CONFLICT KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Every day, organizations encounter differing opinions and circumstances that could lead to conflict. Do they avoid them or face them head-on, address them for what they are or let them spiral into all-consuming tornadoes of frustration and dissatisfaction?
Gabe Karp has been studying and implementing the principles of effective conflict for thirty years, from the courtroom to the boardroom to the break room. The result? He’s identified the five traps that turn conflict against businesses everywhere, and how to reverse those traps to make conflict an effective, powerful, and welcome presence in an organization.
Armed with these tools, Gabe’s clients have transformed their cultures, beaten their competition, and achieved more than they ever thought possible— all by embracing something they once feared.
SPEAKING TOPIC
EMBRACING PRODUCTIVE CONFLICT
Why does conflict matter? And why do you need someone like Gabe Karp to speak about it to your audience?
Many of us learn at a young age that conflict is a bad thing and should be avoided at all cost. We have a million years of fight or flight reflexes coded into our DNA. If left unchecked, these instincts can destroy culture, companies, and careers.
In his one-of-a-kind style that’s as entertaining as it is enlightening, Gabe Karp shows audiences how productive conflict is absolutely essential— while providing a clear roadmap for how to implement his methods immediately after they leave the event.
Your audience will learn to:
View conflict as a productive driver of success for organizations and people
Identify the danger traps of conflict that take us into destructive territory
Use simple but highly effective tools to embrace conflict to fuel success
Increase your empathy toward others
More effectively communicate in all areas of life
TOP 10 REASONS TO BOOK GABE
1. Memorable
From the moment he steps onstage, Gabe captures the attention and imagination of your audience with a message that takes them on a journey. His countless clients can attest that there’s not a zoned-out or phone-checking soul in the audience when Gabe’s onstage.
2. Actionable
Plenty of speakers have powerful delivery, inspiring words, and loud messages you’ve heard before. Gabe Karp brings real tools, proven strategies, and a game plan that your audience can put into action the moment they leave the event.
3. All About You
Gabe encourages clients to schedule a pre-event conversation with him before he delivers his message. Why? Because he knows every organization’s needs are different, and he wants to tailor his message so that your audience can get the most out of his presentation.
4. Seamless from Booking to Beyond
One place you won’t find conflict? The entire process of working with Gabe. He prides himself on being professional, drama-free, and easy to work with for the entire process. The only special request he makes is that you tell him any way he can help make your event a rousing success.
5. Must-See Entertainment
Gabe’s keynotes are informative, but information that doesn’t entertain is forgotten in a snap. Surprising, hilarious, and heartwarming, Gabe’s delivery ensures that your audience is locked-in from the first word to the last.
6. Research-Backed
Gabe has spent thirty years exploring and putting into action the principles in his talk. Whether or not they work isn’t a hypothetical— they’ve been proven to work, and Gabe compellingly shares exactly how and why.
7. Proven in the Real World
From his work as a courtroom litigator to his career as a boardroom investor and executive, Gabe has put productive conflict into action in real-world settings where the stakes couldn’t be higher.
8. Story-Driven
Gabe provides lesser known stories of household names, major organizations, and famous personalities— and the unexpected ways that conflict has made them into the successes they are. Get ready to hear his stories retold during coffee breaks at the event— and at your offices for years to come.
9. Designed to Get Results
Competitive threats, failure to attract and retain talent, declining stock price. All of these problems can trace their roots to poor management of conflict. Whatever your audience’s chief concerns, Gabe’s methods will empower them with the skills to overcome them and more.
10. Unlike Anyone Else
Conflict is scary, and talking about it is equally scary for many audiences. Gabe Karp turns this discomfort on its head with an engaging, warm, welcoming, and often hilarious approach that disarms audiences and pulls them in immediately.
