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BUILD COMMUNITY. TRANSFORM YOUR CULTURE.

Liberating keynotes, facilitation, and consultation to elevate your impact as a values-driven leader, guiding you to live authentically and embrace the power of people over profit to transform your culture.

OUR COURAGOUS CLIENTS

“You may have received the message that doing a lot means you are worth a lot. In this way, productivity becomes a measure of a person’s value... “…to come home to yourself is to reject the pressure of self-erasure and perpetual busyness. You can tell yourself the truth: busyness has not brought healing or relief, only distraction and superficial accolades.”

—Dr. Thema Bryant

This means doing your own work to understand how you embody your role as a leader and engage with others, so you can develop the tools to be a more integrated, well-rounded human being who recognizes that shared power builds autonomy and a thriving culture. Living a more integrated life means doing the necessary and intentional work to create a culture that affirms everyone’s dignity, simply because they are human beings.

In this kind of culture, personal value supersedes productivity, allowing people to feel connected and valued to show up as the best version of themselves. This culture breeds trust—not division. In this space, teams effectively collaborate to solve pressing issues because they have the psychological safety needed to create innovative and sustainable solutions to make meaningful change.

Leading in this way requires you to unlearn the harmful ways you have been taught you had to show up as a leader. It requires courage and a commitment to live a more values-driven, strengths-based life that recognizes that meeting everyone’s universal basic needs is a human right. We all deserve to live in a world that centers humanity over the bottom line.

Won’t you help us cultivate this world?

The majority of people don’t feel valued or (em)powered by their organizations, leading to disconnection and disengagement because their innate need to belong is not a priority.

It’s time to reject the false narrative that their worth is tied to how much they do and build a new culture rooted in dignity and belonging.

Courageous and compassionate leadership means honoring the humanity of its people. But first, you have to honor your own humanity.

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“The most important thing I learned in this course is the importance of sharing our voices and thoughts. You are one of the best active listeners I have ever been able to observe.”

—Educator and Learning Cohort Participant

SIGNATURE KEYNOTES

SHIFTING FROM MISALIGNMENT TO INTEGRITY

For organizations to thrive, we must move away from a culture that prioritizes perpetual busyness and shift toward one that aligns with both individual and organizational values, strengths, and needs. By recognizing that integrity is the practice and modeling of our core values, we can co-create a culture where people feel truly connected, valued, and entrusted to be their full, authentic selves—allowing them, and the organization, to flourish.

YOUR AUDIENCE WILL WALK AWAY WITH:

  • A framework to identify misalignment within the organization and oneself, fostering a culture of belonging and integrity

  • Practical self-assessment tools to measure alignment between personal and organizational values, tracking integrity-centered change

  • Insights on how core values shape belonging and personal narratives about one's role and contributions

  • An interactive workbook to apply keynote concepts immediately

THIS PROGRAM IS PERFECT FOR:

  • Leaders who want to model integrity and belonging in their organizations

  • Executives realigning vision, mission, and values with daily practices

  • Professionals creating inclusive, dignity-affirming workplaces that prioritize emotional safety

  • HR professionals focused on engagement, retention, and alignment

  • Facilitators guiding individuals and teams through reflection and transformation

  • Professionals reconnecting their personal "why" to their organizational mission for integrity and belonging

HONORING THE POWER OF THE STORY

Listening with compassionate curiosity transforms personal storytelling and frustrations from mere complaints into opportunities for growth and change. By engaging in courageous conversations, we not only help others feel seen, heard, and valued but also build the trust necessary to uncover the wisdom in their voices—driving meaningful, systemic change.

YOUR AUDIENCE WILL WALK AWAY WITH:

  • A framework to address unspoken organizational challenges with empathy and authenticity

  • Recognizing the wisdom in organizational and personal stories, especially marginalized voices

  • Tools to shift from reactive to empathetic listening for connection

  • How to elevate stories as valuable data for addressing systemic issues

  • How to use courageous conversations to center individuals and lived experiences

  • An interactive workbook to apply keynote concepts immediately

THIS PROGRAM IS PERFECT FOR:

  • Senior leaders fostering a culture of active listening, courageous conversations, and authentic connection.

  • Executives using storytelling as a tool for engagement and change.

  • Inclusion-focused professionals shaping cultures that value all voices.

  • Facilitators holding space for difficult conversations and deeper reflection.

  • Leaders connecting personal narratives to inclusion initiatives for lasting transformation.

  • Professionals seeking tools to shift from disconnection to belonging and opportunity.

  • Leaders improving team dynamics to ensure every voice is heard and valued.

WRITING YOUR NEW LIBERATING STORY

When we feel constrained, depleted, and disconnected, it creates toxic and dysfunctional workplaces. The key to reducing these negative effects is learning to practice self-soothing techniques, reframe limiting stories, and foster emotional safety. These practices help us stay grounded and resilient, even when life and work become overwhelming.

YOUR AUDIENCE WILL WALK AWAY WITH:

  • A framework for shifting personal and collective stories toward a liberating vision centered on authenticity, emotional safety, and connection

  • Tools to address the impact of feeling constrained and disconnected on mental health, team dynamics, and organizational success

  • Self-soothing techniques in mindfulness, self-compassion, and emotional regulation to build resilience and prevent burnout

  • An inspired perspective on recognizing and disrupting self-limiting stories

  • An interactive workbook to apply keynote concepts immediately

THIS PROGRAM IS PERFECT FOR:

  • Professionals in high-stress roles seeking tools to manage burnout and support others' well-being

  • Senior leaders aiming to prevent burnout, build resilience, and create emotionally safe cultures

  • Executives addressing toxic workplaces and aligning employee well-being with organizational goals

  • Wellness professionals and leaders exploring the root causes of burnout and disengagement to implement compassionate solutions

  • Those focused on resilience and mental health, looking for strategies to enhance holistic employee well-being

  • Team leaders identifying and counteracting depletion and disconnection within their teams

Take any of these keynotes to the next level by providing a more immersive experience, giving your leaders and teams the time to practice the tools delivered in the keynotes. By utilizing the provided workbook, our time together will help build the individual and collective capacity for deepening self-understanding and a sense of belonging that drives meaningful change.

KEYNOTE ADD ONS

KEYNOTES, FACILITATION & CULTURE CHANGE WORK

Customized in-person and virtual learning sessions that include practical and immediately actionable takeways to get you in alignment with your values, play to your strengths, and nourish your needs, all in an effort to build dignity-affirming cultures that prioritize the whole person.

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KEYNOTES

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LEARNING COHORTS

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STRATEGIC PLANNING

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STORYTELLING

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RETREATS

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HEALING CIRCLES

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OUR SIGNATURE APPROACH

We utilize our 3D Power Tools Framework to facilitate a process that motivates your team to channel their passion and self-determination to disrupt devaluing practices that lead to disconnected staff. By reframing challenges as opportunities, we aim to create dignity-affirming communities where everyone thrives and remains engaged in your collective mission. Our iterative approach focuses on holistic growth, envisioning a reimagined world, and nurturing community care for sustainable change, all through continuous improvement and self-compassion. The process provides the necessary data inputs (qualitative, quantitative, perceptual, and procedural) to co-develop an organizational roadmap and scorecard, supporting a multi-year strategic plan for consistent capacity-building, culture change, and progress monitoring.

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FIND OUT WHAT IT MEANS TO REDISCOVER POWER AND LIVE AND LEAD AUTHENTICALLY.

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