Conversations That Challenge Audiences to Think, Align, and Act
Dr. William Epps Jr. brings nearly two decades of executive leadership experience, doctoral research, university teaching, published thought leadership, and practical organizational insight to conversations about leadership, business, culture, strategy, and transformation.
As an ordained minister, Dr. Epps also brings years of ministry leadership experience to conversations at the intersection of faith, leadership, purpose, service, and personal transformation.
His speaking style combines practical experience, evidence-based insight, storytelling, and thoughtful reflection to create engaging experiences tailored to the needs of each audience.
Speaking topics draw from Dr. Epps' executive experience, doctoral research, published work, university teaching, and ministry leadership.
SPEAKING AT A GLANCE
Selected speaking areas include:
Executive Leadership & Decision-Making
Operational Excellence
Strategic Planning & Priority Setting
Project, Program & Portfolio Management
PMO Leadership & Governance
Executive Communication
Team Effectiveness & Collaboration
Conflict Management
Organizational Trust & Accountability
Leadership Development
Strategic Problem-Solving
Performance Management & KPIs
Business Planning & Pitch Development
Purpose, Identity & Personal Alignment
Faith, Leadership & the Marketplace
Looking for something different? These topics represent selected areas of expertise, not an exhaustive list. Presentations can be developed or customized around your audience, event theme, organizational priorities, or desired outcomes.
Speaking topics draw from Dr. Epps' executive experience, doctoral research, published work, university teaching, and ministry leadership. The topics below represent selected areas of expertise and can be customized based on the audience, event theme, and desired outcomes.
EXPLORE SELECTED TOPICS
Leadership & Organizational Effectiveness
Organizational Alignment & Performance
How alignment among leadership, people, strategy, processes, and accountability influences organizational performance and execution.
Person-Supervisor Fit
Drawing from Dr. Epps' doctoral research on generational conflict and person-supervisor fit, this topic explores how differences in values, expectations, communication, and leadership preferences can influence trust, engagement, working relationships, and organizational effectiveness.
Leading Across Generations
Moving beyond generational stereotypes to understand how leaders can strengthen communication, trust, collaboration, and effectiveness across generations.
Leadership, Culture & Organizational Behavior
Exploring how leadership behavior, organizational culture, relationships, and workplace dynamics influence how people and organizations perform.
People-Centered Leadership & Organizational Performance
Examining the relationship between leadership, trust, culture, accountability, belonging, and organizational performance.
Strategy, Transformation & Operations
From Strategy to Execution
Exploring the leadership, governance, accountability, communication, and operating disciplines that help organizations translate strategic priorities into measurable results.
Leading Through Organizational Change
Understanding both the human and operational dimensions of leading people and organizations through uncertainty, transition, and transformation.
Operations & Organizational Effectiveness
Examining how processes, accountability, operating structures, performance measures, and leadership practices influence organizational execution.
Transformation, Governance & Strategic Execution
Practical perspectives on leading complex initiatives, establishing governance, strengthening accountability, and moving transformation priorities forward.
Business & Entrepreneurship
Entrepreneurship & New Venture Development
Exploring the journey from business idea to viable concept, including opportunity identification, value creation, planning, pitching, and execution.
Marketing & Business Fundamentals
Practical conversations about understanding customers, creating value, positioning organizations, and connecting business decisions to organizational strategy.
Innovation & Organizational Change
Exploring how leaders and organizations navigate innovation while managing the people, processes, and cultural changes required to make new ideas work.
Faith, Purpose & Leadership
Faith-Based Transformative Leadership (FBTL)
An exploration of leadership through character, purpose, integrity, service, accountability, and stewardship. FBTL challenges leaders to consider how who they are influences how they lead and the environments they create for others.
Values-Driven Leadership
Examining how personal and organizational values influence leadership decisions, relationships, culture, and organizational performance.
Stewardship, Service & Purpose in Leadership
A leadership conversation centered on responsibility, service, purpose, and the people and resources entrusted to leaders.
BEYOND THE LIST
The topics above are not intended to be exhaustive. Dr. Epps develops presentations, keynotes, workshops, and facilitated conversations across a broader range of business, leadership, organizational, academic, and ministry topics.
Have a specific topic or theme in mind? We welcome the opportunity to discuss your audience and objectives and explore how Dr. Epps' experience and expertise can contribute to your event.
CUSTOMIZED SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS
Every audience is different. Presentations can be tailored to an organization's event theme, audience, leadership priorities, or desired outcomes.
For organizations seeking deeper engagement, speaking engagements can also be paired with executive facilitation, leadership development, workshops, executive advisory, or organizational consulting through The Alignment Project.
ENGAGEMENT FORMATS
• Keynote Addresses
• Conference Presentations
• Executive & Leadership Retreats
• Leadership Workshops
• Corporate & Organizational Events
• University & Business School Programs
• Church & Ministry Events
• Panels & Moderated Conversations
• Customized Presentations & Workshops
INVITE DR. EPPS TO SPEAK
Whether you are planning a corporate event, conference, leadership retreat, university program, church or ministry gathering, or another event, we welcome the opportunity to explore how Dr. Epps can contribute to the conversation.
Tell us about your event, audience, topic, and what you hope participants will take away.