Oklahoma 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 Oklahoma associations, hospitals, long-term care providers, and employers.
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Your staffing plan moves with the price of oil.
Oklahoma employers deal with something most states do not. When energy is running hot, wages in the field jump, and rural facilities lose aides and support staff to work that pays more for a season. When it cools, some of those people come back. Planning a stable care team against a cycle you do not control is exhausting, and it makes the usual advice about competitive pay bands close to useless. The organizations that hold their people through both halves of that cycle are the ones where the job means something beyond the rate.
Oklahoma also has one of the largest tribal health infrastructures in the country, which adds a whole category of employer and a workforce with its own history and expectations. 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.
Regional Track Record
Keynotes delivered for the health care associations of Iowa, South Dakota, Montana, and Colorado, plus TORCH in Texas next door.
Short Trip
Oklahoma City and Tulsa are quick from Omaha, and much of northern Oklahoma is drivable for a regional event.
Groups Chris speaks for.
The kinds of Oklahoma organizations that book a workforce and leadership keynote for an annual conference, an in-service day, or a member education session.
- Oklahoma Hospital Association, established in 1919 and representing well over a hundred hospitals and healthcare entities, with a long record of work on workforce shortage initiatives
- Care Providers Oklahoma, formerly the Oklahoma Association of Health Care Providers, representing more than 18,000 residents and 19,000 professionals working in the state’s long-term care facilities, and offering workshops and professional development for nursing staff and administrators
- LeadingAge Oklahoma, the only state association representing providers across the full continuum of care, with a membership of more than 100 mission-driven organizations
- Oklahoma Primary Care Association, serving the state’s federally qualified health centers, tribal health clinics, and migrant health services
- Tribal health systems, state and local SHRM chapters, chambers of commerce, school districts, and universities including Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, and Tulsa
Oklahoma industries with the same problem.
Healthcare is where Chris operates, but the same cycle pulls people around inside every Oklahoma industry.
Energy and Field Services
Operators and service companies managing crews through boom and slowdown, where retention swings with the market.
Aerospace and Manufacturing
The Tulsa and Oklahoma City aviation and maintenance base, competing nationally for skilled technicians.
Agriculture and Food Processing
Producers, cooperatives, and processing plants where floor turnover is the largest operational cost.
Public Sector and Education
State agencies, counties, school districts, and universities holding in-service days and leadership development.
Oklahoma cities and venues.
- Oklahoma City, the capital and the state’s largest conference and association market
- Tulsa for hospital, corporate, and regional conference audiences
- Norman and Stillwater for university and regional events
- Midwest City and Edmond for employer and chamber events
- Durant, Tahlequah, and tribal nation venues for health system and community audiences
- Lawton, Enid, and Woodward for rural hospital and community events
Oklahoma 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 serving Oklahoma’s rural counties.
Hospital and Health System Events
Leadership days, nurse recognition events, and system-wide meetings across Oklahoma.
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 Oklahoma 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 Oklahoma
Has Chris spoken in Oklahoma before?
Does Chris travel to Oklahoma?
Does Chris only speak to healthcare audiences?
We lose staff to higher-paying industries during good years. Does the session address that?
Is Chris available for our date?
What does an Oklahoma keynote cost?
Can Chris speak virtually to an Oklahoma audience?
Keynote speaking by Oklahoma 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 Oklahoma event.
Send your date, location, and audience. You will get availability and a quote back within one business day.
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