Speaking

Leadership Conversations That Move Beyond Inspiration.

Shanna Kennedy, Founder & CEO of Kennedy & Co Leadership, speaks to leadership audiences across nonprofit, healthcare, higher education, workforce, and association settings.

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Signature Keynote

Own the Room

Leadership presence is not about being the loudest person in the room. It is about knowing who you are, understanding what the moment requires, and leading with clarity, credibility, and intention.

Who it is for: Emerging and mid-level leaders, women's leadership programs, association audiences, leadership academies.
What audiences leave with: — How presence is built through preparation, not personality
— How to communicate with credibility under pressure
— How influence works when you do not hold positional authority
Format: Keynote, opening or closing session, extended workshop
Runtime: 45–60 minutes (keynote) · 90–180 minutes (workshop)

Bring Own the Room to Your Audience

AUDIENCES

Who Shanna Speaks To

Shanna’s talks are designed for audiences navigating leadership growth, greater responsibility, organizational change, and the transition from managing work to leading through others.

Best-fit audiences include

New and emerging leaders
Managers moving into broader responsibility
Directors and senior managers
Women’s leadership programs
Leadership academies and cohort-based development programs
Nonprofit and association leaders
Higher education and workforce development professionals
Healthcare and public-sector leaders
Employee resource groups and professional networks
Organizations preparing high-potential leaders for the next level

Best suited for conferences, leadership retreats, professional associations, internal leadership programs, employee development events, and organizational convenings.

Additional Speaking Topics

Sessions Built for Specific Audiences.

The Missing Middle

A customizable leadership series powered by The Room Method™.

The Missing Middle explores what happens when leadership responsibility grows faster than leadership capacity. Each session can be tailored to the audience, leadership level, and organizational challenge while drawing from The Room Method™ to examine what leaders need as they enter increasingly complex rooms.

Topics can be tailored for

Directors and senior managers · Emerging leaders · Women leaders · Executive and senior leadership teams · Healthcare leaders · Nonprofit leaders · Higher education and workforce professionals · Leadership academies and associations

Format

45–60 minute keynote or featured session · Workshop and facilitated conversation options available

Lead From Here

For leaders who want to lead well from their current seat: intention, clarity, accountability, and self-awareness before the next title arrives.

For New managers, high-potential contributors, staff-wide leadership days

Runtime 45–60 minutes

Leadership Is an Organizational Strategy

For executive audiences examining why leadership development produces activity without capacity, and what a leadership system requires instead.

For Executive teams, boards, conference executive tracks

Runtime 45–60 minutes

Leadership Pause

For leaders carrying sustained pressure: how deliberate pause improves decision quality, judgment, and follow-through.

For Senior leaders, healthcare and nonprofit leadership convenings

Runtime 45–60 minutes

Customization

Same Methodology. Your Context.

Every engagement begins with a planning conversation covering the audience, the theme of the event, and what the organizers want people to do differently afterwards.

Content structure stays consistent. Examples, scenarios, and application are built for the sector and roles in the room.

Speaking Investment

Kennedy & Co speaking engagements are tailored to the audience, event objectives, and desired experience.

From conference keynotes to interactive leadership sessions and executive conversations, each engagement is designed to connect with the audience and leave participants with practical insights they can apply.

Speaking fees are determined by the engagement format, length, level of customization, and travel requirements.

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