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SPEAKING WITH DR. HANK RUBIN

Keynote Speaking | Customized for Your Event, Your Community

INSPIRE • REFLECT • REFOCUS • MOVE PEOPLE TO ACTION   


Most events don’t fail because of ideas, but because nothing changes afterward. 

These keynotes focus on real-world application for leaders working in complex, 

high-pressure environments where results and relationships both matter.

Let's talk about your speaking needs

make change happen

Featured Keynote Leadership

Reimagining Collaboration When The World Is Pulling Us Apart


What if we’ve been approaching collaboration the wrong way?

In this timely and thought-provoking keynote, Dr. Rubin challenges leaders to rethink how partnerships are built and how change is led in divided, high-stakes environments.

Grounded in real-world leadership experience and his latest work, Leadership Re-Imagined, Hank offers both a clear challenge and a practical framework for leading with greater courage, inclusion, and effectiveness.

Bold in perspective, grounded in practice, and shaped by lived experience—this session delivers insights only someone with Hank’s background can bring to the stage.


 

Collaborative Leadership: Leading Change Through Partnership


What if leadership is not about control—but about enabling meaningful change?

In this engaging session, Hank Rubin brings his collaborative leadership model to life, translating it into practical tools for real-world leadership challenges.


This session includes:


  • The Leadership Change Model 
  • “It’s Relationship, Stupid!” — why relationships are at the core of effective public leadership 
  • The Collaboration Life Cycle — 14 phases of sustained, effective collaboration

 

Designed for leadership programs, executive retreats, staff development, and mission-driven organizations that are ready to move beyond traditional approaches and lead with greater clarity, alignment, and impact.

Rethinking the Foundations of Leadership

Dr. Rubin's speeches will challenge your team's assumptions and make them think about things in new and innovative ways. Through his speeches, your team will come up with fresh ideas on how to approach community problems.


Hank has a gift for storytelling. His speeches are peppered with anecdotes that keep audiences engaged and invested. He speaks with an energy and enthusiasm that will leave your team feeling motivated and excited to put his ideas into practice. 


Hank draws on decades of dynamic public leadership, drawing on his personal experience tackling some of the most significant social issues of our time. His experience inspiring, and his speeches are a call to action for all who hear them.

Literary Works & Tools

purpose • principles • people

 With a core focus on Purpose, Principles & People, Dr. Rubin establishes the foundation of Collaborative Leadership. 

PURPOSE

PRINCIPLES

We always start with “WHY”—it is the foundation for alignment, decision-making, and impact.

PRINCIPLES

PRINCIPLES

Our principles and values guide what we do, how we do it, who we do it with, and how we show up in practice.

PEOPLE

PEOPLE

Collaboration is built through relationships—one at a time, with the right people in the right roles, at the right moment, for the right work.

UNLOCK your team's CAPACITY TO MAKE CHANGE HAPPEN

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