I'd love to speak at your event I'm Not Just an Expert On Gen Z. I Work With Them Every Single Day.

When you hire me to speak, your audience doesn’t get a repackaged LinkedIn article. They get unfiltered, research-backed intelligence from someone embedded in both the Gen Z workforce and the leadership teams trying to understand them. The result: a room that thinks differently walking out than it did walking in.

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SIGNATURE KEYNOTE 1

CRACKING THE GEN Z CAREER CODE

Best For: HR conferences, SHRM national and regional, NACE, talent acquisition summits, university career centers

What Your Audience Will Leave With:

  • A clear framework for understanding what Gen Z actually values in an employer — ranked in order of importance
  • The three most common recruiting mistakes that cause Gen Z candidates to drop out of your pipeline
  • A 90-day retention blueprint that dramatically reduces early turnover
  • Specific language changes that make your employer brand resonate with Gen Z values without alienating other generations

Length: 60 or 90 minutes. Virtual or in-person. Q&A included.

SIGNATURE KEYNOTE 2

THE GEN Z RETENTION PLAYBOOK

Best For: Corporate all-hands events, executive leadership retreats, HR leadership summits, C-suite off-sites

What Your Audience Will Leave With:

  • The five hidden retention gaps that exit interviews never surface — and how to find them
  • Why the traditional manager-employee relationship model fails with Gen Z and what to replace it with
  • A manager self-assessment tool to identify which leadership behaviors are accelerating Gen Z turnover
  • A culture audit framework any HR team can deploy within 30 days

Length: 60 or 90 minutes. Virtual or in-person. Q&A included.

SIGNATURE KEYNOTE 3

LEADING ACROSS THE GENERATIONAL DIVIDE

Best For: Multi-generational workforce training days, manager development programs, leadership academies

What Your Audience Will Leave With:

  • A practical communication framework that works across Boomers, Gen X, Millennials, and Gen Z simultaneously
  • How to set expectations that different generations can actually agree on
  • Why generational conflict is often a values translation problem — and how to solve it without alienating anyone
  • Team exercises that can be implemented the following week

Length: 60 or 90 minutes. Available as a half-day workshop with additional exercises.

SIGNATURE KEYNOTE 4

THE FUTURE WORKFORCE IS ALREADY HERE

Best For: Association annual conferences, workforce development summits, and future of work forums.

What Your Audience Will Leave With:

  • A data-backed portrait of the workforce trends Gen Z is accelerating — and why most organizations are reacting too late
  • The three outdated workforce assumptions that are quietly costing companies competitive advantage
  • A strategic roadmap for building organizational cultures that will attract and retain the next wave of talent
  • Concrete policy and structural changes leaders can implement before the talent war intensifies

Length: 60 or 90 minutes. Available as a half-day workshop. 

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