Keynotes & Workshops

Keynotes that move people from insight to action.

Dr. Dan Docherty turns behavioral neuroscience into sessions that change how your people lead, coach, sell, and connect. Each one is grounded in research and built to stick.

91
Audience Net Promoter Score from a UnitedHealthcare event, against a benchmark of 72 for Apple.
Stages & teams
UnitedHealthcareJohn DeereNationwide Northwestern MutualBoston ScientificMiami University
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Your audience leaves having experienced trust, change, and decision-making in a way they will never forget. Press play for a feel of the energy in the room.

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Signature Topics

Nine topics. One throughline: the science of connection.

Pick the topic that fits your audience, or ask Dan to customize one around your event's outcome. Every topic works as a keynote, a workshop, or a multi-day program.

1

The Neuroscience of Trust®

How Great Leaders Communicate and Connect

Build trust on purpose, build it faster, and make it last across customers, employees, and every relationship that matters.

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2

Leading Change Under Pressure

In a World Wired for the Status Quo

Lead through the brain's hardwired resistance to change, and turn the discomfort of growth into real momentum.

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3

Mastering Situational Conversations

Navigating Resistance, Emotion, and Accountability

Build the confidence, clarity, and emotional control to lead the conversations most leaders avoid.

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4

Building a Sustainable Coaching Climate®

The Drivers of a High-Functioning Culture

Design the conditions where teams feel safe to share ideas, take risks, innovate, and perform at their best.

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5

Emotional Intelligence Is the Performance Advantage

Activating the 12 Core Competencies

Develop the superpower behind grace, poise, and performance under pressure, starting with emotional self-control.

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6

Generational Communication That Works

How to Lead, Coach, and Connect Across Differences

The science of why generations see trust, feedback, and motivation differently, and a practical way to bridge the gap.

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7

The Dream Leader

Driving Connection Through Relational Transformation

Move beyond transactional management and become the relationship builder people actually want to follow.

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8

Authentic Storytelling for Influence

How Great Communicators Move People to Action

How the brain processes a story, and why an authentic one builds more trust and moves more people to act than data alone.

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9

The Science of Customer Decision-Making

How People Decide, and How to Influence It

Understand how customers truly process information and decide, then craft messaging that moves them instead of meeting resistance.

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Don't see the exact fit? Tell Dan your audience and the outcome you want, and he will shape a session around it.

Built for your event

One topic, many formats.

From a conference mainstage to a multi-day leadership program, Dan scales the experience to your goals.

K

Keynote

45 to 90 minutes

A high-energy mainstage session that leaves the whole room with a shared language and a shift.

W

Half-Day Workshop

3 to 4 hours

Interactive practice that turns the framework into reps your people run on the spot.

P

Multi-Day Program

2 days+

A guided journey that embeds the skill across a team over time.

V

Virtual Session

Flexible

The same engagement and energy, delivered live for distributed teams.

The reviews are in

What leaders say after the room clears.

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Dan's passion, knowledge, and gift of connecting principles into action gave us a giant leap forward, as a group and as individual leaders.

TJ Casey
SVP & Chief of Staff, Technology
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Dan's ability to connect, simplify the complex, and engage an audience from start to finish is unmatched.

Jeff Bloomfield
CEO & Founder, Braintrust
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Over three years, we learned to be better coaches and storytellers, and our sales results increased significantly.

Neil Grode
Executive Director, UnitedHealthcare

Bring Dan to your next stage.

Tell Dan about your audience and the outcome you want. He will shape the room around it.