Human Resources Keynote Speaker Ryan Jenkins
Wall Street Journal Bestselling Leadership Author
and Award-Winning Keynote Speaker
Build More Connected Future-Ready Teams
HR leaders are being asked to solve some of the most complex people challenges organizations have ever faced.
Today’s workplaces are navigating rapid advances in AI, changing employee expectations, declining connection and engagement, leadership challenges, and a multigenerational workforce with up to five generations working side by side.
Today's HR leaders are working to:
Strengthen teamwork, connection, and belonging across increasingly distributed organizations
Help leaders effectively manage and motivate a multigenerational workforce
Attract, engage, develop, and retain the next generation of talent
Equip managers to build stronger relationships and higher-performing teams
Prepare employees and leaders to navigate AI and the rapidly changing future of work
Build cultures where people feel seen, supported, valued, and connected
Ryan equips HR professionals and people leaders with practical, research-backed strategies to strengthen workplace relationships, improve collaboration across generations, and build teams where people want to belong, and perform.
Whether speaking at an HR conference, leadership meeting, talent summit, employee experience event, or company-wide program, Ryan delivers an engaging keynote experience with actionable insights that help HR leaders build stronger cultures and more connected, future-ready workforces.
The future of work isn’t just about how technology changes work. It’s about how people stay connected through the change.
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Ryan’s Keynote Topics for
Human Resources
Connectable
Strengthening Relationships to Improve Engagement, Belonging & Retention
Employees don’t experience culture through mission statements. They experience it through relationships.
Ryan reveals the science and practical strategies behind stronger workplace connection, and shows HR leaders how meaningful relationships can improve engagement, belonging, collaboration, and retention.
Strengthen relationships between employees, managers, and teams.
Create greater connection and belonging across the workforce.
Equip leaders to recognize and address disconnection.
Build a workplace where people feel seen, supported, and valued.
Generational Connection
Leading & Engaging a Multigenerational Workforce
For the first time, many organizations have up to five generations working side by side—each shaped by different experiences, expectations, and relationships with work and technology.
Ryan helps HR leaders move beyond generational stereotypes to understand what’s really driving differences at work and how organizations can turn those differences into an advantage.
Understand what motivates different generations at work.
Improve communication and collaboration across generations.
Equip managers to lead Gen Z and multigenerational teams more effectively.
Attract, engage, develop, and retain the next generation of talent.
Create greater understanding and connection across the workforce.
Team Binding
How to Reverse Team Erosion and Build All-In Teams in an Age of AI
As AI transforms how work gets done, many teams are quietly eroding. Communication is constant, yet meaningful connection can still be missing.
Ryan reveals why traditional team building is no longer enough and introduces practical strategies to continuously strengthen the trust, alignment, and support teams need to thrive.
Recognize and reverse team erosion.
Strengthen trust, alignment, and support.
Create stronger relationships across remote, hybrid, and in-person teams.
Move beyond episodic team building and create continuous team binding.
Build teams that remain resilient and connected through change.
Every leader needs
to hear Ryan.
-Patrick Lencioni
Who Should Book Ryan Jenkins for HR Events?
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Chief Human Resources Officers & People Leaders
Equip senior HR leaders with research-backed strategies to strengthen culture, improve employee connection, navigate generational change, and prepare the workforce for what’s next.
02
HR, Talent & Employee Experience Teams
Give HR professionals practical tools to improve engagement, belonging, retention, teamwork, and the relationships shaping the employee experience.
03
Learning, Leadership & Organizational Development
Equip current and emerging leaders to communicate across generations, strengthen team connection, build trust, and lead people more effectively through change.
04
HR Associations &
Conferences
Deliver an engaging, research-backed keynote that inspires healthcare professionals to build stronger relationships, embrace generational diversity, and thrive in the Age of AI.
HR Organizations & Teams Ryan Has Worked With
SHRM
HRDA
Human Capital Institute
Netflix
Blackstone
Wells Fargo
Dell Technologies
Citi
U.S. Bank
Truist
Walmart
CVS Health
LinkedIn
Sargento
Liberty Mutual Insurance
Kaiser Permanente
Northwell Health
Merck
Johnson & Johnson
Salesforce
The Home Depot
John Deere
The Impact of Ryan Jenkins'
Keynotes on HR Organizations
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Stronger Employee Connection & Belonging
Help employees build stronger relationships with their teammates and leaders while creating workplaces where people feel seen, supported, and connected.
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Greater Employee Engagement & Retention
Give leaders practical strategies to strengthen the workplace relationships that influence how connected, engaged, and committed employees feel.
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Better Generational Collaboration
Bridge generational gaps and equip employees and managers to communicate, collaborate, and work more effectively across differences.
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A More Future-Ready Workforce
Help employees and leaders navigate AI and continuous workplace change while strengthening the distinctly human skills—trust, communication, collaboration, and connection—that technology can’t replace.
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Stronger Managers & Teams
Equip people leaders to build trust, strengthen relationships, improve teamwork, and create environments where employees can perform at their best.
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 Human Resources Events?
Deep Expertise in Today’s People Challenges
Ryan’s work focuses on some of today’s most pressing workplace challenges: navigating generational differences, strengthening teams, restoring human connection, and helping people thrive in an AI-enabled world. His research and insights give HR audiences a fresh perspective on the issues they’re responsible for solving every day.
Engaging, Practical & Actionable
Ryan combines compelling stories, research, humor, audience interaction, and practical takeaways to create a keynote that’s both engaging and immediately useful. HR professionals leave energized, and equipped with strategies they can bring back to their organizations.
Fresh, Relevant & Customized
Ryan continually evolves his research, frameworks, stories, and presentations so the message reflects what workplaces are experiencing now—not what mattered five years ago. Every keynote is customized around your audience, organization, and event objectives.
Ready to Build a More Connected, Future-Ready Workforce?
Strengthen employee connection, bridge generational gaps, build better teams, equip stronger leaders, and prepare your people to thrive through the future of work