Leadership Is Your Superpower

In this inspiring and actionable keynote, Danny Langloss takes audiences on a journey through one of the most challenging times in his leadership career: leading the City of Dixon, Illinois through the $54 million embezzlement scandal orchestrated by its comptroller, Rita Crundwell. Drawing on his dual roles as police chief and interim city manager during the recovery, Danny shares hard-earned insights into the 5 critical leadership mindsets that create resilience, unite teams, drive innovation, and inspire greatness. He reveals the X factor behind winning cultures and championship teams and demonstrates how it transforms organizations by fostering psychological safety, connection, accountability, engagement, and purpose at every level.

Through compelling stories and actionable strategies Danny introduces three game-changing skills—active listening, coaching, and appreciation—that help leaders unite and empower their teams, build the highest levels of trust, and cultivate strong relationships. Participants will leave with practical tools to ignite the potential within their teams, elevate their leadership impact, and unlock an inclusive culture of leadership, ownership, and success. Whether you're leading a team through crisis or striving for the next level of performance, this keynote will equip you with the superpowers to inspire and lead with excellence.

OwnerShift: 7 Pillars to Unleash the Champions in Your Organization

(This video is a 6 minute speaker reel from the OwnerShift keynote Danny Langloss presented at the Midwest Summit on Leadership.)

Employee engagement is the extent to which team members feel connected to their job, are committed to the goals and values of the organization, and are willing to give passionate, discretionary effort. Ownership is employee engagement on steroids. Ownership is the pathway to unleashing the champions in every organization.

Ownership is a team member's extreme emotional and psychological commitment to the goals of the company, their team, and the organization. Owners do things because it is important to them, not because they are told to do it. They are purpose-driven and feel responsible to take action and achieve outcomes. Owners are constantly looking to get 1% better every day, always looking for ways to add layers of greatness to the organization, and proactively solve problems as they arise.

In this presentation, City Manager Danny Langloss shares the 7 pillars that will create ownership across all levels of your organization and take your team to the next level.