Fahd Alhattab

Innovation, Disruption, Leadership, DEI

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Fahd Alhattab

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Fahd Alhattab is an award-winning leadership speaker. Using humour, storytelling, and actionable advice, Fahd inspires audiences to become leaders who build teams that last.

Fahd’s path to leadership began with philanthropy. Compelled by his background as an at-risk immigrant from a low-income family, he raised over $1M for local charities, founded a camp for underprivileged children, and was awarded Canada’s Top 20 Under 20 Award for his dedication to the community.
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On the pursuit of entrepreneurship, Fahd served two terms as President of Carleton University Students’ Association where he represented more than 25K students, managed a team of 150 staff, and oversaw the allocation of a $9M budget.
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During his Presidency, Fahd launched a student entrepreneurship center that has since founded +50 student startups and help them raise more than +$300K in seed capital. This catapulted him to develop a mobile tech startup.
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Built on thirteen years of experience building successful teams, Fahd identified the tried and true ingredient that set high performing teams apart from competitors — they had leaders who prioritized team performance over individual success. He named them Unicorn Leaders.
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Delivered through captivating and actionable keynotes, Fahd now retrains managers to become architects of effective teams through his principle of Unicorn Leadership.
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Fahd has spoken to +50K people across North America on leadership and been named Rising Star Speaker and Most Entertaining Speaker by the Canadian Association of Professional Speakers.

Technology Capabilities for high quality virtual experience for all groups/sizes

•High-definition dual cameras
•High-definition mic
•Optional green screen backgrounds
•Proficient with all virtual platforms including Cisco Webex, Microsoft Teams, Google Meet, Zoom, Go-To Meetings & Webinars
•Customized, personalized combinations of keynotes, fireside chats, breakout sessions and Q&A
Level-Up Managers: 5-Levels to Unicorn Leadership

LEADERSHIP TRAINING
The faith of our organization depends on a handful of people: managers. We trust managers to develop our talent pool, train and develop employees, and build high performing teams that strive to exceed goals. But how can we be sure this trust pays off?

In this keynote, Fahd shares his playbook for transforming managers into visionary leaders, coined as “Unicorn Leaders.” Though an epic journey of personal leadership and transformation, Fahd will unpack the five levels of self-development managers must achieve to grow into leaders. Leaders who build cultures that retain and develop your top-talent into leaders themselves.

HR and Managers will learn how to:
1) Become a more self-confident and disruptive team leader
2) Develop employees into leaders using learned training techniques
3) Empower employees to take ownership of projects
4) Motivate teams to find innovative solutions to problems
Stronger Together: Fostering a Diverse and Inclusive Workforce

COMMUNITY BUILDING
Companies need to embrace diversity to remain relevant and thrive in an ever-changing marketplace. Diverse workplaces have high productivity, employee engagement, and attract top talent.
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In this keynote, Fahd will educate executives and HR managers on internal community building and it’s implication on workplace diversity. The audience will learn why diversity leads to innovation and will learn how to authentically build a diverse and inclusive workplace culture.

Leaders and HR Executives will learn:
1) The importance of creating a culture that fosters belonging
2) How to lead with authenticity as a leader in your work community
3) The difference between culture and community, and what it takes to foster unity and collaboration at all levels
4) Building loyalty and engagement among employees to boost performance
5) The connection between diversity and innovation
Build a Culture of Leadership: Finding Your Leader Within

CORPORATE CULTURE
The days where seniority is rewarded are over. Employees who treat their job like routine threaten their own potential to take ownership, lead, and get promoted. The real magic happens when employees are empowered to take risks. And it all begins with mindset.
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Having spent the last decade studying teams, Fahd has learned what separates an effective from a dysfunctional team. In this keynote, Fahd will teach the audience to identify and overcome common pitfalls using the six-levels of team development. This actionable talk gives managers the tools to transform any team into a high-performing machine.

Employees will learn how to:
1) Implement daily leadership practices
2) Position themselves for management positions
3) Inspire a culture self-leadership that rewards star performers
4) Motivate team members and improved culture with great retention and productivity
Build Teams That Last: The Six Levels to Peak Team Performance

TEAM BUILDING
It’s common for managers to overestimate the satisfaction of their team until their employees starts dropping like flies. Instead of taking it personally, managers must learn how to overcome the common pitfalls in team dynamics that cause employees to break up with their team.
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Having spent the last decade studying teams, Fahd has learned what separates an effective from a dysfunctional team. In this keynote, Fahd will share with the audience how to identify overcome common pitfalls of team dynamics using the six-levels of team development. This actionable talk gives managers the tools to transform any team into a high-performing machine.

