Explore Kim's Keynotes

What if the very drive that built your success is quietly costing you your peace?

In this transformative keynote, leadership expert Kim Hurd takes audiences on a journey from chasing achievement to leading from authenticity. Through powerful storytelling and decades of leadership experience, Kim reveals how the relentless pursuit of “what’s next” can leave even the most accomplished professionals feeling unseen, exhausted, and disconnected from their own worth.

With candor and heart, Kim shares her deeply personal story of redefining success and introduces The 3 Shifts Every Leader Must Make to stop proving and start leading with presence, permission, and purpose. She also unveils the WORTHY Leadership Framework—a practical, human-centered tool that helps leaders build cultures rooted in trust, connection, and belief.

Audience Takeaways:

• Recognize the hidden cost of achievement and how it shows up in your leadership.
• Reframe your definition of success to align peace with performance.
• Reclaim the confidence to lead authentically and call out the worth in others.

This keynote is perfect for conferences, corporate teams, and women’s leadership events seeking an inspiring, soul-stirring reminder that real success isn’t about climbing higher—it’s about leading from wholeness.

What if the very climb that built your success was never meant to be climbed alone?
 

In this powerful faith-driven keynote, leadership expert Kim Hurd shares her deeply personal journey of discovering that true success isn’t found in titles or achievements - it’s found in trusting the One who called you to climb in the first place.
 

After nearly three decades of chasing professional milestones, Kim found herself facing an unexpected layoff - a moment that became a divine turning point. Through raw honesty and spiritual insight, she reveals how God used loss, waiting, and surrender to lead her into a season of peace, purpose, and provision beyond anything she imagined.
Audience Takeaways:

• Recognize the subtle ways ambition and achievement can replace trust in God.
• Reframe seasons of uncertainty as divine preparation, not punishment.
• Release control and discover the freedom that comes from walking in obedience and dependence on God’s timing.
• Remember that your worth and purpose were defined by God long before any title, paycheck, or promotion.

This keynote is perfect for faith-based women’s conferences, Christian leadership retreats, and church events seeking an authentic, spirit-led reminder that the climb toward success means little without surrender. It’s not just a story of professional transformation - it’s a testimony of what happens when faith leads the way.