New Jersey 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 New Jersey associations, hospitals, long-term care providers, and employers.
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One supervisor is holding together the most mixed frontline team in the country.
About a quarter of New Jersey residents were born outside the United States, and roughly a third of households speak a language other than English at home. On a hospital unit or a nursing home floor or a warehouse shift, that is not a demographic statistic. It is four people from four countries working a hard job together, each carrying a different idea of what respect from a boss looks like, whether you ask a direct question of someone senior to you, and whether you speak up when something is wrong. The person responsible for making that work is usually a supervisor who got promoted because they were excellent at the clinical or technical part of the job, and nobody ever trained them for the rest of it.
The second thing about this state is that leaving is nearly free. North Jersey looks toward New York and South Jersey looks toward Philadelphia, so an employee here can change employers, and even change states, without moving house or pulling a kid out of school. No relocation package or signing bonus fixes that, because nothing about it involves relocating. Retention gets decided by the ordinary daily experience of the job instead, which is exactly what the session is about. 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.
Frontline Focus
Built for the supervisor running the shift, not just the executives in the front row.
Groups Chris speaks for.
The kinds of New Jersey organizations that book a workforce and leadership keynote for an annual conference, an in-service day, or a member education session.
- New Jersey Hospital Association, founded in 1918 and based in Princeton, with close to 400 member hospitals, health systems, nursing homes, home health agencies, hospice providers, and related organizations
- Health Care Association of New Jersey, the state’s trade association for long-term care providers and the facilities that serve them
- LeadingAge New Jersey and Delaware, founded in 1931 and based in Hamilton, the bi-state association for mission driven, primarily not-for-profit senior care organizations
- New Jersey Primary Care Association, supporting the state’s federally qualified health centers, which operate roughly 130 sites across all 21 counties and serve more than half a million people a year
- Home care and hospice associations, state and local SHRM chapters, chambers of commerce, school districts, and the state’s colleges and universities
New Jersey industries with the same problem.
Healthcare is where Chris operates, but the density of this state puts the same pressure on every employer in it.
Pharmaceutical and Life Sciences
The research and manufacturing corridor running through central and northern New Jersey.
Logistics and Distribution
The port and warehouse network, staffed around the clock and competing constantly for the same workers.
Financial and Professional Services
Jersey City and the northern corridor, where the competition sits one train stop away.
Public Sector and Education
State agencies, counties, municipalities, and school districts holding in-service days and leadership development.
New Jersey cities and venues.
- Atlantic City, a long-standing host for New Jersey state association annual meetings and trade shows
- Princeton and the central corridor for association conference centers and corporate meetings
- Newark and Jersey City for hospital, health system, and financial services audiences
- New Brunswick and Edison for university, healthcare, and regional employer events
- Cherry Hill and southern New Jersey for audiences in the Philadelphia orbit
- Morristown and Parsippany for corporate and pharmaceutical meetings
New Jersey 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 New Jersey.
Corporate and Annual Meetings
All-hands gatherings, sales kickoffs, and employee appreciation events for New Jersey employers.
HR and SHRM Chapter Events
Human resources conferences and chapter meetings on hiring, retention, and employer brand.
Nurse Leadership Events
Sessions for charge nurses and unit managers, the people who actually decide whether a team stays.
Keynote topics for your New Jersey 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 New Jersey
Has Chris spoken in New Jersey before?
Our staff come from many different countries and backgrounds. Does the session land with everyone?
Does Chris travel to New Jersey?
Does Chris only speak to healthcare audiences?
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What does a New Jersey keynote cost?
Can Chris speak virtually to a New Jersey audience?
Keynote speaking by New Jersey city.
Each city page covers the local employers, the venues Chris speaks in, and the specific workforce pressure leaders there are working on.
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