Managers will learn how to:
1) Evaluate their team’s current team dynamics and overall performance
2) Identify and eliminate office politics
3) Proactively avoid the three traps of team dysfunctions
4) Implement an effective strategy to increase team buy-in and engagement
Millennial Leadership: Workplace Ready & Retention

TALENT RETENTION
The most pressing challenge for modern businesses is mastering how to retain top millennial talent. Instead of panicking at the high-costs of employee turnover, management and HR need to turn their talent recruitment and development challenges into a core strength.
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In this keynote, Fahd will prepare HR and managers to turn the early curiosity of recruits into a fiery passion for the organization. He will inspire the audience with practical tips and strategies to transform your organizational culture— starting with how to recruit, engage, develop, and retain high-potential millennial talent.

HR and Managers will learn how to:
1) Cut costs by hiring smarter, not faster
2) Optimize the entire hiring process, including recruitment, applications, interviews, and training
3) Gain an in-depth understanding of how to keep millennial employees engaged, interested, and invested in pushing above and beyond the call of duty
4) Build millennials into leaders through professional development and mentorship
The Untold Secrets of Disruptive Leadership (Business)

Disruption and Leadership might seem like opposing forces, but in today’s age, they go hand in hand. For leaders (real leaders) to innovate and lead in unchartered waters, they have to develop the habits that pave the way for disruption and innovation.

Flipping the script on it’s head, Fahd engages the audience with thrilling stories of leadership triumph that ultimately end in failures and disasters. Instead of the typical keynote, where an accomplished individual engages audiences in their stories of success, Fahd chooses instead to share with the audience the lessons and hardships that come with failures, with the goal of shedding light to some of the inevitable setbacks that leaders will face on their leadership journey.

Throughout his humours and inspiring stories, Fahd shares the lessons that came along the way, and provides practical tools and strategies for your audience to succeed.
LEADERSHIP: The 5 Levels of Student Leadership

(Ideal for Intermediate to Advance Leadership)

In this inspiring and practical keynote, Fahd engages your students with humour, stories and gives them insight into maximizing their leadership potential.

Fahd takes your students through a personal journey of student leadership, from his time as Gr. 8 class president, to High School Co-president, and his journey as the President Carleton University Students’ Union. Fahd’s first-hand experience of student leadership shapes this engaging keynote with applicable tools and lessons for your students to grow in their leadership journey and increase their community impact.

Students are introduced to the 5 levels of leadership that students must climb to achieve their maximum potential while building on a foundation of self-leadership.
PERSONAL GROWTH: LIVE YOUR BEST LIFE

(General Audience)

In this inspiring, humorous and engaging keynote, Fahd will inspire your students to make a positive impact in their school, organization or community.

Fahd takes them through a personal journey where he coaches youth on fundamental personal development principles, digs deep into the topics of school and community culture while empowering them with the tools to take action and create remarkable positive impact in their community.

Fahd teaches students to push past their limiting beliefs, create their own paths of success, and help their community along the way.
CAREER: Social Entrepreneurship & Building Your Own Path

(General Audience)

Entrepreneurship has gained popularity and many youths see it as a viable career path; but what is an entrepreneur?

An artist, a speaker, a coder, an engineer, an athlete, a youth worker or a youtube streamer can all be entrepreneurs. Entrepreneurs seek to solve problems by creating unique solutions. Fahd will engage your audience, teaching them how they can solve problems within their community as creative, social, and innovative entrepreneurs.

Fahd’s youth worker background and silly demeanour will have your students cracking at his jokes, engaged by his stories, and left empowered to be leaders.
The Unwritten Rules of Post-Secondary: How to Succeed Personally, Academically, and Socially

(Grade 12 Students)

Through this humorous and practical presentation, Fahd takes your grade 12 students who may be nervous and anxious about the roads that lie ahead in post-secondary and shares his experiences through a series of stories and anecdotes.

Fahd builds out a personal success road map, about the “unknowns” in post-secondary shared from the perspective of a recent graduate. How to navigate the social life, and balance school, while working a part-time job.

Universities and Colleges are filled with unwritten codes, and Fahd is here to shed that light for your students and ensure their happiness and success in life after high school.
5 Steps to Fostering Student Leadership Capacity

(Ideal for PD training, teacher conferences, parent councils, and educator workshops.)

