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Conversations That Challenge How We Lead
Leadership conferences and professional events create space to question familiar practices, exchange ideas, and see workplace challenges from a different perspective.
Chris Dotson brings experience in business management and leadership development to conversations about leadership, workplace culture, strengths, accountability, and the everyday practices that shape how people work together.
Ideas Shared With Leadership Communities
Chris has spoken at conferences and professional events on leadership development, organizational culture, strengths-based leadership, accountability, and the everyday practices that shape how people work together.
His speaking experience includes HR conferences, leadership summits, and DisruptHR events across Michigan.
DisruptHR Lansing 5.0
October 15, 2026 | Lansing, Michigan
Stop Fixing What's Broken. You're Wasting Everyone's Time.
A talk challenging leaders to look beyond fixing what's wrong and pay attention to what is already working.
NCSHA 2026 Annual Conference and Showplace
October 5, 2026 | Detroit, Michigan
The Art of Leading a Multi-Generational Team
A session exploring generational needs, the MODES framework, and one-on-one conversations that meet people where they are.
HRUnite! 2026 Conference
July 15, 2026 | Frankenmuth, Michigan
From Firefighting to Future-Building: 7 Conversations That Transform HR Impact
A session about moving HR from reactive problem-solving toward more strategic impact.
Walsh College HR Summit
May 8, 2026 | Troy, Michigan
Stop Managing Weaknesses. Start Leading with Strengths.
A session exploring the CliftonStrengths framework and practical strengths-based conversations.
Michigan HR Day 2026
April 22, 2026 | Lansing, Michigan
Best Managers
A session encouraging leaders to recognize and learn from managers who are already getting things right.
See the Ideas in Action
Talk or They'll Walk: Why HR's Conversation Problem Is Killing Engagement
DisruptHR Ann Arbor 2.0 | June 2025
A talk about how missing or avoided conversations can contribute to disengagement and turnover.
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