Dr. Mark DeVolder

THE CHANGE SPECIALIST, Top Change and Transformation Expert, Thought-Leading Speaker on Transitioning through Disruption

Mark DeVolder launched a new way to navigate change, empowering leaders to move confidently through change.

  • Dr. Mark DeVolder Keynote Speaker Fee Fee range is for U.S. events, depending on location and organization type

    $10,001 - $20,000

  • Languages Spoken

    English

  • Travels From

    Canada

  • Dr. Mark DeVolder Keynote Speaker Fee Fee range is for U.S. events, depending on location and organization type

    $10,001 - $20,000

  • Languages Spoken

    English

  • Travels From

    Canada

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Future Proof: Navigating Change with Confidence and Excitement

Imagine a new way to change: unhurried, composed, and confident instead of the usual frenzy, chaos, and uncertainty. The Empowered Change strategy presented in this high- impact keynote equips participants to transform the pace of change and drive sustainable...

Imagine a new way to change: unhurried, composed, and confident instead of the usual
frenzy, chaos, and uncertainty. The Empowered Change strategy presented in this high-
impact keynote equips participants to transform the pace of change and drive
sustainable success by providing a clear roadmap for navigating the stages of change.

This program is perfect for leaders and teams in the midst of constant change
who are:

  • Going through organizational growth, such as mergers and acquisitions, leadership changes, restructuring, and digital transformation
  • Navigating their team members’ reactions to the volatility, complexity, and ambiguity in their work and life (like frustration, anxiety, confusion, and fear)
  • Feeling unprepared for their evolving roles and responsibilities or unable to change at the rate and pace needed to keep up with ever-increasing changes

After this intensely practical session, the audience will leave with:

  • A Journey-map framework for understanding any change they experience
  • A personal plan for confidently navigating the transitions between each stage of change
  • The skills and mindset for boldly mobilizing through disruptive change to accomplish their objectives

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Master Your Mind, Master the Chaos: Leadership Secrets for Successfully Navigating Change

Drawing from more than two decades of working with global industry leaders, Mark distills the secrets of effective change leadership into the five essential mindsets demonstrated by top leaders. This program is perfect for leaders and managers who are: ...

Drawing from more than two decades of working with global industry leaders, Mark distills the secrets of effective change leadership into the five essential mindsets demonstrated by top leaders.

This program is perfect for leaders and managers who are:

  • Leading significant organizational changes that require alignment, buy-in, and engagement
  • Struggling to keep up with the constant evolution of work, including remote/hybrid work, digital transformations, and new business models
  • Needing to adapt to, anticipate, and initiate disruption in their industry During Mark’s high-octane presentation, your audience will learn how to:
  • Avoid change-paralysis and develop change-ready thinking and behaviors
  • Overcome decision-quicksand and make smart decisions faster
  • Develop a leadership mindset for navigating themselves and their team through any change

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Unstoppable Resilience: Developing the Mindset of Champions

Resilience is the quintessential element (aka. secret sauce) behind champions and successful teams. This highly actionable keynote teaches the audience how to instill this mindset into the DNA of their culture and team. This program is perfect for leaders and teams who ...

Resilience is the quintessential element (aka. secret sauce) behind champions and successful teams. This highly actionable keynote teaches the audience how to instill this mindset into the DNA of their culture and team.

This program is perfect for leaders and teams who are:

  • Responsible for creating unity, well-being, and engagement in their team
  • Tasked with delivering profitability and high performance during organizational change and disruption
  • Seeking to create a resilient culture throughout their team and organization

The audience will leave with:

  • Strategies for increasing elastic thinking, continuous learning, and unstoppable perseverance
  • The motivation and tools to increase innovation, creativity, and risk-taking in their personal and professional lives
  • The ability to cultivate a growth mindset of unlimited potential in the face of adversity, stress, and disruption

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On Fire! Energized Together Everyone, Every Day

This keynote empowers the audience to eliminate the mindsets and actions that extinguish motivation and enthusiasm and instead create life-giving opportunities to energize everyone every day. This program is ideal for anyone in the organization who is: ...

This keynote empowers the audience to eliminate the mindsets and actions that extinguish motivation and enthusiasm and instead create life-giving opportunities to energize everyone every day.

This program is ideal for anyone in the organization who is:

  • Navigating multiple changes in the organization, some happening simultaneously
  • Experiencing change saturation because of the pace and rate of constant change
  • Frustrated and stressed about having to do more with less while contending with unclear direction and communication

The audience will leave with:

  • Tools for identifying which of their current behaviors build up and tear down engagement
  • Strategies to increase engagement in four key areas: clarity, competence, influence, and appreciation
  • A proven plan for igniting every employee’s passion for teamwork, communication, and innovation

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All Together Now: The Key to Dynamic, Inclusive Teams

This keynote reveals the secret behind how the world’s highest-performing teams solve their most complex problems: by building unity in their diversity (not in spite of it). When a team cultivates unity of purpose and the freedom to embrace diverse abilities and perspectives...