As a teacher or a parent, you want to see your students succeed. In this practical keynote, Fahd will equip your audience with the tools to maximize a student/child’s leadership potential.

Using anecdotes from his personal journey in community development, social innovation, and leadership, Fahd will teach the audience how to apply the 5-levels leadership framework to develop youth as leaders.

Fahd has used these methodologies to redesign 16 University Academic Courses to integrate leadership in Social Science and Arts Bachelor Studies.

Topics Covered:

Techniques on how to lead by example
How to develop students into leaders using learned training techniques
How to empower students to take ownership of projects and make a community impact
How to motivate students to find innovative solutions to problems
How to educate students on diversity and inclusion
Research on how leadership helps students development
Building Resiliency: Priming Teenagers for Challenges and Change

(Ideal for PD training, teacher conferences, parent councils, and educator workshops.)

Teenage years come with significant growth and independence. As parents and teachers, how can you help them navigate change?

Using research, clinical studies, and personal experiences as an entrepreneur, this keynote will educate the audience on how to build a resilient teenager.

Flipping the script on its head, Fahd engages your audience with thrilling stories of leadership triumph that ultimately end in failures and disasters. This keynote will teach the audience how to encourage teenagers to step outside their comfort zone and embrace, instead of fear, failure.

Topics covered:

Habit-forming framework for students
How to teach teenagers the difference between growth versus fixed mindsets
How to mark for effort versus results
Why resilience is important and how to build resilient students
How to educate students on diversity and inclusion
Making A Difference and Unraveling School Culture

(Ideal for teachers and parents)

Educators and parents are the glue that binds a school culture. So, how can we support them in strengthening the school community?

In this inspiring keynote, Fahd will guide teachers and parents to apply the fundamental principles of organizational change to their community at school. This talk will empower educators to create a positive impact in their community and go above their call of duty.

The audience will leave this talk inspired to push past their limiting beliefs, redefine their school community, and help each other along the way.

Topics covered:

How to create a conscious culture in the classroom
How to create a culture of self-leadership that rewards star performers
How to apply basic team-building principles to teaching
How to align your staff and students to a shared purpose
How to motivate students to get more involved in their school and community

Technology Capabilities for high quality virtual experience for all groups/sizes

•High-definition dual cameras
•High-definition mic
•Optional green screen backgrounds
•Proficient with all virtual platforms including Cisco Webex, Microsoft Teams, Google Meet, Zoom, Go-To Meetings & Webinars
•Customized, personalized combinations of keynotes, fireside chats, breakout sessions and Q&A

Level-Up Managers: 5-Levels to Unicorn Leadership

LEADERSHIP TRAINING
The faith of our organization depends on a handful of people: managers. We trust managers to develop our talent pool, train and develop employees, and build high performing teams that strive to exceed goals. But how can we be sure this trust pays off?

In this keynote, Fahd shares his playbook for transforming managers into visionary leaders, coined as “Unicorn Leaders.” Though an epic journey of personal leadership and transformation, Fahd will unpack the five levels of self-development managers must achieve to grow into leaders. Leaders who build cultures that retain and develop your top-talent into leaders themselves.

HR and Managers will learn how to:
1) Become a more self-confident and disruptive team leader
2) Develop employees into leaders using learned training techniques
3) Empower employees to take ownership of projects
4) Motivate teams to find innovative solutions to problems

Stronger Together: Fostering a Diverse and Inclusive Workforce

COMMUNITY BUILDING
Companies need to embrace diversity to remain relevant and thrive in an ever-changing marketplace. Diverse workplaces have high productivity, employee engagement, and attract top talent.
‍
In this keynote, Fahd will educate executives and HR managers on internal community building and it’s implication on workplace diversity. The audience will learn why diversity leads to innovation and will learn how to authentically build a diverse and inclusive workplace culture.

Leaders and HR Executives will learn:
1) The importance of creating a culture that fosters belonging
2) How to lead with authenticity as a leader in your work community
3) The difference between culture and community, and what it takes to foster unity and collaboration at all levels
4) Building loyalty and engagement among employees to boost performance
5) The connection between diversity and innovation

Build a Culture of Leadership: Finding Your Leader Within

CORPORATE CULTURE
The days where seniority is rewarded are over. Employees who treat their job like routine threaten their own potential to take ownership, lead, and get promoted. The real magic happens when employees are empowered to take risks. And it all begins with mindset.
‍
Having spent the last decade studying teams, Fahd has learned what separates an effective from a dysfunctional team. In this keynote, Fahd will teach the audience to identify and overcome common pitfalls using the six-levels of team development. This actionable talk gives managers the tools to transform any team into a high-performing machine.

