Workforce Strategy From Inside the Talent Market
Chris Sund is President & COO of Uniti Med, GQR Healthcare, and Nebula. He spends his days on the staffing side of the same shortage your members are living — which means he can tell a room of healthcare leaders what is actually happening to their talent pipeline, and why.
Healthcare Audiences Are Tired of Being Told They Are Burned Out
Your attendees already know the numbers. What they need is someone who can speak to the part they control — how their units are led, how recognition actually works on a night shift, and why the people who leave rarely leave for money. Chris brings the operator's view of retention, backed by original research from the Untapped Potential Report, a survey of 200+ professionals on the gap between what people are capable of and what their workplaces unlock.
- Original research attendees can quote: 92% believe they are capable of more than they are doing now
- Why staff leave managers, not organizations — the People Quit People framework
- Recognition and stay conversations that cost nothing and change everything
- What the staffing market looks like from the other side of the phone
- Rebuilding culture on units that have run short for years
Popular Programs for Healthcare Audiences
Every session is customized to your attendees, theme, and goals.
You Are Capable of a Better Culture
The five research-backed drivers of a workplace clinicians do not want to leave.
People Quit People, Not Companies
Retention reframed as a teachable leadership skill for charge nurses and administrators alike.
The Power of Small Moments
How brief, ordinary interactions decide whether someone stays another year.
You Are Capable of More
The signature keynote — untapped potential for people who spend their careers caring for everyone else.
Healthcare Audiences Chris Serves
Related pages: Healthcare Leadership Speaker · Rural Healthcare Speaker · Healthcare Staffing Speaker
What Healthcare Planners Ask
Is he a clinician?
No, and he does not pretend to be. Chris speaks to the leadership and workforce side — retention, culture, recruitment, and what it takes to keep good people. He works alongside hospitals and health systems every day and builds every session around your attendees' realities, not a generic corporate template.
Does the content work for a mixed audience?
Yes. Association conferences often have administrators, DONs, HR, and frontline leaders in the same room. The material is built around leadership behaviors that apply at every level.
Is the content backed by data?
Yes — including original research. The Untapped Potential Report surveyed 200+ professionals on unrealized potential, self-doubt, and what workplaces do to unlock or waste it.
Can he do a keynote plus a breakout?
That is the most common format — a general-session keynote plus a practical breakout on stay conversations, recognition systems, or handling hiring objections.
You Are Capable of More
The bestselling book behind the keynotes — ten principles for closing the gap between what people are doing and what they are actually capable of. It is the research and framework your attendees hear on stage, in a form they can take back to their units.
Associations regularly pair a keynote with copies for attendees. Bulk pricing and signed editions are available.
He Built It Before He Taught It
Chris took Uniti Med from startup to one of the largest healthcare staffing firms in the country: 10x revenue growth, #3 fastest-growing in the Midwest on the Inc. Regionals, and a Fortune Best Workplaces award along the way.
He serves as Vice President of the NATHO board, founded the Amplify Speakers bureau, and is a Maxwell Leadership Certified coach and bestselling author. He writes for Inc. and is a Forbes Business Council member.
For a healthcare audience, the value is perspective. Chris sees the workforce market from the supply side — which clinicians are leaving, what they are being offered, and what makes them stay.
As Seen & Heard
Television, national business press, and the podcasts where Chris talks healthcare workforce, culture, and retention.
Stages I Have Spoken On
Where Healthcare Audiences Have Heard Chris
National and state association conferences where Chris has taken the stage.
AHCA/NCAL ConventionNationalNAHCR Annual ConferenceHealthcare RecruitmentAOHP Annual ConferenceOccupational HealthACHE Wisconsin ChapterWisconsinColorado Health Care AssociationColoradoCrawford Memorial HospitalDenison, IAAlso heard on: Definitive Healthcare Workforce Webinar · Addressing the Nursing Staffing Crisis · Podcast appearances · See all speaking engagements →
Bring Chris to Your Healthcare Event
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