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What drives employee engagement and aligns it with organisational success?
Marlo Clarke, originally from Barbados, is a thought leader in blending personal growth strategies with actionable workplace insights, and has spent his career answering this question across three continents.
He is a former international rugby player and worked as a Strategic Director, leading teams in both the USA and the UK. He is also a two-time TEDx speaker and dedicated a year to travelling through thirteen countries, conducting interviews with individuals from diverse backgrounds on what living a fulfilling life and career truly means to them.
These extraordinary experiences led Marlo to create the Employee Development Cycle. This powerful framework helps individuals and organisations redefine success, incrementally improve, and celebrate progress in ways that uplift others. His work bridges the gap between growth and engagement by linking personal purpose with organisational performance.
Marlo has delivered impactful presentations to audiences ranging from Fortune 500 companies in North America to NGOs in Southern Africa. His ability to connect with individuals across industries and borders makes him a sought-after voice for driving workplace transformation.
Marlo doesn’t just share ideas; his captivating storytelling and concepts shift perspectives. His engaging style invites reflection and sparks meaningful employee engagement, leading to lasting growth both personally and professionally.
The result? Audiences walk away reconnected to what drives them and are ready to bring that energy into their lives, their work, and their teams.
What Now? What Next?
It happens to all of us. We make a decision to act, put all of our passion and effort behind that action, and we fail. This failure is not final; it is simply feedback. How we react to this feedback can determine our path for incremental improvement and future success.
Marlo explores the cycle of success through intentional action, while succinctly providing tools anyone can use. Learn to navigate uncertainty, evaluate negative feedback, and embrace the power of vulnerability. Working together, we will solve two equations to give more clarity to each individual’s purpose:
Passion +Intention = Purpose
Time + Energy + Money = Purpose
Key Takeaways:
- Defining Passion, Intention, and Purpose: Explores unique ways to define and align these elements in one's life.
- Thrive Through Uncertainty: Offers insights on navigating uncertainty for growth.
- Redefining Failure: Encourages viewing failure simply as negative feedback, rather than a source of guilt or shame.
- Power of Vulnerability: Power of Vulnerability: Highlights the significance of vulnerability at every stage in the cycle of success.
How was your day, today? - A Simple Success Checklist
We all want to accomplish something. Whether it’s advancing in our careers, building better relationships, or excelling in sports and hobbies. All are worthy goals, but the route we take in pursuing these goals can maximize or minimize our success.
Through his work around the world in human services, Marlo has developed his five principles for self-defined success. These principles break down how to excel in any pursuit at the most basic level and can help members of any audience tackle their goals with renewed energy.
Key Takeaways:
- Questions for Daily Evaluation: Reflective questions guide individuals on their goal journey.
- Five Principles for Self-Defined Success: Marlo introduces five foundational principles for success.
- Finding Clarity Amidst Noise: Emphasizes the importance of finding clarity amidst life's complexities.
- Enjoying the Journey: Encourages a positive mindset by embracing the twists of the goal journey.
It All Comes Full Circle
In reality, most of us have had tremendous amounts of success in our lives. Whether it was achieving educational milestones, securing career advancement, or excelling at a new hobby. However, soon after we achieve our lofty goal, we find ourselves thinking that something is missing. The never-ending cycle of striving and achieving begins once again.
After 100s of interviews across three continents, Marlo introduces his unique concept: the ‘Spectrum of Joy.’ This framework guides us to discover enduring contentment alongside our accomplishments, culminating in a pivotal step that ties our cycle of striving and achieving.
Key Takeaways:
- The Spectrum of Joy: Discusses the importance of balancing bliss, happiness, and contentment.
- Life Satisfaction Criteria: Encourages creating criteria that define when "Life is Good" along the path to bigger goals.
- Privileges of Success: Explores cultivating and sharing the privileges of success.
- Completing the Cycle of Striving and Achieving: Discusses tying the cycle of striving, achieving, and sharing for fulfillment.
How to Build Trust and Listen to Understand
In today’s fast-paced corporate landscape, success hinges not only on technical skill but also on the ability to build trust and truly listen to others. In this talk, Marlo breaks down the core components of trust, showing how leaders and teams can create environments where people feel valued, heard, and empowered to share innovative ideas.
Drawing on research, real-world examples, and personal experiences, he highlights the power of empathy and active listening in driving both performance and connection.
