Executive thinking, made relatable.
Executive thinking, made relatable.
Keynotes & Executive Briefings
Leadership, career clarity, and workplace fulfillment — delivered relatable, real, direct, and unfiltered for your team, conference, or event.
35+ years leading through crisis, culture change, and turnaround — delivered relatable, real, direct, and unfiltered for your team, conference, or event.
Request AvailabilityDisplaced employees located, supported, and redeployed across 14 hotels after Hurricane Katrina.
Saved in contract negotiations while averting a labor strike and rebuilding management-labor trust.
Co-workers supported through a talent strategy redesign across six service lines at Mercy Health.
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Working hard and feeling fulfilled are not the same thing. David walks an audience through the Job Joy formula — what you love set against what you're good at — and the gap between internal purpose and the conditions people actually work in. Attendees leave able to name their own gap and do something about it on Monday.
Built on the Katrina task force that located and redeployed more than 1,700 displaced employees across 14 hotels, and on averting a labor strike that saved over $1M in contract negotiations. For leadership teams facing a turnaround, a restructuring, or a period where trust between management and staff has thinned.
Thirty-five years of boardroom experience translated into language a frontline team can act on. For organizations where the strategy is clear at the top and murky everywhere else — and for leaders who want to be understood rather than admired.
Organizers often pair a keynote with copies for the room — ask about bulk orders when you enquire.
The formula behind the keynote — for anyone who is working hard and still wondering why it doesn't feel like enough.
David works inside organizations to address the human issues behind stalled performance — and turn clarity, connection and accountability into measurable momentum.
For leadership teams and HR partners who want the framework working inside the organization long after the talk ends.
Use the JJFF™ Assessment to see where your top performers' "love + good at" actually sits — and where it is being under-used. Most retention problems are visible long before someone resigns.
Fulfillment mapping applied to succession planning — designing progression paths that raise both the value someone brings and the reason they stay.
Four, eight or twelve hours — introduction, assessment, then guided career mapping. Tiered so you can start small and go deeper when it earns its place.
Thirty-five years inside hospitality, luxury retail, and healthcare — leading teams through crisis, culture change, and turnaround. The rooms that get the most from him:
Teams carrying engagement, retention, and culture targets — and the pressure that comes with them.
Leadership groups navigating a turnaround, a merger, or a period where trust has thinned.
Main-stage keynotes on work, fulfillment, and what actually holds an organization together.
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