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Richard Leider

A best-selling author, Richard J. Leider is a well-known and widely requested speaker by organizations around the world. His most popular speeches, based on his best-selling books, The Power of Purpose, Repacking Your Bags, and Claiming Your Place At the Fire, consistently receive the highest ratings from audiences.  Read more.

Speech Descriptions

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Claim Your Place At the Fire!

This inspiring presentation helps you create a vision for “what’s next?” in your life. Based on Richard's best-selling book, Claiming Your Place at the Fire, this program provides the direction and the practices to help you create a map for purposeful aging and vital living in the second half of your life.  The central message is: Purpose dramatically affects aging. When we stop growing whole, we grow old.  The "four flames of vital aging"—Identity, Community, Passion and Purpose help you define your second half goals and design the next step in your life in order to live them.

Staying on Purpose

This motivational presentation helps you answer the question, “Why do you get up in the morning?”  You will find the answer to this question and learn to integrate it into your life and work.  Richard provides you with simple, powerful practices for discovering and staying on purpose on a day-to-day basis. As a result of this presentation, you will be able to act on your purpose and create meaning in your life and work.

Repacking Your Bags

This classic, often-requested presentation uses powerful examples and stories to show you how to balance the demands of work, relationships, place and purpose to live your version of the good life. Based on Richard’s international best-selling book Repacking Your Bags,  this presentation is perfect for those weighed down by work/life stress and buffeted by never-ending busyness. As a result of this presentation, you will learn to lighten and balance your load and develop your own vision of the good life.

Presentations

“Mindful Aging:  Claiming Your Place at the Fire,” University of Minnesota Center for Spirituality and Healing (Annual Ruth Strickler Mind-Body Lecture).

“Is Your Job Your Calling?” FastCompany Magazine, RealTime Conferences in five cities,  (Richard selected five years in a row as “Best of the Best”).

“The Essence of If,” Northwestern Mutual Financial Network Annual Meeting, Milwaukee, WI. (10,000 attendees)

“Leading On Purpose,” Conference Board Executive Coaching Conference, New York, NY.  (Richard presents as one of the “Legends of Coaching”)

“The Power of Purpose,” Boeing Senior Leadership Development Program, St. Louis, MO.

“Discovering the Power of Purpose,” Inaugural Assembly of Chief Executives & Employers, Singapore National Employers Federation, Singapore.  (5,000 attendees)

“Whistle While You Work,” Annual Conference for Advanced Life Underwriters, Ottawa, Canada.

“Working on Purpose in a Changing World,” Wilson Learning Corporation Worldwide  Conference, Tokyo, Japan.  (50 corporations in attendance)

“The Power of Purpose,” Pfizer World Wide Human Resources Conference, Groton, CT.

“Leading On Purpose,” American Express Group Vice President Development Conference, Minneapolis, MN.

“Staying On Purpose in a Stressed Out World,” Women Venture Annual Conference, Minneapolis, MN.

“Where Do I Grow From Here?” 3M Annual Career Day, St. Paul, MN.
(Simulcast to 600 locations)

“Igniting the Spirit of Growth and Renewal,” Annual Leadership Conference, Fairview Health System, Minneapolis, MN.

“Leading From Within,” University of Minnesota, Executive Center, 21st Century Conference, Minneapolis, MN.

“How to Lighten Your Load,” Annual General Agent Conference, Northwestern Mutual Life, Amelia Island, FL.

“The Art of True Engagement,” INC Magazine, INC 500 Forum, Palm Springs, CA.

“Strategies for Engaging Talent,” International Career Development Conference, Seattle, WA.

“Coaching on Purpose,” Linkage, Annual Coaching & Mentoring Conference, San Diego, CA.

"Whistle While You Work," Fast Company Real Time Conferences in Boston, New Orleans, Philadelphia, Phoenix, San Diego, San Francisco and Naples. Voted Best of the Best among conference presenters by Real Time attendees.

"Creating Meaning in Your Life and Work: The Power of Purpose," Pfizer World Wide Human Resources Conference, Mystic, Connecticut.

"True Engagement," American Express Financial Advisors Group Vice Presidents Conference, Minneapolis.

"Working On Purpose in a Changing World," Wilson Learning Client Conference, Tokyo.

"Repacking Your Bags: Igniting the Spirit of Growth and Renewal," Quality Leadership Conference, Fairview Health Systems, Minneapolis.

"Re-Igniting the Spark at AT&T," AT&T Leadership Symposiums, Somerset, NJ, Chicago, and Atlanta.

"The Power of Purpose," 3M Worldwide Career Day Keynote, Minneapolis.

"Leading On Purpose," Conference Board of Canada, Toronto, Canada.

Videos

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