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May 5
  • Webinar

Legislative Staff Week Webinar: The Power of ‘No’ in a World that Demands ‘Yes’

  • Monday, May 5, 2025
    2:00 PM ET
    • Webinar
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As a legislative staffer, saying 'yes' often goes hand in hand with providing excellent support and services to those within the legislative arena. But sometimes these acts of obedience, portrayed as service, can come at a cost: high workload, risk of burnout and conflict with professional and personal values. Join Dr. Sunita Sah, physician, behavioral scientist and best-selling author of “Defy,” for a compelling conversation on why we obey, what defiance really means, and how we can all learn to push back, and say ‘no,’ with integrity.

Dr. Sunita Sah is a national bestselling author, an award-winning professor at Cornell University and an expert in organizational psychology. She leads groundbreaking research on influence, authority, compliance and defiance. A trained physician, she practiced medicine in the United Kingdom and worked as a management consultant for the pharmaceutical industry. She currently teaches executives, leaders, and students in healthcare and business. She is a sought-after international speaker and consultant, advisor to government agencies, and former commissioner of the National Commission on Forensic Science. Her multidisciplinary research and analyses have been widely published in leading academic journals and media entities including The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Harvard Business Review and Scientific American. She lives with her husband and son in New York. 

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