Whether you're a team leader or an aspiring professional, this keynote provides practical tools for enhancing collaboration, navigating conflict, and fostering stronger relationships, one conversation at a time.
Key Takeaways
1. The Trust Equation – Understand how credibility, reliability, and emotional safety come together to build trust.
2. Levels of Listening – Learn the three levels of listening and how they can transform relationships.
3. Conflict as a Bridge – Explore how to use conflict as a bridge to deeper understanding and team resilience.
4. Storytelling and Safety – Discover how personal stories, shared humour, and shared experiences can create lasting rapport.
What Now? What Next?
It happens to all of us. We make a decision to act, put all of our passion and effort behind that action, and we fail. This failure is not final; it is simply feedback. How we react to this feedback can determine our path for incremental improvement and future success.
Marlo explores the cycle of success through intentional action, while succinctly providing tools anyone can use. Learn to navigate uncertainty, evaluate negative feedback, and embrace the power of vulnerability. Working together, we will solve two equations to give more clarity to each individual’s purpose:
Passion +Intention = Purpose
Time + Energy + Money = Purpose
Key Takeaways:
- Defining Passion, Intention, and Purpose: Explores unique ways to define and align these elements in one's life.
- Thrive Through Uncertainty: Offers insights on navigating uncertainty for growth.
- Redefining Failure: Encourages viewing failure simply as negative feedback, rather than a source of guilt or shame.
- Power of Vulnerability: Power of Vulnerability: Highlights the significance of vulnerability at every stage in the cycle of success.
How was your day, today? - A Simple Success Checklist
We all want to accomplish something. Whether it’s advancing in our careers, building better relationships, or excelling in sports and hobbies. All are worthy goals, but the route we take in pursuing these goals can maximize or minimize our success.
Through his work around the world in human services, Marlo has developed his five principles for self-defined success. These principles break down how to excel in any pursuit at the most basic level and can help members of any audience tackle their goals with renewed energy.
Key Takeaways:
- Questions for Daily Evaluation: Reflective questions guide individuals on their goal journey.
- Five Principles for Self-Defined Success: Marlo introduces five foundational principles for success.
- Finding Clarity Amidst Noise: Emphasizes the importance of finding clarity amidst life's complexities.
- Enjoying the Journey: Encourages a positive mindset by embracing the twists of the goal journey.
It All Comes Full Circle
In reality, most of us have had tremendous amounts of success in our lives. Whether it was achieving educational milestones, securing career advancement, or excelling at a new hobby. However, soon after we achieve our lofty goal, we find ourselves thinking that something is missing. The never-ending cycle of striving and achieving begins once again.
After 100s of interviews across three continents, Marlo introduces his unique concept: the ‘Spectrum of Joy.’ This framework guides us to discover enduring contentment alongside our accomplishments, culminating in a pivotal step that ties our cycle of striving and achieving.
Key Takeaways:
- The Spectrum of Joy: Discusses the importance of balancing bliss, happiness, and contentment.
- Life Satisfaction Criteria: Encourages creating criteria that define when "Life is Good" along the path to bigger goals.
- Privileges of Success: Explores cultivating and sharing the privileges of success.
- Completing the Cycle of Striving and Achieving: Discusses tying the cycle of striving, achieving, and sharing for fulfillment.
How to Build Trust and Listen to Understand
In today’s fast-paced corporate landscape, success hinges not only on technical skill but also on the ability to build trust and truly listen to others. In this talk, Marlo breaks down the core components of trust, showing how leaders and teams can create environments where people feel valued, heard, and empowered to share innovative ideas.
Drawing on research, real-world examples, and personal experiences, he highlights the power of empathy and active listening in driving both performance and connection.
Whether you're a team leader or an aspiring professional, this keynote provides practical tools for enhancing collaboration, navigating conflict, and fostering stronger relationships, one conversation at a time.
Key Takeaways
1. The Trust Equation – Understand how credibility, reliability, and emotional safety come together to build trust.
2. Levels of Listening – Learn the three levels of listening and how they can transform relationships.
3. Conflict as a Bridge – Explore how to use conflict as a bridge to deeper understanding and team resilience.
4. Storytelling and Safety – Discover how personal stories, shared humour, and shared experiences can create lasting rapport.
