Fahd Alhattab

Speaking topics

Presentations listed below include in-person and virtual keynotes, as well as workshops, fireside chats, and other presentation formats.

• Unlock Your Leaders’ Potential and Build High-Performing Culture

  Reignite your leaders to build a high-performing culture for the future of work.

  Your managers hold the key to 70% of employee engagement, making their leadership capacity the cap on your organization’s growth. Gone are the days when vision-setting was solely in the hands of the C-suite. It’s the managers and their teams who navigate the execution, tackling challenges like turnover, disengagement, and the demands of a dynamic hybrid workforce.

  So, when organizations are looking high and low for the missing piece in their organizational culture that will lead them to success, they are usually overlooking the key hidden in plain sight. What is it? Elevating the ratio of extraordinary to lousy managers.

  Amid the battle for top talent, managers embody the untapped potential to bridge the gaps in recruitment, retention, and engagement. By transforming managers into visionary leaders who thrive in times of industry change, investing in leadership development becomes your organization’s most impactful investment, maximizing the untapped potential within your talent pool.

  In this electrifying keynote, attendees will dive into the six levels of high-performing teams and discover concrete strategies for empowering themselves to become exceptional leaders who forge unstoppable teams.

  Get ready to ignite a leadership revolution and cultivate a future-ready culture of unparalleled success.

  Key takeaways include:

  • A scalable, systemized way of creating high-performance teams.
  • How to access the leadership potential of your managers.
  • To understand the psychology behind team dynamics and how to use it to your advantage.
  • How to eliminate your office politics.
  • How to identify what team dysfunction traps your team is falling into.
  • A blueprint for implementing an effective strategy to increase team buy-in and engagement.
  • How to audit and rethink your organizational purpose and vision.

• How to Build Unstoppable Teams That Grow and Win

  The six steps to building a high performing team.

  Why do certain groups add up greater than the sum of their parts while others add less? The critical insight is that interactions between individuals matter significantly more than the talent of the individual people on a team. Empower your managers with the game-changing insights of the “six levels of high performing teams”, enabling them to unite exceptional individuals into a cohesive and agile powerhouse that yearn to make a difference.

  Your managers hold the reins of your organization’s culture, serving as the driving force behind your company’s triumphs. However, too often, managers are promoted based on tenure rather than their leadership prowess in creating high-performing teams. The result? Oversized, overburdened individual contributors who yearn to break free and lose their passion to lead. The burnout trickles down like an insidious virus on your organizational culture.

  Most managers struggle to devote the necessary time to build truly effective teams. While they possess fragments of the puzzle, they lack the holistic understanding of how it all interconnects. It’s time to elevate your managers from mere managers to visionary leaders through the power of everyday acts: coaching, encouragement, and empowerment. Brace yourself for a keynote that enlightens managers, offering a pulse-check of team dynamics and unveiling a digestible framework for crafting high-performing teams.

  Often, leadership isn’t about grandiose heroic actions. True leadership resides in the small, daily acts of service, manifested through coaching, encouragement, and empowerment. Experience the profound impact of leadership and walk away inspired with tools to make it your own.

  Audience will learn:

  • A systemized six-step framework for creating high-performance teams.
  • Real practices that everyone can use to create psychological safety.
  • The levers of empowerment that drive teams forward.
  • The role of communication in high-performing teams.
  • Tactics for reframing mindset towards conflict in honour of innovation.
  • A fresh perspective on creating a fluid culture of leadership.
  • Why developing a sense of purpose increases meaning and outcome.
  • Real practices to work towards an all-encompassing vision.

• Disruptive Leadership for an Entrepreneurial Workplace

  In today’s fast-paced world, where the very essence of work is being redefined, it is crucial to embrace a new form of leadership — one that fosters innovation and defies the status quo. Enter disruptive leadership. This keynote from renowned startup leadership expert Fahd Alhattab unveils the power of disruptive leadership in the context of the entrepreneurial workplace, inspiring attendees to muster the boldness necessary to bring about impactful changes in their respective fields.

