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Leadership keynote speaker

Keynotes & Speaking

Hakim speaks to conferences, associations, professional networks and companies about self-leadership: leading yourself first, so you can lead others with clarity, confidence and compassion.

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Recent hosts include

  • Georgia CASA
  • Florida Academy of Collaborative Professionals
  • ProVisors
  • TE Connectivity
  • FIRST Robotics Competition
  • University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa
  • Florida Professionals Association

Recent and upcoming talks

Most of Hakim’s talks start from the same idea: how you lead yourself shapes how you lead everyone else.

Hakim on a stage lit blue and green, with attendees at round tables watching from the front of the room
Keynote at the Florida Academy of Collaborative Professionals Annual Conference, May 2025.

  1. Lead Before You Scale: The Emotional Intelligence Required to Grow People, Teams & Organizations

    Therapist & Coach Growth Summit · Obtaining Mastery and Miami Marketer · Virtual

  2. You Are The Business

    South Florida Breakfast with a BD Leader

  3. Beyond the Bot: How Trust Turns Teams Into Champions

    FIRST Robotics Competition South Florida Regional

  4. The Power of Self-Leadership: From Summit Insights to Monday Impact

    The Summit: Georgia’s Child Welfare Conference · Georgia Office of the Child Advocate, Supreme Court of Georgia’s Committee on Justice for Children, and Georgia CASA

  5. The Secrets of Self-Leadership

    Accelerate Your Membership Workshop · ProVisors

  6. Branching Out: Expanding the Collaborative Approach Through Self-Leadership

    FACP Annual Conference · Florida Academy of Collaborative Professionals

  7. Self-Leadership as a Path to Professional Development and Advancement

    AH ERG · TE Connectivity

  8. Leadership Workshop

    Law School Leadership Team · University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa · Workshop

  9. Creating Extraordinary Results Through Self-Leadership

    TNA Charleston · Virtual

  10. Creating Extraordinary Results Through Self-Leadership

    General Membership Meeting · Collaborative Divorce Practice Group (CFLI)

  11. Leadership Panel

    Professionals in Paradise 2024 · Florida Professionals Association · Panel

Formats

In person or virtual, from a single keynote to a breakout that turns ideas into next steps.

  • Keynotes

    Opening and closing talks for conferences, annual meetings and member events.

  • Panels

    Panelist or moderator, as at Professionals in Paradise 2024.

  • Breakouts and workshops

    Interactive sessions where participants leave with actionable steps they can use right away.

  • Virtual

    The same talks, delivered online for remote and distributed audiences.

What audiences say

From attendee feedback after Hakim’s talks.

“You created a safe space for BD professionals to open up and sharpen their saws.”
Peter C. Leighton BDPros South Florida
“He shared a personal story which made me listen more knowing he had been through that struggle himself and worked through it. You are a very clear light in the world”
Lisa Attendee
“…very gifted in translating positivity and speaking life into the legal community.”
Sheryle Dickens-Thomas Attendee
“Engaging, informative and inspiring. Great tips and with tools to use in the future with individuals and Volunteers that we work with.”
Stacie Johnson Attendee
“A must hear for all seasoned and young business development professionals.”
Newell Chavis Attendee
“Great speaker. Information was very applicable to what I do professionally!”
Evelyn Davis Attendee
“A good choice for closing a conference”
Conference attendee Anonymous feedback

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Hakim A. Lakhdar, M.A., M.B.A.Transformational leadership coach to CEOs, founders and executives

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