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Leadership Development for Organizations that Care About People and Performance.

Our founders wrote the book on leading through relationship.

We believe that lasting change comes from within. That’s why our co-founders, Matt Dunsmoor & Jean Larkin, wrote the bestselling book, “The Five Embodiments: A Guide to Human-Focused Leadership, Stronger Relationships, and a Workplace That Doesn’t Suck” to help leaders connect with their people and cultivate great workplaces.

Through research-backed frameworks and radically customized experiences, we want to help you close the gap between what your organization believes and how it behaves, starting with leadership development.

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We don’t just talk about change.
We help you live it.

We design and deliver custom-made workshops and experiences built to support leaders and organizations address common workplace challenges including

⇢ Leadership Development
⇢ Workplace Culture
⇢ Employee Engagement

OUR MOST POPULAR SERVICES

Keynotes

Inspire and engage a large audience at your next conference.

Workshops

Drive change through application based work with your group.

Programs

Sustain the work with a custom curriculum and continued support.

our facilitators have worked with leaders & organizations in

205+ cities

48 countries

6 continents

Our Most Popular Sessions

Leading Multigenerational Teams

Lead confidently across generational divides. Drop limiting labels and embrace employee empowerment.

Cultivating a Culture of Ownership

Build a foundation of psychological safety and high accountability that fuels performance.

Communication that Connects

Create clarity, ensure alignment, and set your people up for success. Stop wasting resources and conflict due to disconnection.

Operationalizing Your Values

Translate your values into workflows that drive real decisions.

Transforming Feedback

Take feedback from awkward or ineffective conversations to be avoided to frequent opportunities for growth.

Human-Focused Leadership

Make the transition from a manager with power to a true leader with trust.

We support HR teams, L&D professionals, and executives who want to transform challenges into opportunities to catalyze growth

Challenges We Help Solve

Bosses with practical skills but struggle to connect with and empower their people.

Managers caught between demands from above and needs from below.

Executives not getting the results they want from their teams.


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After Working with Octopy

Confident, connected, courageous leaders who bring the best out of their people.

Clear frameworks that transform culture from theory to action.

A framework with shared language that unites executives, managers, and teams.

FAQs

What’s the difference between a workshop and a keynote?

Workshops and keynotes are two types of experiences. While both can cover the same topics and involve interactive elements, here are some key differences:

Keynotes are inspiring and educational talks designed for larger groups and are ideal for 30-90 minute sessions.
Workshops are designed designed around group interaction and offer deeper exploration of a topic. They are ideal for small-to-medium sized audiences with 2-4 hour sessions.

Does your team offer virtual experiences, or in-person only?

Our experiences are designed to meet you where you’re at. We can deliver any of our keynotes and workshops in-person, online, or via a hybrid mix.

What is a program?

Often a keynote or workshop is a great start, but sustaining real change takes consistency. Our programs involve multiple touchpoints and a custom curriculum that spans multiple events and months (or even years). This is often a mix of workshops and/or keynotes with additional materials and touchpoints to keep the change relevant and in motion. Contact us to find out more.

What languages do you offer experiences in?

We primarily offer experiences in English as well as Spanish. If you would like to request another language, set up a call with us through our Contact Form to discuss more

I don’t have a budget for events. How can I still introduce your material into my team or organization?

No budget? No problem. We encourage you to check out our founders’ book, The Five Embodiments: A Guide to Human-Focused Leadership, Stronger Relationships, and a Workplace That Doesn’t Suck. We have a downloadable PDF that you can use to facilitate a book club with your team. Contact us for info!

What People say About Our work

“I wasn’t sure what to expect when our company invited us to this session but I left pleasantly surprised! It was insightful and left me feeling positive and ready to learn more. Highly recommend this session for other workplaces and for personal use too!”

Claudia

Digital Marketing Executive

We enjoyed collaborating with Octopy. Matt was very attentive during our pre-engagement calls, which allowed him to customize our workshop and appropriately address the challenges that we thought were most pressing in our organization.

Stijn

Head of L&D

The way Matt & Jean connect the obstacles to making meaningful human connections at work is timely and on point. Despite all of the leadership training out there, this is truly a different approach to leadership and in my opinion only has upside.

Steve

President & CEO

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