Change Management Keynote Speaker - George Stern
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George Stern is a change management keynote speaker for organisations that need practical transformation, not consultant language. His keynote uses `Match the Response to the Actual Problem`, `The 3P Method`, and public-sector turnaround proof from Jefferson County to show leaders how to listen to the frontline, diagnose what is actually mismatched, and choose the intervention the situation requires.
George Stern
Practical keynote frameworks for rooms with real decisions to make.
George's change-management keynote is not about asking people to embrace change harder. It is about matching the response to the actual problem before a transformation programme turns into theatre. George has run change in public, under scrutiny, with systems people touch every day. His playbook connects the Jefferson County turnaround, Amentum leadership delivery, and firehouse calibration into a practical method: prepare before pressure, diagnose the mismatch, solve the real problem, then polish the system after the heat drops.
George served as Jefferson County Clerk and Recorder, ran eight elections, earned four national innovation awards, and defended election integrity on 60 Minutes with Anderson Cooper. He also brings ten years of volunteer firefighting experience and a senior leadership delivery proof point through Amentum VP and Program Manager Jeff Haars. That stack matters because change buyers do not need another model explained from a distance. They need someone who has changed real systems while the public, the team, and the clock were all watching.
What Your Audience Leaves With
A usable frame for the decision in front of them
This keynote is built for heads of transformation, COOs, CHROs, internal communications leads, operations directors, and public-sector leaders running active change. The room is usually full of independent overachievers: people with the credentials and authority to launch change, but not always the shared playbook to keep it practical once the resistance, confusion, and frontline truth start arriving.
Topic focus
Change Management
The Problem
Why change programmes stall
Most change keynotes make resistance the villain. Sometimes resistance is the problem. Sometimes it is useful data that the plan is mismatched to the system people are actually working inside.
George's framework starts with calibration. Do not bring chainsaws to a water fight. Do not prescribe the last thing that worked before you understand the fire in front of you.
That is why `The 3P Method` matters in change: prepare the conditions, problem solve without ego, then polish the system instead of declaring victory at launch.
Key Takeaways
What Your Audience Leaves With
How to use `Match the Response to the Actual Problem` before choosing a change intervention.
How `The 3P Method` turns change into Prepare, Problem Solve, and Polish.
Why frontline truth is often better data than executive certainty.
How to separate useful resistance from ego, fear, or poor communication.
How to keep change practical after the kickoff energy fades.
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