Louisiana 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 Louisiana associations, hospitals, long-term care providers, and employers.
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Your teams have already proven what they will do in a crisis.
Louisiana hospitals employ around a hundred thousand people, and a great many of them have worked a storm. They have evacuated residents, slept at the facility, covered for colleagues who could not get in, and then gone home to their own damaged houses. Nobody in a Louisiana audience needs to be told that healthcare workers can rise to something hard.
The harder question is the ordinary Tuesday. Crisis creates its own adrenaline and its own sense of purpose. What wears people down here is the long stretch after, when the cameras are gone, the census is normal, and the work is just relentless. Retention in Louisiana is usually lost in that stretch rather than during the emergency. Chris runs national healthcare staffing organizations and speaks about what sustains people through the ordinary weeks, which is where the material actually earns its keep. He 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.
Easy Travel
New Orleans and Baton Rouge are straightforward from Omaha, and Gulf Coast conference venues work well from either.
Groups Chris speaks for.
The kinds of Louisiana organizations that book a workforce and leadership keynote for an annual conference, an in-service day, or a member education session.
- Louisiana Hospital Association, the not-for-profit association supporting the state’s hospitals and their roughly 100,000 employees through advocacy, education, research, and leadership programs for executives, physicians, and nurses
- Louisiana Nursing Home Association, founded in 1957 and representing more than ninety percent of the nursing facilities in the state, along with assisted living members
- LeadingAge Louisiana, serving nonprofit providers of senior living and aging services
- Louisiana Primary Care Association in Baton Rouge, established in 1982 and representing the state’s federally qualified community health centers and their many clinic sites
- Louisiana Rural Health Association, working toward access to quality healthcare for residents across the state’s rural parishes
- State and local SHRM chapters, chambers of commerce, school districts, and universities including LSU, Tulane, and Louisiana Tech
Louisiana industries with the same problem.
Healthcare is where Chris operates, but the same endurance question sits with every Louisiana employer running demanding frontline work.
Energy, Refining, and Petrochemical
Plants and contractors along the river corridor, where turnaround schedules and safety culture depend on experienced crews.
Maritime and Ports
Shipbuilding, port operations, and offshore support, where skilled roles take years to backfill.
Hospitality and Tourism
New Orleans and the coast, rebuilding a service workforce constantly and around the clock.
Public Sector and Education
State agencies, parishes, school districts, and universities holding in-service days and leadership development.
Louisiana cities and venues.
- Baton Rouge, the capital and home to most state association headquarters
- New Orleans for large conferences, health system events, and destination meetings
- Lafayette and Lake Charles for regional employer and hospital audiences
- Shreveport and Bossier City for north Louisiana events
- Alexandria, a common central-state meeting point for statewide gatherings
- Monroe, Houma, and the rural parishes for community hospital audiences
Louisiana 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 Louisiana.
Rural and Critical Access Healthcare
Hospital leadership days for the facilities serving Louisiana’s rural parishes.
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 Louisiana employers.
Keynote topics for your Louisiana event.
Every session is customized for the audience, the format, and what you are actually trying to change.
See what conference organizers and HR leaders have said after booking Chris.
Booking a keynote speaker in Louisiana
Has Chris spoken in Louisiana before?
Does Chris travel to Louisiana?
Does Chris only speak to healthcare audiences?
Our teams performed heroically through storms. Why do we still have a retention problem?
Is Chris available for our date?
What does a Louisiana keynote cost?
Can Chris speak virtually to a Louisiana audience?
Keynote speaking by Louisiana city.
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 Louisiana event.
Send your date, location, and audience. You will get availability and a quote back within one business day.
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