Signature Keynote

Leading with Purpose

The North Star looks like one point of light. It is actually three. Purpose works the same way.

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Shannon Huffman Polson

The Talk

What your audience walks away with.

Leaders are exhausted and teams are stretched thin. When people reconnect to what matters, engagement, direction and courage come back with it. Through her Polaris Principle, Shannon helps leaders name their own purpose, connect it to the organization's, and help every person on the team find theirs.

Who It's For

Executive teams and leadership offsites

Organizations rebuilding engagement

HR and learning and development leaders

Outcomes

Four things they'll take back to work.

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The Polaris Principle for personal and organizational purpose

02

Reconnecting tired teams to meaning

03

Aligning daily decisions with purpose

04

Building trust that lasts beyond the event

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Your message on grit, and purpose truly resonated with our teams and set the perfect tone for the conversations that followed.

Marshall Coyle, Karl Storz

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Let’s Talk

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