Turning good people into great teammates through self-awareness, ownership, and better conversations at work.
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KEYNOTE 1
Turning Good People into Great Teams: Self-Awareness is the Ultimate Leadership Advantage
We often think culture is created by leadership. In reality, it’s built in everyday moments — how people show up, communicate, and take ownership. This keynote challenges the idea that teamwork is someone else’s job. Because every individual shapes the team environment. Through relatable stories and real workplace examples, Desiree shares three simple shifts:
- How we show up
- How we treat people
- How we lead ourselves
These shifts help individuals become stronger teammates and create teams built on trust, accountability, and respect. Because great teams aren’t built by chance, they’re built by people who lead themselves well.
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 1
KEYNOTE 2
Taking Intentional Action: How to Choose the Life You Lead
Most people are working hard to be better — better leaders, better partners, better versions of themselves.
But the work that has the biggest impact on all of it is often the work we put off the longest.
In this keynote, Desiree draws from her bestselling book Taking Intentional Action to walk audiences through the three areas where real, lasting change begins: the habits we operate on without questioning (self-engagement), the definition of success we’ve inherited but never examined (self-worth), and the ongoing practice of understanding how we think, react, and show up for others (self-awareness).
This keynote is about the inner work that makes everything else stick. Your leadership, your relationships, your results.
The outer work only goes so far. This is about what happens when you go deeper.
And for organizations, the return is real: people who are more engaged, more motivated, and more present are the foundation of every high-performing team.
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!
KEYNOTE 2
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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