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Leadership insights, engagement strategies, and business growth thinking from Dr. Rick Goodman — Top 30 Global Leadership Guru and author with 2,000+ programs delivered worldwide.
About This Leadership Keynote Speaker Blog
Welcome to the leadership keynote speaker blog from Dr. Rick Goodman. Every article here is built around one goal, giving leaders and organizations practical, immediately usable frameworks rather than surface-level motivation. Topics range from adaptive leadership and workplace culture to team performance and time management, drawn directly from more than 30 years of keynote programs, executive coaching engagements, and consulting work across corporate, healthcare, and association environments.
This leadership keynote speaker blog is updated regularly with new insights for meeting planners, HR leaders, and executives preparing for their next event. For research-backed context on leadership trends beyond this blog, see Thought Leaders Journal, or explore booking Dr. Rick Goodman for your next leadership event.
How Leaders Can Set Better Goals
We’re knee-deep into the New Year’s resolution season—the part of the year where many of us make goals for personal or professional self-improvement. Yet goal-setting itself is a learned skill, and it’s not necessarily one that comes easily to every business leader. Ironically, you may benefit from making it your goal to set better goals! […]
HR Mistakes That Can Haunt You
In the life of any business, HR decisions have to be made—decisions about hiring, training, firing, and beyond. That’s why medium- and large-sized companies have HR professionals or even entire HR departments to make sure these decisions are made judiciously. Indeed: When handled incorrectly, even a seemingly minor HR decision can come back to bite […]
4 Ways to Empower the Leaders on Your Team
Overcoming Decision Fatigue
As a leader, it falls to you to make countless decisions every single day, including decisions both major and miniscule. The cumulative effect of all these decisions can frankly be exhausting. Over time, you may develop an acute case of decision fatigue—exhaustion at all the choices you have to make each day, which can make […]
How You Benefit from Becoming a Coach or a Mentor
Becoming a coach or a mentor is a great way to add value to someone else’s life—to allow them to benefit from your...
How to Hire Team Players
What do you look for in the hiring process? You obviously want to find applicants who possess the technical skills and...