Mississippi 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 Mississippi associations, hospitals, long-term care providers, and employers.
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In a lot of these counties, the facility is the economy.
Mississippi Health Care Association members employ roughly twenty thousand people across the state. Spread that across small towns and the picture becomes clear. In many Mississippi counties the nursing home or the community hospital is among the largest employers there is, which means staffing is not only an operations problem. When a facility cannot hold its team, a town loses jobs and loses care in the same stroke, and the people affected are neighbors rather than strangers.
It also means leaders here cannot spend their way out. With Medicaid as the primary funding source for most nursing home residents in the state, wage escalation has a hard ceiling that no administrator controls. What is left is the part that costs nothing and is hardest to do consistently, which is how people are led and whether the work feels worth it. That is the whole of what Chris talks about, and he brings it as an operator who staffs these roles rather than as a consultant.
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.
Rural Audiences
Much of Chris’s association work has been with members running small facilities in small communities.
Groups Chris speaks for.
The kinds of Mississippi organizations that book a workforce and leadership keynote for an annual conference, an in-service day, or a member education session.
- Mississippi Health Care Association, established in 1953 and the state’s oldest and largest association of nursing homes, personal care and assisted living homes, and intermediate care facilities, with workforce development and training among its stated commitments
- Mississippi Hospital Association, the statewide trade organization serving the state’s hospitals and their employees through advocacy, education, and information
- Mississippi Primary Health Care Association in Jackson, which supports community health centers with recruitment assistance, education and training, and advocacy
- Independent Nursing Home Association, representing skilled nursing facilities across the state
- State and local SHRM chapters, chambers of commerce, school districts, and universities including Mississippi, Mississippi State, Southern Mississippi, and the University of Mississippi Medical Center
Mississippi industries with the same problem.
Healthcare is where Chris operates, but the same math runs through every large Mississippi employer.
Manufacturing and Shipbuilding
Plants across the state and the Gulf Coast shipyards, where skilled crews take years to replace.
Agriculture and Food Processing
Producers and processing operations where floor turnover is the largest operational cost.
Hospitality and Gaming
The coast and the river corridor, rebuilding a service workforce constantly.
Public Sector and Education
State agencies, counties, school districts, and universities holding in-service days and leadership development.
Mississippi cities and venues.
- Jackson, the capital and the state’s main conference and association market
- Ridgeland and Madison, where several statewide associations are headquartered
- Biloxi and the Gulf Coast, a common host region for Mississippi association annual meetings
- Hattiesburg and Meridian for regional conferences and employer events
- Tupelo, Oxford, and Starkville for hospital, university, and community audiences
- Greenville, Cleveland, and the Delta for rural hospital and community events
Mississippi 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.
Rural and Critical Access Healthcare
Hospital leadership days for the facilities carrying most of the state’s counties.
Hospital and Health System Events
Leadership days, nurse recognition events, and system-wide meetings across Mississippi.
HR and SHRM Chapter Events
Human resources conferences and chapter meetings on hiring, retention, and employer brand.
Banquets and Recognition Nights
Athletic banquets, awards dinners, chamber events, and community recognition evenings.
Keynote topics for your Mississippi event.
Every session is customized for the audience, the format, and what you are actually trying to change.
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