The Distracted Workplace
Why This Keynote Stands Apart
It Solves the Real Problem Leaders Can’t Name
Most leadership talks focus on communication, accountability, or culture—but they skip the modern force quietly sabotaging all three: screen distraction and context switching. This keynote gives leaders language for what they feel every day but struggle to explain: fractured focus, constant urgency, reactive behavior, and teams that can’t think deeply anymore. When leaders finally understand the real issue, they stop treating symptoms and start fixing the cause.
It’s Leadership + Neuroscience + Execution (Not Motivation)
This isn’t a “be a better leader” message. It explains why good people behave differently under stress and distraction—and how performance degrades even when effort increases. Leaders leave with a practical lens they can apply immediately to improve decision-making, reduce conflict, and strengthen execution. The result is a keynote that feels credible, modern, and usable—not inspirational fluff.
It Starts With the Leader’s Self-Awareness
Most leaders don’t realize they’re affected by distraction too. This keynote creates a breakthrough moment: a leader can’t give away what they don’t have. Leaders learn how screens and dopamine-driven urgency pull them into transactional, survival-mode management—and how to regain clarity and presence so they can lead others out of the same quicksand. It challenges leaders without shaming them, which is why it lands.
What Leaders Learn
A Leader Can’t Give Away What They Don’t Have
If leaders don’t have clarity, focus, and emotional control themselves, they can’t create it in others. This keynote helps leaders regain what a distracted workplace drains—so they can lead from presence rather than pressure.
You Can’t Lead Someone Out of Quicksand While You’re Standing in It
Most leaders are trying to pull their teams toward better focus and execution while they themselves are trapped in the same interruptions and urgency. This talk shows how leaders first break the reactive cycle and then build a stable path for the team to follow.
We’re Not Managing Time Anymore—we’re Managing Attention
Time management fails when attention is constantly under attack from screens, meetings, and nonstop communication. Leaders learn how to protect attention as the new currency of performance and culture.
Context Switching Is the Silent Productivity Killer No One Budgets For
Every interruption creates a hidden switching cost—lost momentum, more mistakes, and slower execution. This keynote explains the real operational cost of context switching and gives leaders strategies to reduce it without slowing the business down.
Distraction Doesn’t Just Slow Teams Down—it Changes How Leaders Lead
In an interruption-driven workplace, leaders naturally shift into transactional, survival-mode management. This keynote helps leaders recognize that shift, regain self-awareness, and return to transformational leadership that restores trust and performance.
This event will spark Change
The Experience
This keynote blends personal storytelling, behavioral psychology, and simple, powerful tools that leaders can use the moment they walk out of the room. Expect:
- A clean, cinematic narrative
- Real-world leadership scenarios audiences see themselves in
- Language that sticks and reshapes communication
- Emotional clarity without heaviness
- Tools leaders will reference for years
This keynote doesn’t just explain why leaders get hijacked.
It gives them the method to prevent it.
Who This Keynote Is For
- Executives navigating pressure, conflict, or internal stress
- Leaders who struggle with reactive communication
- Organizations dealing with burnout, tension, or declining trust
- Teams who want a shared, safe language for emotional patterns
- Leadership retreats and offsites seeking depth and clarity
- Growing companies where leaders are stretched thin
Especially powerful for organizations wanting to
- Improve emotional intelligence
- Strengthen communication
- Reduce conflict
- Build confidence and clarity
- Develop self-aware leadership teams
Why Event Planners Love It
This keynote is clear, relatable, and deeply impactful—without being confrontational or clinical. It gives planners:
- A keynote with obvious psychological value
- A universal message every leader can connect with
- A framework teams can carry forward
- A keynote that elevates the entire event’s credibility
And above all:
It makes the event planner look brilliant for choosing a keynote that creates real, lasting change.
Planner Summary: Hijacked – The Precept Framework
A Leadership Keynote on Clarity, Behavior, and Human Patterns
Description:
Based on Jim Koetting’s book Hijacked – The Precept Framework, this keynote reveals why intelligent, experienced leaders suddenly lose influence, make poor decisions, or find themselves reacting emotionally instead of leading with clarity. Jim explains the psychological “hijacks” that derail communication and performance—often without leaders realizing it—and introduces The Precept Framework, a simple but profound framework for breaking old patterns and creating lasting behavioral change.
Why It Works:
This keynote blends storytelling, psychology, and practical tools to help leaders understand the real cause of conflict, miscommunication, and stalled growth. The Precept Framework gives audiences a clear, repeatable way to regain control of their emotions, re-engage their teams, and make decisions aligned with their best leadership selves.
Audience Fit:
Ideal for organizations dealing with rapid change, team tension, burnout, or emotional fatigue. Perfect for leadership retreats, corporate conferences, culture initiatives, and groups seeking a practical model for self-regulation and improved communication.
Key Outcomes:
- Leaders learn why they get “hijacked” and how to prevent it
- Teams gain a shared language for navigating emotional reactions
- Organizations reduce conflict and increase alignment
- Individuals leave with practical tools to improve communication and decision-making
Tone & Style:
Clear, relatable, psychologically insightful, and grounded in real-world leadership challenges—designed to create immediate impact and long-term behavioral transformation.