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Eric Termuende

Keynote Speaker on Navigating Uncertainty & Change | Helping Leaders Build Adaptable, High-Performing Teams

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Eric Termuende is a keynote speaker, bestselling author, and researcher focused on one of the defining leadership challenges of our time: how to navigate uncertainty and change when the world refuses to stand still.


For over a decade, Eric has studied leadership, trust, culture, team performance, technology, and the changing nature of work. His work explores why traditional approaches to planning and leadership can break down when conditions change quickly, and what allows people, leaders, and teams to continue moving when the path ahead is unclear.


Eric challenges the idea that the best leaders are the best predictors. Instead, his research shows the importance of creating direction without pretending to have certainty, building the trust required for honest information to travel, reducing the friction that slows teams down, and making small, deliberate One-Degree Shifts that turn action into information and progress.

 

Eric has brought his research and ideas to hundreds of stages around the world, working with leaders and teams at organizations including Amazon, Toyota, IBM, Coca-Cola, Lockheed Martin, Nationwide, Zoom, and Nokia. His ideas have been featured in Forbes, Fast Company, and Inc., and his first book, Rethink Work, became a bestselling resource for leaders navigating the changing world of work.


On stage, Eric combines a researcher's curiosity with a storyteller's instinct and a speaker's sense of the room. Known for his energy, humor, and highly customized approach, he makes serious ideas feel immediately relevant and practical. Audiences leave with more than inspiration. They leave with a clearer way to lead, adapt, and move forward when the future is uncertain.

Speaking Topics

THE CERTAINTY CRISIS: How To Thrive In A World That Refuses To Stand Still

We were taught to wait for certainty before we move. Gather more information, run one more analysis, and be sure. But in a world changing faster than any plan can keep up, the clarity we are waiting for often is not coming. In fact, it may be sitting on the other side of a move we have not made yet.


Attendees will receive a practical navigation system for the moments when the answer is not obvious and the map is incomplete. They will learn from leaders, trailblazers, and remarkable stories from around the world about how to stop chasing certainty, close the Identity Gap, and make progress before the perfect path reveals itself.


What audiences come away with:

  • Why waiting for certainty has quietly become a liability, and what to trade it for
  • The difference between directional certainty and destination certainty
  • A practical method for identifying and closing the Identity Gap
  • An understanding of how to harness the power of One-Degree Shifts
  • Three questions to determine whether to hold the bearing, shift a degree, or change course

BUILT FOR UNCERTAINTY: Leading Teams In A World That Has Never Moved Faster

When the future stops being predictable, most leaders reach for the playbook they know: set the target, build the plan, and push the team toward it. But in a world changing faster than any plan can keep pace with, goals stop matching reality, teams grow tired of constant change, and leaders are left trying to create confidence in a future nobody can clearly see.


Attendees will receive a practical guide to building teams that are more adaptable, aligned, and ready for whatever comes next. They will learn from the experiences of industry leaders, icons, and trailblazers from around the world about how to create clarity without pretending to have certainty, uncover what is slowing their teams down, and use One-Degree Shifts to turn small experiments into momentum and progress.


What audiences come away with:

  • Practical strategies to create clarity and direction through uncertainty
  • Research-backed insights on building trust and adaptability during change
  • Methods for identifying and reducing friction within teams
  • An understanding of how to harness the power of One-Degree Shifts
  • Actionable steps to turn small experiments into a team-wide habit of progress

BLUEPRINT TO THE FUTURE: Leading In A New World Of Work

Whether it is next week's weather or the yet-to-be-created technology that is sure to evolve how we work, the future is truly impossible to predict. And while the trends, charts, and forecasting are interesting, we must shift from trying to anticipate what the future looks like to building resilient systems and teams that can help us navigate whatever the future may bring.


In this engaging, insight-filled, and actionable presentation, workplace culture and leadership expert Eric Termuende delivers a customized and research-backed blueprint that has helped thousands of category-leading teams build trust, remove friction, and prepare for a future that is changing constantly, unpredictably, and faster than ever before.


Attendees will receive a practical guide to building teams that are more productive, engaged, creative, and innovative. They will learn from the experiences of industry leaders, icons, and trailblazers from around the world about the importance of building trust, removing friction, and creating a culture of experimentation.


What audiences come away with:

  • Practical strategies to boost trust, resilience, and camaraderie
  • Research-backed insights on building team agility and excitement toward impending change
  • An understanding of how to harness the power of One-Degree Shifts
  • Methods for finding and reducing friction within teams
  • Actionable steps to cultivate a culture of experimentation, risk-free

UNWAVERING: Building Incredible Teams For The Future Of Work

Uncertainty is inevitable in the new world of work. In the face of ongoing change, will we see our people running for the exits, or will they be there to support and help each other? Change is happening faster than ever before, and building unwavering teams that are resilient, ultra-collaborative, and even excited about that change has never been more important. But how do we build unwavering teams? Trust, empathy, and ongoing experimentation.


