Your event attendees will applaud you for choosing Colene to deliver a message that speaks to their desire to accomplish big things

Watch Colene engage audiences with proven strategies that help make your company a great place to work.
Home Page Colene Rogers Support Image
Leadership is More Than a Title, It’s Influence

Seize the leadership opportunities that life will most certainly present and maximize your individual and organizational success.

Home Page Colene Rogers Support Image
Retention: Key Mindsets That Retain Top Talent:

Solutions that improve company culture so your employee’s continually say I want to work here.

Home Page Colene Rogers Support Image
LAYING THE FOUNDATION FOR HIGH PERFORMING TEAMS

Expecting your leaders to deliver high-performance results when processes are undocumented, and goals remain undefined is expecting too much.

Home Page Colene Rogers Support Image
CHANGE THE CONVERSATION, CHANGE THE CULTURE

Learn the steps anyone can take to approach a conversation that has a greater likelihood to resolve differences that otherwise would interfere with work.

“I am proud to give Colene my highest recommendation. She has shown that she is a world class leader who has learned much and now is focused on using her vast experience and knowledge for the development and growth of others. Whether speaking from the stage to the large crowd of in a more intimate one-on-one conversation, Colene was highly professional and refreshingly thoughtful in her delivery. She is deliberate. As a keynote speaker at our international conference, Colene was highly engaging, funny, and interesting as she taught information that is timely, practical and highly relevant.”

Dan Holland

North Americal Director of Operations, Softwash Systems

Colene is truly a professional speaker with polished content that is both insightful and thought-provoking. While focusing on leadership and driving employee engagement, she delivered a fantastic presentation for our group of senior leaders in a short turnaround with minimal time to prepare. I gladly recommend Colene and hope to be able to work with her again soon!

Edric Sanchez

Staff Director, Florida Legislature

Colene Rogers recently presented a workshop for our Colorado Mortgage Lenders Association’s Leadership Forum on the topic of Retention: Key Mindsets that Retain Top Talent. The attendees gave her the highest ratings possible! She kept them engaged, offered real life examples, made them think, and provided helpful tools to use with their own teams. As the facilitator for this Forum, the added benefit is that Debbut had to pivot to virtual at the last minute. It takes a real pro to do that. I highly recommend her and will certainly consider her for future engagements!

Deb Meogrossi

Owner, Mortgage Forums, LLC

Colene Rogers was a keynote speaker at our 2021 Montana State SHRM conference. Colene was easy to work with and flexible when we had to move from an in-person event to a virtual event. Her keynote sessions we engaging and very informative. I would recommend Colene as a keynote speaker!

Tina (Kristina) Hanninen

Conference Director, Montana SHRM

Colene Rogers is an electrifying public speaker. Her passion for human resources is infectious. In her sessions, attendees will gain a fresh perspective on the major trends to attract and retain the best talent. Is my pleasure to give Colene Rogers my highest recommendation as a keynote speaker. She will deliver valuable information in an inspiring and entertaining manner.

Heather Babineaux

Conference Director, Louisiana SHRM

Colene was an amazing keynote and the perfect way to close out #lashrm21! Her great energy was capped by fantastic content that was spot on. She gave so much that we can take back to our offices an implement immediately! Thank you, Colene, for and amazing presentation and being so great to work with!

Gena Champagne

President, Louisiana SHRM

I got the pleasure of being in one of Colene’s sessions and I was able to absorb so much information in the one hour presentation. I am eager to bring some of the takeaways back home to use with my teams. I’m also super excited to take the DISC assessment and learn more about myself. Highly recommend if you have the opportunity to learn from Colene, take it!!!

Lynda Vecchiarello

COO , Solar On Earth

Colene, we found your presentation and topic to be the most impactful of our time at the conference. We had ten associates from our company in attendance and there was consensus amongst our group that your topic was most relevant to what is currently happening in our business. Thank you for sending the recommended reading (already shared with my colleagues) and hope to cross paths with you again at another conference. Have a great one and thank you again for an impactful few hours.