Employees will learn how to:
1) Implement daily leadership practices
2) Position themselves for management positions
3) Inspire a culture self-leadership that rewards star performers
4) Motivate team members and improved culture with great retention and productivity

Build Teams That Last: The Six Levels to Peak Team Performance

TEAM BUILDING
It’s common for managers to overestimate the satisfaction of their team until their employees starts dropping like flies. Instead of taking it personally, managers must learn how to overcome the common pitfalls in team dynamics that cause employees to break up with their team.
‍
Having spent the last decade studying teams, Fahd has learned what separates an effective from a dysfunctional team. In this keynote, Fahd will share with the audience how to identify overcome common pitfalls of team dynamics using the six-levels of team development. This actionable talk gives managers the tools to transform any team into a high-performing machine.

Managers will learn how to:
1) Evaluate their team’s current team dynamics and overall performance
2) Identify and eliminate office politics
3) Proactively avoid the three traps of team dysfunctions
4) Implement an effective strategy to increase team buy-in and engagement

Millennial Leadership: Workplace Ready & Retention

TALENT RETENTION
The most pressing challenge for modern businesses is mastering how to retain top millennial talent. Instead of panicking at the high-costs of employee turnover, management and HR need to turn their talent recruitment and development challenges into a core strength.
‍
In this keynote, Fahd will prepare HR and managers to turn the early curiosity of recruits into a fiery passion for the organization. He will inspire the audience with practical tips and strategies to transform your organizational culture— starting with how to recruit, engage, develop, and retain high-potential millennial talent.

HR and Managers will learn how to:
1) Cut costs by hiring smarter, not faster
2) Optimize the entire hiring process, including recruitment, applications, interviews, and training
3) Gain an in-depth understanding of how to keep millennial employees engaged, interested, and invested in pushing above and beyond the call of duty
4) Build millennials into leaders through professional development and mentorship

The Untold Secrets of Disruptive Leadership (Business)

Disruption and Leadership might seem like opposing forces, but in today’s age, they go hand in hand. For leaders (real leaders) to innovate and lead in unchartered waters, they have to develop the habits that pave the way for disruption and innovation.

Flipping the script on it’s head, Fahd engages the audience with thrilling stories of leadership triumph that ultimately end in failures and disasters. Instead of the typical keynote, where an accomplished individual engages audiences in their stories of success, Fahd chooses instead to share with the audience the lessons and hardships that come with failures, with the goal of shedding light to some of the inevitable setbacks that leaders will face on their leadership journey.

Throughout his humours and inspiring stories, Fahd shares the lessons that came along the way, and provides practical tools and strategies for your audience to succeed.

LEADERSHIP: The 5 Levels of Student Leadership

(Ideal for Intermediate to Advance Leadership)

In this inspiring and practical keynote, Fahd engages your students with humour, stories and gives them insight into maximizing their leadership potential.

Fahd takes your students through a personal journey of student leadership, from his time as Gr. 8 class president, to High School Co-president, and his journey as the President Carleton University Students’ Union. Fahd’s first-hand experience of student leadership shapes this engaging keynote with applicable tools and lessons for your students to grow in their leadership journey and increase their community impact.

Students are introduced to the 5 levels of leadership that students must climb to achieve their maximum potential while building on a foundation of self-leadership.

PERSONAL GROWTH: LIVE YOUR BEST LIFE

(General Audience)

In this inspiring, humorous and engaging keynote, Fahd will inspire your students to make a positive impact in their school, organization or community.

Fahd takes them through a personal journey where he coaches youth on fundamental personal development principles, digs deep into the topics of school and community culture while empowering them with the tools to take action and create remarkable positive impact in their community.

Fahd teaches students to push past their limiting beliefs, create their own paths of success, and help their community along the way.

CAREER: Social Entrepreneurship & Building Your Own Path

(General Audience)

Entrepreneurship has gained popularity and many youths see it as a viable career path; but what is an entrepreneur?

An artist, a speaker, a coder, an engineer, an athlete, a youth worker or a youtube streamer can all be entrepreneurs. Entrepreneurs seek to solve problems by creating unique solutions. Fahd will engage your audience, teaching them how they can solve problems within their community as creative, social, and innovative entrepreneurs.

