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“I attended a virtual seminar with Eric and found both the content and the way it was delivered exceptional. I was able to apply what I learned the next day in a team meeting I was leading - simple, practical ideas to keep people engaged and help ensure we can work at our best as a team.”

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Pfizer

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“Morag's talk was THE BEST I have heard so far. Engaging, interactive, and at the end of it, even many days later, I am still chewing on a lot of what she said. I wish I could've had another hour or more of her because, simply said, the talk was refreshing and inspiring with a whole lot of funny - memorable.”

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Sr. HR Business Partner at FINRA

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“Ruby’s energy and passion light up a room and promote great connection and discussion among attendees. She is grounded and connected with people, and they can feel it.”

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Non-profit

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“I’ve attended a lot of conferences and never have I had a speaker that instantly captured an audience and provided such relevant information and had great crowd participation.”

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These are just some of our most frequently requested keynotes.

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Keynote One
Reading the Room
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Reading
the Room

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How to Shape Your Leadership Impact So Everyone Wins

Based on the book You, Me, We: Why We All Need a Friend at Work (and How to Show Up As One!)

This dynamic keynote shares practical insights from The Ally MindsetTM, a powerful framework for nurturing workplace relationships. Your audience will learn how to “show up” as a leader, so they positively impact engagement and drive incredible results.

This keynote is ideal for leaders and teams who are:

  • Not firing on all cylinders and, as a result, are putting business results at risk
  • Experiencing frayed relationships within or between their teams
  • Need to develop greater collaboration and innovation
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The audience will leave with:

  • A personal Ally Mindset ProfileTM that identifies their strengths and growth opportunities in the five essential practices of an Ally MindsetTM
  • The knowledge and motivation to intentionally show up in all of their relationships
  • The five qualities of an Ally MindsetTMthat create powerful workplace relationships
  • A concrete plan for implementing one action that will strengthen their Ally MindsetTM and workplace friendships
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Keynote Two
The Four Yeses
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The Four
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Creating Connection One Relationship at a Time

Based on the book You, Me, We: Why We All Need a Friend at Work (and How to Show Up As One!)

This interactive session explores the Four Yeses: questions that are always answered “YES!” in transformational, connected relationships. Your audience will leave inspired to “go first” in building relationships by consistently demonstrating they care and can be trusted. The result? A workplace that fosters connection and belonging - and ultimately revolutionizes how your teams deliver results.

This keynote is ideal for leaders and teams who are:

  • Feeling alone in a hybrid work environment
  • Disconnected from team members and colleagues
  • Experiencing disengagement and tension in teams and workplace relationships
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The audience will leave with:

  • A deeper understanding of what it looks and feels like to be in a strong workplace relationship
  • Increased self-awareness of their own leadership presence and how they show up in workplace relationships
  • Inspiration and concrete ideas to build connection and a sense of belonging with hybrid team members
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Keynote Three
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Ally or Adversary

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The 3 Secrets to Cultivating Strategic Relationships

Based on the book Cultivate: The Power of Winning Relationships

"Difficult to manage relationships sabotage more business than anything else.”
John Kotter, Konosuke Matsushita Professor of Leadership, Emeritus, Harvard Business School

This highly engaging keynote teaches your leaders how to develop winning relationships across their organization and industry and improve employee engagement and collaboration to ensure business results (no matter how challenging the situation).

This keynote is ideal for leaders who are:

  • Ready to improve relationships now so their team can overcome any obstacle they face
  • Seeing increasing issues with inefficiency, productivity, and customer satisfaction due to toxic behaviors
  • Unsure how to navigate conflict in their work relationships in a way that increases collaboration and innovation
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The audience will leave with:

  • A greater appreciation for quality working relationships and how they impact both the business and personal sides of their lives
  • The ability to apply the Relationship EcosystemTM to diagnose the health and quality of their professional relationships
  • An actionable plan for developing their Ally relationships and managing their Adversarial relationships
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Keynote Four
Resilience
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Resilience

How to Keep Your Head When Your Hair is on Fire!

This interactive session will teach your audience four powerful secrets to building and nurturing their resilience (spoiler alert: it isn’t about bouncing back). They’ll leave equipped with actionable tools for building resilience so they can be a stronger and more impactful leader in every aspect of their lives, especially during turbulent times.

This keynote is ideal for leaders and teams who are:

  • Navigating the ongoing complexities of post-pandemic life and the new hybrid workplace
  • Struggling to balance work and family commitments (and feeling like one or both are not getting enough of them).
  • Headed towards (or experiencing) burnout from the ongoing stress of trying to manage their lives while supporting everyone else.
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The audience will leave with:

  • An understanding of the emotional & situational tripwires that trigger stress and anxiety
  • The four secrets to building resilience, and when to apply them
  • Tactics to take better care of themselves so they can then take better care of others
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Keynote Five
Should I stay or should I go now
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Should I Stay
or Should I
Go Now?

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How to Hold On to the Good Ones

Employees can no longer be considered cogs in the machine if your business wants to succeed. As a result, leaders need to shift from only focusing on the “what” of business and tune in to the “who” of business. This keynote will help your leaders reshape their views of employees and start considering their employees’ whole selves.

This keynote is ideal for leaders and managers who are:

  • Out of touch with their employees and unsure how to make meaningful connections
  • Seeing signs of exhaustion behind their employees’ high productivity
  • Unaware of how their employees are struggling
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The audience will leave with:

  • A shift in focus from “human resources” to “human beings”
  • Practical tools for increasing connection and engagement when relating to and developing their teams
  • A mental reframing of work from a WIFTC (What’s in it for the company?) perspective to a WIFYP (What’s in it for your people?) perspective
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Our Keynote Speakers

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Morag Barrett

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Eric Spencer

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Ruby Vesely

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