Speakers Who Get What HR Is Really Up Against

Human resources sits at the center of everything that matters most to an organization: engagement, retention, culture, wellbeing, and performance. HR leaders are asked to solve the hardest people problems, often with limited resources and rising expectations. The right keynote speaker gives your team, and the leaders you support, fresh energy and practical tools to build a workplace people do not want to leave.

Platinum Speakers Agency places keynote speakers at SHRM chapter events, HR conferences, leadership offsites, and all-staff gatherings across the country. Our speakers specialize in the topics that live at the heart of HR, from employee engagement and culture to resilience, generational communication, and the future of work.

Sara Ross

Bestselling author of Dear Work and a vitality expert who gives HR the science and language to tackle burnout and wellbeing head-on. She helps HR build performance and wellbeing at the same time.

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Jason Lauritsen

A nationally recognized HR voice, author of Unlocking High Performance, and a regular in SHRM publications. He shows HR how to treat work as a relationship and finally move the engagement needle.

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Paul Long

A Fortune 300 leader whose Fundamism approach gives HR a practical framework for the culture they are always being asked to build. He turns culture from a buzzword into deliberate daily practice.

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Justin Jones-Fosu

A meaningful-work expert who helps HR move past surface-level engagement to purpose and ownership that stick. His interactive style is a natural fit for HR conferences and all-staff events.

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Jeff Havens

Delivers real substance on leadership development, change, and generational communication with genuine humor. HR books him when a program needs to land with everyone in the room.

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Matt Havens

Helped solve a 99% turnover problem inside a Fortune 50 company, so retention is not theory for him. He helps HR bridge generational gaps and keep the people they cannot afford to lose.

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The HR Topics Our Speakers Are Known For

Whether your theme is engagement, wellbeing, leadership development, or navigating change, we have a speaker who owns it. Popular HR keynote topics include employee engagement and retention, workplace culture and belonging, resilience and burnout prevention, generational communication, leadership development, and reconnecting people to purpose. Jason Lauritsen, a nationally recognized voice in engagement and the modern employee experience, is a natural fit for HR audiences.

Because we are a boutique agency, we help you cut through the noise. We learn your audience and your goals, then recommend the two or three speakers who fit best, so you can plan a program your people actually talk about afterward.

Make Your Next HR Event Unforgettable

From SHRM conferences and HR leadership summits to employee appreciation events and company-wide meetings, we will help you find a keynote speaker who understands your people and your mission. Tell us about your event and we will match you with the right speaker for your HR audience.

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Tell us about your event and we will point you to the two or three speakers who fit your HR audience best.