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The Connected Team

Creating a Joyful Culture Where People Feel Seen, Safe, Valued and Inspired to Thrive

Imagine a team where people look out for and acknowledge each other, speak up and love coming to work.

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The Connected Team is a workplace culture keynote by Amanda Gore. It shows leaders and teams how joy builds connection, and how connection builds psychological safety, accountability and performance.

This science-backed, interactive keynote shows leaders and teams how joy builds connection, and how connection builds psychological safety, accountability and performance. Amanda Gore focuses on the real kind of joy, rooted in the neuroscience of emotions, connection and performance.

Expect joy buddies, tiny ta-das and plenty of laughter. People leave knowing each other better, with simple habits that keep a team connected long after the event.

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What your people walk away with

The science of joy, put to work for resilience, collaboration and performance
Ways to rewire thinking patterns so trust and engagement grow
Simple rituals that build psychological safety and personal accountability
Practical tools to reset mindset and shift culture
A shared language for the culture they want

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Why culture pays

Engaged teams deliver 23% higher profitability and up to 51% lower turnover (Gallup). Connection is how you get there.

Ideal for: Culture summits, association events, company-wide meetings, and teams coming together after change.

Go deeper: The Amanda Gore JQ® Lab: Joy Under Pressure, the hands-on workshop for leaders and managers.

23%higher profitability

Up to 51%lower turnover

What clients say

Thank you for enabling a team building event to culminate in a group of people who were just beginning to warm up to one another, walking out of the room really caring for each other.

Director of Organizational Development, GlaxoSmithKline

Questions planners ask

Who is this keynote for?

Whole organizations, leadership teams and associations that want a culture people choose to stay in.

Can the keynote be tailored to our event?

Yes. Amanda has no set speeches. She builds every keynote from a detailed briefing on your objectives, your audience and the outcomes you need. She loves to sit in on the sessions before hers so she can weave in and reinforce messages from other speakers. Every presentation is created from scratch for each client.

Is there a workshop to go with it?

Yes. The Amanda Gore JQ® Lab: Joy Under Pressure gives leaders and managers hands-on practice, ideally the day after the keynote.

Amanda Gore is a CPAE Speaker Hall of Fame leadership keynote speaker. See why organizations choose her as their leadership keynote speaker, with testimonials, credentials and planner FAQs.