Arizona keynote speaker for conferences and corporate events.
Chris Sund is a keynote speaker, Maxwell Leadership Certified Coach, and sitting executive who leads national healthcare staffing organizations. He speaks on workforce motivation, leadership, retention, and human potential for Arizona associations, hospitals, long-term care providers, and employers.
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The census moves with the season. Your team does not.
Arizona has a staffing problem that most states do not. The population swells every winter and thins every summer, and senior care demand moves with it. You cannot hire a seasonal nurse the way a resort hires seasonal servers, which means the team you have in July is the same team that has to carry January. That puts unusual weight on whether people make it through the stretch without burning out or quitting, and burnout is not solved by a hiring plan. Add the distances involved, with rural counties and tribal communities where the next facility is hours away, and retention stops being an HR metric and becomes an access-to-care issue.
Chris runs national healthcare staffing organizations built around covering exactly these gaps, and he has keynoted state association conferences in eleven states, including LeadingAge Illinois and health care associations in Iowa, Montana, South Dakota, and Colorado, all long-term care audiences serving aging populations.
Senior Care Experience
Keynotes delivered for LeadingAge Illinois and state health care associations representing skilled nursing and assisted living.
Operator, Not Consultant
President and COO of national healthcare staffing organizations, still making the hiring calls he speaks about.
Easy Travel
Phoenix is a direct flight from Omaha, which makes both winter conference season and summer meetings straightforward.
Groups Chris speaks for.
The kinds of Arizona organizations that book a workforce and leadership keynote for an annual conference, an in-service day, or a member education session.
- Arizona Hospital and Healthcare Association, the statewide association representing hospitals, health systems, and healthcare partners, with workforce development among its stated policy priorities
- Arizona Health Care Association, representing skilled nursing and assisted living providers across the state
- LeadingAge Arizona, representing nonprofit providers of senior living and aging services
- Arizona Alliance for Community Health Centers in Phoenix, the state’s primary care association since 1985, whose members serve roughly one in nine Arizonans and which runs a high school careers program to build the healthcare workforce
- Arizona Center for Rural Health and the Arizona Area Health Education Center Program, both focused on rural access and workforce recruitment and retention
- State and local SHRM chapters, chambers of commerce, school districts, and universities including Arizona State, Arizona, and Northern Arizona
Arizona industries with the same problem.
Healthcare is where Chris operates, but seasonality and fast growth press on employers across the state.
Semiconductors and Advanced Manufacturing
The Phoenix corridor’s chip and manufacturing expansion, staffing up quickly and competing nationally for technical talent.
Hospitality and Tourism
Scottsdale, Sedona, and the resort economy, rebuilding a service workforce every season.
Construction and Trades
Residential and commercial growth across the metro, where experienced crews are the constraint on how fast anything gets built.
Public Sector and Education
State agencies, counties, school districts, and universities holding in-service days and leadership development.
Arizona cities and venues.
- Phoenix, the state’s largest conference and corporate market
- Scottsdale, the most common host city for association annual meetings and resort conferences
- Tucson for hospital, university, and regional audiences
- Sedona and Prescott for leadership retreats and smaller association meetings
- Flagstaff and northern Arizona for rural hospital and community audiences
- Yuma, Kingman, and the rural counties for community and employer events
Arizona events Chris speaks at.
Association Conferences
State and regional association annual meetings and general sessions, the format Chris works in most often.
Long-Term and Senior Care
Skilled nursing, assisted living, and continuing care conferences and in-service days.
Hospital and Health System Events
Leadership days, nurse recognition events, and system-wide meetings across Arizona.
Rural and Critical Access Healthcare
Hospital leadership days for facilities serving rural counties and tribal communities.
HR and SHRM Chapter Events
Human resources conferences and chapter meetings on hiring, retention, and employer brand.
Corporate and Annual Meetings
All-hands gatherings, sales kickoffs, and employee appreciation events for Arizona employers.
Keynote topics for your Arizona event.
Every session is customized for the audience, the format, and what you are actually trying to change.
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Booking a keynote speaker in Arizona
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