Engaging, fun and fast-paced, Rita’s keynote speeches are often described as a highlight which sets the foundation of discussions throughout the event. Rita customizes her talks to the audience’s specific interests making sure that attendees leave with actionable insights. As one participant said,
I’ve been coming to this conference for 20 years, and I’ve never seen a speaker prepare so well for the challenges facing our industry.”
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Sectors
Looking at the world through the lens of your existing industry can be a dangerous trap. Over time, people become so accustomed to the way their industry works that they forget that strategic inflection points can make the old industry assumptions irrelevant. Indeed, entire industries are being thrown into highly uncertain, ambiguous and volatile situations. For almost every line of business, this new environment requires new ways of working, new business models and certainly new financial models. Rita’s talks provide a different lens—that of the competitive arena—to broaden your view and help you to “see around corners.”
Events
- Purdue Agricultural Leadership Summit keynote
- Seed CEO Summit
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- Management team retreat for PPG Industries
- Management workshops for Praxair
- Leadership sessions with DuPont
- Keynote, American Chemical Society
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- Innovation keynote Colgate Palmolive
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- Atmos Energy Board Retreat and Workshop
- Halliburton client event
- Stavanger Day, Statoil
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- Goldman Sachs seminar and client series
- The Penrose Lectures at SOAS University of London
- Nordea presentation / webinar
- Swedbank workshop / innovation day
- Yapi Kredi Bank, Istanbul
- Bancoldex, Bogota
- Temenos key client event, Barcelona
- Keynote, Frontiers of Digital Finance
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- Yum! Brands webinar series
- Pernod Ricard
- Leading Hotels of the World
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- Grifols / Novartis Keynote
- Keynote for Kaufman Hall main client event
- Bristol Myers Squibb LEAD program faculty director
- Providence St. Joe’s Healthcare board level retreat
- Keynote American Hospital Association
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- CNBC @ Work
- Keynote, CIPD Annual meeting, Manchester, UK
- HR World Congress, Chile
- HR Directors Summit, UK
Citations
- Voted HR Magazine’s Most Influential International Thinker
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- Keynotes / workshops / training sessions – General Electric
- Lincoln Industries
- Metal Services Institute
- Leadership sessions for 3M
- Workshops for Ingersoll Rand
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- Chapters in End of Competitive Advantage
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- Geodis senior management retreat, Nashville
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- DirecTV Senior Management Meeting (prior to ATT acquisition)
- BRITE Conference keynote speaker
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- Keynote, D3 Annual Board Retreat
- World Bank Advisory Council
- Keynote, Girl Scouts Council and Board retreat
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- Managing Partner Forum, London
- PwC client event for tax professionals
- Accenture Strategy Week leadership retreat
- Program for Deloitte partners
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- IPS Learning
- Project Management Institute
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- Holtzbrinck Senior Leader’s program
- Wolters Kluwer Innovation Board
- Thompson Reuters Legal workshop / retreat
- Harvard Business Review management retreat / facebook live session
- Sulzberger program for journalists
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- Barnes & Noble senior management retreat/offsite
- GS Shop (Korea) senior management workshop
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- ScaleCon keynote
- Analogic Board meeting / workshop
- Keynote for LinkedIn client retreat
- Business of Software keynote at annual meeting
- Keynote, Fujitsu client event, Munich
- SHI International, several events
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- Keynotes for Ericsson, many dates
- Sessions for Singtel, Telecomm incumbent in Singapore
Focuses
Rita customizes each talk to be unique to your company and industry. The following are some of the popular topics Rita’s talks address.
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Rita McGrath consults with some of the world’s leading organizations, running workshops and facilitated retreats to help senior teams gain a fresh perspective on their issues. She is highly valued for her ability to challenge executives’ assumptions and provoke fresh thinking.