Fortune 500 Keynote Speaker Ryan Jenkins

Wall Street Journal Bestselling Leadership Author
and Award-Winning Keynote Speaker

Build More Connected, Future-Ready Teams

Leading people inside a Fortune 500 company has never been more complex.

Today's organizations are navigating AI and automation, distributed workforces, constant change, and up to five generations working side by side…all while trying to keep employees engaged, collaborative, and moving in the same direction.

Today's Fortune 500 organizations are working to:

  • Strengthen teamwork and collaboration across functions, locations, and business units

  • Connect a multi-generational workforce with different expectations, experiences, and communication styles

  • Attract, engage, develop, and retain talent across generations

  • Prepare people to embrace AI and change while strengthening the human skills technology can't replace

  • Build cultures where employees feel connected to their teams, leaders, and the larger organization

Ryan equips leaders and employees with practical, research-backed strategies to build stronger relationships, communicate more effectively across generations, and create teams that thrive through constant change.

Whether speaking to executives, people leaders, sales teams, emerging talent, or company-wide audiences, Ryan delivers actionable insights that strengthen workplace culture, improve collaboration, and prepare people for what's next.

The bigger the organization, the more important human connection becomes.

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Ryan’s Keynote Topics for
Fortune 500 Organizations

Connectable

Strengthening Relationships Across Complex Organizations

Large organizations can have thousands of employees communicating every day without truly feeling connected. Discover practical strategies to strengthen relationships, build trust, and create cultures where people feel seen, supported, and connected to the people they work with.

  • Improve collaboration across teams, functions, locations, and levels.

  • Strengthen workplace relationships that increase engagement and retention.

  • Create cultures where connection improves both people and performance.

Generational Connection

Leading and Working Across a Multi-Generational Workforce

For the first time in history, organizations can have up to five generations working side by side. Ryan helps leaders and employees move beyond generational stereotypes to understand what actually drives different generations—and how to work better together.

  • Understand the experiences and expectations shaping each generation.

  • Improve communication and collaboration across age groups.

  • Reduce generational friction and strengthen mutual understanding.

  • Attract, engage, develop, and retain talent across generations.

Team Binding

The Relationship Advantage in the Age of AI

As AI automates more tasks and changes how work gets done, the relationships between people become even more important. Learn the practical habits and systems that help teams build trust, strengthen collaboration, and remain resilient through constant change.

  • Build stronger, more connected teams across functions and locations.

  • Strengthen the human skills AI can't replace.

  • Improve collaboration as work becomes increasingly digital and automated.

  • Create a culture where connection becomes a competitive advantage.

Every leader needs
to hear Ryan.

-Patrick Lencioni

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Who Should Book Ryan Jenkins for Fortune 500 Events?

01

Executives
& Senior Leaders

Equip senior leaders with practical strategies to strengthen culture, connect employees across the enterprise, and lead a multi-generational workforce through continuous change.

02

Managers & People Leaders

Give managers actionable tools to build trust, strengthen team relationships, improve communication across generations, and create teams where people perform at their best.

03

HR, Talent & Emerging Leader Programs

Help your organization attract, engage, develop, and retain talent across generations while preparing emerging leaders to lead increasingly diverse and distributed teams.

04

Company-Wide Meetings & Leadership Events

Deliver an engaging, research-backed keynote that brings employees together around a shared language for connection, collaboration, generational understanding, and the future of work.

Generations and connection keynote speaker Ryan Jenkins on stage

Fortune 500 Organizations Ryan Has Worked With

  • Amazon

  • Walmart

  • McKesson

  • CVS Health

  • Berkshire Hathaway

  • Microsoft

  • The Home Depot

  • AT&T

  • State Farm

  • Dell Technologies

  • Bank of America

  • FedEx

  • Johnson & Johnson

  • PepsiCo

  • UPS

  • Citi

  • Wells Fargo

  • Lockheed Martin

  • Merck

  • Delta Air Lines

  • Liberty Mutual Insurance

  • Bristol Myers Squibb

  • Coca-Cola

  • John Deere

  • Netflix

  • Salesforce

  • Northwestern Mutual

  • The Hartford

  • Carnival

  • Altria

  • Aramark

  • Kimberly-Clark

  • PPG

  • Smithfield Foods

  • Kohl's

  • Blackstone

  • Kellanova

  • Biogen

The Impact of Ryan Jenkins'
Keynotes on Fortune 500 Organizations

  • Stronger Team Connection

    Create more connected teams that communicate better, collaborate more effectively, and build greater trust across functions, locations, and levels of the organization.

  • Greater Employee Engagement & Retention

    Equip leaders with practical strategies to strengthen workplace relationships, increase engagement, and create an employee experience that helps great people stay and grow.

  • Better Generational Collaboration

    Bridge communication gaps across a multi-generational workforce and help employees understand, appreciate, and leverage the different perspectives and strengths on their teams.

  • Future-Ready Teams

    Prepare your workforce to embrace AI, automation, and continuous change while strengthening the distinctly human skills technology can't replace.

  • Stronger Leaders

    Give managers and leaders practical tools to connect with employees across generations, strengthen trust, and lead teams more effectively through change.

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 Fortune 500 Companies Book Ryan Jenkins

Enterprise Experience

Ryan has worked with dozens of Fortune 500 organizations across industries, giving him a firsthand understanding of the opportunities and challenges that come with leading large, complex, multi-generational workforces.

Research-Backed, Immediately Actionable

Ryan turns research on team connection, generations, leadership, and the future of work into practical strategies people can use immediately. Audiences don't just leave inspired—they leave knowing exactly what to do next.

Customized for Your Organization

No two organizations (or workforces) are the same. Every keynote is tailored to your audience, incorporating your culture, challenges, goals, workforce dynamics, and event objectives so the experience feels relevant and specific to your people.

Ready to Connect Your Multi-Generational Workforce?

Strengthen team connection, bridge generational gaps, equip your leaders, and prepare your people to thrive through whatever comes next.

Book Ryan to Speak