Military Keynote Speaker Ryan Jenkins
Wall Street Journal Bestselling Leadership Author
and Award-Winning Keynote Speaker
Build More Connected, Mission-Ready Teams
Military readiness depends on more than technology, training, and expertise. It depends on people who trust one another, communicate effectively, and work together around a shared mission.
Today’s military organizations are navigating rapid technological change, evolving workforce expectations, leadership transitions, and a multigenerational force with different experiences, perspectives, and communication styles.
Today's military leaders & organizations are working to:
Strengthen trust, teamwork, and communication across ranks, roles, units, and generations
Connect a multigenerational force with different experiences, expectations, and communication styles
Develop the next generation of leaders while leveraging the experience of seasoned personnel
Transfer critical knowledge and expertise across generations
Build greater connection, belonging, and cohesion across teams
Navigate AI and technological change while strengthening the human capabilities essential to mission success
Ryan equips military leaders and personnel with practical, research-backed strategies to build stronger relationships, communicate more effectively across generations, and create teams with greater trust, alignment, and support.
Whether speaking to senior leaders, officers, enlisted personnel, civilian employees, emerging leaders, or military-wide audiences, Ryan delivers an engaging keynote experience with actionable insights that strengthen teamwork and prepare people to lead through change.
Technology can enhance the mission. Connected teams accomplish it.
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Ryan’s Keynote Topics for
Military Organizations
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Strengthening Relationships to Improve Trust, Teamwork & Performance
Strong teams are built on strong relationships. When people feel connected to those around them, they’re better positioned to communicate, collaborate, support one another, and perform as a team.
Ryan reveals practical strategies to strengthen relationships and create greater connection across military teams.
Strengthen trust and relationships across teams.
Improve communication across roles, ranks, and generations.
Create greater connection, belonging, and mutual support.
Build stronger relationships that enhance teamwork and performance.
Generational Connection
Leading & Working Across Generations in the Military
Today’s military brings together experienced personnel with decades of knowledge and emerging generations entering service with different experiences, expectations, and relationships with technology.
Ryan helps leaders and personnel move beyond generational stereotypes to better understand what shapes each generation…and turn those differences into an advantage.
Improve communication and teamwork across generations.
Understand the experiences and expectations shaping different generations.
Equip leaders to effectively lead and develop younger generations.
Strengthen relationships between experienced and emerging personnel.
Accelerate the transfer of knowledge and expertise across generations.
Team Binding
Building All-In Teams in an Age of AI
Technology continues to transform how teams communicate, coordinate, and accomplish their work. But technology alone cannot create trust, alignment, or commitment between people.
Ryan introduces the practical habits and systems that help teams continuously strengthen trust, alignment, and support.
Build stronger, more connected teams.
Strengthen trust, alignment, and mutual support.
Create greater cohesion across roles and generations.
Help teams remain connected through change and transition.
Move beyond episodic team building and create continuous team binding.
Every leader needs
to hear Ryan.
-Patrick Lencioni
Who Should Book Ryan Jenkins for Military Events?
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Senior Military & Defense Leaders
Equip leaders with practical strategies to strengthen teamwork, navigate generational differences, develop emerging leaders, and build greater connection throughout their organizations.
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Officers, Enlisted Personnel & Civilian Teams
Help people across roles and levels communicate more effectively, strengthen relationships, build trust, and work together around a shared mission.
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Leadership Development & Emerging Leader Programs
Give current and future leaders actionable tools to lead across generations, strengthen relationships, transfer knowledge, and build teams where people feel supported and connected.
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Military Conferences, Trainings & Organization-Wide Events
Bring an engaging, research-backed keynote speaker to your leadership conference, professional development program, training event, or organization-wide gathering with relevant insights on generations, teamwork, connection, leadership, AI, and the future of work.
Military & Defence Organizations Ryan Has Worked With
U.S. Marine Corps
U.S. Navy
U.S. Army
U.S. Department of Defense
Naval Surface Warfare Center Crane Division
U.S. Customs and Border Protection
Robins Air Force Base
The Impact of Ryan Jenkins'
Keynotes on Military Organizations
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Stronger Teamwork & Team Connection
Create more connected teams that communicate effectively, build greater trust, support one another, and work together around a shared mission.
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Stronger Leaders
Equip current and emerging leaders with practical strategies to build trust, strengthen relationships, communicate across differences, and create more connected teams.
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Better Generational Collaboration
Bridge generational gaps and help personnel with different experiences and perspectives better understand, communicate with, and leverage one another’s strengths.
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Greater Knowledge Transfer
Strengthen relationships between experienced and emerging personnel so institutional knowledge, expertise, and hard-earned lessons move more effectively across generations.
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More Mission-Ready Teams
Build the trust, alignment, support, and human connection that help teams remain cohesive and adaptable 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 Book Ryan Jenkins for Military Events?
Military & Defense Experience, Research-Backed Insights
Ryan has worked with audiences across the U.S. military and Department of Defense, bringing research-backed insights on generations, teamwork, human connection, leadership, and the changing workplace. He translates those insights into practical strategies people can immediately apply to how they lead and work together.
Engaging, Practical & Actionable
Ryan combines compelling stories, research, humor, audience interaction, and practical takeaways to create an experience that engages people while giving them useful strategies for strengthening communication, relationships, and teamwork.
Customized for Your Organization & Mission
Every military audience is different. Ryan customizes each keynote around your people, mission, leadership objectives, organizational challenges, and audience dynamics so the message feels relevant and specific.
Ready to Build a More Connected, Mission-Ready Teams?
Strengthen trust, bridge generational gaps, improve knowledge transfer, develop stronger leaders, and build the connections that help people work together to accomplish the mission.