{"id":11926,"date":"2025-12-16T02:00:08","date_gmt":"2025-12-16T07:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/?p=11926"},"modified":"2025-12-16T21:47:44","modified_gmt":"2025-12-17T02:47:44","slug":"wsj-bestselling-author-and-teamwork-expert-erica-dhawan-to-deliver-the-hfa-show-opening-day-keynote","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/ihrsa\/wsj-bestselling-author-and-teamwork-expert-erica-dhawan-to-deliver-the-hfa-show-opening-day-keynote\/","title":{"rendered":"WSJ Bestselling Author and Teamwork Expert Erica Dhawan to Deliver The HFA Show Opening Day Keynote"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/HFA-2026-300x335.jpg\" alt=\"HFA 2026\" width=\"300\" height=\"335\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-11689\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/HFA-2026-300x335.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/HFA-2026-200x223.jpg 200w, http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/HFA-2026-768x858.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/HFA-2026-800x894.jpg 800w, http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/HFA-2026.jpg 1060w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>HFA 2026<\/p>\n<p><strong>WASHINGTON, D.C.<\/strong> &#8211; The Health &#038; Fitness Association (HFA) announces that Erica Dhawan, an internationally recognized authority on 21st century collaboration, bestselling author and one of the world\u2019s top 50 management thinkers, will deliver the opening day keynote address at The HFA Show 2026, taking place March 16 \u2013 18, 2026, in San Diego.<\/p>\n<p>Dhawan\u2019s keynote, \u201cWin Together: Building Resilient, High-Performing Teams in the Age of AI,\u201d sponsored by Zenoti, will equip attendees with research-backed strategies to build trust, foster agility, and elevate performance amid rapid technological change. Drawing from her work advising global organizations, Dhawan will share how teams can turn digital challenges into opportunities, harness AI to drive smarter decisions, and create cultures where collaboration and innovation thrive.<\/p>\n<p>Her message reinforces The HFA Show 2026 theme: Stronger Together. As the fitness industry accelerates into a more digital and data-driven future, Dhawan\u2019s insights will empower leaders to unlock collective potential, strengthen organizational resilience, and navigate the evolving world of work with confidence and purpose.<\/p>\n<p>Dhawan is the bestselling author of \u201cGet Big Things Done: The Power of Connectional Intelligence\u201d and \u201cDigital Body Language: How to Build Trust and Connection, No Matter the Distance.\u201d Named by Thinkers50 as one of the top 50 management thinkers in the world, she is a leading expert on modern teamwork, collaboration, and innovation. Her work appears regularly in the Harvard Business Review, Fast Company, and The Wall Street Journal.<\/p>\n<p>A sought-after keynote speaker, Dhawan has delivered presentations for global stages and organizations including the World Economic Forum at Davos, the US Army, Coca-Cola, FedEx, Goldman Sachs, Walmart, and Cisco. She holds degrees from Harvard University, MIT Sloan, and The Wharton School.<\/p>\n<p>The HFA Show is the premier annual event for the health and fitness industry, hosted by the Health &#038; Fitness Association. It brings together fitness professionals, club operators, wellness innovators, and thought leaders for three days of education, networking, and inspiration. It also offers two days (March 17\u201318) of a vibrant trade show.<\/p>\n<p>Attendees are encouraged to arrive on March 15 for the Health &#038; Fitness Hall of Fameopens in a new tab ceremony where the association will induct eight pioneers into the HFA Hall of Fame.<\/p>\n<p>To learn more and to register for The HFA Show 2026, go to <a href=\"http:\/\/healthandfitness.org\/show\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">healthandfitness.org\/show<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><strong>WASHINGTON, D.C.<\/strong> &#8211; The Health &#038; Fitness Association (HFA) announces that Erica Dhawan, an internationally recognized authority on 21st century collaboration, bestselling author and one of the world\u2019s top 50 management thinkers, will deliver the opening day keynote address at The HFA Show 2026, taking place March 16 \u2013 18, 2026, in San Diego.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11689,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[682],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11926"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11926"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11926\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11927,"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11926\/revisions\/11927"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11689"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11926"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11926"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11926"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}