For the last decade, Chris has dedicated himself to creating dynamic team building like An Attitude of Gratitude and client engagement experiences for some of the world’s leading corporations. His approach prioritizes empathy, authentic connections, asking meaningful questions, and creating a culture of recognition, appreciation, and belonging within professional environments. His data-driven, scientifically-backed keynotes reveal to audiences our secret sauce to human connection.

After a profound keynote, your attendees will leave with actionable tools they can apply within their teams, to their customers, to their families, and to themselves. We will give them a tool kit that will help them ask insightful questions, build healthy friendships in the modern workplace, foster creativity and innovation in cross-functional teams, recognize and appreciate their colleagues, and win the war on talent with a positive mental attitude.

Explore the concept of ‘Ubuntu’, embodying the idea of interconnectedness and its crucial role in driving economic growth, drawing from the examples of Desmond Tutu and Nelson Mandela. In this keynote, Chris emphasizes the importance of fostering genuine human connections within organizations, highlighting how effective leadership involves not only assembling competent teams but also creating environments where these teams deeply connect, leading to innovation, belonging, and successful business outcomes. Key takeaways include understanding the disconnection crisis in modern workplaces, promoting economic growth by uniting communities, prioritizing empathy and gratitude as essential leadership qualities, and fostering a culture of celebrating each other’s successes for organizational success.

Recognition Revolution: Transforming Workplaces, Empowering People

In this keynote, you will hear about the importance of recognizing and valuing employees as the cornerstone of organizational success, amidst a culture where growth often eclipses gratitude. Chris highlights that the true measure of achievement lies in business accomplishments and the people who enable them. Through unveiling the science and actionable strategies of employee recognition, the keynote emphasizes the transformative power of valuing individuals within the workplace, promoting continuous improvement, and fostering a sense of belonging. Key takeaways include insights from the success story of WD-40, the recognition of the disconnection crisis in modern workplaces, defining recognition as expressing gratitude for employees’ contributions aligned with company values, and outlining strategic steps for authentic recognition, including slowing down, committing to service, activating empathy, highlighting positive actions, and fostering community connection.

The Friendship Factor: Healthy Relationships for Modern Work

This session explores the importance of cultivating strong, empathetic, and resilient relationships in the workplace, addressing the pressing issue of employee disconnection and disengagement. Highlighting statistics revealing the scarcity of close workplace friendships and the substantial costs associated with employee loneliness, the session underscores the pivotal role of healthy relationships in combating turnover and fostering a thriving work environment. Key takeaways include recognizing empathy, gratitude, resilience, and diversity as pillars of modern work relationships, and emphasizing that genuine connections go beyond mere acquaintanceship and contribute to decreased turnover rates. Insights are provided on the impact of managerial support and peer encouragement on employee engagement, with strategies outlined for expressing gratitude effectively and building bonds within teams and across departments, ultimately enriching the workplace experience through meaningful connections.

As the pace of modern life accelerates, a pervasive plague has emerged: 51% of the American workforce reports being consistently lonely, 79% are disengaged, and 19% are just flat-out miserable. This cocktail of workplace challenges not only erodes individual well-being and productivity, but also undermines the collective spirit, cohesion, and vitality of entire organizations. When growth outpaces gratitude, people fall behind.

Discover how Chris Schembra’s captivating keynote presentations can revolutionize your workplace and cultivate deeper connections among your team. Each keynote is packed with practical insights and strategies to boost wellbeing, strengthen teamwork, and propel your organization toward success. Book Chris Schembra as your next speaker and embark on a journey of transformation and growth for your company.

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Doug Manuel’s Keynotes:

In-Person & Virtual Keynotes | Average length of session: 30 to 75 minutes.

The Soul of Business: Go back to basics to connect purpose to performance.

Bringing the timeless wisdom of an Indigenous culture to the Western Boardroom. At a time when employee engagement and talent retention are at an all-time low, The Soul of Business is a unique interactive keynote that leads audiences to a renewed sense of vitality, purpose, and passion. Taking a deep dive into the wisdom of West African indigenous culture with featured excerpts from Doug Manuel’s documentary ‘Beats as One’, this keynote explores the positive effects that these philosophies can have in our Western boardrooms and beyond.
This immersive experience teaches participants to re-learn common human values and encourages well-being and a sense of belonging in the workplace. Participants explore their purpose and tie that to the purpose of their organization. Infused with live musical performances, storytelling, music and rhythm, and incredible imagery, this unique keynote uses Doug’s 3 step process to foster collective synergy. It takes participants on a journey of personal reflection, small group sharing, and collective music-making with body percussion (and performance-enhancing exercises when delivered virtually).
Audience members are left with immediately actionable takeaways that bring engagement and collaboration to life in new and dynamic ways.

Keynote Takeaways:

• Find a purpose: One of the greatest drivers for success.
• Develop personal leadership: Develop active listening and empathy to build an authentic collaborative culture.
• Discover collaboration in action: A relevant experience demonstrating to teams that they are stronger together.
• Learn agility: Sharpen your capacity to act rather than react in dealing with life’s circumstances.
• Cultivate empathy: Through readdressing common human values, improve the ability to connect with others and develop a better understanding of those around you.

Do You Speak Djembe?

Unlock your team’s collaborative potential with the ultimate unifying experience. (Only available in-person)
Described as Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in action, this is a ground-breaking, immersive experience for conferences and corporate teams.
Chosen by Oprah to lead her 3rd SuperSoul Sessions and by TedX Hollywood and TED Global to explore how technology can enhance humanity, this is an opportunity to exponentially boost engagement and collaboration.
Following hundreds of hit performances in Paris, tours through Europe, and a 4-month run at Chicago’s Apollo Theatre, the award-nominated ‘Do You Speak Djembe?’ is now a keynote experience for corporate teams.
Lead by motivational speaker, and the show’s creator Doug Manuel ‘Do You Speak Djembe?’ guarantees to bring collaboration to life.
With drums for every audience member if clients are looking to make their event extraordinary, book ‘Do You Speak Djembe?’, make music together, and ensure that the audience are the stars of the experience.
Through the power of rhythm and the drum, Doug and his on-stage band of world-class musicians inspire, motivate, and unite audiences of any size.
Together they learn to play djembe to the very music they grew up with, from Otis Reading to Sister Sledge, from Prince to Michael Jackson, Pharell Williams, and beyond. They will explore the very roots of music in our shared ancestry and discover that through mutual universal human values, we have more in common than what we believe separates us.
(The repertoire can be adapted according to the client’s requests).
This experience brings team energy and purpose.

Keynote Takeaways:

• Reunite your teams and partners in ways that they have never previously experienced.
• Animate, engage, and energize your audience
• Create a positive attitude and team spirit that the team can own
• Strengthen your brand and your team’s sense of purpose
• Experience a powerful moment of collaboration in action
• Learn techniques to foster collaboration through Doug’s presentation NB

This keynote experience can be combined with Doug’s solo keynote The Soul of Business.

Don’t miss the opportunity to make your event extraordinary by inspiring, educating and empowering your team—schedule your booking with Doug Manuel today.

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