Corporate Speaking & Team Development

Richard & Nancy Wallace

Keynote Speakers and Corporate Trainers

Communication, Trust, and Workplace Relationships

Co-Founders, Relationships Reimagined®

Helping leaders reduce communication breakdowns, strengthen trust, and build teams that perform under pressure, across distance, and across generations.

Keynotes  ·  Workshops  ·  Corporate Training  ·  Individually or Together

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Richard and Nancy Wallace, keynote speakers and corporate trainers
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Selected Speaking Programs

Programs built for
real workplace problems

Selected programs from a broader portfolio focused on communication, trust, conflict, accountability, and workplace relationships.

The Clearer Team™

How Hidden Patterns Shape Communication, Trust, and Accountability

Unspoken patterns quietly drive miscommunication, blurred accountability, and team friction. Leaders learn to recognize and address them before they affect performance.

Explore Program

Ideal audience: Leadership teams, managers, and cross-functional groups navigating recurring communication friction.

Core problem: Unspoken team patterns quietly erode trust and accountability long before they surface as conflict.

Participants learn to:

  • Recognize the patterns shaping their team's communication and trust
  • Address accountability gaps before they become entrenched
  • Reduce recurring friction through practical, repeatable language

Available as: Keynote, half-day workshop, full-day training

Customization: Can be tailored to leadership teams, front-line managers, or full departments

Communication Under Pressure

Leading Conflict, Feedback, and High-Stakes Conversations

Avoided conflict and delayed feedback erode trust long before anyone names the problem. Leaders learn to navigate high-stakes conversations before tension escalates.

Explore Program

Ideal audience: Leaders and managers responsible for feedback, performance conversations, or conflict resolution.

Core problem: Delayed feedback and avoided conflict quietly compound into larger trust and performance issues.

Participants learn to:

  • Navigate high-stakes conversations before tension escalates
  • Deliver feedback earlier and more directly
  • Address conflict without damaging working relationships

Available as: Keynote, half-day workshop, full-day training

Customization: Can focus on manager-to-employee, peer-to-peer, or cross-departmental dynamics

Connected Across Distance

Building Trust and Accountability on Hybrid Teams

Proximity bias, inconsistent accountability, and quiet disengagement are common costs of distributed work. Leaders learn to rebuild trust and connection across hybrid teams.

Explore Program

Ideal audience: Leaders and teams operating across hybrid, remote, or distributed environments.

Core problem: Physical distance creates proximity bias, inconsistent accountability, and quiet disengagement.

Participants learn to:

  • Rebuild trust and connection without shared physical space
  • Create consistent accountability across distributed teams
  • Recognize and counteract proximity bias in daily decisions

Available as: Keynote, half-day workshop

Customization: Can be adapted for fully remote, hybrid, or multi-site organizations

Building Skills for a Changing Workplace

Helping People Adapt as Roles, Tools, and Expectations Evolve

Technology, automation, and changing business needs are reshaping work across industries. Leaders learn how to help employees recognize transferable strengths, identify skills to develop, and prepare for new responsibilities and opportunities.

Explore Program

Ideal audience: Leaders, HR and L&D teams, and employees navigating changing roles.

Core problem: Technology, automation, and shifting business needs are changing which skills organizations need faster than most people can track on their own.

Participants learn to:

  • Recognize transferable strengths already in place
  • Identify the specific skill gaps changing roles create
  • Build a practical plan for developing new capabilities

Available as: Keynote, half-day workshop, full-day training

Customization: Can focus on specific industries, departments, or job families facing the most change

Also Available

Building Workplace Readiness

Helping Early-Career Employees Develop Professional Judgment, Feedback Skills, and Working Relationships

Early-career employees may enter the workplace with limited exposure to professional norms, feedback, and relationship-building. Leaders learn practical ways to strengthen judgment, confidence, and workplace effectiveness.

Explore Program

Ideal audience: Early-career employees, new hires, and the managers who support them.

Core problem: Reduced early-career exposure to informal workplace norms has widened the gap between technical skill and workplace readiness.

Participants learn to:

  • Read workplace situations and unwritten expectations
  • Receive and act on feedback with confidence
  • Build working relationships without prior modeling

Available as: Keynote, half-day workshop, full-day training

Customization: Can be delivered to new-hire cohorts, internship programs, or manager-development tracks

What Organizations Gain

Outcomes leaders
can point to

Fewer communication breakdowns
Earlier, more productive feedback
Stronger trust and accountability
Better collaboration across teams
Stronger leadership across distance and generations
Stronger workplace relationships

Richard, Nancy, or Both

Choose the
right speaker

Richard and Nancy each deliver select programs independently, and appear together for joint keynotes, workshops, and leadership retreats.

Richard

Technology leadership, digital change, and communication across business and technology teams.

Technology Leadership Communication Under Pressure Business and Technology Alignment
Nancy

Executive leadership, organizational change, and healthier workplace cultures.

Executive Leadership Organizational Transformation Women in Leadership
Together

Communication, trust, accountability, and stronger workplace relationships.

Team Development Conflict and Feedback Trust and Accountability

Core Capabilities

Areas of
Expertise

Richard and Nancy help leaders recognize the patterns shaping communication, trust, conflict, and accountability, then apply that insight to strengthen leadership and team performance.

01
Leadership and Communication
Executive communication, emotional intelligence, and leadership development.
02
Change and Organizational Strategy
Organizational transformation, strategic planning, and enterprise execution.
03
Teams and Workplace Relationships
Trust, accountability, collaboration, and team effectiveness.
04
Technology and Business Alignment
Technology leadership, digital change, and cross-functional alignment.

About The Speakers

Two perspectives.
One framework.

Amazon Bestselling Authors  ·  Co-Authors of Four Books  ·  MBA, PMP

Richard and Nancy bring complementary leadership experience across technology, enterprise programs, organizational change, higher education, coaching, governance, and workplace relationships.

Together, they translate that experience into practical frameworks that help leaders communicate more effectively, address conflict earlier, strengthen trust, and improve how teams work together.

Selected Books, Programs & Frameworks

The Clearer You™
The Clearer Team™
The You Profile™
Relationships Reimagined®

Experience Behind the Work

30+ years of technology and leadership experience 20+ years of enterprise program leadership University teaching experience Four published books MBA and PMP credentials Board and nonprofit governance experience

Engagement Formats

Ways to
work together

Programs are available as keynotes, workshops, training sessions, and customized learning experiences based on the audience and organizational goals.

Who We Work With

Best suited for
these audiences

For organizations navigating growth, distributed teams, and everyday workplace friction.

Corporate conferences
Leadership summits
HR & L&D programs
Manager development
Executive retreats
Team off-sites
Professional associations
Higher education leadership programs

Custom Learning Solutions

Custom Learning
Solutions

Custom workshops, multi-session training programs, leadership retreats, and team learning experiences built around your organization's goals and challenges.

Discuss a Custom Program

What Happens Next

Simple, direct,
and easy to start

01
Share Your Event

Send your event details, timeline, and goals through the inquiry form.

02
Select The Right Program & Speaker

We'll discuss the right program, format, and audience, and confirm Richard, Nancy, or both.

03
Confirm The Engagement

A tailored keynote, workshop, or training program, built for your organization.

Booking Inquiry

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your event

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We will respond within two business days to discuss fit, availability, and next steps.

Prefer email? Reach us directly at contact@relationshipsreimagined.com