Chris Phillippe

Contractor Sales Manager, Viking Electric

I recently had the pleasure of sitting in on two presentations by Ms. Colene Rogers as a part of the Louisiana SHRM annual convention, what a treat! In a profession that I personally find challenging sometimes, to navigate and balance with my personal goals, she offers some pragmatic solutions to problems that can seem very subjective in a leadership role. I truly enjoyed her vision, attitude, and communication style. I look forward to reading her books and hope to see her on the agenda in future workshops and conferences!

Lori Thompson, SHRM-CP

Operations and Trainer Manager, Highflyer HR

I worked with Colene on the HR Florida State Council and found her to be the consummate professional. She could always be counted on to deliver. In addition, I attended her webinar entitled “The future of HR:Strategic Partnerships that create acquisition, engagement and retention solutions”. This was an excellent program packed with insightful ideas and information that could be readily tailored for immediate use in any workplace. Her presentation skills and ability to identify and interact with the audience were exceptional. I would recommend her without hesitation to any organization needing help with retention.

Alonzo Smith

District Director, HR Florida State Council

I worked with Colene on the HR Florida State Council and found her to be the consummate professional. She could always be counted on to deliver. In addition, I attended her webinar entitled “The future of HR:Strategic Partnerships that create acquisition, engagement and retention solutions”. This was an excellent program packed with insightful ideas and information that could be readily tailored for immediate use in any workplace. Her presentation skills and ability to identify and interact with the audience were exceptional. I would recommend her without hesitation to any organization needing help with retention.

Weston Dudley

Manufacturing Engineer, Northrop Grumman

Virtual

Home Page Colene Rogers Support Image

With more people meeting online for conferences and group meetings, many of us by now have witnessed the good, the bad, and everything in-between as far as quality is concerned. To that, I have been meeting virtually with my clients for years now and my experienced team is ready to help you deliver a professional virtual experience for your next conference, association, or team meeting.

Watch this video to hear Colene speak
in greater detail about the virtual side of her business.

Randy Ardis

Randy Ardis
Pensacola SHRM

“Our SHRM Chapter had the privilege of hosting Colene as our April 2020 speaker. The leadership team enjoyed working with her as this was our first time hosting a regular, monthly meeting online. Colene put us at ease and we appreciated her use of polls and breakouts during the meeting for expanded discussions. She was well-prepared, polished, and relatable. We enjoyed the content of her presentation and I am personally looking forward to reading her book which comes out next month. If your HR group is looking for a speaker who has approved SHRM/HRCI content, I strongly recommend Colene. If your group is looking for coaching and leadership content, I urge you to connect with Colene to see how she can help your organization!”

Alonzo Smith

Alonzo Smith
HR Florida State Council
District 1 Director

“I worked with Colene on the HR Florida State Council and found her to be the consummate professional. She could always be counted on to deliver. In addition, I attended her Zoom presentation entitled "The future of HR: Strategic Partnerships that create acquisition, engagement and retention solutions". This was an excellent program packed with insightful ideas and information that could be readily tailored for immediate use in any workplace. Her presentation skills and ability to identify and interact with the audience were exceptional. I would recommend her without hesitation to any organization needing help with retention.”

Download PDF for Virtual Keynote Package

How to Work with Colene

  • Event planners have a discovery call with Colene
  • Colene crafts her presentation to align with your meeting/conference theme
  • Colene delivers an engaging keynote that meets audience need
  • Attendees praise you for choosing Colene

Colene’s Bio

Colene is the author of Retention: Key Mindsets That Retain Top Talent. She shares how to create a culture that moves your employees to think of your organization as the top mindset – A Career Company – the company they never want to leave.

This same content informs her keynotes, workshops, leadership training, and HR consulting. Every day she is helping real companies find solutions to their staffing needs. This makes the content she shares from the stage and in her workshops current to what her audience is experiencing today.
As a former recruiter with 20+ years as a Human Resource Professional, Colene knows what it’s like to spend substantial time and resources to find, hire and train a skilled employee, only to watch that employee go work for someone else. She hated that feeling so much she has now made it her business to help companies make that loss a rarity.

 

Download Longer Bio (PDF)

Colene’s Bio

Colene is the author of Retention: Key Mindsets That Retain Top Talent. She shares how to create a culture that moves your employees to think of your organization as the top mindset – A Career Company – the company they never want to leave.

