Work Doesn’t Need More Heroes...It Needs More Humans: The Business Case For Human-Centered Leadership

Celebrating burnout leaders as heroic is a tired, obsolete trope that needs to be discarded from workplaces. Self-sacrificing workplaces have created a disengaged workforce, costing the global economy an estimated $10 trillion in lost productivity in 2024. High performers working themselves till they get sick. Teams that quietly stop trying because it isn’t worth it. Work cultures that treat constant availability as proof of commitment. The fix isn't another leadership framework. It's play.

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This keynote makes the business case for play as a leadership strategy. It challenges you to question which leadership style is more effective. Human-Centered Leadership Vs. Command and Control? It explores how vulnerability, practiced through play, can rebuild trust within a team, thereby driving retention and performance.

 

Whether you're a leader, HR professional, or team member trying to make work suck less, this talk gives you the tools and the permission to trade performing for play.

 

Because the future of work doesn't belong to heroes. It belongs to the humans who play.