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 job market and the leadership teams trying to hire from it. 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 events, SHRM national and regional, NACE, talent acquisition summits, university career centers, student leadership events, early-talent programs.

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

WINNING THE EARLY-CAREER TALENT WAR

Best For: Corporate all-hands events, executive leadership retreats, HR leadership summits, early-talent program leaders, C-suite off-sites.

What Your Audience Will Leave With:

  • The five talent gaps that cost you candidates before day one — and how to close them
  • Why the way you’re recruiting and onboarding Gen Z is losing them before day 90 — and what to do instead
  • 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

What Gen Z Actually Wants At work

Best For: University career fairs, early-talent summits, campus recruiting teams, manager development programs, leadership academies

What Your Audience Will Leave With:

  • What Gen Z actually wants from a first employer — ranked in order of priority, backed by current data
  • The three things that make a Gen Z candidate drop out of your pipeline — and how to remove each one
  • How to build an employer brand that attracts early-career talent without alienating every other generation
  • A hiring and onboarding framework you can implement within 30 days

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

SIGNATURE KEYNOTE 4

THE FUTURE 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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