   

  Drawing from his extensive experience in leading and growing startups, Alhattab will explore disruptive leadership, an approach that eschews traditional hierarchy and invites innovation at all levels. This dynamic leadership style, rooted in empowerment, creativity, and collaboration, fuels the engine of entrepreneurial workplaces, providing them with the vigour to continually innovate and thrive in a volatile business environment by:

  • Embracing change and disruption: It’s not about surviving change but leveraging it. Fahd will illustrate how leaders can turn the tide of disruption in their favor, promoting a culture of adaptability and resilience. In this constantly evolving tech landscape, leaders should embody change and inspire their teams to do the same.
  • Empowerment and decentralization: Traditional leadership often rests on command and control, but disruptive leadership is about empowering others. Alhattab will discuss how leaders can facilitate an entrepreneurial environment by decentralizing decision-making and promoting autonomy, inspiring individuals to step up and take ownership of their roles.
  • Fostering a culture of innovation: Disruptive leaders encourage constant innovation. They create safe spaces for their teams to experiment, take risks, and learn from failures. Alhattab will demonstrate how to cultivate such a culture, enabling individuals to stretch their capabilities and pioneer breakthrough solutions.
  • Bold decision-making: In the realm of disruptive leadership, playing it safe is not an option. Alhattab will inspire leaders to make bold, sometimes controversial, decisions that challenge conventional wisdom and catalyze growth. He’ll provide actionable insights into balancing the risks and rewards of such decisions.

  Key takeaways include:

  • How to embrace disruptive leadership.
  • Entrepreneurial practises of top startups and founders.
  • Secrets of lean startup innovation.
  • Embracing change and disruption.
  • Empowerment and decentralization.
  • Fostering a culture of innovation.
  • Bold decision-making.

• Power of Community: Through Personal Leadership Drive Connection and Impact

  The first step in your leadership journey is the decision to see yourself as an agent of change. Leadership knows no boundaries, as every individual possesses the potential to lead if they dare to embrace it and act upon it.

  Get ready for an unforgettable keynote experience as Fahd Alhattab takes you on a captivating journey of personal transformation and community service. From his arrival in Canada and the quest for a new sense of belonging, Alhattab shares his compelling story of attempting to establish a March break camp for kids during high school. Brace yourself for a rollercoaster ride, filled with exhilarating triumphs and daunting challenges, as Alhattab unveils the profound impact one person can make.

  Alhattab’s profound commitment to community leadership will ignite a fire within your audience, inspiring them to tackle local and global challenges head-on. Prepare to be immersed in a captivating narrative of self-development, brimming with essential lessons on personal growth and leadership principles.

  Having spent the last decade leading and studying teams, Alhattab has learned what it takes to find the leader within. In this keynote, he will teach audiences how to own their brilliance, share their ideas, and lead. As well as identify and overcome common pitfalls of leadership and teamwork using the six-levels of team development. This actionable talk gives managers the tools to transform any team into a high-performing machine.

  Leaders will learn:

  • The importance of creating a culture that fosters belonging.
  • How to lead with authenticity as a leader in your work community.
  • The difference between culture and community, and what it takes to foster unity and collaboration at all levels.
  • How to practice giving back to the community.
  • How to become more self-confident and disruptive team leaders.
  • How to empower employees to take ownership of projects.

• Finding Your Leader from Within: The Six Steps to Embodying a Leader’s Mindset

  It’s time to shatter the misconception that leadership rests solely on one person’s shoulders.

  We’ve created this myth to expect singular, grandiose, charismatic leaders to pave the way forward. Be the north star. But true leadership can emerge from anyone, anywhere. Effective leadership is a collaborative effort, a symphony of strengths and shared values. It’s about fostering a culture where every individual is empowered to lead and embrace change with unwavering agility. The secret lies in the domino effect — you can be the catalyst, the first domino that sets it all in motion.

  Say goodbye to outdated hierarchies that purely reward seniority. In today’s dynamic world, routine-minded employees hinder their own growth and potential. The real magic happens when individuals are empowered to take risks and seize opportunities. And it all starts with cultivating a leadership mindset.

  In this presentation, Fahd Alhattab helps audiences unlock their true potential. He draws from a decade of leading and studying teams to unveil the path to discovering the leader within. This captivating keynote equips audiences with the essential tools to embrace their brilliance, amplify their ideas, and lead with confidence. Alhattab will delve into the common pitfalls of leadership and team dynamics, guiding managers through the transformative six-levels of team development.

  Prepare to witness the remarkable transformation of any group into a high-performing machine. This actionable and empowering talk will leave any audience reinvigorated and biased for action.

  Audiences will learn how to:

  • Implement daily leadership practices.
  • Position themselves for management positions.
  • Inspire a culture of self-leadership that rewards star performers.
  • Motivate team members and improve culture with great retention and productivity.
  • Become a more self-confident and disruptive team leader.
  • Empower employees to take ownership of projects.