Speaking and workshops
Every session produces work product during the session rather than a reading list afterward. Attendees leave holding the thing they came for, which is usually a decision they have been avoiding.
Previously at
2015 · 2016 · 2017
2017 · 2018
2017 · 2018
Featured at some of the largest venues in the healthcare sector, plus the Dental Business Institute program that ran nationally at Henry Schein.
The premise
Most sessions on growth treat protection as somebody else's topic, and most sessions on risk treat growth as the enemy. That split is what puts capable operators in trouble. They build the crew, the talent, and the systems with real care, and then run for years with no instruments and no guardrails.
Participants build real work product during the session. Nothing is assigned as homework, because homework does not get done.
He built it, scaled it, lost it, and rebuilt. The failure is documented in a published book rather than hinted at from a stage.
Frameworks adapt to where the room actually is, from single site through multi-location through enterprise track.
Every session addresses how to grow and what has to hold while you do it. Ambition and protection are not opposites.
Session menu
From a keynote address up to an hour, through full-day and multi-day formats, Eric works with event organizers to custom-tailor the experience for the audience in front of him. Whether the group is aspiring professionals or enterprising entrepreneurs, Eric delivers a memorable experience never to be forgotten.
One
Crew, drivers, the machine, instruments, and guardrails. A shared language for what is actually holding your organization up.
Two
How capable people assess and decide under pressure, and why the decisions look indefensible later.
Three
The hurricane, the fire, the flood, the partner who dies, the employee who steals. Different causes, one question underneath.
Four
The group-format version of the planning engagement. Where you are, where you want to end up, the gap between the two, and the sequence that closes it.
Five
The 90-day operating system for owners who feel reactive, understaffed, or one problem away from chaos.
Six
The playbook that preserves autonomy, for owners at two or more sites or preparing to cross that line.
Seven
Cash flow, controls, and the anti-leakage framework. Built for businesses with strong collections and shrinking margin.
Eight
The retention and performance engine, for teams dealing with turnover, inconsistency, or accountability breakdowns.
Nine
From clinician-owner to enterprise leader. For founders who are producing, deciding, and firefighting at the same time.
Ten
Build a business buyers want, even if you never sell.
What people leave with
There is a well-argued theory that good ideas do not come from a single person's idle mind. They come from an environment where enough half-formed thoughts sit in the same space long enough to collide. A venue cannot do that on its own. The facilitator sets the conditions and the audience supplies the raw material, and what comes out of that collision is the reason people still share their experiences and memories with deep gratitude over a decade later.
Which is why every format below ends with something tangible in hand rather than a reading list.
Keynote, 45 to 60 minutes
Workshop, 60 to 90 minutes
Half day to full day
Multi-day intensive
Engagement and logistics
| Speaking fees | Available for paid engagements. Conference and association keynotes are considered case by case. Contact for rates and availability. |
| Ideal audiences | Founder and owner groups at any stage, multi-site and multi-location operators, professional services and healthcare groups, associations, leadership teams, and anyone preparing for ownership. Written in and around healthcare, though the material is not industry specific. |
| Formats | Keynote at 45 to 60 minutes. Workshop at 60 to 90 minutes. Half-day and full-day intensives by arrangement. |
| Room setup | Workshop sessions require tables rather than theater seating. This one matters more than anything else on the list, because the work does not happen without a surface to do it on. |
| A/V | Microphone, projector and screen, and a clicker. A whiteboard or flip chart is optional and useful. |
| Travel | Hotel accommodation covered by the host when the event requires an overnight stay. |
| Materials | Eric coordinates with event organizers on materials built for the specific audience, and travels with his own regardless. Workbooks, worksheets and the tools each session is designed to produce. |
| Books | Bulk copies for attendees can be arranged directly. Signing sessions are welcome and work best immediately after the talk. |
The source material
The Broke(n) Part(s) was published in July 2026, ISBN 979-8-9972078-0-9. Thirteen chapters and five worksheets on how a business actually breaks, what an owner should do in the first seventy two hours, and how to rebuild with guardrails that hold under load.
Bulk copies for attendees can be arranged directly with the host.
From there we work together to bring all the parts together into an unforgettable experience and an interconnected community.
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