Speaking

Since 2011, David has had the amazing opportunity to share leadership concepts with audiences in over 350 companies spanning 23 countries. While the content has changed a bit, the intent is the same – to help leaders create environments where people come to work because they want to, not because they have to. Below you’ll find David’s speech topics. If you’d like to invite him to share these ideas with your team, let’s chat!

Create High Performance Through Humanity

How to unlock your team’s untapped capacity

Length: ~45 minutes

Who it's for:
Leaders who want to eliminate the friction standing in the way of building a sustainably high performing team.

Talk overview:
Every leader wants their people to care about the business and its outcomes as much as they do. Those outcomes require high performance, engagement, productivity and a commitment to results. And often, those things are hampered by friction that naturally arises among messy, complex human beings.

Policies and processes aren’t enough to reduce that friction, at least not for the long-term. The solution to reducing friction lies within the human beings who are causing it. And everyone on the team, from the senior leader to the newest hire, whether working in the office or in their bedroom, has a part to play.

The key lies in our ability to activate our innate humanity. That is exactly what David can help you do. In this interactive talk, David draws on science, case studies and a pattern he has discovered in working with leaders and organizations around the world. You’ll learn and apply a simple framework you can draw on a napkin, that unlocks trustand connection - the foundation of our collective humanity. The principles you’ll explore, with David as your guide, will help you have productive tough conversations, mix accountability with empathy, engage remote team members and so much more.

In this session, participants will:
- Identify simple daily practices they can use immediately to reduce the friction on their teams
- Internalize a framework that guides behavior and naturally increases performance, innovation, retention, transparent communication and well-being
- Shift their perception of leadership and the role they play in shaping the culture based on trust, connection and psychological safety

Length: ~45 mins

Who it’s for:
Leaders eager to create and maintain an environment in which trust and human connection lead to greater well-being, higher individual and team performance, increased innovation and higher levels of retention.

Talk overview:
Every organization strives for high performance, growth, productivity and results. And often, organizations don’t realize they are self-sabotaging those efforts through the experience they create for their people.

When the culture we talk about doesn’t align with the culture our people experience, Culture Dissonance occurs. People go into self-preservation mode and they find it more difficult to trust and develop connections with others. Healthy, productive environments have Culture Congruence, where the stated culture aligns with daily behaviors.

In this interactive talk, David draws on his personal experience, as well as the patterns he has observed in leaders and organizations around the world. He will identify the symptoms of Culture Dissonance and explore three specific leadership traits that, when put into practice, lead to Culture Congruence.

As a result of this session, participants will:

• Have a greater awareness of their leadership impact

• Understand a framework that can help them lead with greater consistency

• Have tangible tools that increase performance, retention, transparent communication, well-being and more