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KEYNOTES TO TRANSCEND BURNOUT CULTURE

BURN BRIGHT, NOT OUT.

To thrive in the future of work, organizations must prioritize calm over chaos, focus over frenzy, and progress over perfection. Scroll down to see Hamza Khan’s latest keynotes aimed at helping leading organizations to build lasting resilience.

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Burn Bright, Not Out: How To Achieve More By Beating Burnout & Building Resilience

According to a recent survey by Ernst & Young, one-third of full-time workers globally say that managing work-life has become increasingly difficult. Workers revealed that they are working longer hours and more demanding than ever, leaving little time for much else. One could argue that we're living in a golden age of workplace stress, mainly due to the changing role of work in our lives. When work and life blend, how can employees achieve an equilibrium that supports their physical, emotional, and mental health? It's time to resist the binary construction that is work-life and consider a new framework altogether. This talk explores the transition from chronic overwhelm to sustainable high performance.

Attendees of this talk will:

  • Recognize 12 stages of burnout (and which ones they're going through). 

  • Understand the negative consequences of stress on themselves and others. 

  • Learn how to prevent burnout and achieve more using a simple 6-step method.

Getting (The Right) Things Done: A Playbook For Beating Burnout While Achieving Purposeful Productivity

Today's organizations are all too familiar with the debilitating stress caused by overwork, with teams and leaders at all levels feeling depleted and disconnected. It's time to counter the chaos, anxiety, and stress that plagues modern organizations and diminished productivity. The answer to better productivity isn't more hours—less waste and fewer things that induce distraction and persistent stress. It's time to stop celebrating chaos and start celebrating calm. In this dynamic and engaging session, attendees of this talk will receive action-oriented insights, highlighting real-world best practices for reclaiming & optimizing productivity for the long haul. They'll learn how to separate fatigue from depletion, reframe stress, and build lasting resilience at individual and organizational levels. And by the end, attendees will embrace the idea that they must focus on getting the right things done to succeed. Now more than ever, we need the high-performing people who power leading organizations to burn bright and not out.

Attendees of this session will:

  • Recognize 12 stages of burnout and six upstream predictors of burnout.

  • Identify when employees are going through burnout (and how to talk about it respectfully and constructively).

  • Learn how to prioritize more effectively.

  • Appreciate the need to change before change is required (or before it's too late).

  • Receive 6 actions for creating a truly resilient and action-biased workplace culture.

  • Appreciate the power of calmness in the workplace.

Beyond Burnout: A Guide To The Next Frontier Of Everlasting Workplace Wellness & Resilience

Wellness is now a $4.2 trillion global industry. And yet somehow, levels of stress and burnout are at all-time highs across professions. In the face of persistent burnout, leaders must ask themselves: Is self-care still our best defense? And how much do leadership decisions and workplace culture influence burnout? In this thought-provoking session, attendees will rethink conventional approaches to sustaining wellness and resilience. Instead of medicalizing and individualizing solutions, leaders must take a challenging but empowering look at how they inadvertently contribute to the cultural factors that make burnout inevitable. It's time to go beyond burnout and reimagine the systems that affect workplace culture—starting with leadership. Hear action-oriented insights and real-world best practices that can promote holistic well-being and create a truly resilient workplace.

Attendees of this session will: 

  • Develop a comprehensive understanding of the upstream factors contributing to burnout.

  • Hear new burnout research that reveals the inefficacy of self-care.

  • Receive a framework to promote holistic well-being among their employees.

  • Appreciate the need to adopt a more human-centric leadership style.

  • Learn how to create a genuinely resilient workplace.

Rehumanizing Workplaces: Reimagining Employee Engagement As A Business Strategy

According to Gallup, employee disengagement has reached an all-time high, costing the economy over $7.7 trillion annually. As it stands, the modern workplace needs to be fixed. In this timely session, attendees will learn that by embracing a more human-centric approach to work, they can supercharge their engagement, sustain their productivity for the long haul, and ultimately thrive in the increasingly uncertain future of work. In this personal, humorous, and actionable session, attendees will learn that by "rehumanizing" the workplace, inclusive and sustainable growth is not only possible—it's a direct outcome. 

Attendees of this session will:

  • Understand the imperative for unwaveringly putting people first.

  • Gain time-tested strategies to operationalize and maximize human-centric values.

  • Appreciate the need to create positive-sum results for employees, families, communities, and the planet.

American Institute of Certified Professional Accountants

Hamza Khan was the most engaging speaker all week.

Thermal Insulation Association of Canada

What a great way to start off the Conference! The presentation by Hamza Khan was amazing and gave attendees some new ways to look at their businesses and workforce.

VIEW MORE KEYNOTE TOPICS

  • INSPIRE MODERN LEADERSHIP

    To thrive in the future of work, leaders must become human-centric, change-friendly, self-disrupting, and values-driven.

  • UNLEASH PURPOSEFUL PRODUCTIVITY

    To thrive in the future of work, organizations must strategically manage and channel their time, energy, and attention.

  • TRANSCEND BURNOUT CULTURE

    To thrive in the future of work, organizations must prioritize calm over chaos, focus over frenzy, and progress over perfection.

  • EMBRACE CONSTANT CHANGE

    To thrive in the future of work, organizations must embrace change before change is required (or before it’s too late).

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