Glendale keynote speaker for healthcare, hospitality, and association 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, health systems, event and hospitality operators, and employers across the West Valley.
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The person wearing your badge for one shift is, to that guest, the entire organization.
Glendale runs a signature industry built on people who only work when something is happening, and that is a workforce Chris manages for a living.
State Farm Stadium and Desert Diamond Arena anchor the city’s sports and entertainment district, hosting the Arizona Cardinals along with Super Bowls, the NCAA Final Four, the Fiesta Bowl, and major concert tours. Camelback Ranch brings spring training. Around that sit Luke Air Force Base, the largest fighter pilot training base in the world, along with Lockheed Martin, Honeywell, Magellan Aerospace, Red Bull, Ball, Bechtel, and Nestlé. Banner Thunderbird Medical Center, now carrying a Level I adult trauma designation, and Abrazo Arrowhead anchor health care, and Midwestern University sits among six postsecondary institutions in the city.
Event work has an unusual staffing shape. A stadium needs a handful of people on a Tuesday and thousands on a Sunday. Security, guest services, concessions, parking, and the conversion crews who set up and tear down are largely part-time, hired through staffing partners, and scheduled event by event. Someone might work a dozen shifts a year.
Here is the part organizations underinvest in. That part-time worker is, for the guest standing in front of them, the whole organization. Nobody at a game distinguishes between a staffing agency employee and a stadium employee. The entire impression of the venue, the team, and the event rests on people who are given the least onboarding, the least context, and almost none of the things that normally produce engagement.
Chris runs national healthcare staffing organizations, so this is his actual daily work rather than a metaphor. The contingent worker is not a lesser employee, they are the most exposed part of your brand, and the fixes are practical. Tell them why, not only what. Give them one named person to go to. Recognize them the same night, since there may not be another chance. Treat the ones who come back as the veterans they are, because a returning event worker who feels known is worth several who do not.
Every health system in the country now faces this same question with travel nurses, per diem staff, and agency clinicians. The badge is different and the dynamic is identical, and organizations that treat contingent people as outsiders get exactly what they build.
Chris has keynoted state association conferences in eleven states, including LeadingAge Illinois and health care associations in Iowa, Montana, South Dakota, and Colorado.
Staffing Executive
President and COO of national healthcare staffing organizations, which means contingent and temporary workforces are his direct professional expertise.
Event and Surge Workforces
Material for operations that scale from a skeleton crew to thousands and back again.
Venue, Clinical, and Base Rooms
Works for an event operations briefing, a hospital leadership day, or an association general session.
Groups Chris speaks for.
Glendale pairs one of the country’s busiest major event districts with aerospace, defense, and a growing health care base.
- State Farm Stadium, Desert Diamond Arena, and the Westgate Entertainment District, for event operations, guest services, and supervisor sessions
- Banner Thunderbird Medical Center and Abrazo Arrowhead, for nurse leadership, all-staff, and recognition events
- Luke Air Force Base and its civilian workforce, along with Lockheed Martin, Honeywell, and Magellan Aerospace
- Red Bull, Ball, Bechtel, and Nestlé, across the city’s manufacturing and corporate operations
- Hotels, restaurants, and hospitality employers serving the event district and spring training
- Midwestern University, Glendale Community College, and the area school districts
- Arizona statewide associations meeting across the West Valley, the format Chris works in most often
Glendale employers scaling up and down.
Healthcare is where Chris operates, and it now relies on contingent staffing as heavily as any event operation.
Stadiums, Arenas, and Events
Operations that staff thousands for a single day and near nobody the next.
Healthcare
Systems running travel, agency, and per diem staff alongside permanent teams.
Hospitality and Spring Training
Seasonal operations where much of the workforce turns over every year.
Aerospace and Manufacturing
Employers using contract labor alongside permanent crews on the same floor.
Glendale and West Valley venues.
- Westgate and event district facilities for operations, guest services, and supervisor sessions
- Banner Thunderbird and Abrazo Arrowhead campuses for nurse leadership and all-staff days
- Hotel and conference facilities across the West Valley for statewide association meetings
- Base and contractor facilities for civilian workforce sessions
- Manufacturing and corporate sites across the city for all-hands meetings
- Peoria, Surprise, Phoenix, and communities across the West Valley
Glendale events Chris speaks at.
Hospital and Health System Events
Leadership days, nurse recognition events, and all-staff meetings.
Association Conferences
Statewide association annual meetings and general sessions, the format Chris works in most often.
Guest and Patient Experience
Sessions on the frontline behaviors that decide what a guest or a patient actually remembers.
Retention and Frontline Leadership
Supervisor development for permanent and contingent teams working side by side.
Recruiting and Onboarding
Sessions for operations that hire constantly and need people productive on day one.
Corporate and Operations Meetings
All-hands gatherings, kickoffs, and supervisor development across the region’s employers.
Keynote topics for your Glendale 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 Glendale
Does Chris have real experience with contingent workforces?
Does Chris travel to Glendale?
Can you engage someone who works twelve shifts a year?
Our travel and agency staff feel separate from our permanent teams. Can that be fixed?
Can the session run before an event or across shifts?
What does a Glendale keynote cost?
Can Chris speak virtually to an Arizona audience?
Keynote speaking across the Valley.
Each city page covers the local employers, the venues Chris speaks in, and the specific workforce pressure leaders there are working on.
Bring Chris to your Glendale event.
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