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Ryan McCarty    

Co-Founder of Culture of Good, Inc.

Ryan McCarty is an author, international renowned speaker, and the Co-Founder of Culture of Good, Inc.

After creating and implementing a wildly successful Culture of Good movement at the largest Verizon Authorized Wireless Retailer, in which he spearheaded community investments worth $6 million for those in need, Ryan recognized the need to share the Culture of Good with other successful organizations and their leadership.

Ryan’s work has been featured in Huffington Post, Inc.com, People, Forbes and more. With more than 25 years of leadership experience in the non and for-profit industry, Ryan has a meaningful passion for inspiring employees and customers, igniting positive change in the world, and impacting companies’ bottom lines. Join me in welcoming Ryan to the stage as he teaches how to unleash positive results in the workplace and world by inspiring us to bring their soul to work every day.

Speech Topics


Bring Your Soul To Work

  • Pinpoint your organization’s purpose to
  • Authentically share the good you do to attract
  • Reengage employees post-pandemic by integrating
  • good into your company's DNA.
  • Establish a leadership culture that supports your
  • people and culture strategies.

Recruit and Retain The Best People

In this keynote presentation, Ryan teaches how to engage potential and current employees through 3 means: meaning, belonging, and fulfillment. Ryan shares how he used authentic storytelling to help build one of the largest cultural movements in the retail industry. The audience will learn how to lead through tumultuous change as transformative, values-based leadership that engages hearts and minds to answer the question, “What is the most compelling reason to work for us?”

Topics: Employee experience, recruitment, employee retainment & loyalty, hiring, onboarding, HR, culture change, cause marketing, employee engagement, competitive advantage, learning and development, leading through change.

Work Your Passion/Lead Your Legacy

In this keynote presentation Ryan challenges leaders to lead with the end in mind. He shares how to lead beyond position and title to adopt a servant leadership paradigm. The audience will learn how to lead through inspiration and authentic connection. Ryan shares his own story of a teacher who cared for him when his mom died from suicide and his dad was a heroin addict. The principles taught from his personal experience leading in non-profit and for-profit guarantees a life led for legacy for senior and up and coming leaders to answer the question, “How am I going to matter?”.

Topics: Leadership, servant leadership, company culture, succession planning, rehumanizing business, learning and development.

Building a Better Workplace and World With Purpose

In this keynote presentation Ryan inspires each of us to bring our soul to work every day. He shares how building an authentic, caring community connects each of us to a more meaningful, fulfilling experience while at work. The audience will learn how to show up to work every day knowing that their passion for community can not only drive business, but also drive the positive change they want to make in the world to answer the question, “Why am I going to work today?”.

Topics: Employee engagement, HR, employee retention, customer experience, CSR (corporate social responsibility), talent recruitment, company culture, culture change, cause marketing, learning and development.

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