FEATURED KEYNOTE
The Shared Purpose Payoff: Why connection to purpose makes people more engaged, more fulfilled and m
The Shared Purpose Payoff
Why connection to purpose makes people more engaged, more fulfilled, and more effective.
Two out of three people feel disconnected from the work they do. That gap is not a morale problem. It is a
performance problem, and it shows up as turnover, burnout, and teams that are present but not switched on.
Melissa has spent twenty-five years inside that gap, leading teams through it and studying what actually closes it. She makes
the business case first, then the human one, then the part most talks skip: what makes purpose hold when conditions get hard
and people are being asked to do more with less. She takes on psychological safety and burnout directly, without the usual lip
service. Leaders leave with three specific moves they can make Monday morning, and a clear answer to the question their
people are quietly asking, which is whether any of this matters.
ATTENDEES WILL LEAVE ABLE TO
• Name the real cost of disconnection in their own organization, in the terms leadership already tracks: retention, productivity,
and burnout.
• Give every person on their team line of sight to who benefits from their work, including the roles that sit two steps removed
from the customer or resident.
• Identify what energizes each individual and shift one thing toward it, using a two-question approach they can run in their
next one-on-one.
• Build alignment through collaboration instead of mandate, so purpose is something their team articulates rather than
something handed to them.
Built for: all-leader meetings and leadership summits, executive and HR conferences, women’s leadership events, and employee resource
groups.
Available as a 45 or 60 minute keynote, or a half-day workshop.