Connecticut 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 Connecticut associations, hospitals, long-term care providers, and employers.
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You are competing with New York and Boston pay on a Connecticut budget.
Connecticut is a small state with a large problem at both ends of it. Someone in Stamford or Greenwich can be working in Manhattan inside of an hour. Someone in Enfield or Storrs can be in Springfield or Providence about as quickly. That means employers here are recruiting against two of the most expensive labor markets in the country without those markets’ budgets, and the person you lose does not have to sell a house or move a child to a new school to go take that other job. They just point the car a different direction on Monday.
That takes the easiest lever off the table. If you cannot win the pay argument, what keeps someone is whether the job itself is better to be in, and that comes down to the manager, the schedule, and whether anyone notices when the work is done well. It is unglamorous and it is also the entire thing, which is where the session spends its time. Chris runs national healthcare staffing organizations and has keynoted state association conferences in eleven states, including LeadingAge Illinois and health care associations in Iowa, Montana, South Dakota, and Colorado.
Operator, Not Consultant
President and COO of national healthcare staffing organizations, still making the hiring calls he speaks about.
Senior Care Experience
Keynotes delivered for LeadingAge Illinois and state health care associations representing skilled nursing and assisted living.
Regional Pairing
A New England trip can often cover more than one engagement, which improves the travel economics for everyone.
Groups Chris speaks for.
The kinds of Connecticut organizations that book a workforce and leadership keynote for an annual conference, an in-service day, or a member education session.
- Connecticut Hospital Association, founded in 1919 and based in Wallingford, with more than 140 member hospitals, health systems, and health-related organizations across the state
- Connecticut Association of Health Care Facilities and Connecticut Center for Assisted Living, established in 1929 and based in Middletown, the state’s largest not-for-profit member association for long-term, subacute, rehabilitative, and assisted living providers serving nearly 20,000 residents
- LeadingAge Connecticut and Rhode Island, the not-for-profit aging services association now covering both states from its Wallingford office
- Community Health Center Association of Connecticut, incorporated in 1989 and based in Cheshire, supporting the clinical and administrative operations of the state’s community health centers
- Home care and hospice associations, state and local SHRM chapters, chambers of commerce, school districts, and the state’s colleges and universities
Connecticut industries with the same problem.
Healthcare is where Chris operates, but every employer in this state is recruiting against the same two neighbors.
Insurance and Financial Services
The Hartford corridor and the Fairfield County firms, both of which lose people to Manhattan without a moving truck involved.
Advanced Manufacturing and Defense
Submarine, jet engine, and helicopter production and their supplier networks, where experienced crews decide the schedule.
Higher Education
Colleges and universities across the state holding staff development and leadership programming.
Public Sector and Education
State agencies, municipalities, and school districts holding in-service days and leadership development.
Connecticut cities and venues.
- Hartford for state association meetings, hospital leadership days, and employer events
- Wallingford, Cromwell, and Rocky Hill, where much of the state’s association conference activity sits
- Uncasville and Mashantucket, where the large resort conference centers host state and regional annual meetings
- New Haven for hospital, university, and community audiences
- Stamford and Greenwich for corporate meetings in Fairfield County
- Mystic and the shoreline for leadership retreats and executive gatherings
Connecticut events Chris speaks at.
Association Conferences
State, regional, and national 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 Connecticut.
Corporate and Annual Meetings
All-hands gatherings, sales kickoffs, and employee appreciation events for Connecticut employers.
HR and SHRM Chapter Events
Human resources conferences and chapter meetings on hiring, retention, and employer brand.
Retention and Workforce Sessions
Focused sessions for leadership teams losing people faster than they can replace them.
Keynote topics for your Connecticut 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 Connecticut
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Keynote speaking in Hartford.
The city page covers local employers, the venues Chris speaks in, and the specific workforce pressure leaders there are working on.
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