Fahd’s youth worker background and silly demeanour will have your students cracking at his jokes, engaged by his stories, and left empowered to be leaders.

The Unwritten Rules of Post-Secondary: How to Succeed Personally, Academically, and Socially

(Grade 12 Students)

Through this humorous and practical presentation, Fahd takes your grade 12 students who may be nervous and anxious about the roads that lie ahead in post-secondary and shares his experiences through a series of stories and anecdotes.

Fahd builds out a personal success road map, about the “unknowns” in post-secondary shared from the perspective of a recent graduate. How to navigate the social life, and balance school, while working a part-time job.

Universities and Colleges are filled with unwritten codes, and Fahd is here to shed that light for your students and ensure their happiness and success in life after high school.

5 Steps to Fostering Student Leadership Capacity

(Ideal for PD training, teacher conferences, parent councils, and educator workshops.)

As a teacher or a parent, you want to see your students succeed. In this practical keynote, Fahd will equip your audience with the tools to maximize a student/child’s leadership potential.

Using anecdotes from his personal journey in community development, social innovation, and leadership, Fahd will teach the audience how to apply the 5-levels leadership framework to develop youth as leaders.

Fahd has used these methodologies to redesign 16 University Academic Courses to integrate leadership in Social Science and Arts Bachelor Studies.

Topics Covered:

Techniques on how to lead by example
How to develop students into leaders using learned training techniques
How to empower students to take ownership of projects and make a community impact
How to motivate students to find innovative solutions to problems
How to educate students on diversity and inclusion
Research on how leadership helps students development

Building Resiliency: Priming Teenagers for Challenges and Change

(Ideal for PD training, teacher conferences, parent councils, and educator workshops.)

Teenage years come with significant growth and independence. As parents and teachers, how can you help them navigate change?

Using research, clinical studies, and personal experiences as an entrepreneur, this keynote will educate the audience on how to build a resilient teenager.

Flipping the script on its head, Fahd engages your audience with thrilling stories of leadership triumph that ultimately end in failures and disasters. This keynote will teach the audience how to encourage teenagers to step outside their comfort zone and embrace, instead of fear, failure.

Topics covered:

Habit-forming framework for students
How to teach teenagers the difference between growth versus fixed mindsets
How to mark for effort versus results
Why resilience is important and how to build resilient students
How to educate students on diversity and inclusion

Making A Difference and Unraveling School Culture

(Ideal for teachers and parents)

Educators and parents are the glue that binds a school culture. So, how can we support them in strengthening the school community?

In this inspiring keynote, Fahd will guide teachers and parents to apply the fundamental principles of organizational change to their community at school. This talk will empower educators to create a positive impact in their community and go above their call of duty.

The audience will leave this talk inspired to push past their limiting beliefs, redefine their school community, and help each other along the way.

Topics covered:

How to create a conscious culture in the classroom
How to create a culture of self-leadership that rewards star performers
How to apply basic team-building principles to teaching
How to align your staff and students to a shared purpose
How to motivate students to get more involved in their school and community

Testimonials

"Fahd was incredible. His life stories were relevant, engaging and humorous. His overall delivery was exceptional. In fact, the very best that I have seen in my 38 years in education. As a school team, we are putting a huge focus on student leadership. Fahd said that yes, he could help us. He delivered tenfold -The staff and the students were so positive about the hour spent with Fahd! A super rock star presenter!

Cindy Beauchamp, Principal
"He shares all the messy elements that allowed him to get to where he is today. Kids were engaged the whole time. They were talking back, laughing, standing up, enjoying! What impressed me was that he still had a connection with the crowd after the show. The kids were with it all the way through, and that's really what I wanted."

Krista McNamara, Principal
"He's a role model that I can look up to. He gave me concrete examples of how to apply the new principles to my own life. I'm walking away motivated and educated at the same time. And I could go and on!" -

Zuberi Attard, Student
"The presentation was a perfect balance between humour, personal stories and life-long messages. It was a presentation to be remembered by all!"

Francine Menna, Teacher- Librarian, Bur Oak S.S., Markham, Ontario
"Fahd’s talks are a wonderful balance of humor, authenticity and introspection, that leave the audience feeling empowered and inspired. His message resonated with both the student mentees and the alumni mentors alike."

Kristen McCloskey, Program Coordinator, Carleton University