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Unlock Excellence: Keynote on Fulfillment-Centric Leadership™ to Foster Valued Employees and Peak Performance
Elevate Your Leadership Event with Bernie Borges, The Fulfillment Architect
Bring transformative insights to your next leadership event with Bernie Borges’ dynamic, one-hour keynote. A seasoned executive with over 30 years of leadership experience, Bernie combines deep expertise as the co-author of the Thriving in Midlife research report and host of the Midlife Fulfilled Podcast—a podcast with over 200 episodes exploring fulfillment and success. Bernie’s blend of communication mastery and leadership acumen makes this keynote a high-value experience.
Deliver an actionable leadership strategy to your audience with Bernie’s engaging session on Fulfillment-Centric Leadership™. He empowers leaders to drive team engagement and loyalty by guiding them to find fulfillment through five key pillars: health, fitness, career, relationships, and legacy.
When leaders authentically value employees as whole individuals—caring for both their personal and professional needs—employees are more motivated to deliver their best work. This holistic approach enhances productivity and retention, particularly within multigenerational teams.
This keynote is perfect for leadership conferences, corporate events, and professional development programs seeking measurable, lasting impact.
10 Steps to Fulfillment Centric Leadership™
1. Fulfillment-Centric Leadership | Self Awareness
Dive deep into your current state of fulfillment across the five essential pillars of midlife. It's an eye-opening experience designed to score your fulfillment and be self aware of your fulfillment in each pillar.
2. Align Values with Five Pillars of Fulfillment
Dive into the five life pillars—health, fitness, career, relationships, and legacy—that contribute to overall fulfillment. Ensure value alignment to understand the influence on your employees’ productivity, satisfaction, and commitment to the organization.
3. Data-Driven Insights on Fulfillment
Gain valuable insights from the Thriving in Midlife Report: Survey Results Across Key Life Pillars. Discover the top priorities of employees across multiple generations in the workplace. Run your own internal survey.
4. Lead With Authenticity
Leaders who are self-aware are equipped to lead with authenticity. Deepen your own self-awareness with transparency about your own fulfillment journey across the five life pillars.
5. Prioritize Wellness for Workplace Productivity
Explore the link between physical and mental well-being and job performance. As a fulfillment-centric leader, you'll discover how supporting employees’ health and fitness can increase their productivity.
6. Aligning Career Goals with Personal Passions
Fulfillment at work is more than just a paycheck. Support your employees' personal aspirations to create more loyal relationships that serve short-term and long-term goals.
7. Fostering Relationships that Drive Fulfillment
Strong relationships are a cornerstone of a fulfilled workforce. Gain insights into creating a collaborative, supportive work environment where employees feel connected, valued, and engaged.
8. Creating a Legacy of Leadership
Empower your team to leave their mark by building a culture where employees can pursue their own legacies within the organization. Discover how fulfillment-centric leaders inspire intergenerational teams to create lasting impacts, both personally and professionally.
9. Balanced Work Drives Fulfillment and Productivity
By designing work across three levels of complexity—low, medium, and high—leaders create a balanced environment where employees experience consistent achievement boosting individual satisfaction, team performance, and long-term organizational success.
10. Measuring Fulfillment | Continuous Improvement
Discover how to implement metrics to regularly assess employee fulfillment across the five pillars. By tracking progress and making data-driven adjustments, you can ensure ongoing employee satisfaction and adapt your fulfillment-centric leadership strategies to meet their evolving needs.
Workshop Exclusive
Fulfillment Centric Leadership™ Interactive Workshop for Tailored Solutions
In the workshop format, leaders participate in hands-on exercises designed in collaboration with your organization’s leadership team. This immersive experience ensures that the fulfillment strategies discussed are customized to your team’s unique challenges, leading to specific, actionable takeaways that can enhance both retention and employee satisfaction.
Format Options
This session is available as a one-hour keynote or a more in-depth, interactive workshop, offered as a half-day or full-day format. Each format is designed to equip leaders with the tools and insights they need to become true fulfillment-centric leaders, transforming the way they inspire and retain their multigenerational teams.
"Bernie Borges was our featured speaker at the 2023 annual signature event of the Inspired Leadership Initiative at University of Notre Dame. His collaboration with our team to prepare an interactive presentation for current and prospective fellows was terrific. His presentation was well received and his engagement with attendees during and after his session was valuable and informative. It was a true pleasure to work with Bernie and have him engage in this key program event."
Thomas S. Schreier, Jr.
Founding Director, Inspired Leadership Initiative University of Notre Dame
