Keynotes and Workshops

1. Built to Last: The Strategy & Systems Playbook for Growing Businesses (flagship keynote) 

How the discipline that runs the world's largest institutions scales down to a growing company. A complete framework for setting direction, choosing three priorities, and building systems that turn plans into results. Audiences leave with: a one-page strategic plan template and a quarterly planning rhythm they can run next week. Best for: chambers, business summits, association conferences. 

2. Your Business Grew. Your Systems Didn't. (keynote or half-day workshop)

A live-diagnostic talk on people, process, and technology: where growing businesses secretly depend on one person, which processes to document first, and how to choose right-sized technology without an enterprise budget. Audiences leave with: a five-signal self-assessment and a 90-day systems roadmap. Best for: workshop formats, business development programs, bank & CPA client events. 

3. Empowered to Scale: What Women Business Owners Need Beyond Inspiration

Empowerment as infrastructure. Drawing on Mai's leadership of the Women's Empowerment Network and global development work, including the 100 Million Learners initiative, this talk replaces pep talks with capacity: planning rhythms, systems, networks, and access. Audiences leave with: a practical capacity checklist and the case for building businesses that outlast their founders. Best for: women's business conferences, empowerment and development audiences. 

Rare credibility — two decades modernizing federal agencies and global firms, translated for a room of business owners. Few speakers in this market have done the work at that scale; fewer can make it useful at yours.

Substance over show — every talk teaches a method your audience can run without you.

Professional to work with — materials on time, content tailored to your audience, and a speaker who stays for the questions.