JOHN POLISH
KEYNOTE SPEAKER / TRAINER
HAPPY PEOPLE DON’T QUIT
HELPING ORGANIZATIONS KEEP THEIR BEST PEOPLE.
Building leaders with the emotional intelligence to reduces turnover, improve culture, and create workplaces where people genuinely want to stay — delivered with honesty, humor, and content that actually sticks.
Replacing one employee costs 6–9 months of their salary. Burnout and disengagement aren’t random — they’re predictable. And preventable.
Keynotes & Workshops
Content that moves people — and stays with them
John blends genuine humor and personal storytelling with battle-tested content to create sessions audiences remember long after the event ends.
Keynote
Happy People Don’t Quit
Why great employees leave — and the emotionally intelligent leadership strategies that inspire them to stay.
In this engaging keynote, John Polish reveals how emotional intelligence impacts employee engagement, culture, and retention. Through powerful stories, humor, and practical strategies, leaders discover how small shifts in leadership can create a workplace where people feel valued, connected, and motivated to stay.
Attendees will learn how to:
✓ Recognize the hidden reasons employees disengage and leave
✓ Build stronger relationships through emotional intelligence
✓ Create a culture where employees feel valued and connected
✓ Improve communication, trust, and team engagement
✓ Become the kind of leader people want to work for
Book John for your next event →
Training
Emotionally Intelligent Leaders
Why great employees leave — and the emotionally intelligent leadership strategies that inspire them to stay.
In this engaging keynote, John Polish reveals how emotional intelligence impacts employee engagement, culture, and retention. Through powerful stories, humor, and practical strategies, leaders discover how small shifts in leadership can create a workplace where people feel valued, connected, and motivated to stay.
Attendees will learn how to:
✓ Recognize the hidden reasons employees disengage and leave
✓ Build stronger relationships through emotional intelligence
✓ Create a culture where employees feel valued and connected
✓ Improve communication, trust, and team engagement
✓ Become the kind of leader people want to work for
Book John for your next event →
Moving Beyond
Moving Beyond has helped hundreds of people Find Happiness after trauma. The program helps you understand where your emotions come from and why they are different from others in your situation. It teaches you to process emotions and redefine what you need to be happy moving forward.
This program was originally developed to help survivors of the Route 91 concert shooting in Las Vegas. It was a great honor to help hundreds of survivors. Now we are excited to offer the same program to the everyone.
Moving Beyond is offered as a 5 week / 10 hour virtual cohort program, or as a weekend retreat style program.
We work through 3 phases in Moving Beyond.
Phase 1. Understanding Your Emotional Profile.
Phase 2. Processing Your Emotions.
Phase 2. Creating a New Normal
John Polish is the go-to resource for getting unstuck. He is a speaker, trainer, and two-time Amazon #1 bestselling author, as well as the creator of the Unstuck Happiness Conferences. John has developed practical systems that help individuals move beyond trauma and help organizations strengthen culture and employee retention. After losing his daughter Abigail to Trisomy 18, John turned two decades of research on happiness into strategies for resilience and emotional understanding. The work he used to rebuild his own life has since helped countless others, including survivors and families impacted by the Route 91 concert shooting in Las Vegas.
