ALLISON MASSARI: Employee Retention KEYNOTE SPEAKER 

“She is outstanding! In the history of the conference I have never seen the audience so riveted! We were absolutely blown away. You could hear a pin drop. It was a truly unforgettable experience for our leaders with a full standing ovation.”

A Keynote for Your Leadership or Adapted for Your Entire Workforce

Content covered in Allison Massari’s Retention Keynote:

• Unify Your Workforce through a Heart-Led Culture Shift

• Discover How to Access the Energy Needed to Lead with Empathy, and to Give

• Learn the Incomparable Art of Expressing Your Appreciation for Those Around You

• Build Success through Iconic Storytelling for Leaders and Changemakers

• Spotlight and Increase Employee Retention

• Receive an Evergreen Solution to Empower your Leadership

• Inspire Compassionate Leadership and Energize Teamwork

• Fully Engage the Hearts of Your People

• Radically Elevate Company Culture 

• Increase Trust, Care, and Presence within Your Teams

• Receive Unexpected & Game-Changing Solutions for Resilience and Burnout

• Triumph Through Change

• Amplify Self-Leadership: Having Personal Command in All Moments

• Transcend Limits—Expand Your Thinking, Expand Your Vision

• See the World with New Eyes 

• Expand Courage and Unconditional Confidence

• Grow the Skill to Foster New, Untapped Talents Within Each Person

• Light Up with Curiosity about Yourself and Those Around You

• Gain Tools to Build Authentic Relationships and Loyalty

• Activate a Buoyant Aliveness and Inner Vitality for your Work and Life

“You were outstanding! We have been talking for years and years about the need to address burnout with our physicians and pharmacists, yet, frustratingly, we did not know what to do and we have never done anything about it. YOU just DID!! Thank you so much!”

“Our absolutely best speaker EVER!

“How can I put the reaction into words? I guess you can take the word “amazing” and speak it in all 6,500 languages on planet earth. That would come close to describing how perfectly Allison Massari fit our event.”

Employee retention is vital. With the persistence of the Great Resignation and the shifting, unpredictable job market, employee retention and engagement are dominant priorities among leaders and managers worldwide.

Allison Massari’s riveting and timely keynote of overcoming incredible adversity with courage, resilience, and heart celebrates the work of employees and leaders. She teaches vital skills that all people need to sustain professional and personal success in today’s changing world. After hearing Allison speak, audiences feel more connected to their purpose and to each other—enhancing engagement and advancing employee retention in the workplace.

In the US, employee turnover is 20% higher today than pre-pandemic levels, and almost 11 million job vacancies remain unfulfilled, according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics. The storm of issues that employee attrition generates means that retaining valuable, talented workers is a “business imperative for leaders at all levels.” The cost of losing employees includes:

• Financial loss—it costs businesses an additional 50%-200% of 1 years salary to replace one employee

• Deteriorating company culture—morale is severely impacted by employee departures

• Disrupted productivity and efficiency 

• Persistent turnover—1 out of 3 new employees will quit their jobs in the first year (most within the first 6 months)

A recent global survey by management consultancy company, McKinsey, found the main reasons that employees leave their jobs are:

• Uncaring and uninspiring leaders – 34% 

• Lack of meaningful work – 31% 

• A lack of career development opportunities and room for career growth – 41% 

• Inadequate total compensation – 36% 

Additionally, one third of workers were considering changing companies due to their mental health and well-being.

Since company culture and leadership play such an obvious and definitive role in employee burnout and turnover, finding ways to value, inspire, and unite your workforce has never been more important.

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Program Description:

Be the One℠: Cultivating Expansive Thinking and Radical Appreciation

Retain and embolden your workforce through a heart-led culture shift: What is the mindset needed to create an inner vibrancy and buoyant aliveness in our work and our life—and grow a happier, more productive workforce? How do we access the energy to always lead with our presence and care, and fully engage the hearts of our people?

Allison Massari states, “There is a way to experience our life and our work that feels transcendent.”

In her new, enthralling keynote, acclaimed speaker, entrepreneur and visual artist, Allison Massari, teaches how developing expansive thinking, self-leadership, and joyful appreciation of others unleashes an inner strength and professional enthusiasm that radically elevates our company culture, increases retention, and quite simply - makes our own life better.  Allison explains, “Instead of waiting for the world to give us what we want and crave, we can make the decision to GIVE what we want to RECEIVE—to ‘Be the One.’ This is a way to take charge of our culture and radically transform our experience of our professional environment and our life.” 

