Presentation Details

"Leading with Gratitude: What F1 Pit Crews and Ted Lasso Teach Us About Culture and Performance"

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Great teams, whether on the racetrack or the pitch, thrive on trust, gratitude, and connection. What if your workplace culture could operate like a Formula 1 pit crew—fast, synchronized, and high-performing—or like Ted Lasso’s team, where kindness and belief turn underdogs into champions?

In this session, Stephen Jolley, Director of Demand Generation at Motivosity, will show how leaders can use gratitude to unlock performance, retention, and engagement in their organizations. Drawing on business data, HR case studies, and pop culture lessons, Stephen will connect the dots between a culture of thanks and measurable business outcomes.

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Attendees will explore how:

• F1 pit crews model precision, collaboration, and the importance of every role being valued.

• Ted Lasso’s leadership style demonstrates how vulnerability, belief, and consistent gratitude transform culture.

• HR leaders and executives can implement similar gratitude-driven practices to reduce turnover, improve productivity, and inspire teams at every level.

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This isn’t just theory—it’s gratitude as a business strategy. Attendees will leave with a framework and practical tools to turn appreciation into ROI while making work more human and fulfilling.

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Through this session, you'll learn:​​

1. How F1 and Ted Lasso’s playbooks translate into real-world recognition practices.

2. The Gratitude Framework — A simple, repeatable model to foster recognition that directly impacts retention and performance.

3. Building an Action Plan — A buyer’s guide template to design recognition that leaders can bring back and implement immediately.

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Speaker Bio:

Stephen has experienced positive impacts from managers and mentors that showed they care and he is passionate about helping organizations realize similar experiences through enabling employee engagement and recognition programs. He’s worked in both sales and marketing in roles at LogMeIn (Now GoTo), Jive Communications, and SecurityMetrics, and loves finding opportunities to bring teams together. He currently leads the Demand Generation team at Motivosity and is passionate about the human connection in marketing. He graduated from Utah Valley University with a degree in marketing, but Stephen’s favorite thing is playing outside with his wife and three kids.