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KEYNOTE 1
The 3 Keys to Turning Good People into Great Teams
Silos, stress, and “that’s not my job” attitudes quietly erode even the best teams. Conversations become surface-level, conflict goes unresolved, and meetings turn into updates instead of engagement. Over time, trust fades and culture suffers.
The truth is that cohesive, engaged teams don’t happen by accident. They’re built when every person takes ownership of how they show up, communicate, and contribute.
In this thought-provoking program, Desiree helps leaders and HR professionals strengthen communication, reduce conflict, and bring energy back into their teams. They’ll leave knowing they don’t have to wait for things to get better — they can be the change that drives it.
Your audience will discover how self-awareness transforms communication, how ownership rebuilds accountability without blame, and how energy sets the tone for engagement and performance. Through humor, real-world examples, and actionable tools, Desiree shows that culture isn’t built by HR or leadership alone. It’s created in every conversation, every meeting, and every moment someone chooses to lead intentionally.
AUDIENCE TAKEAWAYS
- A realistic strategy for showing up with better energy, even on hard days, to set the tone for how teams work together.
- A clear framework for replacing negative assumptions with positive intent to reduce unnecessary tension.
- A simple way to use self-awareness tools like DISC and Working Genius to improve teamwork and communication.
- A practical lens for recognizing how your own habits, reactions, and mindset shape the team’s experience.
KEYNOTE 2
Choose How You Show Up and Change What’s Possible
In a world full of distractions, default settings, and “someday” goals, it’s easy to end up in a life you didn’t actively choose. Whether it’s your career, your relationships, or your confidence, it’s not luck or talent that determines your outcomes. It’s how intentionally you show up.
Most people don’t need more potential…
they need more intention.
This conversation goes deeper than motivation. It gets into the everyday moments where intention matters most. The conversations you avoid. The habits you slide into. The energy you bring into a room. The beliefs you carry about who you are and what you’re capable of. Desiree helps audiences recognize where autopilot has taken over and shows them how small, intentional shifts can create meaningful changes in their relationships, confidence, career, and overall well-being. She reminds people that showing up with purpose isn’t about perfection. It’s about choosing to live a life that feels aligned, grounded, and truly yours. It’s about waking up to your choices, getting clear on what matters, and leading yourself like it matters… because it does.
AUDIENCE TAKEAWAYS
- Recognize and interrupt autopilot behaviors
- A framework for taking full ownership of your thoughts, energy, and daily actions, without guilt, perfectionism, or overwhelm.
- Tools to identify and reframe common excuses that keep you stuck.
- A renewed sense of agency over your own story, and a challenge to lead yourself like it matters!
Desiree is my most recommended keynote speaker
Desiree captivated an audience of women of various ages and backgrounds immediately. She offered tactical, easy to understand methods for living intentionally in your own life, and touched the hearts of everyone with her story of growth and preparation for life’s hard seasons.
Courtney Vroman
CEO of EmpowerHer MN
She was energetic, engaging, and personable!
Desiree always finds a way to encourage me to find personal accountability and shift my behaviors and mindset so that I show up as my best self.
Abby George
HR Manager of Performance Foodservice
She is a leader's leader and is always fully present and in the moment.
I recommend her to help your team rediscover their strengths, get unstuck, and build momentum before major organizational change. If you need a reset after a leadership shift or want your audience to better understand and leverage their strengths, she’s perfect for that too.
George Taylor III
Dean of South Central College
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Desiree is a leadership development and team engagement consultant, bestselling author, keynote speaker, and the podcast host of “You’re The Boss, Now What?”
Desiree founded Intentional Action, a leadership development company dedicated to bringing out the full potential of individuals so they can take ownership of their impact on the team, while also helping teams build trust, communicate better, and hold one another accountable to being the best they can be!
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