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Keynote · Andrew Brümmer

Building Teams That Run on Trust, Not Tension or Micro-Management.

Creating teams that want you around, not need you.

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years building teams

100+

companies, pre-revenue to enterprise

disciplines: heart, trust, intent

characteristics in the book

The keynote

Teams should want you, not need you.

If everything still lands on your desk, the answer is almost never the people. It is the conditions you built without realizing it. This keynote teaches leaders how to build teams that run independently, perform under pressure, and choose to work with you because of how it feels; not because they have to.

Where it comes from

Built from 20 years of building teams across countries, industries, and turnaround situations. Andrew breaks down the operating disciplines; heart, trust, intent; that move a leader from bottleneck to multiplier. You leave with the shift in your role: from doer to council, from decision-maker to safety net.

The room leaves with

Bringing multiple generations together and crossing the age divide
Creating autonomous teams through authentic, vulnerable leadership
Multiplying yourself by removing obstacles and being the trapeze net
Letting teams decide, fail, and succeed by themselves
The role shift: becoming their safety net while clearing boulders from their path

Format:: Keynote 45 to 90 minutes · Half-day and full-day workshops available
Audience:: CEOs, managers, team leaders, business owners
Ideal for:: Leadership conferences · Executive retreats · Management training · Corporate team-building · Multi-generational workforce initiatives
Outcome:: Heart, trust, intent as daily operating practice; not values to aspire to.

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One page, one side: the talk, the outcome, the fee ($4,995, per event, exclusive of travel), what is included and when not to book it. Built to be forwarded to whoever signs.

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Andrew Brümmer lives by a simple principle: plant seeds that will grow trees he will never sit under. He is the author of Leading Magnanimously: The Power of Heart, Trust, and Intent in Leading Teams. Across twenty years and more than one hundred companies, in countries, industries and turnarounds, he has sat in the operator seat and built teams that run without him. He is Interim Chief Operating Technology Officer at Industry Technologies (Armada). He helps leaders move from bottleneck to multiplier: from doer to council, from decision-maker to safety net, with teams that want them around, not need them.

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Inside the talk

Six moments the room takes home.

A founder alone in a large open office after hours

01 · The diagnosis

If everything still lands on your desk, it isn't the people.

It is the conditions you built without realizing it. The keynote starts there: what a leader does, every day, that keeps the team waiting for them.

A team leader crouching beside a colleague's desk, listening

02 · Heart

Show up as a human first.

Showing up with the full depth of your humanity; not the armoured version your role trained you to perform over years of having to be the strongest person in the room.

A manager stepping back while a team member presents

03 · Trust

Make it safe to say the honest thing.

Building the conditions where honest things can be said and heard without the relationship breaking. Most senior leaders have not experienced this since before they had a title.

A leader at a whiteboard explaining the why to a team

04 · Intent

Know why you lead the way you do.

Knowing why you lead the way you do; and whether that intention is actually serving the people you are responsible for, or serving the version of yourself that learned to survive.

A team calmly examining a broken prototype with a supportive leader

05 · The trapeze net

Let them decide. Let them fail. Let them succeed.

Multiply yourself by removing obstacles and being the trapeze net. Clear the boulders from their path; let them run.

A team working well together while their leader walks out the door

06 · The role shift

From doer to council. From decision-maker to safety net.

Teams should want you, not need you. That is the shift the room leaves with, and the daily practice of heart, trust and intent that keeps it.

From the audience

“Andrew Brummer's talk was super informative and engaging. He clearly knows what it takes to create amazing teams and leaders. I walked away with a lot of actionable tips and a new shift in what I think of as a team.”

Erin Newman · LinkedIn

For event organizers

Will Andrew tailor the keynote to our audience?

Always. Every engagement starts with a 30-minute prep call to understand the room, the industry pressure, and the takeaway you need. The keynote then gets tuned to the audience that is actually showing up.

Can it be a workshop instead?

Yes. Half-day and full-day workshops on the same material are available, and can follow the keynote on the same day.

How far in advance should we book?

Most events book 6 to 12 weeks out. Shorter notice is sometimes possible; faster requests get an honest answer the same day.

Do you travel?

Yes. Andrew speaks across North America, Europe, the UK, the Middle East, and Africa. Travel is billed at cost.

“Build a team that goes to bed Sunday night excited to get to the office Monday morning.”

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Keynote or workshop. Tell him who is in the room and what they need to leave with. He replies personally.