Dr. Candace Steele Flippin  

Dr. Candace Steele Flippin is the founder of the Global Career Advancement Institute, a career empowerment center dedicated to helping individuals and organizations elevate their futures. As a seasoned communications executive (in healthcare, financial services and industry technology) and a Fellow at the Weatherhead School of Management at Case Western Reserve University, she blends corporate expertise with academic insights to advance leadership development and workplace engagement.

A bestselling author, Dr. Steele Flippin published Generation Z in the Workplace and Millennials in the Workplace. She is the visionary behind the SHAPE Career Accelerator program, a transformative four-step framework empowering women to achieve the career success they need, want, and deserve based on the research in her third book, Get Your Career in SHAPE, inspired by her TEDx Talk, What Women Really Want… at Work. Her writing and speaking engagements focus on promoting career empowerment, addressing the challenges of the multigenerational workplace, and fostering leadership development for women.

Dr. Steele Flippin leads leadership development residencies for business professionals and graduate students at Johns Hopkins University and serves on the Advisory Board of CulTRUE, an organizational culture solutions company. A highly sought-after speaker and media commentator, she provides actionable insights on navigating today’s evolving workforce dynamics.

Dr. Steele Flippin earned her Doctor of Management from Case Western Reserve University, an MBA from Johns Hopkins University, and a BA from the University of Michigan. She also holds an Accreditation in Public Relations and is certified in Emotional Intelligence (EQi), further reflecting her commitment to professional excellence.