Tim Kelley

For most employees, work is a necessary evil and disengagement is a way of life. Research shows that attempts to motivate using compensation are doomed, though most organizations are unaware of this fact (or choose to ignore it). How, then, can you unlock every person's innate desire to make a powerful, meaningful contribution through their work? Tim Kelley shows leaders why traditional motivational tactics fall short and how to build a culture that unleashes the power, productivity, and potential within every employee.

In today's competitive economy, leaders are recognizing that operating a for-profit business in service to a higher purpose is critical to increasing employee engagement, growing customer loyalty, and expanding the bottom line. Knowing your company's deep "why" has evolved from a nice idea to an essential best practice. Most businesses know what they do and how they do it, but they struggle to articulate their higher purpose in enough detail to use it to attract customers and retain top talent. International purpose expert Tim Kelley walks executives through proven methods to discover an organization's purpose and convert it into measurable results across customers, employees, and other stakeholders.

A new paradigm of business is trying to emerge, but it is being held back by collective beliefs about work, competition, and money. Many of the foundational axioms that underlie the structure and "best practices" of business have been disproven by research. In this talk, Tim Kelley unpacks the new business cultures and strategies that are emerging, and shows leaders how to apply them to lift productivity, engagement, and profit.

Economics teaches that competition is the key to efficient markets and business success. But is this belief actually true? Using competition as the foundation of business has surprising negative effects that most leaders are unaware of. Drawing on biology, research, and mathematics, Tim Kelley explains the new strategy of "coopetition" — the deliberate combination of cooperation and competition — and how to use it to take a business to the next level.

Leaders today are increasingly aware of the limitations of traditional models when it comes to growing organizations, engaging employees, and coping with constant change. The heroic, hierarchical leader archetype is both insufficient and impossible for even the best leaders to fulfill. Our rapidly evolving world needs strong leadership — but what kind? Tim Kelley delivers the tools and skills required to create and lead engaged, motivated, powerful enterprises that can retain employees, attract customers, and define their industries.