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A voice that moves rooms and organizations.

Keynotes, panels, workshops, and event hosting for audiences who want substance delivered with candor. Available nationwide, virtual and on-site.

Dr. Sarah M. Dorsainville speaking at the University of Southern California
The Speaker

Dr. Sarah M. Dorsainville is a keynote speaker and facilitator whose work sits at the intersection of leadership, culture, and the people who make both real.

Audiences describe her as direct, warm, and unusually practical. She brings the credibility of an HR executive who has led people strategy for an organization of more than 1,300 employees, the rigor of a PhD, and the clarity of someone who has taught at the university level and knows how to make complex ideas land.

She has addressed corporate, nonprofit, and higher education audiences from university stages to national professional convenings, and serves as Co-Director of Programs for the National Human Resources Association. Every talk is tailored to the room. Nothing is delivered from a template.

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Signature Topics

Talks built for leaders, teams, and the moments that test them.

Each topic is available as a keynote, a workshop, or a facilitated session, and is adapted to the audience, the occasion, and the outcome the organization is after.

01

Women in Leadership

Navigating ambition, influence, and visibility in organizations that were not built with you in mind, and leading without shrinking to fit.

02

How to Have Hard Conversations

A practical framework for the feedback, performance, and conflict conversations most leaders avoid, and what it costs organizations when they do.

03

Inclusion & Belonging in the Workplace

Moving past statements toward the structures, behaviors, and leadership practices that make people stay, contribute, and thrive.

04

Radical Candor & Leading Strong Teams

How high-performing teams balance care and challenge, and how leaders build the trust that makes direct feedback possible.

05

Resilience & Betting on Yourself

On risk, reinvention, and the discipline of moving forward when the outcome is not guaranteed. Frequently requested for graduations, cohorts, and milestone events.

06

Custom Keynotes & Programs

Leadership, culture, the future of work, AI and the people function, and executive development, built around your organization's specific context and goals.

Formats

Delivered the way your event needs it.

From a 20-minute keynote to a two-day leadership intensive, the format follows the outcome. All programs are available virtually or on-site.

Keynote Addresses

Opening and closing keynotes for conferences, summits, all-hands meetings, and milestone events.

Panel Facilitation & Moderation

Moderating executive panels and fireside conversations with the preparation that makes them worth attending.

Workshops & Training

Interactive sessions that leave participants with frameworks and practices they can use the following week.

Event Hosting & Emcee

Program hosting for conferences, galas, and convenings that need a confident, warm, and organized presence at the front of the room.

Executive Offsites & Retreats

Facilitated leadership sessions for executive teams and boards working through strategy, culture, or transition.

Virtual Programs

Webinars, virtual keynotes, and multi-session learning series designed for distributed and hybrid audiences.

Past Stages

Trusted by organizations that take their audiences seriously.

NBC University of Southern California University of San Francisco University of Indiana National Human Resources Association Pasadena Tournament of Roses Scott Free Productions Project Optimism Inc. MRK Partners
Dr. Sarah M. Dorsainville addressing an audience at the University of San Francisco
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