Financial Services Keynote Speaker Ryan Jenkins
Wall Street Journal Bestselling Leadership Author
and Award-Winning Keynote Speaker
Build More Connected Financial Services Teams
Financial services has always been built on trust, expertise, and relationships. But as technology transforms how financial work gets done, the relationships between people are becoming even more valuable.
Today’s financial services organizations are navigating rapid advances in AI and automation, evolving client expectations, intense competition for talent, and a multigenerational workforce with up to five generations working side by side.
Today's financial services organizations are working to:
Strengthen teamwork and collaboration across teams, functions, offices, and locations
Connect a multigenerational workforce with different expectations, experiences, and communication styles
Attract, engage, develop, and retain the next generation of financial professionals
Build stronger relationships with clients across generations
Embrace AI and automation while strengthening the distinctly human skills technology can’t replace
Create cultures of trust, connection, collaboration, and belonging
Ryan equips financial services professionals with practical, research-backed strategies to build stronger relationships, communicate more effectively across generations, and create teamwork that drives better performance.
WWhether speaking to executives, advisors, finance professionals, client-facing teams, emerging leaders, or industry associations, Ryan delivers an engaging keynote experience with actionable insights that strengthen workplace culture, improve collaboration, and prepare people for what’s next.
As financial services becomes more digital, human connection becomes more valuable.
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Ryan’s Keynote Topics for
Financial Services Organizations
Connectable
Strengthening Relationships to Improve Teamwork, Engagement & Client Experience
Financial services is a relationship business. The connections professionals have with their leaders, colleagues, and clients directly influence trust, teamwork, engagement, and performance.
Ryan reveals practical strategies to strengthen workplace relationships and create cultures where people feel seen, supported, and connected.
Improve teamwork across functions, teams, offices, and locations.
Strengthen workplace relationships that increase engagement and retention.
Build greater trust and connection between employees and leaders.
Create stronger internal relationships that positively impact the client experience.
Generational Connection
Leading, Working & Connecting Across Generations in Financial Services
Today’s financial services organizations aren’t just employing a multigenerational workforce…they’re serving multigenerational clients.
Ryan helps leaders and employees move beyond generational stereotypes to better understand the experiences, expectations, and communication preferences shaping different generations.
Understand what motivates different generations at work.
Improve communication and teamwork across generations.
Attract, engage, develop, and retain the next generation of financial professionals.
Strengthen relationships between experienced and emerging talent.
Better understand how generational differences influence client expectations and relationships.
Team Binding
The Relationship Advantage in the Age of AI
As AI and automation transform financial services, strong human relationships become even more valuable.
Ryan introduces the practical habits and systems that help teams continuously strengthen trust, alignment, and support through constant change.
Build stronger, more connected teams across roles and locations.
Prepare your people to embrace AI and technological change.
Strengthen the human skills technology can’t replace.
Move beyond occasional team building and create continuous team binding.
Every leader needs
to hear Ryan.
-Patrick Lencioni
Who Should Book Ryan Jenkins for Financial Services Events?
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Financial Services Executives & Senior Leaders
Equip leaders with practical strategies to strengthen culture, improve teamwork, navigate generational differences, retain talent, and confidently lead people through industry change.
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Advisors, Finance Professionals & Client-Facing Teams
Help professionals strengthen relationships, communicate more effectively across generations, improve teamwork, and create more meaningful client experiences.
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HR, Talent & Emerging Leader Programs
Give current and future leaders actionable tools to engage a multigenerational workforce, strengthen retention, improve collaboration, and develop the next generation of financial services leaders.
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Financial Services Associations & Industry Conferences
Bring an engaging, research-backed keynote speaker to your event who understands the people side of financial services…from generations and teamwork to human connection, leadership, AI, and the future of work.
Financial Services Organizations Ryan Has Worked With
Blackstone
Wells Fargo
Bank of America
Citi
U.S. Bank
Truist
HarbourVest Partners
TMX Group
Financial Recovery Technologies
Financial Management Institute of Canada
Rabo AgriFinance
American Association of Finance and Accounting (AAFA)
Modera
National Association of Personal Financial Advisors (NAPFA)
The Impact of Ryan Jenkins'
Keynotes on Financial Services Organizations
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Stronger Teamwork & Team Connection
Create more connected teams that communicate better, collaborate more effectively, and build greater trust across functions, offices, locations, and levels.
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Greater Employee Engagement & Retention
Equip leaders with practical strategies to strengthen workplace relationships, engage employees across generations, and retain the financial services talent your organization needs to grow.
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Better Generational Collaboration
Bridge communication gaps across generations and help employees understand, appreciate, and leverage the different experiences and perspectives throughout your workforce.
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Future-Ready Teams
Prepare your people to embrace AI, automation, and technological change while strengthening the distinctly human skills—communication, trust, collaboration, and connection—that technology can’t replace.
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Stronger Client Relationships
Help professionals better understand and connect with clients across generations while strengthening the trust, communication, and human connection that differentiate exceptional client experiences.
THE BUZZ
Excitement from Engaged Audiences:
“Ryan sparked insights and ideas that I can apply in my team and across our company."
- Donna Kimmel, Chief People Officer at Citrix
“The best speaker we’ve ever had!”
- Ashley Breedlove, Director at CVS
“Ryan was phenomenal!”
- Kaylin Orr, Kimberly-Clark
“Great feedback from ALL attendees!”
- Mariana Fagnilli, VP at Liberty Mutual
"Utterly groundbreaking! Ryan equipped us to build a more connected organization with improved engagement.”
- Melissa Bernstein, Co-founder of Melissa & Doug
Why Book Ryan Jenkins for Financial Services Events?
Financial Services Experience, Research-Backed Insights
Ryan has worked with leading financial services organizations and understands the people challenges shaping the industry, from generations and talent retention to teamwork, client relationships, leadership, and technological change. Every keynote is grounded in research and translated into practical strategies your people can use immediately.
Engaging, Practical & Actionable
Ryan combines compelling stories, humor, audience interaction, and practical takeaways to create a keynote that’s both engaging and immediately useful. Attendees leave energized…and equipped with ideas they can put into practice the very next day.
Customized for Your Organization
No two financial services organizations or audiences are the same. Every keynote is tailored to your people, incorporating your goals, challenges, culture, workforce dynamics, and industry realities so the message feels relevant and specific.
Ready to Build a More Connected Financial Services Workforce?
Strengthen teamwork, bridge generational gaps, engage your multigenerational workforce, build stronger client relationships, and prepare your people to thrive through the changes shaping financial services.