Main Stage Talks
Reframing How We See Work
From main stages to boardrooms, she helps leaders and teams rediscover what’s possible when we love our work.
Work shouldn’t just be something we survive.
Across industries and organizations, engagement is dropping while burnout rises. But the issue isn’t just workload, it’s disconnection. When people stop feeling seen, valued, and part of something meaningful, work loses its spark.
For the Love of Work: Reclaiming the Core of Engagement
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For the Love of Work: Reclaiming the Core of Engagement
We all need work. And we all deserve a chance to love our work. Yet too often, engagement feels like a puzzle we can’t solve, burnout rises, morale dips, and collaboration frays.This keynote reframes engagement not as a strategy or performance issue, but as a profoundly human one. Drawing on powerful research and stories, Maria shows how people are wired to love work and how we can rekindle engagement by tending to the human foundations of work.
FROM THIS KEYNOTE, YOU WILL:
Understand why engagement efforts often fail to spark real change
Recognize the relational gaps that quietly drain energy and trust
Learn the three conditions that make work feel purposeful and human
Leave with simple, actionable practices to help people love their work again
Work doesn’t break because people stop doing their jobs. It breaks when people stop seeing each other.
For the Love of Work is an invitation to shift the engagement paradigm and make work matter again.
When people feel seen, understood, and valued, everything changes.
If you’re planning an event, retreat, or leadership gathering, bring a conversation that reconnects people to what they love about their work and what’s possible when they do.
