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Joshua Routh helps HR leaders create workplaces people love, cultures people trust, and experiences people remember. Through high-impact keynotes on sincerity, engagement, complaint-free culture, and human connection, he equips HR audiences with practical tools they can actually use.
Corporate Speaker and Entertainer Joshua Routh

HR professionals are being asked to do more than ever before.

They are shaping culture, improving engagement, addressing burnout, navigating change, strengthening communication, and helping organizations retain great people in a world where trust can feel fragile and morale can slip fast.

That is why Joshua Routh’s work resonates so deeply with HR audiences.

Joshua delivers keynote experiences that are energizing, funny, memorable, and deeply useful. He combines the polish of a world-class professional speaker with practical ideas HR leaders can take back to their teams right away. His programs are designed to help organizations build stronger workplace cultures through sincerity, connection, accountability, collaboration, and human-centered leadership.
If your audience is looking for more than inspiration—if they want a speaker who can move a room, deliver practical value, and support the larger goals of retention, engagement, trust, and culture—Joshua is a strong fit.
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Corporate Speaker Joshua Routh testimonial

"My boss is still talking about you! You were such a hit at the Team Event! Are you available to present at our Board Event?"

EMILY AMOS
Meeting Planner, Jenner Ag
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"Engaging practical information that can be used in a variety of settings. You can take it home and use it today!"

SEBRINA PHILLIPS
VP Carobell Inc
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"Joshua captivated my team with his wit! He is a great resource to make your team feel connected!"

DAVID BLACKBURN
CEO, Southern Rock Restaurants
Educator Conference Speaker Joshua Routh testimonial

"We have booked Joshua for many years and his sessions are consistently standing room only!"

LARA CORVERA
Speech and Theater Association of MO
University Speaker Joshua Routh testimonial

 "Joshua gave an amazing and hilarious presentation. He is a true professional."

HEATHER ROBINSON
Lincoln University
College Speaker Joshua Routh testimonial

"Joshua was fabulous with our diverse group from all over the country. He taught us skills for our work and also for our lives."

SHEILA KATZ
Hillel - Ask Big Questions Conference
Team meeting Speaker Joshua Routh testimonial

"Joshua took my ideas and created a presentation that was fun, interactive and meaningful."

BOBBIE LIVERAR
 Administrator, Friendship Village 
Association Speaker Joshua Routh testimonial

 "This was fun! I haven’t heard a presentation like this before. So relevant and meaningful!"

LEANNE ROGGEMAN
VP,  Westfields Hospital

Why HR Audiences Book Joshua

A keynote speaker who understands the real work of culture

HR leaders are often the people tasked with improving the employee experience while balancing the realities of leadership, operations, morale, and change. Joshua’s programs support that work directly.

His keynotes help HR professionals:

  • strengthen workplace culture

  • improve engagement and trust

  • reduce unproductive complaining and negativity

  • encourage healthier communication and collaboration

  • reinforce leadership behaviors that people actually feel

  • create workplaces where people are more likely to stay, contribute, and care

Joshua’s message is practical without being dry, insightful without being preachy, and entertaining without losing substance.
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SHRM Recertification Provider

Joshua is an approved SHRM Recertification Provider, which means qualifying HR programs can offer preapproved Professional Development Credits for SHRM-certified attendees. For HR conference planners and event organizers, that adds recognized educational value while making it easier to select programming that supports professional development.

Certified Speaking Professional

Joshua is one of a small percentage of professional speakers worldwide to have earned the Certified Speaking Professional designation, the highest earned designation in the speaking industry. The CSP signals professionalism, experience, and reliability for event organizers who want to reduce risk and work with a proven keynote speaker.

Signature Programs for HR Audiences

The S Word: Wielding Sincerity in a World of Performance

In workplaces full of noise, posturing, and polished messaging, sincerity stands out. This keynote helps HR audiences explore how sincere leadership and sincere communication can strengthen trust, improve workplace relationships, and create healthier organizational cultures.

HR audiences take away:

  • a fresh framework for building trust at work

  • tools for improving connection and communication

  • practical ways to strengthen culture through everyday leadership behavior

  • a memorable model for reflection, repair, and growth

A Complaint Free Workplace: Turning Complainers into Collaborators

Complaining is costly. It drains morale, weakens culture, and spreads faster than most organizations realize. This program gives HR audiences a practical way to shift from chronic complaint habits toward ownership, collaboration, and healthier team dynamics.

HR audiences take away:

  • a clearer understanding of how complaint culture affects teams

  • strategies for reducing negativity without ignoring real issues

  • language and tools that support accountability and collaboration

  • a shared framework HR leaders can reinforce after the event

Wielding Humanity: Staying Human, Trusted, and Connected in the Age of AI

As technology changes how we work, HR leaders are being asked to preserve what makes work human. This keynote helps audiences think more clearly about trust, connection, communication, and human value in a rapidly changing workplace.

HR audiences take away:

  • a human-centered lens for navigating AI in the workplace

  • insights on trust, relevance, and connection in changing times

  • a powerful reminder of what people still need most from leaders and teams

  • practical ideas for keeping culture human as tools evolve

Ideal for:

  • SHRM conferences

  • state HR conferences

  • HR association events

  • leadership conferences with HR audiences

  • workplace culture summits

  • employee engagement events

  • annual meetings and conventions

  • staff development conferences

  • people and culture events

What Makes Joshua Different

Joshua is not a lecturer reading bullet points from a screen.

He is a Certified Speaking Professional, keynote speaker, entertainer, and author who knows how to hold attention, create emotional connection, and deliver ideas in a way people actually remember. His background in performance gives him unusual command of a room, while his work in culture and leadership gives his message real depth.

That combination matters.

HR audiences do not need another forgettable talk. They need a keynote speaker who can make people laugh, think, reflect, and leave with language and tools they can use back at work.

Joshua brings that combination of energy, substance, credibility, and humanity.

Top 4 Reasons To Book Joshua

Here are the simplest and best reasons to hire Joshua Routh for your next event.

Certified Speaking Professional

Vetted and Certified

The designation is the highest earned honor in the speaking industry and limits risk for Event Professionals and Event Organizers looking to work with a Professional Speaker. 

Audiences Love Him

Entertaining

Joshua has not only been professionally speaking for over a decade, he has graced the stage and screen for over 30 years as a professional entertainer. 

He brings joy everywhere he goes. 

Awesome Add Ons

Additional Offerings With Real Impact

Every presentation Joshua gives includes a free comprehensive summary that is unique to your event, not a standard pdf. Plus Joshua has other add ons that elevate and enhance!

Easy To Work With

He Makes His Clients Look Good

He is so easy to work with. From beginning to end you will recieve custom white glove service that will make you look good to your team, staff, leadership and attendees. 
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JOSHUA ROUTH

Joshua Routh works with organizations that want to save money and drive engagement by creating workplaces people love and customers trust.

As a business owner managing a team of performers that produces over 950 events a year, Joshua has learned a lot about taking risks. He built his career taking the actions others were too afraid or complacent to take.

In his Keynote talks he shares the tools have helped people and organizations around the world feel more connected and ready to connect with others. 

The anecdotes he shares with his audiences are all from his own experiences training with Chinese Acrobats, his time as a forest fire fighter, and lessons learned through the challenges of owning one of the largest variety artist agencies in the United States.

He also shares the latest data from reputable sources such as Gallup, Forbes and the work of today's top human resources researchers. 

And yes, he is a professional sword swallower. 

When Joshua is standing before your group, the audience always leans forward. 
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