Ebi Sheila Diete Spiff

I’m Ebi (it rhymes with Baby, Maybe). As a Leadership Speaker and Author, I focus on helping high-performing women and professionals strengthen their identity, build self-worth, and lead with alignment rather than approval. My work centres on one powerful truth: sustainable leadership begins within. When individuals understand who they are beyond pressure, expectations, and performance metrics, they lead with clarity, confidence, and influence. Through keynote talks, curated leadership experiences, and transformational conversations, I create spaces where audiences can confront limiting narratives, reclaim their voice, and build habits that support both personal and professional growth. This is not about surface motivation. It’s about internal alignment, courageous self-leadership, and practical shifts that can be applied immediately. My mission is to help leaders move from external validation to internal congruence, and from silent self-doubt to bold, intentional influence.

At Active Reactions we believe in the quality of life, we are a fun based out-reach service that provides stimulation and friendship for our dementia sufferers in Care Homes.We engage with our service users through fun based activities which in turn awakens there senses. We find that this creates a reaction and sometimes awakens a memory. Active Reactions work with groups and individuals on a one to one basis in the Care Homes and in the community. Taking part in an activity maintains good relationships, create's a sense of belonging and well being. We believe it improves mood, behaviour and lifestyle.

Change Management Achieved IIP status • Implemented 20 policies and procedures within a 9 month period • Achieved a reduction in sickness absence resulting in cost savings • Hit the ground running within first week of engagement in all my temporary roles • Built relationships with senior management and other stakeholders within a short space of time • Successfully closed complex case management within a reasonable period thereby reducing any risk • Reduction in the long term sickness absence levels • Management of a large ER caseload up to preparation ET cases and liaison with external legal teams • File Audits ensuring compliance with data protection and setting up a system to deal with movement within the business • Leading change management programmes including TUPE and restructuring • Drafting compromise agreements • Performance management • Salary benchmarking and salary reviews • Managing recruitment drives including assessment centres • Reduced the number of tribunal applications by 50% within a 12 month period • Designed and implemented an absence management tool, provided coaching to line managers which resulted in drop in sickness absence by 0.5% • Managed and implemented a nationwide restructure for one of the contracts in my region • Assessed training needs which resulted in an additional training budget of £500K • Established a good working relationship with unions – T&G, Unite, Unison • Facilitated the company’s training programme across my region • Identified training needs and was able to get an increase in the training budget of 2% • Managed restructuring for business area • Designed a recruitment process in line with the company policy to meet the needs a fast paced environment