A keynote for people in the people business
7 Forces
That Hate to
See You Thrive
at Work
Your people aren't burning out because they stopped caring. They're burning out because seven organizational forces have been working against them — quietly, systematically, before anyone had language to name them.
This keynote gives them the language. And the fight.
The Real Problem
This is not a
people problem.
It's a system problem.
right now — before anyone named them
The Framework
Seven forces. Every room. Every organization.
These forces don't prey on weakness. They prey on commitment — on the deep belief that the work matters. The person who burns out is almost always the person who cared most.
What Your People Will Leave With
Language for what they've already been living.
Every person in the room — frontline staff and administration alike — will leave with the language to name the forces, the structural tools to fight them, and the interior clarity to build something that actually lasts.
The "Finally, Someone Said It" Moment
- Every force named out loud — no euphemisms
- The system is the villain. Your people are the heroes.
- Nobody leaves feeling accused
7 Structural Antidotes — Start This Week
- The Launch Check · The Brake Audit · Who's Next
- Stop Starting · Define Done First
- One action per person before the week is out
The Wound Map
- Every force exploits a specific interior wound
- Structural fixes without interior work reproduce the same toxicity
- Both are named. Both are required.
The 48-Hour Fight
- One structural commitment per person
- One interior question to carry for a week
- Not a feeling. A fight.
"You cannot build what you have not become."
— The central thesis of The Burnout Force
Who It's For
Built for the room you're actually standing in.
The People Doing the Work
- Teachers, counselors, support staff, faculty, advisors
- Came in on fire — quietly wondering how much longer they can sustain it
- Stopped raising their hand (not because they stopped caring)
- Feel invisible, isolated, or like their best work doesn't get counted
- Need language for what they've been living
The People Shaping the Structure
- Superintendents, principals, deans, provosts, district directors
- Ready to name what their organization is actually up against
- Built some of the walls they're now trying to dismantle
- The hiring leader who brought this conversation — that decision matters
- Anyone responsible for building the culture others have to live inside
Keynote Details
Everything you need to
make the case.
The Companion Resource
The monograph your
people can keep
after the room clears.
From the Room
The response that matters is the one from the
people closest to the work.
"I've sat through a lot of keynotes that told me to communicate better. This one named something I've been carrying for eleven years without knowing what to call it. I walked out with language and a plan."
"The room was different after. Not inspired-different — honest-different. My staff came up to me afterward and said things they'd never said in four years. That conversation started something we're still building."
"What I appreciated most was that it didn't make my leaders look like the problem. It made the system the problem. My team left feeling capable, not accused. That's rare."
"We've been talking about burnout for three years. This is the first framework that gave us a vocabulary specific enough to actually do something with. The 48-hour commitments alone changed our next leadership meeting."
The fight is worth picking
Your people are ready
to name the forces.
The conversation your organization has been needing is already in the room. This keynote gives everyone in it the language to start it — and the tools to keep going.
A keynote for people in the people business
7 Forces
That Hate to
See You Thrive
at Work
Your people aren't burning out because they stopped caring. They're burning out because seven organizational forces have been working against them — quietly, systematically, before anyone had language to name them.
This keynote gives them the language. And the fight.
Your brilliant team is stuck at 60% capacity. Here's why—and how to fix it.
You've hired top talent. Invested in professional development.
Yet your leadership team still struggles with execution, missed deadlines, and communication breakdowns that cost your institution precious resources and student outcomes.
The problem isn't individual competence—it's collective intelligence.
Our best clients are campus leaders with highly talented leaders struggling with average-performing teams. Research across 1,000+ educational leadership teams reveals that high-TQ teams outperform similar talent by 2:1 on key metrics.
In this Keynote, You'll Discover:
The TQ Theory that unlocks your team's full potential
Five cognitive
"BEST FIT" types every winning team needs
Practical protocols for transforming friction into acceleration
How to navigate complexity 40% faster than average teams
Stop Accepting
Mediocre Team Performance
Your community deserves leaders who multiply each other's strengths instead of working around each other's weaknesses. Transform your talented individuals into an unstoppable team. Your institution's future depends on it.
Why This Keynote is Different
Grounded in analysis of nearly 1,000 leadership teams across K-12 and
higher education
Research-backed insights showing 2:1 performance advantage for high-TQ teams
Practical framework that creates measurable results within 90 days
Innovative team mapping exercises using live TQ types
Proven system for transforming team dynamics from friction to acceleration
Transform Your Team Today
94% of executives believe collaboration is critical, yet only 8% see results from traditional development programs. TQ bridges that gap.
Keynote Details
Duration
2 Hours
Format
On SIte
Audience
Campus and District Leadership Teams
Our Partners Outperform. We're Selective About Who Joins Them.
Teams working with HPG consistently move from 60% to 90% + capacity.
We protect that by choosing partners carefully.
Testimonials
Within six months of implementing TQ, we transformed from talented individuals into a truly synergistic team. The impact on student outcomes has been remarkable.
— College President
TQ gave us a memorable way of seeing others as other and for understanding what it's really like to be on the other side of us
— District Superintendent