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Explore the World of Leadership Topics

Welcome, ladies and gentlemen, to an exhilarating journey into the future of work! Join us as we explore popular topics that will redefine your professional lives. Uncover the secrets to adaptability, remote work, diversity, and lifelong learning. Embrace change, seize opportunities, and shape a future of unparalleled success. Dare to explore, believe in yourself, and embark on this quest together. Welcome to our popular topics on The Future of Work!

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Experience on and off Stage.

When you work with us, you’ll receive outstanding customer service from the moment we connect.

Customized Keynotes

Fahd will prepare a customized keynote for your event.

Customer Service

You’ll be assigned a dedicated account manager to answer your questions within 12 hours.

Exceptional Delivery

Instead of a lecture, Fahd provides a performance that will have your audience asking for more.

Highly Relatable

Fahd shares personal stories, hardships, and triumphs to illustrate leadership lessons.

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If you’re not satisfied with the performance, we’ll refund your payment.

Keynote Topics

The Hidden Multiplier: Unlocking the Leadership Potential Already Inside Your Teams

Every event needs a talk that sparks energy and shifts perspective. This is that talk.

 

Most organizations think their growth problem is strategy, technology, or talent acquisition. The uncomfortable truth? It’s managers.

Research shows that 70% of employee engagement is dictated by the manager. And yet, most managers are promoted accidentally—because they were good at their jobs, not because they were trained to lead. The result? Burnout, disengagement, costly turnover, and cultures that feel more like politics than performance.

 

In this electrifying keynote, Fahd Alhattab reveals the hidden lever every company overlooks: turning managers into multipliers. When managers are equipped with the right tools, they don’t just manage tasks—they multiply performance, energy, and culture.

 

Drawing on Unicorn Labs’ Six Levels of High-Performing Teams, Fahd shows how to unlock the untapped leadership potential already inside your managers—so teams execute faster, talent stays longer, and culture becomes a competitive edge. This is where managers shift into leaders.

 

This isn’t another pep talk about “leading with vision.” It’s a systemized, evidence-based roadmap to scaling leadership capacity at every level. Expect bold truths, surprising case studies, and practical tools attendees can use the very next day.

Event organizers love it because it hits the sweet spot of inspiration and action—attendees walk out buzzing with energy and equipped with a clear framework.

Key Takeaways:

The Six Levels of High-Performing Teams

Why Some Teams Multiply Their Impact—While Others Cancel Themselves Out

Here’s the puzzle: Why do some teams, with average talent, achieve extraordinary results—while others, stacked with rockstars, somehow achieve less than the sum of their parts?

 

The answer lies in a deceptively simple equation: 1+1=3.

 

High-performing teams generate outcomes no individual could achieve alone. When trust, conflict, purpose, and empowerment align, something exponential happens: every person amplifies the strengths of the others. But when those dynamics break down, the opposite occurs—1+1=0. Talent cancels itself out in politics, disengagement, and burnout.

 

In this keynote, Fahd Alhattab reveals the Six Levels of High-Performing Teams—a proven framework born from research, psychology, and years of coaching fast-growing startups. These six levels—Psychological Safety, Empowerment, Effective Communication, Culture of Leadership, Purpose, and Vision—map exactly how to turn groups of smart individuals into cohesive, agile powerhouses.

 

This isn’t just leadership theory. It’s a blueprint that any team member, at any level, can use to build a culture where 1+1=3.

 

What makes this keynote resonate is its universality: frontline employees see practical ways to improve collaboration, managers walk away with concrete leadership tools, and executives gain a roadmap for scaling culture and performance. It delivers both inspiration and action.

Key Takeaways

Leadership Is a Verb: Everyday Actions That Build Belonging and Impact

Finding the Leader Within: How Small Acts Create Big Culture Shifts

What if everything you thought about leadership was wrong?

 

For too long, we’ve been sold the myth of the singular, charismatic leader—the north star who carries the team forward. But here’s the truth: leadership isn’t about titles or waiting for permission. Leadership is a verb. It’s action.

 

In this keynote, Fahd Alhattab reframes leadership as something every individual can—and must—practice daily. Drawing on his journey as an at-risk immigrant searching for belonging, to starting a March Break camp for underprivileged kids, Fahd reveals the simple but powerful truth: true leadership begins when we decide to show up for each other.

 

Leadership isn’t about heroic gestures reserved for executives. It’s about the small, consistent actions that build community and trust—learning each other’s names, welcoming new teammates, cleaning out the office fridge, giving feedback that helps someone grow. These seemingly ordinary acts create the extraordinary: belonging, loyalty, and cultures where people thrive.