This same content informs her keynotes, workshops, leadership training, and HR consulting. Every day she is helping real companies find solutions to their staffing needs. This makes the content she shares from the stage and in her workshops current to what her audience is experiencing today.
As a former recruiter with 20+ years as a Human Resource Professional, Colene knows what it’s like to spend substantial time and resources to find, hire and train a skilled employee, only to watch that employee go work for someone else. She hated that feeling so much she has now made it her business to help companies make that loss a rarity.

 

Download Longer Bio (PDF)

How can Colene Serve You?

Corporate and Small Business

Without the right employee retention strategies, you will continue to experience:

  • A shortage of employees to do the work
  • Frustration as you watch your most talented employees leave
  • The loss of reputation because you can’t deliver what you promise
  • The loss of money and morale

With Retention Architecture you become the employer of choice

  • A strong talent acquisition program
  • Leaders employees want to follow
  • Communication that resolves our differences
  • A strong talent development program
  • HR practices that keep you out of court

Associations

Your members attend your conference for solutions to their everyday business challenges. They are looking for:

  • Applicable action steps for their industry
  • Guidance for improvement
  • Inspiration to set powerful goals

Colene presents content applicable to all industries:

  • Strategies to become the company employees never want to leave
  • How to become a leader people want to follow
  • Candid communication skills that benefit the organization and employees of every level

Human Resources

Colene, SHRM-SCP, PHR is right at home when she speaks to HR professionals on how to implement initiatives that will increase their own level of influence within their organization.

Attendees will be equipped and inspired to affect positive change in the areas of:
  • Talent acquisition
  • Leadership development
  • Communication and conflict management
  • Talent development

Government

In direct competition with the private sector, it is paramount that public sector organizations be able to give employees many good reasons to come and work with them and stay.

Colene shows:
  • How to become the organization employees never want to leave
  • How relational leaders can prevent employees from being lured away by more money elsewhere
  • How becoming masters of empathy can overcome the differences that develop between people.

With Retention Architecture you become the employer of choice

  • A strong talent acquisition program
  • Leaders employees want to follow
  • Communication that resolves our differences
  • A strong talent development program
  • HR practices that keep you out of court

How to Work with Colene

  • Event planners have a discovery call with Colene
  • Colene crafts her presentation to align with your meeting/conference theme
  • Colene delivers an engaging keynote that meets audience need
  • Attendees praise you for choosing Colene
Home Page Colene Rogers Support Image

Mark Murray
Santa Rosa County
Assistant County Administrator

“Very rewarding class – the true benefit was borne from the diversity of the group and the discussions during our weekly engagements. An excellent facilitator who encourages others to be brilliant in the basics - it’s clear that Colene is passionate about inspiring others to do better - for themselves, for their organizations and for their clients. Retention is the title of the book, but it’s underpinned by leadership lessons that are applicable everywhere and always.”

Home Page Colene Rogers Support Image

Anna Causey
Executive Vice President
Torgersen Causey

“I wanted to follow up with a big thank you for this morning’s session. I wasn’t sure what to expect but in addition to learning and sharing this morning, I can honestly say that I simply had fun!! Colene- thank you for facilitating and encouraging.”

Home Page Colene Rogers Support Image

Rosemary Messina
VP Marketing & Online Sales
ICI Homes

“Just finished Colene’s Leadership Series. Lots of useful information, interactive exercises and tips to help us navigate team member retention, recognition and conflict resolution. Enjoyable and thought-provoking – a game-changer - for newer managers as well as us 20-year veterans. I highly recommend Colene and her course.”

Home Page Colene Rogers Support Image

Bethany Kempf
Online Sales Manager
ICI Homes

"Colene’s guidance during the Leadership Mastermind experience made it easy to exchange ideas with other managers in my company that I wouldn’t typically collaborate with. Not only did we meet weekly, but Colene also provided materials after each training session that I can use to look back on in the future. Her lesson on tough talks was especially beneficial and turned what could have been an awkward conversation into a productive one for both parties. Colene is both professional and personable, and I highly recommend the Leadership experience!"

Home Page Colene Rogers Support Image

Samuel Morrisett
Florida Division Manager 
ICI Homes

"The Talent Keeper Leadership Series provided outstanding conduit for our team to share and grow together like never before. It was true delight seeing our team come alive-exploring new creative ways to retain and improve our most valuable resource"

Latest Posts