Speaking

The world’s top, learning, career development, and talent professionals trust Al to provide subject matter expertise, engaging content, and actionable guidance on how to help employees build the mindset and capabilities needed to succeed in workplace.

Al has done keynote speaking and lectures at top organizations  like Deloitte Consulting LLP to leading universities including Duke University and the University of Texas-Austin. He speaks topics including success in the workplace, career development, storytelling, professional networking, relationship building, and workplace collaboration.

Conference Planners: Please see my Speaker Information for more details

Why Choose Al

I love working with conference planners, companies and associations to inspire and motivate employees and conference attendees. Here are some reasons why I might be a good fit for your goals:

  • Human-First Approach – I believe in meeting people where they are. I focus on getting to know your members and attendees, and connecting my message in ways that resonate.
  • Grounded Knowledge – I blend my keynotes with numbers and narrative. I trust and believe in data, but make it real with stories, antedotes, and a small bit of humor.
  • Actionable Insight – I recognize that people want to take action, and always share takeaways, tactics, and ideas that people can test out right away
  • Authentic Storytelling – I love telling stories, especially diverse ones. I use stories to illustrate research and key points, inspire audience members, and motivate people to take action

Keynote and Conference Speaking Topics

The following are examples of keynote topics I cover: 

  • The New Rules of Career Development – In our fast-changing world of work, proactively managing your career and continuously developing yourself is critical to personal and professional growth. In this keynote, participants will walk away with the mindsets and skills needed to futureproof their career. Regardless of where you are in your career journey, you can gain the new career skills you need to get to your career goals further and faster.
  • Professional Networking in a Hybrid World – We all know networking is critical to success, but how do you develop a great network while remaining true to yourself? This training focuses on how to networking in an individual and authentic way, in-person and virtually, how to build better business relationships through networking, and how to communicate your value when building relationships with others.
  • Attracting, Development and Retaining Gen-Z Talent – This keynote is designed for Baby Boomer, Gen X and millennials who are managing early in career employees. It will provide an overview of common attitudes, behaviors, and ways of working of today’s early-in career employees, as well as tactical actions and approaches for engaging, developing, and retaining top talent to succeed in the workplace.  
  • Connect: Building Relationships and Trust in an All-Digital World – In our remote work environment, human connection is more important than ever before. But how do you build relationships and increase trust on teams and with customers when you can’t be face to face? In this session, participants will learn best practices to build and deepen trust with their team and stakeholders through a virtual environment.

Speaking Examples 

  • Speaking Examples – Please see my YouTube Channel for examples of my speaking and presentation style
  • Podcast – I’ve recorded over 100+ podcast episodes, and guested on over 20+ of them on my own. You can check out my MBA Insider Podcast here

For More Details and for additional speaking examples please see my Speaker Kit or contact me for more information.

Audiences

I regularly engage with audiences of all backgrounds. Some examples include:

  • Early Professionals and Students – How to build the foundational skills for early career success
  • Mid-Career – Getting emerging talent to build skills to get to the next level
  • Executives –  Advanced strategies for experienced professionals at the Individual, team, and org-wide level
  • General Audiences – Relevant and inspiring topics for general audiences

Conference Planners – I’ve planned and attended hundreds of industry and company conferences ranging from 100 attendees up to 150,000 attendees and have advised numerous Conference Planners and Association Executives on content suggestions over the years. I understand your goals and desires and am happy to chat with you to construct a speaking engagement that meets your needs.