Strengthen Your Team's Emotional Intelligence

So Your Team Will Show Up, Speak Up, and Stay

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Strengthening Your Team's Emotional Intelligence

3 Skills That Encourage Your Best People to Speak Up and Stay

Leaders lose their best performers because the team didn’t know how to fix the problems that led them to leave. The problem is, we often don’t see it coming because we haven’t created an environment where our teams feel safe enough to tell us.

Even the best teams, with the best intentions, find themselves walking on eggshells and avoiding the conversations that would actually make things better. They care about each other. They’re scared to say the hard thing and risk upsetting someone. They’re scared to Break the Fourth Wall™.

Unlike most emotional intelligence conversations that focus on the individual, this keynote focuses on the emotional intelligence of the team, giving everyone the language and the opportunity to grow together at a pace that works for them.

AUDIENCE TAKEAWAYS

Learn to speak up and advocate for yourself without feeling like you’re being difficult
Understand how to make conversations easier by leading with the headline, so people keep asking questions and nobody dreads the meeting
Discover how to let go of judgment and trust each other’s good intentions by stopping to consider the context when something lands wrong

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Good People to Great Teams

How Every Individual Shapes Your Team's Culture

Most people show up to work ready to do their job. What they don’t always realize is that how they show up, how they treat the people around them, and how they lead themselves matters just as much as the work itself.

This keynote challenges every person in the room to stop waiting for culture to be handed down from leadership and start recognizing the role they play in building it every single day.

Through relatable stories and real workplace examples, Desiree shares three simple shifts that turn individual contributors into teammates people actually want to work alongside.

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.

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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