Joe Mull, CSP, CPAE

Employalty: How to Ignite Commitment and Keep Top Talent in the New Age of Work

In a time of constant change, shifting employee expectations, and heightened pressure on leaders, what leads ordinary people to become extraordinary employees? What conditions determine whether you are a departure organization or a destination workplace?

In this compelling program, Hall of Fame leadership speaker and award-winning author Joe Mull dispels the myths and misperceptions that prevent leaders from activating employee commitment (Hint: it’s not all about money, and it’s absolutely false that “no one wants to work.”) and introduces a powerful framework that helps leaders and business owners finally make sense of why commitment shows up or disappears inside their organizations.

This eye-opening, content-rich session challenges long-held assumptions about people and work and replaces them with an evidence-based understanding of what drives commitment on the job. Attendees leave with clarity and practical insight into employee engagement, retention, workplace culture, leadership, employee experience, and the realities of retaining and activating talent in today’s ever-changing workplace.

Audiences will:
● Explore the three employee experiences that consistently lead workers to join an organization, stay long-term, and do great work on the job
● Understand how to begin engineering the conditions that turn an organization into a destination workplace
● Reconnect with the profound opportunity they have to shape organizational culture and directly impact the lives of the people in their charge every single day
● Leave with a vocabulary, framework, and resources for improving workforce engagement and employee retention at an individual and organizational level

The Great Boss Factor: What Leaders Who Get Extraordinary Performance from People Do Differently

A leader’s job has never been more challenging. Bosses shoulder the weight of managing competing personalities, holding difficult conversations, nurturing team cohesion, and driving productivity, all while navigating new technology, changing markets, and so much more. What does it take to excel at the people side of leadership in such a demanding work landscape?

In this captivating, inspiring session, Hall of Fame speaker and employee commitment expert Joe Mull celebrates the critical role leaders play, while equipping them with specific practices to build cultures of genuine commitment at work. From a handful of key interactions (that many leaders are never taught) to the difficult conversations all leaders must occasionally have, he shows attendees how to be the kind of boss people will run through walls for.

Whether you’re a senior leader, a new front-line manager, or somewhere in between, this program shares the proven habits and routines that set the most transformational leaders apart and reveals a clear playbook for moving employees from casual effort to chasing excellence.

Audiences will:
● Learn proven practices and responses that allow leaders to have the greatest impact on team performance
● Explore the daily habits and routines commitment-centered leaders use to inspire genuine loyalty and unleash their teams’ full potential
● Gain practical strategies for building stronger connections and cultivating commitment, even amid today’s complex workplace challenges
● Leave feeling energized, validated, and equipped to transform both their teams and their lives through exceptional leadership

Invested in Change: How Unshakeable Leaders Activate People in Times of Upheaval, Uncertainty, and Disruption

In most workplaces, uncertainty has become constant. Change initiatives, shifting priorities, new technologies, and relentless disruption can lead employees to resist, check out, or sabotage success. That’s why, in today’s ever-changing workplace, nurturing adaptability as a core competency is every leader’s job.

In this engaging keynote presentation, Hall of Fame leadership speaker and employee commitment expert Joe Mull reveals what team members actually experience beneath the surface during times of uncertainty and change, and shares powerful, evidence-based tactics for getting people focused, steady, and committed, even when surrounded by chaos.

For leaders at any level of experience, this program shares a clear leadership blueprint for helping teams become more confident, more connected, and more capable of navigating change together.

Audiences will:
● Discover the style and frequency of communication that keep teams aligned during change, preventing confusion, rumor-driven narratives, and unnecessary anxiety
● Learn techniques to regulate their own reactions so they can steady the emotions and focus of the people around them
● Understand how to give people the confidence to adapt, experiment, and move forward even when the path ahead is unclear
● Leave with questions and scripts to deploy immediately to help team members process change, think clearly, and stay engaged

Invested in Teamwork: The Making of a High-Performing, Close-Knit, No Drama Team Culture

Why do some teams become high-performing, close-knit, no drama workgroups and others don’t? Hall of Fame speaker and award-winning author Joe Mull spent years researching this question, resulting in his lauded book No More Team Drama.

In this captivating, laugh-out-loud funny program, attendees learn the four interactions they must nurture at work to minimize dysfunction and supercharge teamwork. Leaders and teams in attendance will explore a research-backed blueprint for increasing shared purpose, navigating conflict, and nurturing camaraderie that transforms groups of co-workers into a high-performing band of selfless, harmonious collaborators.

This program is ideal for any leader or team member looking for specific ways to foster group cohesion and team spirit on the job while increasing collaboration, respect, inclusion, and civility in the workplace.

Audiences will:
● Learn the 4 interactions teams must master together to keep team drama low
● Discover the conditions that create a more tolerant, more flexible, more forgiving workgroup that is less critical of each other
● Explore how to disrupt patterns of unhealthy conflict and replace them with healthy conflict behaviors
● Understand how to cultivate a positive, happier workplace that inspires commitment and delivers a better customer experience

Invested from Day One: How to Get Your Newest Employees to Commit, Contribute, and Thrive

There’s a brief, critical window, right after someone joins your team, that sets the course for who that employee will become and how much they’ll invest at work. I Get the right things right, and new team members prosper quickly. Get them wrong or forget them entirely, and it can be impossible to win them back.
In this dynamic, perspective-changing program, Hall of Fame speaker and employee commitment expert Joe Mull reveals the hidden psychological ingredients essential to immediately sparking effort, ownership, and tenacity when someone new joins your team. Along the way, he separates fact from fiction about today’s youngest workers (Hint: they’re not lazy and they don’t want you to lower your standards), and you’ll discover what even the most seasoned employees need when stepping into a new role to become the engaged, high performers that all bosses crave.
This isn’t the same tired advice about onboarding you’ve heard for years. Filled with humor, surprises, and tactics you can implement immediately, this program is a must-see for leaders who want to crack the code on getting new hires to stay long-term and give their all at work.

Audiences will:
● Learn specific scripts, tactics, and habits that accelerate the commitment and growth of new team members
● Understand which of three leadership approaches currently drive their interactions with direct reports and how these approaches influence team effectiveness and engagement
● Distinguish between true behavioral patterns and inaccurate generational stereotypes among early-career professionals
● Leave inspired to become more patient, collaborative mentors who invest time and effort in developing and supporting new employees of any experience level