This timely and visionary keynote is packed with content and original concepts that provide specific methods to uplift and transform your workplace. Allison’s compelling history gives her unique authority to share what it takes to persevere and transcend life’s difficulties. Audiences are transported by her extraordinary personal stories of Art, Vivaldi, Mozart, Austria and so much more—and fortified with fresh and unique metaphors and insight. Energized with renewed passion for work and bolstered by a sense of unity and empowerment, you walk away feeling revitalized, refreshed, and seeing life and work from new coordinates. 

We can see the world with new eyes. Prepare to be taken on a very special journey.

Modeling what it is like to lead with empathy, Allison has the unique ability to acknowledge and appreciate the work that is done in any industry. She provides a rare blend of inspirational support, encouragement, career focus, and personal and professional development. Whether she is speaking at a leadership conference or to your entire workforce, Allison compassionately emphasizes each person’s value and demonstrates the importance of their role in the organization and how it connects to the overall mission. Through this recognition, and when it comes from leadership, employees feel seen, celebrated and cared for.

As Allison states: “Yes, we want to empower people to feel their autonomy and dial into their gifts and contributions as individuals… AND we want to pull people in—to feel a sense of community, a sense of loyalty—to feel genuinely connected to others and to their work. There is a deep satisfaction in going beyond oneself as an individual and feeling part of a team.”

Optional Q&A

Allison’s journey is an unforgettable story that unifies everyone in the room and opens them up within themselves for the next optional phase of the program— a highly interactive and conversational Q&A with a company leader to do a deep-dive on taking your culture to the next level.

During the Q&A, fireside chat style, Allison can help with specific concerns and provide tactical solutions for people to feel empowered through self-leadership, caring for themselves and others in a more profound way, and having more command managing the challenges of work. The adversities and strategies discussed may include: managing difficult customers or colleagues, navigating heightened emotions, tools to deal with weariness, burnout, or loneliness, how to handle negative feelings or people, etc.

Additionally, Allison can work with your audience and team members on how to recognize the talents and skills in others, and make a practice of communicating that in a bold and beautiful way to light up the confidence of the people around them.

People are hungry for this support right now. These conversational Q&A’s have been extremely popular and effective and celebrate the power of bringing kindness to each other in the little moments…and the beauty of the human spirit.

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Allison’s Employee Retention Keynote

Title options for Allison’s Keynote. (These all work for the same speech.):

Tone: This program is described by Allison’s clients as "deeply moving”, “profound”, “bold", “life-changing." It is a riveting program packed with content and takeaways through compelling storytelling.

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Meet Allison

As a celebrated employee retention keynote speaker, Allison Massari has an exceptional ability to seek, see, and enthusiastically express her appreciation for people and communicate what it means to lead with empathy. Her riveting program offers real and immediate solutions to everyday challenges, and supports people in feeling their own sense of purpose, value, and impact in their job. Her story reminds audiences of the importance of bringing kindness to their day-to-day, and moment-by-moment work and life. Whether you bring her to speak to your leaders or your entire internal workforce, Allison’s heartfelt wisdom elevates audiences to a new vision, strengthening employee retention.

A fiery voice for the potent power of courage, kindness, and indestructible perseverance, Allison was recently named on the 2022 “Top 100 Iconic Business Speakers” List and has been featured on multiple media outlets including ABC News, FOX, and NBC. Her resonant, timely, and global message of hope and resilience has been enthusiastically received by audiences worldwide, with esteemed speaking engagements at TEDxZaragoza in Spain, speaking on “The Future of Happiness” and on the main platform at the Million Dollar Round Table Conference with an audience of 8,600 from 75 countries. Allison has been repeatedly named one of the Top Ten Best Motivational Speakers by Meetings and Conventions magazine.

Through storytelling, Allison takes her audience on a journey full of insight, allowing people to fully understand the steps she took after suffering two traumatic and nearly fatal car accidents, one where she endured severe burns on over 50% of her body. Her incredible history, and the courage, strength and inner drive that it took for her to rise above extreme hardship, has given her the authority, compassion, and wisdom to speak to the problems that cause employee burnout, attrition, and fatigue. Allison’s instinctive passion for seeing the unique gifts in others and calling them out is contagious for the audience. Her program re-directs focus towards promoting a sense of care, feeling connected, seen, and valued, and making an impact in the world—qualities that support employee retention.

