet and Why It Matters
If It Bleeds
Burn
The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes
The Book of Koli