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Richard Sheridan has been delivering inspiring keynotes about the business value of joy worldwide for well over a decade. Interest in the topic accelerated quickly when his first book, Joy, Inc., was released by Penguin Random House.

Now with Penguin’s launch of his second book, Chief Joy Officer, Rich’s breadth of topics has expanded to include not only how to build joyful workplace cultures but also the importance of growing joyful leaders to foster and perpetuate those cultures.

There’s a reason Rich’s business card includes the title “Chief Storyteller.” Through touching and humorous stories, Rich brings home a powerful message that moves hearts and minds and leads to action and real change.

Lead With Joy and Watch Your Team Fly!

Change is hard. But you won't create a joyful workplace by leading the way you've always led. In this talk, Rich explores his own journey to joy, focusing on how he had to learn to lead in a completely different way and, by doing so, witnessed results that exceeded his wildest expectations.

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Build a Workplace People Love: Just Add Joy

Experience the classic talk Rich has delivered to audiences around the world about how Menlo builds joy into everything it does. Take away practical ideas to bring your workplace to a better place. This talk incorporates essential lessons from Rich's first book, Joy, Inc.

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Build a Workplace People Love: Just Add Joy

Fight Fear, Embrace Change: Run the Experiment

Is your week made up of endless meetings that lead nowhere? Has your team given up on bringing new ideas to the table? With this talk, learn how you can move your organization from one of "that won't work here" to "let's run the experiment." Find out how this simple change can ignite a culture of action and learning like you've never seen before.

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Fight Fear, Embrace Change: Run the Experiment

Leadership Impact Through Storytelling

If culture eats strategy for breakfast, then storytelling sets the table for the meal. In this session, Rich will shine a light on why Storytelling is one of the most compelling approaches to building an intentional culture of joyful leadership. Learn how to use this powerful, inspiring technique to share your vision and lead your team.

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Rich participated in a fireside chat with me, where he spoke to more than 200 of CMS Energy’s leaders. Rich was a crowd favorite and left us all feeling inspired and eager to act on his positive ideas. He discussed what it means to be joyful, how he created a joyful culture at Menlo, and how we too might use his practices to bring joy into our workplace. The next day, we had our own discussion about culture, and his fireside chat set us up for a productive conversation."

Patricia Poppe, CEO

- CMS Energy