Kerry Ward: Corporate Keynote Speaker on Culture, Leadership and Change
Founder & CEO, FullTilt Team Development
Kerry has spent 18 years building world-class teams, creating and delivering training for more than 2,000 organizations and over 150,000 people across nearly 100 countries. A serial entrepreneur and original creator of long-form content, his YouTube channel has delivered 2.5 million hours of viewing. He is an ultramarathon racer, acrobatic swing dancer and 15-year Burning Man veteran, and he brings that same FullTilt energy to the stage as a keynote speaker for leadership conferences, sales kickoffs, annual meetings and company offsites.
Keynote themes: building workplace culture and trust, leading through change, and living and working at FullTilt. Every talk is tailored to your event, your industry and your audience.
Three keynotes. One speaker who has actually built the teams.
Most leadership keynote speakers talk about teams. Kerry has spent 18 years inside them, from Fortune 1000 leadership groups to 2,000-person company meetings. Pick a theme, or tell us what the room needs and we shape the talk around it.
Building culture and trust
A workplace culture keynote drawn from 2,000+ organizations: what the teams that hold together under pressure do differently, how trust is actually built between colleagues, and the habits leaders can start on Monday. Fits leadership conferences, all-hands meetings and culture offsites.
Leading through change
A change management keynote from a serial entrepreneur who has built and rebuilt businesses from the ground up: how to keep people moving when the plan changes, how to carry a team through a reorganization or a new direction, and why energy is a leadership decision. Fits sales kickoffs, post-merger meetings and strategy launches.
Living and working at FullTilt
An employee engagement keynote about energy, focus and follow-through, drawn from ultramarathons, the dance floor and fifteen years of building things in the desert. The talk that opens a conference with momentum or closes it with a reason to act. Fits kickoffs, awards nights and company retreats.
A keynote speaker for corporate events that need the room to move
Kerry is booked by HR, L&D and event leads who need more than a motivational speaker. The audience leaves with something to do, not just something to feel.
Leadership conferences and offsites
A leadership keynote that opens a strategy offsite or closes a leadership summit, built around the goals your executives are carrying into the year.
Sales kickoffs and annual meetings
A sales kickoff keynote speaker who sets the tone for the year: energy, focus and the habits that carry a team from January to December.
Culture and engagement events
All-hands meetings, culture days and employee engagement programs where the brief is trust, connection and a team that wants to be in the room.
Keynote plus team building
The format only FullTilt offers: Kerry speaks in the morning, then the same team runs a team building event, training session or charitable program that puts the keynote into practice the same day.
“Yes, the event went incredibly well! The executives had fun while also being able to relate it back to our day to day. Kerry was the exact facilitator we needed, and we are so grateful he was able to join.”
Booking a corporate keynote speaker: what planners ask us
How do I choose the right keynote speaker for a corporate event?
Start with what you want the room to do afterwards, not with the speaker's topic list. A keynote on culture, leadership or change should connect to the work your people go back to on Monday. Kerry builds every talk from a short call about your goals, your audience and the moment in your business calendar, so the keynote lands as part of the event rather than a break from it.
How long is the keynote, and can it fit our agenda?
Length and format follow your agenda. Tell us the slot, the room and the audience size and we build to it, whether that is a short opener before breakout sessions or a longer closing session with interaction built in.
Can a keynote be combined with a team building event or training?
Yes, and it is the format we recommend most. Kerry speaks, then the same FullTilt team runs a team building event, a DISC, Myers-Briggs or Enneagram session, or a charitable program that puts the keynote into practice the same day. One vendor, one quote, one point of contact.
Where does Kerry speak?
Anywhere your event is. Most keynotes run across the United States and Canada, and FullTilt has delivered programs in Mexico, the Caribbean, Europe and South America. Travel is included in the quote.
How far in advance should we book?
The earlier the better for conference season, but short-notice bookings are often possible. Send the date and we will confirm availability quickly.
What makes a FullTilt keynote different from a motivational speaker?
Kerry is not a professional speaker who talks about teams. He is the founder of a company that has built them for 18 years across more than 2,000 organizations. The stories are his, the frameworks are the ones FullTilt facilitators use in the room every week, and every event is covered by the same money-back guarantee as the rest of our work.
Bring the keynote to your next event
A keynote works on its own to open or close a conference, or paired with a FullTilt team building event or training session on the same day, delivered by the same team. Kerry speaks across the United States and Canada and has delivered programs in Mexico, the Caribbean, Europe and South America. Tell us the date, the city and the audience and we come back with options and a quote.
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Check Kerry's availability
Tell us about your event. We come back with options and a quote.