 

This keynote challenges audiences to stop playing small and start leaning into their own leadership power. Because when each of us claims the leader within, we create communities and organizations that are better than when we first joined them.

 

Event organizers love this keynote because it’s story-rich, universally relatable, and actionable. Every audience member—whether frontline employee, middle manager, or executive—leaves inspired and equipped with practical tools to step into their everyday leadership.

Key Takeaways

The David Playbook: How Small Teams Outmaneuver Industry Goliaths

Why do Davids win when they shouldn’t? Giants have the money, the brand, the head start. Yet time and again, the Davids — Shopify, Figma, Etsy — rewrite the rules and topple them.

 

The paradox? Being small isn’t a weakness. It’s your ultimate advantage.

 

In this keynote, startup leadership expert Fahd Alhattab reveals how scrappy teams beat bloated incumbents — not by playing harder, but by playing different. Drawing from a decade of research into underdog founders and Unicorn Labs’ framework for high-performing teams, Fahd unpacks the rebel mindset and everyday leadership practices that let Davids punch above their weight.

 

You’ll hear stories of founders who stared down impossible odds — and won. From SkipTheDishes placing fake orders to keep restaurants from leaving, to Wealthsimple simplifying investing in a world of Big Banks, to Shopify turning a snowboard shop into a global platform, the playbook is clear: size is an excuse, not a strategy.

 

This isn’t about disruption for disruption’s sake. It’s about learning from Davids who show us that small, mighty teams — led with clarity, culture, and courage — can change industries. The only question is: will you?

 

Key themes Fahd will explore:

  • Agility over abundance – why Davids move faster while Goliaths collapse under their own weight.

  • Culture as a weapon – how psychological safety and empowerment let small teams out-innovate giants.

  • The rebel mindset – what it takes to reject the template and rally people to a cause bigger than profit.
  • Bold decision-making – how Davids bet the farm at pivotal moments — and why it paid

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What People Are Saying

When it comes to hiring a speaker for your conference, assembly, or event, you're making a significant investment. You deserve someone who captivates and relates to your audience. Don't just take our word for it, hear what Fahd's recent clients have to say about their extraordinary experiences:

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5/5

We hired Unicorn Labs to train first time managers on our team. They were instrumental in giving us education and tactics for conflict management, project management processes, and gave us strategies on how to improve our communication skills as a team.

Alida Burke

COO, Growcer

5/5

Unicorn Labs gave the team exactly the type of experience they needed to develop skills and rapport with one another to provide a noticeable impact on team performance. Fahd turned even the most skeptical participants into engaged participants with his energy, charisma, and relatability. The exercises and lessons learned were perfect to not only make the team better but also to positively influence engagements with stakeholders, partners, and customers. "

Craig Handy

Previous Head of Revenue Automation, Tooling, & Enablement - Global Revenue Technology & Operations, Shopify

5/5

Unicorn Labs has been fantastic for our organization for nearly three years now. I work with Fahd monthly, and he and his team are phenomenal. He’s helped us grow our company and dramatically improve our company culture. I’ve worked with other training organizations before and none come even close. I can’t recommend them enough.

Samuel Witherspoon

Co-Founder and CEO, IMRSV

Your Next Steps

Planning an extraordinary conference, assembly, meeting, or any event requires significant investment in time and finances?
We recognize that the ultimate measure of success lies in the audience's knowledge acquisition, retention, and overall enjoyment of the experience.
Whether you require a captivating opening or closing keynote speaker, our primary objective is to simplify your responsibilities, enhance your reputation, and guarantee the resounding success of your event!

Step 1

Get in Touch & Book Your Dates

Please reach out to our office to initiate a conversation about your upcoming engagement. We will promptly get back to you to review the specifics and confirm Fahd's availability for your preferred date. Throughout this process, we will assist you in assessing if your event aligns well with our services. Rest assured, we will temporarily reserve your booking date as we engage in discussions and finalize all the necessary details.

Step 2

Creative Consultation

Fahd will personally meet with you and your team. This collaborative discussion aims to provide Fahd with valuable insights about your organization, event theme, meeting objectives, and industry trends. Armed with this information, Fahd will craft a customized program tailored specifically to your event's needs.

Step 3

Showtime

For out-of-town engagements, Fahd typically arrives one day prior to his presentation. This early arrival allows for a sound check on the event day and sufficient time to review all other aspects of event production. Our goal is to ensure a successful SHOWTIME experience by meticulously attending to all necessary preparations.

Step 4

Post-Show Follow Up

All our Keynote Programs have follow-up coaching, workshop and online programs that can support the learning of your audience beyond the exciting event. We'll work with your team on how we can support on-going learning through out the year. You can also learn more about these services at Unicornlabs.ca