DLIC 2025
Corporate Culture By Design, Not Default
This year’s theme emphasises intentional culture-building while reinforcing the role of leadership in driving change and fostering organisational success. It conveys that a strong corporate culture doesn’t happen by chance—it’s a strategic choice that shapes the future.
Why should Leaders be intentional about Corporate Culture?
With shifting workforce expectations and increasing demand for ethical business practices, companies that prioritise a values-driven culture are better positioned to attract talent, retain customers, and adapt to change. In the long run, a resilient corporate culture strengthens brand reputation, builds trust, and ensures long-term business viability.
Why Corporate Culture and Employee Engagement Matter
In today’s evolving economic landscape, business navigate several challenges that can be mitigated through fostering a strong and positive corporate culture. This can be deemed essential for the sustainability of businesses everywhere.
There is a direct correlation between leadership, organisational culture, engagement, and high performance. A positive culture enhances employee engagement, reduces turnover, and drives productivity, all of which are critical in navigating economic challenges and a competitive market.
Cultivating a positive organisational culture is a key leadership responsibility that requires intentional actions, clear communication, and consistent reinforcement of desired behaviours. Leaders shape and sustain culture through their actions and decisions, fostering values that drive behaviors and interactions.
So Where Should Leaders Start?
Organisations can cultivate this by defining clear values, promoting ethical leadership, encouraging open communication, investing in employee well-being, recognising achievements, and fostering a culture of learning and inclusion. By prioritising transparency, teamwork, and continuous improvement, businesses can create a resilient, motivated workforce that adapts to challenges and sustains long-term success.
On April 10th, 2025, the Lok Jack GSB hosts DLIC 2025 at the Hyatt Regency Trinidad, featuring two (2) international speakers and leading experts on the topic of Corporate Culture and Employee Engagement.
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Meet Our International Speakers
Doug Lipp
Candid. Passionate. Relevant. Doug Lipp is on a crusade to help organisations strengthen their corporate culture, boost business performance, and unapologetically, have fun while doing it.
Doug is a distinguished international consultant, eight-time author, and former head of training at the legendary Disney University. His latest book is the best-selling Disney U: How Disney University Develops the World’s Most Engaged, Loyal, and Customer-Centric Employees.
At age 29, Doug’s celebrated talent catapulted him to the helm of the legendary Disney University training team at Walt Disney corporate headquarters. Fluent in Japanese, Doug also helped Disney open its first international theme park as a member of the Tokyo Disneyland start-up team.
Drawing on his 30 plus years of combined experience at Disney and in private practice, Doug inspires and challenges hundreds of organisations worldwide. In presentations, he shares how Disney overcame spectacular strategic challenges to unleash one of the most improbable success stories in corporate history.Through riveting examples and powerful, relevant stories about innovation, service, value and leadership, Doug pulls back the curtain and reveals the behaviors, tools and attitudes that are representative of cultural excellence at Disney and other great institutions. He also discusses common organisational traps that undermine companies and impede their ability to build a thriving and sustainable culture.
Consistently ranked as one of the best presenters every time he speaks, Doug painstakingly researches and customises each of his presentations. He underscores how a company’s current culture is affecting its business, and then provides insights and actionable ideas on how they can build an even better business based on leadership, teamwork and innovation. After his presentation, which includes experiential exercises and participant-centered activities, you will have a blueprint for creating and perpetuating a culture of significance unique to your organisation.
Matt Tenney
Matt Tenney envisions a world in which all leaders and workplace cultures consistently make a positive impact on the well-being and growth of team members. He believes this would create the conditions for a permanent end to poverty, violence, and other unnecessary suffering.
He is the author of three leadership books, including Inspire Greatness: How to Motivate Employees with a Simple, Repeatable, Scalable Process, and his inspiring TED talk has been viewed over 1 million times.
Since 2002, Matt has helped thousands of people to apply mindful self-awareness to be happier, less stressed, and more effective. He has also helped hundreds of clients—including many Fortune 500 companies—to develop highly effective leaders who improve employee engagement, performance, and retention through his books, consulting work, and via the groundbreaking leadership development and employee engagement platform offered by his company, PeopleThriver.
Matt is frequently invited to deliver keynote speeches at company leadership meetings, events for state and national associations, and large conferences. He is known for giving inspiring keynotes that keep audiences fully engaged and provide powerful insights and tools for being a great leader and living a happier and more fulfilling life.
Since 2014, Matt has delivered programs that help develop world-class leaders, who improve engagement, retention, and performance, to hundreds of clients, including companies like Salesforce, T. Rowe Price, Roche, Marriott, Keller Williams, United Airlines, L’Oreal, Canon and Signet Jewelers.
Francis Wade
Francis Wade is a management consultant, business columnist and two-time book author. He’s the founder of Framework Consulting which has engaged in strategic planning and culture change in Caribbean companies, for over two decades. A graduate of Cornell University with degrees in Operations Research and Industrial Engineering, he uses the latest research to pioneer new thinking in strategic planning and corporate productivity. He has presented at a number of overseas conferences based on his own research, and taught MBA students for several years at the University of Phoenix.
Francis produces a regular stream of content for Caribbean executives, including a 15-year-old, bi-weekly column in the Sunday Jamaica Gleaner. He also wrote regularly for the Trinidad Newsday. He will host the all-virtual Long-Term Strategy Conference in June 2025 and also offers a newsletter and podcast.
Francis and his Trinidadian colleague, Dale Pilgrim Wade, authored the twin reports: “The Trinidadian Executive in Jamaica”, plus its follow up, “The Jamaican Manager in Trinidad.”
Pricing
Invest in your leadership journey with DLIC 2025. Our tiered pricing structure is designed to accommodate the diverse needs of our attendees, ensuring access to invaluable insights, networking, and learning opportunities. Whether you’re an emerging leader or a seasoned executive, find the package that best aligns with your aspirations and be part of shaping the future of leadership.
Group Rate
(4+ Persons)
800 USD / 5,440 TTD
Regular Rate
1000 USD / 6,800 TTD
Regular Virtual Rate
550 USD / 3,740 TTD
Benefits of Attending:
Get ready to be inspired! These speakers will share time-tested strategies to avoid culture clashes:
Processes to drive high levels of performance and engagement
Strategies to improve trust and engagement
How to implement transformative behaviours that will enhance leadership effectiveness
…. and much more!
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- Nicole Morain
- (868) 299-0218 ext 9200
- n.morain@lokjackgsb.edu.tt
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