Richard Hadden

Richard Hadden has a theory about the relationship between how you treat people at work and how much money you make — and he has the research to back it up. As co-author of the Contented Cows leadership book series, including Contented Cows Give Better Milk, Contented Cows STILL Give Better Milk, and Contented Cows Moove Faster, Hadden has spent more than three decades making the business case that employee engagement is not a feel-good initiative. It is a financial strategy with measurable returns.

A Career Built on the Frontlines of the Workforce
Before becoming a professional speaker, Hadden held leadership positions in banking, telecommunications, food service, and information technology, and taught management, economics, and software design at Jacksonville University. He earned his MBA from the University of North Florida and received the National Speakers Association’s Certified Speaking Professional designation in 2000. Since 1990, he has delivered programs to more than 1,200 audiences on five continents. His work has been featured on CNN, MSNBC, National Public Radio, and in The Wall Street Journal.

Recruiting and Retention in the Real World
Hadden’s presentations are content-rich and practically focused — built around what the best places to work actually do differently and how ordinary organizations can close the gap without a complete cultural overhaul.

Richard Hadden keynotes on employee engagement, recruiting and retention, leading in hybrid and remote environments, and the direct connection between workforce culture and your organization’s bottom line.

Contented Cows Give Better Milk: Your People…Your Profit

Not your average “leadership” speech. “Your People…Your Profit” helps leaders make the

connection between the work environment they create…and their organization’s profitability.

Based on Richard’s books, Contented Cows Give Better Milk, and the new Contented Cows

STILL Give Better Milk, this keynote is research-based and filled with practical “to-do’s”. Audience

members will leave this presentation with the knowledge and motivation to turn their workforces

into vibrant, competitive weapons.

Bottom Line Leadership

An interactive version of “Your People…Your Profit”, and perfect for leadership training

workshops and concurrent session breakouts for groups smaller than a keynote audience. 

Rebooting Leadership

The events of the last decade – political, social, technological, and economic, coupled with

unprecedented changes in the workforce, call for a hard, new look at our leadership practices.

Just as we “reboot” the computer when its operating system fails, the leadership system in most

people-intensive organizations needs to hit its reset button. While the fundamentals of leadership

have not changed, the way we practice them must reflect today’s new realities – a world redefined

by the economy, technology, and the “new deal” in the workplace. Based on Richard Hadden’s

new book of the same title, “Rebooting Leadership” is light on theory, with a heavy dose of

practicality. This program provides down-and-dirty nitty-gritty how-to’s for leaders charged with

getting maximum productivity and customer-winning service in today’s world of work.

The Journey Thus Far: Foundations for a Fabulous Future!

Celebrate, recognize, energize, and reward members of your winning organization. Designed for

award and recognition events, milestones, annual meetings, or entering a new era in your

organization’s history.

This is your story. Using information gathered through indepth research from your organization,

I’ll take a look at your past, and what it took to get where you are today. I’ll present the currentday

challenges facing your industry. Then I’ll combine the two to project the exciting future that

lies ahead. Using music, photography, an exciting customized multi-media presentation, and

something I call “The View Through The Rear-View Mirror”, I’ll leave your group excited, inspired,

and moved to achieve even greater successes.

Making the Extra Mile the Best Part of the Trip

Designed for non-management or general audiences, this program explores Employee

Engagement from the employee’s perspective, and provides both inspiration and practical advice

on going the “extra mile”, enthusiastically, while getting more out of your work…and life.