Shawn challenges you to dive deep into your relationship to the most important aspect of your professional and personal life – your emotions. Audiences quickly tune into a state of positivity and self-awareness, opening a new paradigm that creates opportunities for happiness and fulfillment. From senior executives to entrepreneurial leaders to aspiring recent graduates – they all share a common life-changing experience when challenged by Shawn. He is the founder of Saxus Leadership Development, SwitchPoint Events, SwitchPoint Development, and the OEQ Development process.  He began his career as an audio engineer, mixing sound for over 200 national and international recording artists, 25 professional theatre productions, and corporate clients such as the Brickyard 400 (Indianapolis), Hyatt Regency, and Daimler-Chrysler. In 2004, he left the world of audio to pursue his career in consulting. Shawn’s objective is to get his audience focused on the awareness and behaviors that will lead them to profoundly better business and life outcomes.  He has learned that through active listening and empathy, he can quickly assess a situation, identify behavior patterns and barriers, develop a strategy, and affect positive change. He uses his theatre production background to build an engaging, entertaining, and immersive experience for his speaking audiences. If practiced and applied, these skills are also impactful in each individual’s personal relationships and happiness. The side effects just happen to be things that every business wants: employee engagement, job satisfaction, great customer experiences, and a culture of diversity and inclusion. From banking to healthcare, Shawn has worked with clients in a myriad of industries. You can find him speaking, training, and developing people in the areas of emotional intelligence , happiness, and leadership. When not actively with a client, he spends time as a volunteer speaking to students in the JAG Program (Jobs for America’s Graduates) and mentoring students participating in the Young Entrepreneurs’ Academy. He also is a musician, nerd and an explorer who practices daily gratitude and mindfulness.

Session: Education and Emotional Health: Starting Within