Building Connections
Joel Carver is a CEO, entrepreneur, and sought-after speaker known for his candid leadership style and real-world insights from building and leading multiple hospitality companies.
He is also the author of Peace Is About to Cease, and All Hell’s Gonna Break Loose, a powerful memoir about leadership, resilience, and staying grounded when life and business get chaotic.
Joel welcomes new keynote and speaking opportunities focused on leadership, culture, growth, and navigating change.
A Philosophy for the Future
We are only limited by the things that we allow to limit us. The keys to success and productivity are already in our pocket. You just need someone to show you the lock and encourage you to open the door.
Workshops and Keynotes
As a change agent and dynamic presenter, I will bring new life and connection to your next event. Contact me, and we can design a workshop or presentation that fits the needs that you have today.
Recent Presentations
The Power of Pooh
Leadership lessons from Winnie the Pooh are presented by Joel Carver at the State Leadership Conference of the National Technical Honors Society in April 2024.
The People Side of the P&L
Presented to the IHG Owners Association during the 2018 Owner Summits, this dynamic hotel focused presentation pulled apart Profit and Loss Statements and drew direct correlations between PEOPLE - Our greatest ASSETS and our greatest LIABILITIES and their effects on PROFIT.
Recruiting Stellar Talent on a Shoestring Budget
Motivational speaker Joel Carver presented at the 2018 AAHOA Convention in Washington, D.C., this presentation was designed to assist in understanding that as the economy improves, the labor pool shrinks. Recruiting tactics that worked yesterday won't work today - not will just placing an ad online. In this presentation, we explore different resources available and discover tricks to effectively screening applicants and asking the right interview questions.
Five Strategies for Recruiting and Retaining Millennials
Millennials are the generational demographic cohort following Generation X. There are no precise dates for when this cohort starts or ends; demographers and researchers typically use the early 1980s as starting birth years and the mid-1990s to early 2000s as ending birth years.
Millennials are sometimes referred to as "echo boomers" due to a major surge in birth rates in the 1980s and 1990s, and because millennials are often the children of the baby boomers.
Now it gets interesting. The oldest of the millennials are starting to move into management and leadership roles – managing other millennials. So, how do we Recruit and Retain?