EMPLOYEE BURNOUT
Burnout & Retention Keynote
Main stage keynote on beating burnout, rebuilding engagement, and keeping your best people
Former U.S. DiplomatGlobal Leadership Strategist
YOUR BEST PEOPLESHOULDN'T HAVE TO LEAVETO FIND BETTER LEADERSHIP.
Interactive workshops that strengthen managers, improve employee retention, and rebuild team engagement.
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Lived in 6 Countries
🇺🇸United States/
🇩🇴Dominican Republic/
🇿🇲Zambia/
🇦🇫Afghanistan/
🇨🇩D.R. Congo/
🇿🇦South Africa/
🇵🇭PhilippinesWorkshops/
🇪🇬EgyptWorkshops/
🇺🇸United States/
🇩🇴Dominican Republic/
🇿🇲Zambia/
🇦🇫Afghanistan/
🇨🇩D.R. Congo/
🇿🇦South Africa/
🇵🇭PhilippinesWorkshops/
🇪🇬EgyptWorkshops/
Cross-Cultural Leadership Experience Behind Every Workshop
Two Workshop Solutions
What Does Your Organization Need?
HR Leaders
Leadership Development & Employee Retention
Manager EffectivenessEmployee EngagementRetentionTeam Morale
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TRIO Programs
Financial & Economic Literacy + STEM & AI Career Readiness
Financial & Economic LiteracySTEM & AI Career ReadinessCareer ReadinessStudent Engagement
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For HR Leaders
Build Leaders People Want to Follow.
Interactive leadership development designed around the workplace challenges HR leaders are managing every day.
Strengthen Managers
Give managers the clarity, trust, and ownership they need to lead people effectively.
Improve Employee Retention
Address the leadership behaviors that drive engagement and keep your best people.
Rebuild Engagement & Morale
Reconnect teams with shared purpose, clear communication, and stronger direction.
Signature Leadership Experience
L.E.A.D. With Impact™
01
L
Listen
Great leadership begins with understanding people before attempting to lead them.
02
E
Empower
Give people the clarity, trust and ownership they need to perform.
03
A
Adapt
Adjust leadership and communication when people, priorities and circumstances change.
04
D
Develop
Build people, strengthen capability and create leaders throughout the organization.
Practical Leadership. Stronger Managers. Teams That Want to Stay.
Dismas — Employee Burnout & Team MoraleCity of Murfreesboro — Economic & Financial LiteracyUPRISE & City of Clarksville — Employee Engagement
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Available as a keynote, interactive workshop, or virtual session, customized to your audience and schedule.
For TRIO Programs
Turn Programming Into
Experiences Students Remember.
Interactive financial & economic literacy and STEM & AI career-readiness workshops designed to support applicable TRIO program objectives and allowable activities.
Workshop 1
Financial & Economic Literacy
Help students understand money decisions before those decisions shape their future.
Supports the financial and economic literacy services Upward Bound projects are required to provide (34 CFR 645.11).
Money Management
Credit & Debt
Saving & Investing
Financial Decision-Making
Workshop 2
STEM & AI Career Readiness
Connect STEM and AI exposure to careers, income, opportunity and the decisions students make today.
STEM & AI Career Exploration
Career Pathways
Workplace Readiness
Financial Connections
TRIO New Mexico — Economic & Financial LiteracyAustin Peay State University — Student SuccessMiddle Tennessee State University — Student Engagement
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Available as a keynote, interactive workshop, or virtual session, customized to your audience and schedule.
A Speaker You Can Trust
Experience That Gives You Confidence.
Workshops That Create Impact.
Corporate LeadershipTRIO / Student ProgramsUniversitiesProfessional AssociationsInternational EngagementsFinancial Wellness
DIPLOMATIC KEYNOTE
U.S. Embassy Democratic Republic of the Congo
Keynote address delivered at the U.S. Embassy in the D.R. Congo
FINANCIAL WELLNESS
Financial Wellness Workshop
Interactive community & church financial empowerment session
EMPLOYEE RETENTION
Retention & Team Morale Workshop
Interactive workshop on keeping your best people and rebuilding team morale
AI & AUTOMATION WORKSHOP
AI Business Systems Workshop — ISACA
Interactive workshop on leveraging AI and emerging technology to automate business systems and modernize operations
STUDENT SUCCESS KEYNOTE
Student Success Keynote APSU
Austin Peay State University Global Gala keynote & leadership banquet
Verified Experience
Organizations Michael Has Served
U.S. Department of State·Global Leadership
Middle Tennessee State University·Student Engagement
USAID·Global Leadership
ISACA·AI & Automation
U.S. Army·Leadership & Resilience
South Africa·Cross-Cultural Leadership
Austin Peay State University·Student Success & Career Readiness
Dismas·Employee Burnout & Team Morale
Tennessee State University·Leadership Development
Egypt·Cross-Cultural Leadership
City of Murfreesboro·Economic & Financial Literacy
UPRISE·Employee Engagement
City of Clarksville·Employee Engagement
Zambia·Cross-Cultural Leadership
TRIO New Mexico·Economic & Financial Literacy
North Carolina Central University·Leadership Development & Student Success
Democratic Republic of the Congo·Diplomatic LeadershipMen's Mental Health South Carolina·Employee Well-Being
U.S. Department of State·Global LeadershipMiddle Tennessee State University·Student EngagementUSAID·Global LeadershipISACA·AI & AutomationU.S. Army·Leadership & ResilienceSouth Africa·Cross-Cultural LeadershipAustin Peay State University·Student Success & Career ReadinessDismas·Employee Burnout & Team MoraleTennessee State University·Leadership DevelopmentEgypt·Cross-Cultural LeadershipCity of Murfreesboro·Economic & Financial LiteracyUPRISE·Employee EngagementCity of Clarksville·Employee EngagementZambia·Cross-Cultural LeadershipTRIO New Mexico·Economic & Financial LiteracyNorth Carolina Central University·Leadership Development & Student SuccessDemocratic Republic of the Congo·Diplomatic LeadershipMen's Mental Health South Carolina·Employee Well-Being
Leadership Without Borders
Leadership Without Borders.
Leadership lessons shaped across countries, cultures and high-stakes environments.
A former U.S. Diplomat with a Presidential Commission and U.S. Senate confirmation, 6+ global assignments across three continents, and $590M in executive financial and operational oversight.
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Organization Need?
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