Speaking
KEYNOTE SPEAKER · WORKSHOP FACILITATOR · LEADERSHIP RESEARCHER
Power. Integrity.
Leadership Formation.
Annalisa Adams-Qualtiere speaks from 30 years at the intersection of organizational power and human dignity — across corporate, nonprofit, and philanthropic sectors. Her keynotes are research-grounded, practitioner-voiced, and built for senior audiences who are ready to be challenged, not just affirmed.
30 YEARS. THREE SECTORS. ONE CONVICTION.
SPEAKING TOPICS
Five Core Topics. One Conviction.
01
The Path to Quiet Authority
How leaders move from unaware impact to calm influence and trusted presence. Built around the four-stage model — Unaware Impact, Discerned Leadership, Intentional Formation, Quiet Authority — this keynote asks who you choose to be when no one is requiring anything of you.
02
Positional Aggression & Discursive Distancing
Naming the power patterns organizations rarely see in themselves. This session surfaces the ways leaders use language and position to create distance from accountability — and what it costs the people around them.
03
Integrity Over Image
Why pressure reveals character — and what organizations can do about it. This topic addresses the gap between stated values and practiced behavior, and why integrity is not a communications strategy but a leadership discipline.
04
The SHAPE Framework
A counterpractice model for leaders ready to interrupt misuses of positional power. SHAPE — Strength, Heart/Passion, Abilities, Personality, Experience — is grounded in power awareness and self-examination in relationship to power. Not a general competency model.
05
Leading Through Complexity
Organizational health as cumulative leadership behavior, not an initiative. This session reframes culture and complexity as the accumulated impact of how leaders show up — and makes the case that health is built one decision at a time.
ENGAGEMENT FORMATS
Available in Two Formats
45–75 Minutes
Designed for executive forums, leadership conferences, and corporate all-hands. Research-grounded and practitioner-voiced. Adaptable for corporate, nonprofit, and government audiences.
Half-Day or Full-Day
Diagnostic and practitioner-focused. Uses the Path to Quiet Authority framework and SHAPE counterpractice tools for leadership teams ready to do the work, not just hear about it.
SELECTED PLATFORMS
Where Annalisa Has Spoken
The CEO Series
Featured Expert
TEDWomen
Panelist
HRWest
Speaker
EPIC HR Conference
Speaker
PayScale
Panelist
SHRM North Chapter
Confirmed September 2026
Bring This Work to Your Organization
Available for national and regional engagements across corporate, nonprofit, and association venues. Inquiries are reviewed personally. A speaker one-sheet is available upon request.
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The most powerful thing a leader can do is tell the truth about themselves.
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