Discover Lisa’s most-requested programs on employee retention, gratitude strategies, and corporate culture.
How to Keep Your Best People in a Changing Workforce
Manufacturing, construction, and distribution leaders were already facing a talent shortage before the pandemic. An aging workforce. Fewer skilled workers coming in. More competition for the people who can actually get the work done.
Now employees have more choices. Not about whether to work, but about who they work for, how they’re treated, and whether they feel valued enough to stay.
The organizations that are winning today aren’t guessing. They’re intentionally building engagement through clear leadership, meaningful communication, and a culture where people feel safe, trusted, and connected.
This program shows leaders how to strengthen employee engagement and retention without lowering standards or losing productivity. You’ll learn practical strategies that improve morale, increase loyalty, and reduce turnover, even in uncertain times.
Because there is no “business as usual” anymore.
There are only leaders who adapt, and those who lose their best people.
By participating in this program your audience will:
How Appreciation Drives Performance, Retention, and Resilience
The disruptions of the past few years didn’t just change how we work.
They exposed how leaders show up under pressure.
The most effective leaders didn’t ignore the challenges. They learned how to find clarity, connection, and momentum inside them. Gratitude isn’t about pretending things are perfect. It’s about training your brain and your leadership habits to focus on what moves people forward.
In this engaging keynote, you’ll discover how a practical gratitude strategy strengthens leadership mindset, improves relationships, and increases employee engagement. Using real-world stories, research-backed insights, and immediately usable tools, this program shows how appreciation fuels retention, resilience, and results.
You’ll walk away with strategies that improve how you lead at work, how you connect with your team, and how you take better care of yourself, without adding more to your already full plate.
Because if you don’t value your people, someone else will.
By attending this program, you will:
How Leaders Make Better Decisions Before the Machines Decide for Them
Artificial intelligence is moving fast.
Faster than most leaders are ready for.
Manufacturing, construction, and skilled-trades organizations are being asked to adopt new technology, automate decisions, and rely on data-driven systems, all while still leading human beings who want trust, purpose, and respect.
AI can optimize processes.
It cannot replace judgment.
This program challenges leaders to slow down before they automate the wrong things. You’ll explore where human judgment matters most, how leadership decisions shape trust and culture, and why appreciation, discernment, and accountability become more important, not less, in an AI-driven workplace.
Judgment Before AI is not about resisting technology.
It’s about leading wisely before delegating decisions you can’t undo.
Because the future doesn’t belong to the companies with the best tools.
It belongs to the ones with the best judgment.
By attending this program, participants will:
Approximately 8500 baby boomers retire every day.
And too many manufacturers are watching hard-earned knowledge walk out the door with them.
At the same time, younger employees are coming in with different expectations around communication, leadership, and purpose. When leaders treat every generation the same, engagement drops. Turnover rises. And succession planning turns into a guessing game.
This program helps manufacturing leaders understand how generational differences impact communication, motivation, and retention on the shop floor and beyond. You’ll learn practical strategies to connect with emerging leaders, strengthen multigenerational teams, and reduce costly early-career turnover.
Instead of chasing talent, you’ll build a workplace where people want to stay, grow, and step into leadership when the time comes.
Because if you don’t value your people, someone else will.
During the enlightening, engaging and entertaining session, you will
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