Seth Yelorda
Leadership & Organizational Development Consultant
Seth Yelorda
Leadership & Organizational Development Consultant
Biography
As a speaker, leadership coach, and organizational development consultant, Seth has over a decade of experience in transforming leaders and teams. Through his Lead with ClarityTM framework, he helps leaders and organizations eliminate the drivers of employee turnover, low performance, disengagement, and team conflict. His approach not only addresses the root causes of workplace challenges but also empowers leaders to build cultures that result in Extraordinary EmployeesTM.
He has successfully guided a wide range of organizations, including hospitals, colleges, state government agencies, faith-based communities, and nonprofits, to achieve strategic alignment. His deep experience as a former pastor equips him with a profound understanding of transformational leadership and organizational culture. This rare blend of pastoral insight and organizational acumen makes him particularly adept at serving mission-driven leaders that strive to create meaningful impact on their teams and in the world.
Recognitions:
2024 EXLEARN Learning & Performance Excellence Award recipient - an honor that recognizes the contribution of leaders in their field for leading innovation, building momentum, and overcoming barriers to create healthier, higher-performing organizations.
His extensive academic background complements his practical experience, giving him a well-rounded perspective that bridges theory and practice. Known for his strategic thinking and inspiring presence, Seth’s passion is to help leaders gain the clarity needed to achieve extraordinary results.
Seth lives in Riverside, CA, with his wife and their three daughters and brings his personal mission of clarity and purpose to everything he does. Whether addressing executive leaders, managers, teams, or frontline staff, Seth delivers thought-provoking insights and frameworks that will help the audience think, feel, and act differently, enabling them to thrive in today’s complex landscape.
Speaker Videos
Building Extraordinary Teams in the Messy Middle
It's Not The Plane, It's The Pilot
Can Leaders Be Too Nice?
Speech Topics
Lead with Clarity
In the Lead with Clarity™ keynote, Seth equips leaders with the tools to drive strategic clarity into every level of the organization, ensuring alignment in decision making and execution. This session explores three essential clarity pillars: Create a compelling picture of the future, Elevate performance standards, and Embody an unwavering commitment to success. Attendees will learn to analyze competing priorities that lead to division and waste, implement systems for focused execution, and foster team synergy and collaboration.
Key topics include defining clear goals, aligning team efforts with strategy, and cultivating collaboration. By the end, attendees will leave inspired and have practical insights their teams can take back to the office to apply immediately.
Keynote Objectives
- Gain Tools to Drive Strategic Clarity: Learn practical strategies to ensure alignment at every level of the organization.
- Elevate Performance and Execution: Implement systems for focused, high-performance execution.
- Strengthen Team Alignment: Analyze competing priorities and ensure collective effort toward shared goals.
- Instill Mindset of Success: Cultivate a culture of resilience, ownership, and unwavering commitment to achieving results.
Building an Extraordinary Team
The talent you need to take your organization to the next level is already within your team—you just need to cultivate it. This keynote equips leaders with the tools to unlock the potential of their team by creating extraordinary employees: individuals who love their job, are good at their job, and love who they do their job with.
Attendees will explore how fostering purpose-driven work, psychological safety, and continuous growth fuels both innovation and long-term commitment. When properly supported, extraordinary employees drive extraordinary results. By unlocking potential and enhancing engagement, leaders can build high-performing teams that elevate organizational success. Attendees will leave with actionable strategies to create a culture of clarity, trust, and development—ensuring employees flourish and contribute at their highest levels.
Keynote Objectives
- Foster Purpose-Driven Work – Help employees connect their roles to a greater mission, increasing motivation and impact.
- Create Psychological Safety – Build a culture where employees feel valued, heard, and empowered to contribute their best ideas.
- Cultivate Continuous Growth – Implement strategies that encourage learning, skill development, and career progression.
- Drive Extraordinary Results – Identify and support extraordinary employees to maximize their potential and accelerate organizational success.
Beyond Performance: Unlocking True Potential
In this keynote, attendees are challenged to break free from the competition trap and redefine their approach to success. Too often, individuals measure achievement by outperforming others, but true greatness isn’t about comparison—it’s about realizing their full potential. By shifting the focus from external validation to internal mastery, attendees unlock new levels of growth, breakthrough performance, and deep fulfillment.
This session provides the mindset and tools needed to push past limitations, expand vision, and achieve extraordinary results beyond what they once believed possible. Attendees will leave empowered with strategies to cultivate self-mastery, sustain peak performance, and create lasting success driven by purpose, not just competition.
Keynote Objectives
- Equip for Self-Mastery: Shift the focus from competing with others to mastering personal excellence by embracing continuous growth and self-improvement.
- Unlock Breakthrough Performance: Overcome self-imposed limitations, expand vision, and tap into untapped potential to achieve results beyond expectations.
- Cultivate Fulfillment Through Purpose: Align goals with intrinsic motivation and long-term purpose, leading to deeper satisfaction and sustainable success.
- Sustain Growth and Excellence: Implement habits and mindsets that fuel continuous learning, peak performance, and long-term achievement.