Keynotes

The talks

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Each keynote is built around your audience and runs 45 to 75 minutes. Every one leaves people with a practice they can start the next morning.

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Start With Direction

Why goals fail without a compass, and how to find the one question that keeps a team pointed the same way.

Leadership. All-hands. Offsites. · 45–75 minutes Read the outline

Safe Enough to Speak

The quiet cost of teams that agree too quickly, and the small rituals that make honesty the default.

Culture. People teams. Managers. · 45–60 minutes Read the outline

Finish Lines Are Lies

A talk for anyone who reached the goal and felt nothing. How to lead through the long middle of the work.

Sales kickoffs. Founders. · 45–75 minutes Read the outline

The Second Wind

Resilience without the cliches. What people actually do when they run out of energy and have to keep going.

Healthcare. Education. Nonprofits. · 45–60 minutes Read the outline
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Beyond the keynote

Workshop

A full day with your leaders

Up to 40 people. We map where direction is lost in your organization and leave with three changes to test that month.

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Keynote

One stage, one hour

Custom-built for your event, with a pre-call and a follow-up practice guide for attendees.

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Online course

Purpose in practice

Eight weeks, self-paced, with live monthly calls. For people who want the work without waiting for their company.

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The talk people send to their boss

Northline Leadership Summit, 2025 18 minutes on why your best people are quietly looking for a reason to stay.
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On stage this season

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14 Oct 2026

Northline Leadership Summit

Opening keynote: Start With Direction

Chicago, IL
02 Nov 2026

Care Forward Conference

Closing session: The Second Wind

Austin, TX
21 Jan 2027

Founders Winter Retreat

Half-day workshop: Finish Lines Are Lies

Denver, CO
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