This keynote reveals the secret behind how the world’s highest-performing teams solve their most complex problems: by building unity in their diversity (not in spite of it). When a team cultivates unity of purpose and the freedom to embrace diverse abilities and perspectives, they create true synergy and spark greater innovation, problem-solving, and off-the-charts superior performance.

This program is perfect for leaders and teams who are:

  • Unsure how to move past traditional leadership and teamwork models to forge a
    diverse, unified workforce
  • Struggling to embrace the innovative mindset needed to tackle increasingly
    complex challenges
  • Experiencing low levels of team engagement, cooperation, and mental well-
    being

The audience will leave with:

  • A greater appreciation for the differences and similarities in their team members
  • The motivation to shake up the status quo and embrace new methods
  • A framework for cooperatively solving complex problems with creative solutions

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Getting to Target Zero: Developing High-Performance Safety

This safety keynote addresses the barriers that cause people to disengage and take shortcuts to safety and empowers them to maintain both high performance and safety. This program is perfect for leaders and teams: Working in a highly regulated environment ...

This safety keynote addresses the barriers that cause people to disengage and take shortcuts to safety and empowers them to maintain both high performance and safety.

This program is perfect for leaders and teams:

  • Working in a highly regulated environment that is under the pressure of constant change and evolving government regulations
  • Dealing with stressful, potentially dangerous, time-sensitive situations and crises
  • Pressured to perform professionally and quickly while trying to conform to new, time-intensive safety practices

The audience will leave with:

  • A framework to understand and navigate any change they experience through the lens of safety
  • Tools to identify current behaviors and practices that build high-performance safety and which practices tear it down
  • The education and motivation to take the first step toward high-performance safety

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About Keynote Speaker Dr. Mark DeVolder

Dr. Mark DeVolder is a global change management expert and thought leader on transitions and transformation. As a pioneer in the field, Mark launched a new way to navigate change … empowering leaders to move confidently through change.

Mark’s transformational message has inspired leaders and teams at top organizations like McDonald’s, US Air Force, Royal Bank of Canada, PwC, and Bristol-Meyers Squibb. In over 25 countries and on 5 continents, Mark has guided high profile clients through some the most daunting challenges: from coaching NASA rocket scientists in reinventing themselves to steering healthcare
professionals through multi-billion dollar mergers, to fostering a safety-first culture in leading oil industry firms.

In his ground-breaking book, “Perpetual Pivot: How the Best Leaders Thrive during Exponential Change,” Dr. DeVolder shares insights and strategies gleaned from years of experience at the forefront of change management. Mark teaches the unique strategy of Empowered Change™, equipping leaders and teams to adapt to change and embrace challenges in order to accelerate growth and transformation.

Mark’s keynotes deliver more than just engagement and insight; they are also fun, packed with practical tips and actionable takeaways that attendees can start using right away. People frequently praise Mark’s high energy, audience engagement, and inspiring message, which not only ignites excitement about the future but also equips them with the practical tools and knowledge to capitalize on opportunities for growth in the midst of change.

Testimonials

“Mark kept us glued to our screen, very entertaining and interactive, a true artist!”

Simone Zatti

Marketing Director, Hilti

“Mark’s presentation was such a breath of fresh air!  An incredible delivery!  The mark of a professional!”

Jeff Reynolds

Advisor/Principal, Plan It Financial Corp

“You were nothing short of awesome!!! Your advice is priceless and yes, we’d love to have you back to speak. Thank you so much for a wonderful experience!”

PepsiCo Europe

 

“Thank you again for an engaging, entertaining, empowering presentation. I believe we all left with a better grip on our own humanity and tools to soar higher.”

NASA

 

“I’ve been inspired listening to Dr. Mark DeVolder talk about change management. Quite frankly, it was the absolute best presentation of the whole leadership conference. It left our leaders with knowledge that can be applied, once we get back, to the hard work of transforming health care.”

Riverside Health System

 

“Thought-provoking and dynamic. Remarkable energy. Mark was inspiring and kept the audience charged.”

PricewaterhouseCoopers

 

“The presentation was very engaging, very useful. It broke down the elements of change in a way that our management team can really understand in an interactive session that gave them a great opportunity to think about chance and think about their role in it.”

Canadian Food Inspection Agency

 

“Dynamic and engaging. Timely and informative. The Right topic, the Right time, the Right Person.”

Insurance Brokers Association of BC

 

“We all left with tools to soar higher.”

Linsley P.

NASA, Spaceport Operations

“Mark DeVolder was fantastic, highly engaged with the audience. I have never seen an audience stick with the speaker the entire time. The best part, we walked out of the room with tools to help us with change management.”

Marlene S.

Operations Lead, Monsanto

“Mark, you were nothing short of awesome!!!”

Maria S.

Chief Personnel Officer, PepSiCo

“A great presentation to help our Senior Leadership team with great feedback on his key messages. Mark provided several “take-aways” that the team can leverage as we navigate the changes to our business.”

Ned

Denis, Senior Director, Business Enablement, Royal Bank

“Dr. DeVolder was thought-provoking and dynamic. Moving and powerful.”

Al-Noor M.

Manager, PricewaterhouseCoopers

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