Modern Words for Modern Leadership
These keynotes and session topics by author Carrie Collins explore the leadership challenges shaping how teams work today. Each offers practical ideas leaders can use to strengthen performance, accountability, and connection from the office to anywhere.
Keynote Topics
Remote Work Isn’t the Problem.
Leadership Is.
Remote and hybrid work exposed something with which many organizations were already struggling: leaders were relying too heavily on proximity to manage people. This keynote explores what leaders need to do differently when their teams are no longer in the same place. Using the REMOTE Leadership Framework, Carrie shows how to build trust, set clear expectations, and keep people connected and accountable wherever they work.
Stop Recreating the Office.
Remote work doesn’t improve just because meetings move to Zoom and conversations move to Slack. In fact, trying to recreate the office online often makes work harder. This keynote shows leaders how to rethink meetings, communication, and collaboration so distributed teams can work more effectively without adding more noise, meetings, or technology.
You Can’t See Them Working.
Now What?
When leaders can’t see their employees every day, previous ways of judging performance stop working. In this keynote, Carrie shows leaders how to set clearer expectations, focus on results instead of activity, and create accountability without micromanaging.
Move from Urgency to Readiness.
Most organizations are very good at reacting, but the harder work is building teams that are ready before the next challenge arrives. This keynote helps leaders recognize when they are stuck in constant response mode and shows them how to make better decisions, create clarity, and prepare their teams to adapt when things change.
REMOTE Leadership Topics
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Build the trust, connection, and communication practices that keep distributed teams aligned and engaged.
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Give people the clarity, autonomy, and support they need to make decisions and perform at their best.
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Shift leadership habits and assumptions to meet the realities of how work happens today.
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Create clear priorities, expectations, and measures of success so teams know what matters and how their work connects.
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Use technology intentionally to enable collaboration and performance rather than adding friction to the work.
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Build the recognition, connection, and shared experience that sustain commitment across distance.
Contact Carrie to tailor any of these topics.
Built for Leaders Navigating How Work Works Now
Audiences
Executive teams
People and culture teams
Leadership cohorts
Boards and associations
Cross-functional teams
Events
Keynotes
Leadership conferences
Executive retreats
Association meetings
Corporate events
Industries
Healthcare
Higher education
Professional services
Technology
Other knowledge-work sectors
Speaking Details
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Keynotes are available in 45- and 60-minute formats and can be adapted for conferences, leadership meetings, retreats and other events. Longer workshops and facilitated sessions are also available.
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Yes. Every engagement is tailored to the audience, organization and goals of the event while staying grounded in the core ideas and tools from From Office to Anywhere.
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Yes. Carrie is available for in-person speaking engagements throughout the United States and internationally, as well as virtual events.
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Absolutely. Copies of From Office to Anywhere can be incorporated into speaking engagements for attendees, leadership teams or event participants. Bulk-order options can be coordinated as part of the engagement.
Speaker Resources
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Carrie Collins, JD, PhD, FCPP, is a strategist, speaker, and founder of H.O.W. LLC. Drawing on her expertise in leadership, change management, and organizational strategy, she partners with companies navigating growth, transformation, and evolving workforce models. She is also a higher education executive with extensive experience leading revenue generation, constituent engagement, strategic initiatives, and organizational change.
Carrie is the author of From Office to Anywhere: How Smart Leaders Build High-Performing Remote Teams, where she introduces the REMOTE Leadership Framework to help leaders strengthen trust, alignment, accountability, and performance across distributed workplaces. Her work focuses on closing the gap between how remote and hybrid teams work and how their leaders lead by translating research into practical strategies that organizations can implement immediately.
Through consulting, speaking, and writing, Carrie helps leaders rethink traditional leadership practices and build high-performing teams equipped for the realities of modern work.
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"Please join me in welcoming Carrie Collins. Carrie is a strategist, speaker, and author of From Office to Anywhere: How Smart Leaders Build High-Performing Remote Teams. Drawing on her expertise in leadership and change management, she helps leaders build trust, create clarity, and develop high-performing remote teams. Please welcome Carrie Collins."
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