Eric Termuende | Thought Leader on Optimizing Workplace Culture, the Future of Work, and Engagement in the Workplace

Eric Termuende

Thought Leader on Optimizing Workplace Culture, the Future of Work, and Engagement in the Workplace

Eric Termuende
Biography

Eric Termuende is the Co-Founder of NoW of Work, author of Rethink Work, trusted advisor, and award-winning speaker on leadership, culture, and the future of work. His research into the DNA of top-performing workplaces reveals the secrets of exceptional leadership and building resilient, forward-thinking teams.

Eric has worked with leading brands like Amazon, Coca-Cola, IBM, Zoom, and Toyota, helping them embrace the future with confidence and optimism. His expertise has been featured in Forbes, Fast Company, and Inc., cementing his reputation as a global thought leader shaping the future of work.

As co-founder of NoW of Work, Eric drives workplace innovation and has been recognized as one of American Express’s Top 100 Emerging Innovators. His influence extends beyond the stage, helping organizations navigate change and build thriving cultures.

Eric’s keynotes combine entertainment, actionable insights, and practical strategies. Audiences consistently praise his talks as inspiring and immediately impactful, leaving them equipped to create and excel in the workplaces of tomorrow.

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Featured Keynote Programs

Complete Leadership
A Human-Centric Approach to Navigating the New World of Work

It is no secret that technology is changing faster than it ever has before, that a new generation with new expectations are entering the workplace, and that uncertainty is around every corner. And while the skills and characteristics of yesterday served us well, those same skills are quickly becoming antiquated, outdated, and incomplete. The leader that thrives in 2030 and beyond will need to master what workplace culture and leadership expert Eric Termuende calls Complete Leadership, adding an imperative dimension of tomorrow’s highest performing leaders.

In this high-energy, actionable keynote, attendees will learn that Complete Leadership adds the ever-important dimension of human-centricity and expands well beyond team performance and the success of the job that needs to get done. This final element includes an empathy factor that transforms our teams to be the best versions of themselves, deepens connection, trust, relatability, and belonging, and simultaneously improves performance while reducing friction and stress across the team. Leaders that learn and embody Complete Leadership simply build the strongest teams, are remembered long past their tenure, and navigate change and perform the best.

What audiences come away with: 

* The difference between Complete and Partial Leadership
* How to unlock the Empathy Factor
* What a 2030 high-performing leader embodies that today’s leaders don’t
* How to build peak performance on increasingly diverse teams
* What to lean into, and what to avoid in tomorrow’s world of work

BLUEPRINT TO THE FUTURE
Leading in a New World of Work

Whether it is next week’s weather or the yet-to-be created technology that is sure to evolve how we work, the future is truly impossible to predict. And while the trends, charts, and forecasting are interesting, we must shift from trying to anticipate what future looks like to a focus on building resilient systems and teams that can help us navigate whatever the
future may bring.

In this engaging, insight-filled, and actionable presentation, workplace culture and leadership expert Eric Termuende delivers a customized and research-backed blueprint that has helped thousands of category-leading teams build trust, remove friction, and prepare for a future that is changing constantly, unpredictably, and faster than ever before.

Attendees will receive a practical guide to building teams that are more productive,  engaged, creative, and innovative. They’ll learn from the experiences of industry leaders, icons, and trailblazers from around the world about the importance of building trust, removing friction, and creating a culture of experimentation.

What audiences come away with:

  • Practical strategies to boost trust, resilience, and camaraderie
  • Research-backed insights on building team agility and excitement toward impending change
  • An understanding of how to harness the power of one-degree shifts
  • Methods for finding and reducing friction within teams
  • Actionable steps to cultivate a culture of experimentation, risk free

Perfect for those looking to:

  • Understand what to expect in the future of work
  • Navigate lasting talent shortages
  • Build an action plan to navigate uncertainty
  • Discover trends in talent/work location/demographics/economic trends
  • Build agile, human-centered leaders

Leadership and AI
Building High-performing Teams in the New World of Work

Weaving its way into nearly every conversation from the boardroom to the dinner table, we talk about AI like we talk about any news story of the day. AI though, isn’t just a news story, nor is it a flash-in-the-pan, it is a revolutionary technology that is turning the page and starting a brand-new chapter in the world of work and leadership. Today, leaders of category-leading companies, associations, and non-profits need to not only understand what AI truly is, but where it came from, how it will change the world of work in the years to come, and how the foundations of building trust, belonging, and connection haven’t changed one bit. The very best leaders don’t just know what AI is, they know how to build high-performing teams as AI continues to invade the workplace.

In this insightful, actionable, and eye-opening keynote, leaders will understand specifically how to build resilient, trusting, and engaged teams both because of and despite AI in a world that is changing faster than we’ll ever understand. While AI won’t replace us, the leaders that understand AI and know what to do about it most certainly will. In this keynote, Eric Termuende will teach exactly how to be a better leader in a world dominated by AI.

Attendees will learn:

- What AI really is, how it is changing the world of work, and what to watch out for

- How to build trust on their team when change appears to be constant

- 3 tips to boost engagement, remove friction, and navigate uncertainty

- Why AI is a tool and not a threat

- Strategies to boost camaraderie and experimentation across teams

- The ethics of AI and what we truly need to know

UNWAVERING
Building Incredible Teams for the Future of Work

Uncertainty is inevitable in the new world of work. In the face of ongoing change, will we see our people running for the exits, or will they be there to support and help each other? Change is happening faster than ever before and building unwavering teams that are resilient, ultra-collaborative, and even excited about that change has never been more important. But how do we build unwavering teams? Trust, empathy, and ongoing experimentation.

Workplace culture and leadership expert Eric Termuende has spent nearly a decade decoding exactly what creates unwavering teams: those that are resilient, rooted in belonging, and have a deep sense of safety and inclusivity. These are the types of teams that thrive through change because they know that while change may be difficult, the only thing worse is standing still. Eric has created a playbook for cultivating unwavering teams, and in this session, attendees will both learn it and be able to take it home with them.

By discovering how to enhance collaboration, developing excitement for all of the possibilities experimentation yield, and deciphering the root of trust across a team, attendees will come away from this session understanding how to become the incredible leader who inspire their teams to perform at their best and stand strong through anything the future may hold.

What audiences come away with:

  • Deep knowledge about the root of collaboration and how to enhance it across the team
  • Research-backed insights trust, psychological safety, and belonging at work
  • How to enhance excitement about change and how to involve the whole team in the process
  • The most important question to ask to get engagement and buy-in
  • Why the future is something to be excited about, not scared of

Perfect for those looking to:

  • Improve team resiliency
  • Instill a sense of belonging and psychological safety in their teams
  • Effectively lead remote/hybrid teams
  • Navigate uncertainty smoothly and successfully

Eric Termuende
Featured Book

Rethink Workby Eric Termuende

Rethink Work

by Eric Termuende

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Featured Articles & Resources

Welcome to the Future Workplace

Welcome to the Future Workplace How the Unexpected Early Arrival of the Future of Work is Foreshadowing for the Workplace of Tomorrow   The future of work was supposed to...
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