"I empower leaders to build energized teams and magnetic workplaces by leading with empathy, authenticity, and a relentless focus on human connection."

Signature Programs 

Beyond the Divide: Rediscovering Our Shared Humanity

In a business world where deadlines often outpace genuine connection, even the most talented teams can drift into silos. Competing priorities, hybrid schedules, and nonstop change leave people feeling stretched thin and out of sync.

This high-energy, story-rich keynote provides leaders with a practical playbook for transforming scattered talent into a unified, high-performing force, without relying on buzzwords. Through humor, memorable anecdotes, and field-tested tactics, Jay shows audiences how to swap “us vs. them” for “all of us, together.”

• Three quick checkpoints to surface and neutralize hidden assumptions that quietly derail collaboration.
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• Four daily empathy habits that turn hallway chats and Slack pings into deeper trust and loyalty.
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• Five hands-on strategies for aligning individual strengths with shared targets, so every team member sees where they fit, and why it matters.
   

The result? A culture where people feel seen, work flows more smoothly, and the whole team pulls in the same direction.

Inspire Through Story: Leading with Authentic Narrative

Great leaders aren’t remembered for the spreadsheets they balanced, but rather for the stories that moved people to act. When a leader shares a genuine, well-told story, it cuts through noise, sparks emotion, and shows the team why the work matters.

In this fast-paced, insight-rich keynote, Jay unpacks the science of narrative and pairs it with real-world examples from boardrooms, boat docks, and everywhere in between. Participants leave ready to swap canned talking points for authentic moments that connect, persuade, and endure.

• Three ways storytelling turbo-charges leadership: From building instant credibility to igniting follow-through when the pressure is on.
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• A clear four-step framework for crafting stories that spotlight your values, hook attention, and land a memorable point.
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• Three plug-and-play scenarios (change management, vision-casting, and cross-team collaboration) showing exactly how to deploy our story to align people and drive action.
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The result? Leadership that feels human, messages that stick, and teams that rally behind a narrative they believe in long after the meeting ends.

Beyond Busy: Building Unexpected Connections One “Hello” at a Time

Our default response, “Good… just busy,” has become the world’s polite brush-off, closing doors instead of opening them. This keynote dismantles the cult of busy and re-introduces the simple, powerful act of a genuine hello. Using the power of LEGOs, Jay illustrates how presence, curiosity, and intentional choices can transform everyday encounters into the foundation of an extraordinary, self-designed life.

Through humorous storytelling, relatable corporate missteps, and hands-on audience participation with their own LEGO bricks, attendees learn how to slow the pace, ask genuine questions, and receive genuine answers. They will leave seeing each “hello” as the opening move in building deeper relationships at home, at work, and within themselves.

• Identify three hidden costs of “busy culture” and why it keeps people disconnected.
• Master a three-step practice to transform routine greetings into meaningful moments of presence and trust.
• Apply the “LEGO framework” to design an unexpected life and foster authentic connection in teams, meetings, and customer interactions.

Result?  Attendees leave with an inspired mindset that replaces reflexive “busy” with intentional presence, empowering them to spark authentic connections and architect unexpected possibilities in every interaction.