Workplace culture and leadership expert Eric Termuende has spent nearly a decade decoding exactly what creates unwavering teams: those that are resilient, rooted in belonging, and have a deep sense of safety and inclusivity. These are the types of teams that thrive through change because they know that while change may be difficult, the only thing worse is standing still. Eric has created a playbook for cultivating unwavering teams, and in this session, attendees will both learn it and be able to take it home with them.


By discovering how to enhance collaboration, developing excitement for all of the possibilities experimentation yields, and deciphering the root of trust across a team, attendees will come away from this session understanding how to become the incredible leader who inspires their teams to perform at their best and stand strong through anything the future may hold.


What audiences come away with:

  • Deep knowledge about the root of collaboration and how to enhance it across the team
  • Research-backed insights around trust, psychological safety, and belonging at work
  • How to enhance excitement about change and involve the whole team in the process
  • The most important question to ask to get engagement and buy-in
  • Why the future is something to be excited about, not scared of

SNOWFLAKES AND FINGERPRINTS: How To Attract Top Talent In The Future Of Work

Regardless of where we look, talent shortages are impacting nearly every industry, and competition is fierce. With an entire generation on the precipice of retirement and not enough workers ready to replace them, the situation is only going to get fiercer. More than ever before, we need to do whatever we can to attract and retain top talent. But what is that?


After a decade of research on the world's greatest places to work, workplace culture and leadership expert Eric Termuende has the answer. Like snowflakes and fingerprints, it all comes down to uniqueness. The days of job listings demanding an extensive list of skills and attributes from potential employees are gone. Instead, we need to talk about the larger workplace experience and the difference our organizations are making in the world. To attract the right talent in today's environment, we must plant our metaphorical flag in the ground and emphasize what makes us, as employers, different from the rest.


In this fun and takeaway-filled presentation, attendees will not only learn how to create their own compelling stories to attract the right talent to their organization, but they will also leave with a talent attraction framework they can continue to refine as the world of work keeps evolving.


What audiences come away with:

  • Actionable ways to create and share a unique, sticky, and impactful employee value proposition
  • Key strategies for leveraging your best recruiters: your existing team
  • An understanding of why creating a best place to work might not mean what you think it does, and what licorice, cilantro, and pineapple pizza have to do with it
  • Knowledge of where culture lives and how to adapt your story based on the team or location you are hiring for

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Testimonials

"From the moment Eric took the stage, he shared timely, relevant information to help us build incredible teams and thrive in the future of work. He was entertaining, educational, and shared actionable insights that prompted many CEOs in the room to share that it was the best EO presentation they had ever experienced. Kudos, Eric! We were thrilled to have you and would highly recommend the great work you do."

"I knew you’d have a great keynote, but seeing you in action on that stage was truly something else. I love the balance between entertaining the audience and challenging them to think differently. Your presence on stage, storytelling ability, and genuine connection to the audience were palpable and powerful. Our conference was better because of your message and delivery. I know our team is looking forward to another opportunity to work with you again."

"Thank you so much for a tremendous presentation today! It was outstanding! Hearing excellent reviews from the group here – people already citing your takeaways in their conversation and feedback. I will most certainly promote you and this presentation to other groups within Nationwide."

"Eric, we can’t thank you enough! Your presentation was OUTSTANDING. Our attendees were deeply engaged (and entertained!) and we received so many compliments on your keynote. Thank you for bringing your amazing energy and insights to our event. We’re so happy to hear you had a good experience with us and we would love to find a way to work with you again. We’ll stay in touch!"

"You absolutely knocked it out of the park & nothing but amazing feedback & accolades for you. I anticipate many inquiries will come your way. This was a special day for us and you made it exceptional."

"Eric’s talk was polished, pointed, and punchy. Our Tech CEOs overwhelmingly praised both the content and delivery of Eric’s talk. We brought him in as a thought leader on workplace culture and transformation post Covid-19, and he delivered."

"Following a great keynote at the Northwest Credit Union Association, we brought Eric in for two keynotes with our branches. His high-energy, insightful, and timely information was perfect for us as we navigate the future of work and continue to build an incredible workplace. His message was so well-received that we’re bringing Eric back for another event later this year (2022) and look forward to all he has to offer."

“Eric was rated 4.8 out of 5 stars, by far the best results we saw throughout our entire meeting. He was extremely engaging and delivered a clear, relevant message that our leaders immediately began incorporating into their own mindsets and with their teams. The messaging was easy to digest, drove real impact, and energized the room.”

“Eric delivered the perfect message for our top 350+ leaders as we look to lead 10,000+ people through growth, change, and transformation. His keynote was customized, relevant, and actionable, and shared the tools and skills we need to confidently lead forward.”

“Eric delivered a high-energy, engaging, and informative keynote that left our people leaders inspired, informed, and committed to shifting one degree. Eric has a gift for deep listening, challenging the status quo, and confidently sharing his stories with humility and humour at a world-class standard.”

“Eric did an excellent job of helping our senior leaders connect the links between strategy and culture with One-Degree Shifts in our thinking about people and process. This slight change in our thinking was a great catalyst for the discussions that followed as we built out our strategies for the coming year.”

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