Mark DeVolder

Mark DeVolder is a change management expert, keynote speaker, and author who has spent over a decade motivating and equipping organizations to navigate transitions, build resilience, and thrive through disruption. His practical frameworks move leaders and teams beyond the fear and resistance that accompany change and into the productive action that turns uncertainty into competitive advantage.

The Expert on Leading Through Change

Dr. DeVolder has built his career studying how individuals and organizations respond to change and what separates those who thrive from those who stall. His approach addresses both the strategic and emotional dimensions of change, recognizing that successful transitions require not just new processes but new mindsets. He has worked with organizations across industries facing mergers, restructuring, digital transformation, and market disruption, providing practical strategies that leaders can implement immediately to build momentum.

Turning Uncertainty Into Opportunity

DeVolder’s engaging presentations provide leaders and teams with actionable strategies for navigating change with confidence and forward momentum rather than fear. His keynotes deliver proven strategies for leading organizations through major transitions and disruption, building personal and organizational resilience during uncertain times, overcoming resistance to change at every level of the organization, and the leadership practices that turn uncertainty and upheaval into real competitive advantage.

Harnessing the Hurricane: Surviving and Thriving Extreme Change

Businesses today are being challenged by rapid and constant change. Many companies are barely surviving. In Mark’s signature keynote, leaders learn how to adapt, survive and thrive in a climate of continuous change. You will receive essential leadership tools and a template to plot a course through the storm: the turbulent times and the doldrums. Leaders will learn how to successfully navigate change in their organization, become a leader/coach and develop employee engagement. Don’t just survive; learn to thrive during Extreme Change!

Your team will learn:

How to understand the dynamics of organizational change and transition

How to create a company-wide culture that is committed to change

How to build a leadership/management infrastructure that supports engagement

How to devise engagement strategies to increase productivity and profitable growth

Get Engaged! The Business of Relationships

Successfully engaging customers is one of the toughest challenges businesses face today. Top-performing companies find that service excellence starts with employees who are highly engaged. See the profound connection between highly motivated employees and increased productivity and profitability. Communicate, Innovate, Thrive! With straight-forward strategies and convincing business examples, Mark shows leaders how to improve the bottom line through the pillars of commitment: clarity, competence, influence and appreciation. You will leave with tools to re-energize, re-engage and transform your workplace and life.

Trust Factor: The Competitive Advantage

Trust is at the heart of every successful organization, and trust is always about relationships. With compelling business examples and proven strategies, Mark DeVolder reveals essential behaviours and characteristics to build and strengthen trust throughout the organization.

Your managers will increase their trust capacity with:

-Tools to assess their own level of integrity

-Simple skills and exercises to practice trust behaviours

-Clues to identity the warning signs of betrayal and disengagement

No matter what the industry, everyone is in the business of relationships. You will gain a competitive advantage with trustworthy managers, loyal employees and clients who trust the integrity of your company and product. It’s the trust factor.

New Leadership – The Player-Coach

Many managers spend the majority of their time fixing employees problems. DeVolder shows leaders how to leverage their efforts to the greatest advantage: coaching people to fix it themselves.

Now You’re Talking! The Art of Effective Communication

Leaders will learn how to improve listening and delivery skills, recognize non-verbal messages and speak with genuineness and confidence.

You Can Do ANYTHING!

Built around the concept of self-fulfilling prophecy, Mark shows you how to believe in yourself and others.  You will learn to Believe – Expect – Exceed.  This presentation rises to the level of true inspiration, triumph and celebration.