Mr. Harper brought not only deep expertise in Leadership, Culture and Engagement but you also hold an exceptional ability to captivate and engage with the audience and connect with them to ensure your message is heard! Your methods and message were dynamic and thought-provoking, striking a great balance between informative content and interactive delivery.
Gordana Djurdjevic
Environmental Health & Safety Director
USA, Canada, Mexico & Brazil
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Too many organizations operate in defense mode—protecting resources instead of pursuing opportunities. Shawn equips leaders and teams to embrace a growth mindset, adapt to challenges, and seize new possibilities.
Key Audience Takeaways:
- Leaders who confidently navigate change and uncertainty.
- Teams that take ownership and deliver proactive solutions.
- A culture that replaces fear with innovation and momentum.
Thriving companies are built on cultures where people feel valued, connected, and driven. Shawn shares practical steps for reducing burnout, boosting morale, and creating workplaces where employees want to stay and succeed.
Key Audience Takeaways
- Reduced turnover through stronger employee engagement.
- Greater team resilience in high-pressure environments.
- Increased performance fueled by connection and shared purpose.
In today’s competitive workplace, talent alone isn’t enough—organizations need a strategic edge to perform at their best. In this keynote, Shawn Harper shares the powerful principles from his book The Winning Edge to help leaders and teams unlock peak performance. Drawing from real-world experience, Shawn reveals how small shifts in mindset and daily choices create the momentum that drives long-term results.
Corporate Outcomes:
- Equip leaders and teams with strategies to consistently perform under pressure.
- Build a culture that transforms setbacks into stepping stones for growth.
- Increase resilience and adaptability in the face of change.
- Align personal and professional goals to fuel sustained performance.
- Empower employees with tools to create momentum and stay focused on what matters most.
Authentic leadership drives trust, and trust drives performance. Shawn introduces his Identity-Driven Leadership model, helping executives and managers align who they are with how they lead—so they can inspire action at every level.
Key Audience Takeaways:
- Leaders who influence through authenticity and clarity.
- Stronger collaboration across teams and departments.
- A leadership pipeline built on trust, accountability, and growth.
HI, I'M SHAWN
SHAWN HARPER IS AN AUTHORITY ON TURNING ADVERSITY INTO ADVANTAGE TO DRIVE RESILIENCE, CONNECTION, AND PERFORMANCE.
Shawn Harper is a corporate leadership strategist who equips organizations to build resilient, connected, high-performance cultures. Drawing on lessons from the NFL and two decades partnering with Fortune 500 companies and national associations, he translates pressure-tested principles into practical tools leaders can use immediately.
His keynotes and workshops shift teams from defense to offense—replacing burnout with purpose, silos with connection, and hesitation with momentum—so companies can retain talent, execute with clarity, and win.
Implement these 8 strategies that are designed to help leaders, teams, and individuals turn obstacles into opportunities and create lasting momentum.
You’ll learn how to:
- Make the decision to win — and stick with it
- Transform failure into fuel for growth
- Focus on vision instead of distractions
- Build resilience that thrives under pressure
- Lead with identity, not insecurity
Winning cultures aren’t accidental—they’re engineered. Shawn’s Winner’s Culture™ Framework aligns four pillars—Resilience, Connection, Momentum, and Accountability—to turn teams from reactive to proactive. Leaders leave with tools they can implement immediately and a roadmap for delivering results under pressure.
Adapt fast, recover faster.
Trust that retains talent.
Small wins → compounding gains.
Clear standards, consistent execution.
Winning cultures aren’t accidental—they’re engineered. Shawn’s Winner’s Culture™ Framework aligns four pillars—Resilience, Connection, Momentum, and Accountability—to turn teams from reactive to proactive. Leaders leave with tools they can implement immediately and a roadmap for delivering results under pressure.
In less than 5 minutes, you’ll get:
- A snapshot of your team’s current cultural health
- Insight into the gaps affecting clarity, belief, and performance
- Action steps to start building a winning culture from within