Most Requested Programs

Leading Through Uncertainty: Using authentic leadership to navigate ambiguity
Hey superheroes, take off your capes (but please leave on your mask). Hey leaders, let's check our ego for a second. In this session, you’ll be asked to think critically about the way you communicate with others. When you lead authentically through your experiences, shortcomings, and lessons learned, you make yourself appear human to your co-workers, which boosts morale and trust. In the midst of a critical social justice movement, we must focus on what is right, not the need to be right. In the global pandemic, we must preach and practice empathy for ourselves and others. It is during this period of ambiguity and uncertainty that leaders emerge, but not the ones who are trying to be perfect. No, it is the ones who recognize the power of authenticity and relatability that will inspire others right now.

Love in Leadership: The Secret to Managing and Retaining Talent
Great teams require great coaches. And great coaches pour love into their talent. It may feel weird to bring up love in business, but it’s the cornerstone of commitment, relationships, teams, and growth, so it’s time we talked about it. If you’re ready to see dramatic performance and development gains in your teams, this session is for you.

Giving Feedback That Sticks: How to be better at growth conversations
Let’s talk about feedback. Specifically, constructive feedback. Growth conversations can be stressful on both sides of the table, but they don’t have to be. In this session we’ll dive into my feedback spectrum and a favorite rule of improv comedy, to give you the tools and confidence to have productive difficult conversations that will take your teams to the next level.

Find Your Third Place: Chasing "work/life balance" during the madness
Hold the eye rolls, this is a conversation about balance that is both realistic and worthwhile! The truth is, work cannot run our lives AND work Is not the only source of our balance Issues. In this session James offers an alternative to traditional methods (things like, find one hour of your week and hold it sacred) and, instead, uses the “Third Place Principle” as a way for us to gain more control and purpose. We all crave more balance, and this introspective session will help audiences understand how a Third Place can add more stability at work and home, create more impactful stories, and, most importantly, generate a more fulfilling life.

Leading Imperfectly: The Value of Being Authentic for Leaders, Professionals, and Human Beings
Rather than take the same, tired approach to leadership development, this session gets personal. As humans, we can’t learn things from people who are perfect, we can only learn things from people who are imperfect. This deep but hysterical speech encourages attendees to take off their masks, put away their egos, and recognize the power of vulnerability in their teams and in their work. Through authentic storytelling and live audience interactions, James demonstrates how authenticity inspires open communication, forms tighter bonds, and allows teams to be more engaged.