In Allison’s words: “When we learn to support our people verbally with encouragement, and also provide them with resources, thoughtful policy, tools and technology that work, and the autonomy to do their job—meaning, the flexibility to do what is right and to do their job without obstruction—it creates a work environment where people want to stay. The result is work that is fulfilling, inclusive, and productive.”

The backdrop of Allison’s breathtaking keynote displays images of her stirring and stunning artwork that are in the permanent collection of the Vatican and the Museum of Fine Arts in St. Petersburg, Florida.

Allison Massari Offers Unparalleled Benefits

Inspiration

Discover how good can prevail in the most difficult situations. Allison has the ability to powerfully capture an audience with her unique story. In business, inspiration truly uplifts your teams to be more present and engaged.

Mastery

Allison’s program offers tools to successfully manage debilitating emotions that inhibit creativity, motivation, and productivity.

Meaning

By underscoring the impact that one person can have, participants feel more engaged and passionate about their work, and grow their sense of ownership and determination, resulting in a healthier, more gratifying work environment.

Happiness

Receive real solutions for navigating adversity, reducing stress and feeling more equipped to face life’s challenges.

Productivity

Equipped with tools to handle stress and manage trials more effectively, employee loyalty, ownership, and efficiency can reach new heights of achievement.

Confidence

Participants learn to respond to difficult circumstances, innovate, and constructively engage with co-workers and the world around.

Ingenuity

Audiences gain a fresh outlook on their job and their lives, invigorating their enthusiasm and imagination, and business inspiration.

Appreciation

Allison speaks brilliantly and generously to each individual’s need for recognition and appreciation.

Transformation

Her program is truly life-altering, and paradigm shifting.  The audience will be forever changed.

Research shows that the following top components support employee retention. Allison’s keynote plants the seeds for celebrating this kind of empathy in the workplace.

1. Advancing the Company Culture Through Self-Awareness, Fostering Empathy and Building Emotional Intelligence

2. Inspiring Heart-Led Leadership

3. Unifying Teams Through a Shared Mission and Connection to the Whole 

4. Appreciating Unique Talents, Gifts, and Integrity

5. Showing How Individual Roles Connect with the Company’s Purpose & Goals

6. Recognizing Achievements & Demonstrated Value of Employees

7. Providing Transparent & Honest Communication

8. Celebrating Wins

9. Empowering Leadership to Support and Elevate Your Teams and People

10. Valuing a Happier, more Productive Workforce

11. Offering Flexibility for Individuals to Do Their Job Without Obstructions

12. Engaging and Encouraging Creativity and New Ideas

Excellent for Events that Give Back and Appreciate Your Workforce and Leaders

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More Praise for Allison Massari

“Your presentation was delivered perfectly! You were such a pleasure to work with throughout all our stages of planning the event, and most importantly, the day of.”

Blue Cross and Blue Shield

Your presentation was extraordinary. Your message is positive and a light in an otherwise dark world. Thank you for presenting such humility and yet courage. Beautiful!

xMatters

“A BRILLIANT presentation. Incredibly powerful.”

ThinkTankMedia—Australia

 “You should know, I continue to hear such amazing comments from attendees who had the chance to hear you. They are downright ebullient! Wherever your travels find you this evening my wish for you is that you are conscious of the tremendous impact you made on so many people today. You became a blessing, yet again, to those around you. Their appreciation has been shared with me and my team all day long.”

Larry Kaufman
President & CEO
Yankee Alliance

"You could hear a pin drop in the room. She was amazing! So inspiring. I laughed, I cried. She made me feel like a million dollars. I am amazed and awed by her sense of hope and resilience.”

Baystate Health

“Needless to say, she was amazing! The entire group loved her and just had the most wonderful things to say about her presentation, and her as a person – there is something so special about her spirit. ….She hit the ball out of park.”

RLDatix Software Solutions

“In short, you killed it. Your presentation was expertly tailored to xMatters’ current circumstances, spoke to themes of great value to our employees and customers in this time, and extended to highly personalized content. We are thrilled to know you and count you among our preferred speaker roster.

xMatters

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Industries and Event Types for Allison’s Keynote:

Allison expertly adapts her message to each industry and speaks to a diverse range of audiences. She will be delighted to speak with your leadership team on how to specifically connect with your group, align with your mission, and also support your vision and goals for your conference.

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