Alexia Georghiou is a keynote speaker, organizational development consultant, and founder of the Knoxville Happiness Coalition, the parent organization of World Happiness Fellowship. She helps leaders navigate the AI paradox—balancing smarter tools with human-centered systems—by embedding happiness habits, connection, and well-being into work, learning, and leadership. Author of The Future of Work is Human and The Future of Success is Happiness, Alexia uses her V.A.L.U.E.S. Model—Vision, Action, Leadership, Unity, Engagement, and Synthesis—to guide leaders in aligning performance with purpose.
As an adjunct professor at the University of Tennessee, she teaches courses on civility, listening as a leadership skill, executive presence, and burnout, helping professionals thrive in high-pressure environments shaped by AI and rapid change. Her writing has appeared in Florida SHRM Newswire and MSN News, and she has been interviewed by the Knoxville News Sentinel and HR Dive. Drawing on lived experience as an executive woman in menopause, Alexia created Menopause Matters: Supporting Women in the Workplace, featured in HR Pulse by ASHHRA.
Under her leadership, the Knoxville Happiness Coalition Academy is recognized by SHRM to offer Professional Development Credits (PDCs) for SHRM-CP® and SHRM-SCP® through self-paced online and in-person programs, equipping leaders to build workplaces where technology enhances human potential, not replaces it.
