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People crave meaning and connection at work – but most workplaces provide very little of either. This highly interactive keynote introduces Spirit@Work, Lance Secretan’s groundbreaking system that blends multimedia, community wisdom, and personal reflection using the Spirit@Work mobile app.
Participants guide the experience by selecting themes that matter most to them, creating a dynamic, co-created exploration of inspiration, values, and Higher Ground Leadership. This format is energizing, surprising, and deeply human.
The result is a shared journey where people rediscover their own inner wisdom—and learn how to bring more spirit, joy, and authenticity into their work.
Conscious Leadership begins with the understanding that we are all deeply connected – and that separation is at the root of most human pain. In this keynote, Lance Secretan explores how the CASTLE Principles empower leaders to live and lead with Courage, Authenticity, Service, Truthfulness, Love, and Effectiveness.
Through stories, spiritual insight, and practical guidance, he shows how reconnecting with our shared humanity transforms individuals, relationships, organizations, and society. This is leadership as wholeness – a return to oneness.
Participants learn how to embody inspiration in everyday life and bring greater unity, compassion, and clarity to their leadership.
Organizations often become divided by silos, priorities, and power struggles – and lose the ability to dream. In this keynote, Lance Secretan shows how creating ONE Dream unifies people around a shared, elevated purpose that transcends competition and inspires collective greatness.
Lance reveals how dreaming – once considered too “soft” for business – is actually the engine behind the world’s most successful organizations. He shares the science, process, and stories behind helping corporations, cities, and regions identify and realize bold, transformative dreams.
When people dream together, barriers dissolve and extraordinary outcomes become possible.
Despite endless books, courses, and theories about leadership, our institutions continue to struggle. In this keynote, Lance Secretan introduces a radical new understanding of what truly creates vibrant, inspired organizations – drawn from his groundbreaking work A Love Story.
He reframes the very idea of leadership, shifting the focus from command-and-control to a more human, love-centered approach that fuels vitality, innovation, and belonging. Leaders discover a refreshing and practical philosophy that rebuilds energy at the individual, team, and organizational levels.
This keynote is ideal for organizations seeking a new way forward – one rooted in meaning, spirit, and humanity.
Our current leadership paradigm is failing – and we all feel it. In this keynote, Lance Secretan offers a bold reset drawn from The Spark, the Flame, and the Torch, revealing a path toward more human, inspired, and effective leadership across every sector of society.
He challenges conventional approaches to mission/vision/values statements, performance systems, motivation, and coaching – offering Higher Ground Leadership as a powerful and proven alternative. With stories, metaphors, and vivid visuals, Lance shows how anyone can become an inspiring presence who elevates people and reshapes culture.
This keynote distills 35 years of research and practice into a clear blueprint for personal and organizational transformation.
Too many organizations adopt trendy management practices that drain energy instead of elevating it. In this keynote, based on Lance Secretan’s bestselling The Bellwether Effect, audiences learn why these ideas spread – and how to replace them with practices that truly inspire.
Lance shares the eight most common, counterproductive habits leaders unintentionally embrace and reveals fresh, research-supported alternatives that transform culture, performance, and morale. His stories, insights, and lived experience bring clarity to why so many employees feel disengaged – and how leaders can change that.
You’ll walk away with a renewed sense of what leadership can be when it is grounded in inspiration instead of management fads.
When the world feels heavy, our inner light can dim. In this keynote, Lance Secretan invites audiences to rediscover the spark that makes us fully alive – reawakening the human spirit in ways that renew energy, joy, and purpose.
Drawing from Reawakening the Human Spirit, he explores how inspiration works, how it transforms our biochemistry, and how we can refill our inner reservoir even in challenging times. This is a powerful exploration of what it means to feel whole, grounded, and inspired again.
You’ll learn why inspiration – not motivation – is the force that elevates individuals and organizations, and how reconnecting with your Essential Self opens the door to deeper meaning, connection, and impact.
Thank you, Lance, for the reminder to be still, think of the birth of spring, and breathe.
So good to hear from you Marie! Yes, breathing,slowing down, being grateful, and embracing hope is the need right now. Sending much ❤️!