The Decision You’re Postponing
What actually happens when leadership teams defer instead of decide, and how to open the conversation that moves it forward.
45 to 60-minute keynote. For executive teams, leadership offsites, and CEO forums.
Speaker sheet
Kara Auger
Keynotes and workshops on the invisible work that holds organizations together
For executives and leadership teams making consequential decisions about the work their organization actually runs on.
About
I'm a Principal Technical Program Manager for AI Capabilities at Chick-fil-A, with prior product leadership at Disney and a background spanning engineering, cybersecurity, and federal research.
My work helps executives find specific language for the conversations they don't know how to have. About strategy. About AI deployment. About the invisible work their organization actually runs on.
I'm also the creator of Fluent in Friendship, a structured social-skills curriculum for adults. Both come from thirteen years as a volunteer listener on 7 Cups, studying what working adults struggle to say to each other.
Background
- Principal Technical Program Manager for AI Capabilities at Chick-fil-A.
- Previously: product leadership at Disney, federal research at GTRI, and a career start in electrical engineering.
- CISSP. M.S. Cybersecurity, Georgia Tech. B.S. Electrical Engineering, Kennesaw State.
Signature keynote
The Invisible Work
Every organization is held together by work that doesn't show up on a dashboard. Judgment calls. Translations between leadership and the front line. Conversations that prevent problems from forming. AI is being deployed into exactly those places. Some of it is being automated well, and some is being eliminated by leaders who didn't know it was there. This keynote gives executives a way to see what their organization actually runs on and make better decisions in the next 24 months.
30, 45, or 60 minutes. For conferences, leadership summits, and large-format keynotes.
Other keynotes and sessions
Saying the Thing You’re Avoiding Saying
A workshop for managers on the four conversations they most often fumble or skip: pushing back on a directive, telling a senior leader something they don’t want to hear, giving feedback that lands, and the new conversation about AI changing someone’s role. People leave with actual sentences, not frameworks.
Half-day or full-day workshop. 15 to 40 participants.
What’s Quietly Breaking in Your Middle Layer
A working session for executive teams. Most middle-management problems get diagnosed as performance or burnout when the actual failure is structural. I sit in the room with senior leaders and identify the changes most likely to reduce attrition risk over the next year.
Half-day session. 8 to 15 senior leaders.
What audiences have said
"You did an incredible job and arguably set a new bar for these presentations. Multiple Staff commented that your segment was TED talk level."
"Your preparation was impeccable. Your content was highly engaging. Your execution was excellent."
Booking
Based in Atlanta. Available for keynotes from 20 to 90 minutes and workshops or executive sessions up to a full day, in person or virtual.
To inquire, write to speaking@fluentinfriendship.com with your event, date, audience, and format. I read every inquiry myself.