In a world where AI and hybrid work are reshaping how we connect, Dance to Lead offers a distinctive approach to leadership development that brings humanity back to leadership. Designed by Kim Bercovitz, Ph.D, it blends behavioral science with the partnership principles of salsa dancing to help leaders and teams build trust, communicate with clarity, and collaborate with agility.
This is not a traditional talk or dance class. Dance to Lead weaves together insight and experiential learning to bring leadership dynamics to life --â and into everyday work. The result is leadership development that lasts beyond the moment, shaping how leaders show up, communicate, and collaborate.
Leadership isn't just taught - it's felt.
 What Participants Experience
Using salsa dancing as a metaphor for leadership and followership, Dance to Lead helps leaders:
đșÂ Build psychologically safe, healthy and engaged workplace cultures
đ Strengthen communication and real-time collaboration
đșÂ Embrace the 3 C's -- courage, curiosity, and creativity -- that fuel innovation
đ Lead with intention, awareness, empathy, and agility
đșÂ Bring teams back in sync through rhythm, presence and human connection
Who This is For
Dance to Lead is ideal for audiences and organizations seeking a more human, engaging approach to leadership development, including:
âȘÂ Leadership conferences
âȘ Association meetings
âȘÂ Corporate events
âȘ Team-building retreats Â
âȘÂ Wellness and HR summits
LET'S DO THIS
I'm Dr. Kim Bercovitz - known as Dr. Kim, the Dance Doctor - a leadership and human connection educator. Through my signature approach, Dance to Lead, I challenge traditional leadership development by reframing leadership as something we experience, not just learn. I use dance as a living leadership lab.
My person-centered approach draws on more than 25 years of research experience across exercise and health promotion, disease management, addictions and aging. I have a Ph.D. in Social and Behavioural Health Sciences from the University of Toronto, where I later served as an adjunct professor, and I completed a postdoctoral fellowship with the National Cancer Institute of Canada. My career bridged academic and applied research at hospitals, pharmaceutical companies, and health organizations, along with teaching chronic disease and osteoporosis exercise programs.
While my background is deeply rooted in science, my work has never been only about data; itâs about observing and understanding the human experience behind it.
One place that continues to shape this understanding is the dance floor. I'm an avid salsa dancer based in the Washington DC area and regularly travel to Europe to deepen my musicality and followership through immersive salsa marathon events. The awareness, connection, and communication cultivated through partner dance now inform how I understand leadership, relationship dynamics and human behavior.
In 2026, I will debut Dance to Lead, a movement-based, science-backed experience that offers a rare blend of academic rigor, embodied leadership, and engaging, memorable learning.Â
Lead with courage and intention. Others will follow.
SCHEDULE A CALL WITH DR. KIMWHY BOOK DR. KIM?
A conference wellness pioneer, Dr. Kim is a highly engaging speaker known for interactive sessions that invite audience participationâwhether in person or virtual.
A distinctive, embodied approach
Blends insight and experience to help leaders move beyond concepts and into practiceâcreating learning that sticks and connections that carry back to the workplace.
Completely different from traditional leadership speakers
Delivers participatory experiences rather than passive PowerPoint presentations -- where people to learn by doing, not just listening.
Leading with presence and care
Participants leave with simple self-care practices that support how they show up as leaders, along with practical ideas for fostering healthier, more connected workplace cultures.
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