Translating Talent Into Profit.

Kara Yarnot brings executive-level insight and real-world experience to the stage, helping leaders turn talent strategy into measurable business impact. Trusted by executives and industry innovators, she delivers presentations grounded in decades of hands-on talent leadership. Kara translates complex challenges into clear, actionable guidance—empowering audiences to elevate their talent strategy and achieve meaningful, lasting results.

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The Talent Trifecta

According to Gallup, the cost to replace an employee is between 50% and 200% of their salary. When organizations are unable to find and retain the right talent, profits and employee morale suffer. Executives regularly struggle to solve turnover challenges. Kara provides the answers.

As a former FORTUNE 500 executive and consultant to brands like PepsiCo, Northrop Grumman, Pfizer, and Dexcom, Kara has unlocked the secrets of talent and organizational success.

Kara empowers executives and talent professionals to connect talent strategy to business performance

Keynote Topics

Kara’s dynamic and highly-rated keynotes can be delivered in 45- and 60-minute formats.

Based on Kara’s book, The Talent Trifecta: An Executive’s Guide to Attracting, Selecting, and Retaining the Right Talent, this keynote engages executives to connect talent strategies and practices to organizational success. Audiences will be inspired to change their approach to recruiting and retention. Executives will uncover three actions they can take to increase profitability through talent.

Based on Kara’s book, The Talent Trifecta: An Executive’s Guide to Attracting, Selecting, and Retaining Talent, this keynote inspires talent and HR audiences to change how they engage their organization’s executives in conversations about talent strategies. Audiences will learn how to connect every talent strategy to a business outcome and build a business case, in executive language, for investment in talent programs.

Kara Yarnot signing a copy of her book, The Talent Trifecta

You don’t need the “best” candidates; you need the right candidates for your organization. Candidates who align with values and environment stay longer, increasing profitability and results. Kara inspires your audience to uncover what makes their organization attractive to the right candidates. Get ready to stand out from the competition.

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Teams thrive when they communicate effectively. In this fun and lively session, Kara teaches the audience to identify their own and others’ communication styles. Audience members leave with simple techniques to immediately improve individual and team communication.

"Kara's unique blend of executive presence, talent thought leadership, real-world experience, and impactful presentation style makes her the keynote speaker your leaders need to hear today."

Peter Brooks

VP of Talent Acquisition & Mobility, GDIT

"Kara Yarnot’s keynote was a standout moment at Recruit Philly. Her insights were not only impactful but immediately actionable—our attendees consistently praised her innovative approach that informs her practical frameworks . Kara’s ability to connect recruiting strategies with business goals makes her a must-have speaker for any recruiting event."

Alison Brody

President, Recruit Philly

"Kara brings a rare blend of storytelling power and analytical precision to the stage. Whether speaking to executives or TA practitioners, she delivers content that’s actionable, fresh, and rooted in results. I’ve seen her inspire both intimate groups and large audiences with clarity, humor, and authority that only deep expertise and perspective can bring. She is an outstanding choice for a keynote."

Gabrielle Braden

Partner, Talent Acquisition Strategies

Workshop Topics

All workshops are based on Kara’s book, The Talent Trifecta: An Executive’s Guide to Attracting, Selecting, and Retaining the Right Talent.

Workshop participants connect the three parts of the Talent Trifecta—Attraction, Selection, and Retention—for their organization. It all starts at the end, with calculating turnover costs and identifying the impact improved talent strategies will have on profitability. Then, by completing the Talent Trifecta Self-Assessment, participants will identify and develop plans to address retention challenges through strategic attraction and selection approaches.

An organization’s Unique Value Proposition (UVP) identifies the parts of its Employee Value Proposition that are most attractive to the external talent it wants to attract. In this workshop, Kara teaches participants the four steps to discovering and capturing your organization’s UVP. Once you know your UVP, you can separate your messaging from your competitors’ and attract the right talent for your organization.

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When organizations hire, develop, and promote employees based on values-based competencies, employee satisfaction and retention improve. This workshop helps executives select their organization-wide competencies. We begin by reviewing the organization’s values and end with a defined list of competencies, interview guides, and deployment plans.

Kara Yarnot giving a presentation to an audience in a bright conference room.

According to Gallup, 75% of U.S. workers have quit a job because of their manager. Yet, only 30% of U.S. workers have the propensity (with training and coaching) to be effective managers. This workshop tackles the reasons organizations face challenges with managers and helps participants build manager selection programs that improve retention.

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Translating Talent Into Profit.

The Talent Trifecta

Kara empowers executives and talent professionals to connect talent strategy to business performance

Keynote Topics

"Kara's unique blend of executive presence, talent thought leadership, real-world experience, and impactful presentation style makes her the keynote speaker your leaders need to hear today."

Workshop Topics

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