Three distinct, story-driven keynote programs. Each brings firsthand leadership experience to the challenges of leading teams, making responsible decisions, and earning trust.
Lessons in Leadership When the Stakes Are High
Four extraordinary parachuting experiences reveal how leaders earn lasting trust, prepare teams for consequential challenges, and exercise sound judgment when the stakes are high.
Full program details ↗How Effective Leaders Achieve Mission Success and Build High-Performing Teams
Discover how service-centered leaders establish clear direction, develop capable people, welcome candid truths, and build accountable, high-performing teams.
Full program details ↗How Leaders Think, Decide, and Act When the Answer Isn’t Clear
Five vivid firsthand experiences show leaders how to challenge assumptions, weigh competing risks, make responsible decisions and own the outcomes.
Full program details ↗Every program turns extraordinary real-world experiences into practical leadership lessons for organizations of every kind.
“Leadership is service – it’s not about what you get; it’s about what you give when you’ve been entrusted to lead.”
Three established keynote programs, plus audience-specific talks and selected leadership instruction or facilitated training.
Leadership conferences, executive gatherings, management development, and team events.
Association programs and mission-oriented organizations focused on building trust and accountability.
Programs focused on character, service, leadership development, and making difficult decisions.
Ken combines firsthand leadership experience with practical discussion, relevant scenarios, and next-morning actions. Workshops are scoped to each organization.
Three tailored workshops built around real leadership challenges, guided practice, and practical application.
Turning Guiding Principles into Consistent Leadership Behavior
Explore how personal and organizational values shape leadership decisions, conduct, and relationships. Participants use Character, Excellence, Service, and Courage as practical touchstones to explore what it means to be a values-based leader. Interactive work includes practical scenarios involving competing values, deadlines, compromise pressures, and uncertainty – and the development of a personal leadership action plan.
Making Responsible Decisions When the Answer Is Not Clear
Develop a disciplined approach to incomplete information, competing risks, and constrained timelines. Proposed participant work includes testing assumptions in realistic scenarios, consulting relevant perspectives, and applying the PREPARE • ASSESS • LISTEN • DECIDE • OWN framework.
Developing Clear Direction and Aligning People to Achieve It
Effective leaders help their organizations decide where they need to be going, why that destination matters, and what must be accomplished to get there. This workshop examines how leaders develop a compelling organizational vision, establish clear expectations, and translate direction into meaningful goals and coordinated action. Proposed participant work includes developing a concise vision statement, defining standards and responsibilities, and aligning measurable goals with the organization’s mission and priorities.
These are proposed instructional designs for tailored workshop sessions. Specific activities, duration, and deliverables will be finalized for each engagement.
Discuss a workshop ↗Explore a keynote or discuss a presentation tailored to your organization's needs.
