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ERIN HERMAN IS A GLOBALLY RECOGNIZED INSPIRATIONAL KEYNOTE SPEAKER WHO DELIVERS EXPERIENCES THAT MOVE ROOMS AND MOBILIZE LEADERS.
Erin’s inspirational keynotes ignite bold leadership by combining powerful storytelling, strategic insight, and genuine connection within the topics of change management, leadership development, culture & innovation. She challenges executive teams and professionals to think differently, lead with purpose, and drive meaningful, lasting impact.
BRANDS ERIN HAS WORKED WITH
Perfection Is Outdated.
Playing Small Is Cancelled.
AND CHANGE? IT’S A TEAM SPORT!
Every story she tells and every strategy she develops
is linked to business impact:
INNOVATION, RETENTION, CULTURE CHANGE, AND LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT.
Erin connects personal growth to performance results; when people are activated, aligned, and courageous, business gets better.
Erin blends her real-world experience leading global teams with a proven, results-driven framework. Her delivery—equal parts relatable and transformational—ignites visionary leaders across industries to make a change.
Her inspirational keynote speaking engagements are about meeting people where they are and moving them towards where they actually want to be. When your team understands how to bounce back faster, take smarter risks, and build cultures that innovate, the fear that commonly comes with failure will cease to exist and real transformation begins.
Bold Leadership. Big Impact.
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KEYNOTE TOPICS
TOPIC #1: CHANGE MANAGEMENT KEYNOTE
Change Management is a Team Sport. Let’s Play!
When teams feel truly empowered to own it, change management initiatives are more likely to succeed. The CEG Method™ is a proven leadership framework that helps leaders inspire others through authenticity, confidence, and momentum that drives lasting, human-centered impact.
The CEG Method™: Courage, Empathy, Growth
✓ Unshakeable: How Teams Thrive When the Ground Shifts
Build adaptability and grit while fostering a culture where change is embraced, not feared.
✓ Change Is a Team Sport
Drive change by leading with a mindset that empowers others to lead alongside you.
✓ Failure That Fuels Forward
Build a culture where failure fuels growth and real feedback thrives.
✓ Lead Like You Mean It
Authenticity isn’t soft—it’s your superpower. Self-assured leaders get heard and get results.
✓ Missteps Teach Us What Success Can’t
What you got wrong isn’t the end of the story—it was the beginning of something better.
✓ Make the Shift
Turn resistance into momentum by making change personal, not imposed.
TOPIC #2: INSPIRATIONAL KEYNOTE
The Superpower You Didn’t Know You Had: Self-Assurance
Forget fake-it-till-you-make-it. This talk unpacks how to build unshakable self-assurance rooted in experience, clarity, and courage—especially when stepping into stretch roles or high-stakes environments.
TOPIC #3: WOMEN IN LEADERSHIP
Glass Ceilings? We’ll Take the Whole Roof.
This is a rally cry and roadmap for women ready to rise. Erin shares real stories and bold strategies to break through limiting beliefs, outdated systems, and every invisible barrier in the book. No ceilings. No walls. Just open sky.
TOPIC #4: FOR TEAMS OF ALL SIZES
Fail First. Because Perfect is Overrated.
This keynote invites anyone who’s been waiting for the “perfect moment” to take the leap. Through bold storytelling and real-world insight, Erin reveals how failure fuels innovation, strengthens resilience, and shapes us into the changemakers we’re meant to be.
TOPIC #5: HUMAN-CENTERED DESIGN FOR LEADERS™
We’ve all seen what happens when leaders design change from the boardroom instead of the breakroom, it fails fast.
Rooted in Erin’s CEG Method™ of Courage, Empathy, and Growth Mindset, this keynote flips that script by starting with the people you serve. Drawing from her work with UNICEF USA, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital-ALSAC, and Fortune 500 organizations, Erin shows how to design with people, not for them—turning buy-in into ownership and making feedback part of the process, not the postmortem. Leaders walk away knowing how to embed empathy into strategy, co-create solutions, and build change people actually champion.
TOPIC #6: BUILDING CULTURES THAT LAST™
Culture isn’t built by slogans or strategy decks…
It’s built in the small, consistent moments that shape how people feel, act, and belong. Erin helps leaders design cultures rooted in trust, empathy, and shared ownership where people don’t just work together, they grow together. With humor and hard-won lessons from two decades leading global teams, she shows how everyday habits: feedback, recognition, curiosity, can turn any team into a thriving community. Because the best cultures don’t happen by accident; they’re built on purpose.
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ABOUT ERIN
ERIN HERMAN IS A GLOBALLY RECOGNIZED KEYNOTE SPEAKER, FACILITATOR, AND SOCIAL IMPACT STRATEGIST TRUSTED BY THE WORLD’S TOP BRANDS.
For over 20 years, Erin has partnered with Fortune 500 executive teams and led global initiatives at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital-ALSAC and United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF USA). Today, Erin helps professionals and executive teams show up bolder, lead smarter, and create the kind of change that actually sticks.
