Equipping healthcare organizations to eliminate bullying, incivility, and disruptive behavior — for good.
CSP®
Certified Speaking
Professional
FAAN
American Academy
of Nursing
Trusted by CNOs, CHROs, and workforce leaders at leading health systems nationwide
WHY HEALTH SYSTEMS CHOOSE US
Built for healthcare leaders. Designed to drive measurable change.
Healthcare-Specific Expertise
Every presentation is built specifically for healthcare settings — not adapted from generic leadership content. Our speakers have lived it as nurses, executives, and organizational leaders.
Leader Capability, Not Just Awareness
We don’t just raise awareness of the problem — we equip leaders with the skills, scripts, and frameworks to confront disruptive behavior directly and build lasting accountability.
Tied to Measurable Outcomes
Organizations that work with us see measurable improvements in retention, team engagement, and workforce stability. Our work is tied to outcomes your board and HR leadership already track.
IMPACTFUL CONTRIBUTIONS
We've spoken at leading healthcare organizations and events.
OUR SPEAKERS
Meet the team behind the keynotes.
Renee Thompson, DNP, RN, FAONL, FAAN, CSP®
CEO & Founder — Healthy Workforce Institute
A vibrant keynote speaker, bestselling author, and CEO with three decades as a nurse, educator, and executive. Honored as a LinkedIn Top Healthcare Voice, Dr. Thompson empowers leaders with practical strategies for nurturing respectful workplace cultures.
Bullying & Incivility
Leadership Development
Culture Change
Diane Salter, MSN, RN, NE-BC
Director of Surgical Services — WellSpan Health
With over 23 years in nursing, Diane draws from real-world experience as a director and HWI consultant to provide practical solutions to contemporary challenges in healthcare leadership and workplace culture.
Positive Workforce Culture
Healthcare Leadership
Bullying & Incivility
Dr. Mitchell Kusy
Organizational Psychologist & Author
25 years of expertise in transforming healthcare cultures through a proven systems approach to managing toxic personalities. Author of ‘Toxic Workplace’ and ‘Why I Don’t Work Here Anymore,’ fostering everyday civility worldwide.
Toxic Personalities
Emotional Intelligence
Civility & Retention
Priscilla Meyers, APRN, MSN, NNP-BC, ANLC-N, ACC
HWI Consultant & Leadership Coach
With 17+ years in healthcare, Priscilla draws from experience as a bedside clinician and Director of Advanced Practice Providers. As an ICF-certified coach and HWI consultant, she provides practical leadership development to reduce incivility and build psychologically safe, high-performing teams.
Toxic Personalities
Emotional Intelligence
Civility & Retention
Randy Keirn CSP, EFO, MPA, BSN, RN, EMT-P
HWI Consultant
With 35+ years across healthcare and emergency services, Randy Keirn brings a unique perspective as a nurse and fire service leader. As founder of Fully Involved Consulting, he leads leadership and conflict resolution programs worldwide, grounded in his CLEAR Rx framework.
Conflict Resolution
Leadership Development
CLEAR Rx Framework
Dr. Cole Edmonson
HWI Consultant, Clinical Executive & Workforce Expert
30+ years of healthcare leadership experience and is a recognized speaker, author, and national nursing leader, contributing to organizations like AONL and ANCC.
CNO Leadership
Just Culture
High Reliability
KEYNOTES TAILORED FOR YOUR AUDIENCE
Six keynotes. One mission:
eradicate disruptive behavior in healthcare.
Most keynotes leave. Ours land. Our speakers equip your learners with frameworks, scripts, and skills they can use the moment they’re back on the unit — reducing turnover, rebuilding trust, and moving your organization from reactive to accountable.
SIGNATURE KEYNOTE
Breaking the Cycle: Empowering Leaders to Address Bullying and Incivility
Research reveals workplace violence, bullying, and incivility are top challenges for leaders today. Attendees will leave equipped with practical strategies, knowledge, skills, and tools to cultivate safer, more respectful workplace cultures.
NURSING FOCUS
Empowered, Caring, and Engaged: A Roadmap for Today's Nursing Workforce
Proven best practices from top-performing hospitals to build stronger, more connected teams. Addresses the most common sources of workplace conflict and equips nurses with tools to foster healthier, more respectful interactions.
with Renee Thompson & Diane Salter
WELL-BEING
From Exhausted to Extraordinary: Fostering a Culture of Well-being
A powerful, inspiring, and interactive keynote offering a refreshing pause and a much-needed reset for anyone who has questioned their future in healthcare. Leave with tools to feel better, live better, and work better.
with Diane Salter
EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE
The Emotionally Intelligent Nurse: New Insights for Retention and High Performance
Dr. Kusy shares top practices of emotional intelligence through the nursing lens. Discover why emotionally intelligent nurses find greater satisfaction in their work — a unique way to address the nursing shortage.
with Dr. Mitchell Kusy
EXECUTIVE FOCUS
The ROI of Civility: A Strategic Imperative to Workforce Well-being and Retention
Research-backed insights on how a respectful work culture isn’t just the right thing to do — it’s mission-critical. Civility drives retention, improves well-being, and boosts performance. Leaders leave with actionable strategies.
with Dr. Mitchell Kusy
LEADERSHIP & CULTURE
Bridging the Generational Divide: A Leadership Imperative for Culture and Retention in Healthcare
Research-backed strategies on how leaders can turn generational diversity into a culture-building advantage, reducing friction, strengthening psychological safety, and building inclusive teams where Boomers, Gen X, Millennials, and Gen Z all thrive.
With Priscilla Meyers, APRN, MSN, NNP-BC, ANLC-N, ACC
ACCOLADES
What event leaders say about our keynotes.
Renee Thompson delivered an engaging and insightful presentation packed with practical strategies that participants can immediately apply. Her ability to connect with the audience and provide relevant, real-world examples made the session both informative and inspiring. I left with valuable takeaways that will leave a lasting impact.
Renee delivers what healthcare has long needed: practical, powerful solutions to eliminate incivility and bullying. She captivates audiences with humor and heart while providing immediately actionable tools. I’ve brought Renee to three organizations, and every time her session was the highest-rated of the event. She’s not only a gifted speaker and expert, but she’s also an absolute joy to work with.
As healthcare professionals, we have the privilege of touching countless lives each day. Achieving this mission is only possible when our teams are healthy and resilient. Thanks to the Healthy Workforce Institute's Workshop, ‘8 essential skills of a healthy team,’ led by Dr. Renee Thompson, members of the Nursing Leadership Team were empowered to enhance their team culture by implementing the skills of enhanced self-reflection, constructive feedback, assertiveness paired with mutual respect, and the ability to immediately address bullying and incivility in the workplace. The workshop Renee provided was profoundly engaging. We walked away with tactical skills to build a healthy workforce. Her authenticity, expertise, and ability to capture an audience was awe-inspiring. The Healthy Workforce Institute overall was exceptionally easy to work with. They were well-organized, responsive, and collaborative.
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Our interactive keynotes go beyond the ordinary to foster a culture of respect
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