Doug Conant
Keynote Speaker on Leadership
ConantLeadership Founder, Doug Conant, brings unique expertise and deep perspective to speaking engagements, delivering wide-ranging keynotes on effective leadership practices for the new millennium.
- Engaging Virtual Programs, Keynotes, Masterclasses, Team Seminars & Fireside Chats
- Former Fortune 500 CEO & NYT Bestselling Author
- Named a Top 50 Leadership Innovator
- Named a Top 100 Leadership Speaker
- Twice Named a Top 100 Most Influential Author in the World
Trusted by some of the world’s leading brands
Book Doug For Your Speaking Event
In a world undergoing rapid transformation, change is the only constant. Doug Conant brings hard-earned wisdom to contemporary workplace challenges based on his 50 years of corporate leadership experience. As an active teacher, author, mentor, consultant, CEO, and speaker, Doug is in daily conversation with leaders in the trenches and is uniquely plugged into offering modern solutions that work right now, in today’s environment. Find out how he can help you meet the urgency of the moment.
Sample Speaking Topics
These topics are offered as examples of Doug Conant’s considerable experience and expertise. We are happy to work with event organizers to personalize each speaking engagement for your specific audience or hairy leadership conundrum.
The BLUEPRINT: A Proven Process for Lifting Your Leadership Impact Right Now
- Learn the 6 practical steps that can lift your leadership profile to new heights in today’s ever-changing world
- Master the same 6-step process Doug Conant used to change his own career trajectory—from getting fired to ascending to the top ranks of the Fortune 500
- Get empowering practices for continuous improvement that you can put to work immediately, no matter the circumstances
Forget Perfection: The Power of Small Steps to Create Big Impact Today
- Learn why the business world has transitioned from VUCA (Volatile, Uncertain, Complex, Ambiguous) to BANI (Brittle, Anxious, Non-linear, Incomprehensible) over the past few decades
- Get tips for moving out of anxiety and into action in today’s unprecedented, challenging environment
- Discover how to master small, manageable steps on the path to enduring impact, improved employee engagement, and high performance
Yes, You Can: Create Extraordinary Leadership Moments in a Chaotic World
- Discover Doug’s empowering, experience-backed tips for embracing pragmatic optimism, honed over a 50-year leadership career
- Find out why yes, you can create positive connections, boost employee engagement, and deliver high performance in a volatile business climate using the TouchPoints framework for more effective interactions and the Blueprint process for incremental progress
- Master actionable strategies for meeting the urgency of the moment—today and tomorrow
From Worst to First: Tales of Transformation from a Contemporary Fortune 500 Turnaround CEO
- Hear how Doug Conant transformed the culture of several iconic Fortune 500 companies—as President of Nabisco Foods, CEO of Campbell Soup Company, Chairman of Avon Products, and more—and learn how you can too
- Discover the true-and-tested people-management practices that helped Doug transform employee engagement “from swamp water to Perrier, to champagne.”
- Learn how to apply these generative principles to kick-start transformation in your organization instantly
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Unique Expertise & Deep Perspective
Doug is the only former Fortune 500 CEO who is a New York Times and Wall Street Journal best-selling author, a Top 50 Leadership Innovator, a Top 100 Leadership Speaker, and was twice named one of the 100 Most Influential Authors in the World.
Doug is the Founder and CEO of ConantLeadership, former President and CEO of Campbell Soup Company, former President of Nabisco Foods, and former Chairman of Avon Products. He is also Retired Chairman and curent Board Member of CECP—Chief Executives for Corporate Purpose, and the recently retired Chairman of The Center for Higher Ambition Leadership. He has previously served as Chairman of The Conference Board, Chairman of the Grocery Manufacturers Association, and Chairman of Enactus, and he has served on the boards of AmerisourceBergen, RHR International, and many more
A devoted leadership practitioner and teacher, Doug’s 50-year career has been defined by achieving high performance through an intentional commitment to studying, practicing, improving, and spreading the tenets of “leadership that works.”
What Top Leadership Voices Are Saying
“Leaders at every level in today’s organizations must now be more courageous, well-equipped, and resilient than ever before. Conant’s process will help you to explore your own unique strengths—fearlessly.”
“Doug Conant is a special breed: a hard-edged corporate CEO with an introspective nature who attributes his success to reflection, study, and thoughtful inner work rather than birthright or bombast.”
“There is no other leader who has more effectively balanced enduring organizational performance with a passionate caring for people . . . take Doug as your teacher.”
“Doug Conant has long been one of America’s most effective and enlightened leaders.”
"Doug Conant has proven himself to be a very disciplined CEO. . . his example shows how effective business leaders can be quiet and bold, studious and decisive, disciplined and creative. Conant has so much to teach, and aspiring leaders at all levels would do well to learn from him."
“Doug Conant hasn’t just been a highly successful leader—he’s an unusually thoughtful one.”
