Speaking Engagements

At Daylight Advisory, our keynotes are more than talks—they’re strategic tools for transformation. Whether you’re developing leaders, aligning culture, or increasing engagement, our speaking engagements are designed to spark momentum and inspire measurable impact. Every session is customized to your audience and grounded in the realities of today's workplace.

Daylight Advisory Speaking Engagements

Who We Speak To

We bring our expertise to:

  • Executive teams and leadership cohorts
  • People managers navigating complexity
  • HR and L&D professionals seeking fresh tools
  • Frontline supervisors and team leads
  • EHS leaders moving their organizations toward world-class safety
  • Organizations facing change, scaling, or cultural transformation

Keynote Formats

  • Conference Keynotes (60–90 mins)
  • Interactive Workshops (90 mins to One-Day)
  • Executive Retreats, Strategy Offsites, and Facilitated Working Sessions
  • Virtual Keynotes, Webinars, and Virtual Working Sessions

What to Expect

Each keynote is crafted to deliver:

  • Actionable tools and frameworks
  • Engaging storytelling rooted in experience
  • Connection to your organization's current current reality and future aspirations
  • Insights that inspire action, not just applause

Not sure which topic is the right fit?

Tell us who you’d like to be and where you are going. We’ll work with you to select or shape the message that aligns with your goals, audience, and strategic priorities.

Speaking Engagements

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Possible Topics

Leadership

  • Enterprise leadership
  • Leading with intent
  • Key leadership behaviors
  • Overcoming executive challenges
  • Developing executive presence
  • Inspiring leadership practices

Engagement

  • Strengthening relationships that lead to coordination and collaboration
  • Creating the conditions that enhance resilience and well-being
  • Engagement that contributes real value to your organization

Management

  • Effective management systems that promote business-critical behavior
  • Positive influencing and coaching through precision and intentionality
  • Achieving world-class safety
  • Aligning the why and the how through effective communication
  • Best practices for onboarding and training to mastery
  • Building trust: the foundation for effective working relationships

Culture

  • Building a culture of performance excellence
  • Leveraging positive gossip to enhance pride and loyalty
  • Common programs and practices that fail to achieve their objectives
  • The elements that promote high-performance organizations

Meet One of Our Expert Voices: Ken Wagner, PhD


Daylight Advisory Dr. Ken Wagner
Insightful. Practical. Engaging.

Want a preview of Ken’s approach to leadership and team development? Tune into  Episode 139 of the Velociteach "Manage This" podcast, where Ken Wagner, PhD, Managing Director of Daylight Advisory, dives into the role of the project manager in building self-sustaining, high-performing teams. These messages will also resonate with those leading teams or facilitating cross-functional cooperation.

With clarity and real-world wisdom, Ken shares how intentional leadership practices can foster cohesion, accountability, and long-term success.

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Conference Presentations

Webinar for Ideagen

  • Safety in Numbers: How to Use Data as the Backbone of Your EHS Strategy

Kirkwood Safety Conference, Cedar Rapids, Iowa

  • Building an Organizational Culture of Safety Excellence

FABTECH 2024, Orlando, FL

  • Building an Organizational Culture of Performance Excellence

Essential Minerals Association Annual Conference 2024

  • Building a Culture with Intent: The Path to Safety Excellence

American Industrial Hygiene Association (AIHA), 2025, Hutchison Beach, FL

  • Building an Organizational Culture of Safety Excellence

SHRM Jacksonville: CareerTalk Series, Sept 2024

  • Leveraging Employee Engagement Factors for Effective Job Search Due Diligence

Keynotes: Client Annual Strategic Meetings

Annual Leadership Forum: Building Materials Organization

  • Enterprise leadership: the pathway to cultural excellence
    December 2024

Webinar: Building Materials Organization

  • Best Practices in Recognition
    April 2025

Annual General Meeting: Construction Company

  • Leading with Intent: Building a culture of excellence
    April 2025

EHS&S Americas Annual Strategy Meeting

  • Safety Leadership: Highlights of Current Applications
    May 2025

Site Manager Strategy working session: Chemical Manufacturer

  • Enterprise Leadership and Leading with Intent
    June 2025