Leadership Keynote Speaker on Change, Communication, and Trust.
Helping leaders and teams navigate uncertainty with clarity, courage, and momentum through the Choose Adventure Mindset™.
Whether your organization or community is experiencing growth, disruption, or a moment of transition, my talks focus on the human skills that help people move forward together — especially better communication, trust, and shared purpose.
If your people are asking “What’s next?” or struggling to stay aligned during change, my talks are for you.
Signature Keynotes
Choose Adventure: Navigating Change With Courage, Curiosity, and Momentum
Based on Anne’s Choose Adventure Mindset™, this talk is about how leaders and individuals navigate uncertainty, make values-based decisions, and build momentum, even when the path forward isn’t fully clear.
Your audience will leave with:
A framework for navigating uncertainty and change
Tools for making values-based decisions
A way to reframe fear and take the next step
Strategies for building momentum over time
A reminder that they don’t have to build what’s next alone
Communicating, Building Trust, and Demonstrating Value in the Age of AI and Rapid Change
AI is accelerating how companies are built and how quickly markets move. For founders, building the product is only part of the job. Communicating clearly through constant change is just as critical. In this interactive workshop, participants will learn practical tools to communicate clearly, build trust, lead stronger teams, and demonstrate value to investors in an AI-driven economy.
Drawing on more than two decades of advising technology C level leaders, Anne Taylor Hartzell leverages her Choose Adventure Mindset™, the five-step framework from her book All Who Wander, to show how leaders and founders can lead with their values, strengthen their leadership presence and communicate value and trust while building what's next.
Your audience will leave with:
Practical tools to communicate clearly during change
Strategies to build trust with teams and stakeholders
Ways to communicate value to investors and customers
Tools to strengthen leadership communication and presence
*All talks can be customized for keynotes, workshops, and panel conversations for companies, conferences, women’s leadership events, and universities.
Choose Adventure: Navigating Your Next Chapter
For women’s communities, leadership groups, and conferences
A keynote for women navigating seasons of change in leadership, career, or life.
Drawing from personal storytelling and the Choose Adventure Mindset™, this talk helps women reconnect with their values, reframe fear, and take intentional next steps toward what’s next — without feeling like they have to start over.
Best fit if your audience is:
Navigating career transitions or leadership shifts
Balancing ambition, identity, and responsibility
Ready for clarity, courage, and momentum
Women leave with:
Clarity around their values, language to name their next chapter, and confidence to take meaningful action.
Best for: Women’s conferences, leadership communities, professional networks
My Approach
I come to this work as a communicator first.
For more than two decades, I’ve helped leaders and organizations navigate change through clearer communication, stronger trust, and practical leadership tools that create alignment and momentum when answers aren’t obvious.
My Choose Adventure Mindset™ Framework
Communication has been the thread connecting every chapter of my career — from executive communications and leadership storytelling to helping teams stay aligned during change.
I help leaders use clear, human communication to build trust, make values-based decisions, and move people forward with confidence, even in uncertainty.
That work is grounded in the Choose Adventure Mindset™, a five-step framework leaders use to navigate change:
Create Space for the Nudge
Clarify Core Values
Reframe Fear as Curiosity
Build Trust + Momentum
Strengthen Your Adventure Crew
This framework anchors every keynote and leadership experience I deliver.
Let’s Talk.
If your organization is navigating change and needs clearer communication, stronger trust, and a shared path forward, let’s explore what’s next.