the Rick Joi media kit

biographies

10-word
Rick Joi is the world’s leading work anniversary expert.

25-word
Rick Joi is the founder of The Workiversary Group and author of the world’s best-selling book about work anniversaries, Inspiring Work Anniversaries.

60-word
Rick Joi is the world’s leading work anniversary expert.

He’s also the world’s only work anniversary expert. 😉

Rick is the founder of The Workiversary Group and author of the book, Inspiring Work Anniversaries. He has worked in the workplace culture improvement industry for over fifteen years and has ten patents on various workplace culture improvement innovations.

120-word
Rick Joi is the founder of The Workiversary Group, a startup focused on dramatically improving the quality of work anniversaries around the world.

Before that, he was the Chief Innovation Officer at Energage, which is the company behind over 50 regional Top Workplaces programs across the U.S. He was in the enviable position of being able to visit the organizations with the best workplace cultures and then come up with innovative ways to take those learnings and figure out how to scale them across other organizations. Rick holds ten patents from his time at Energage.

Rick lives in Lancaster, PA with his wife and their three kids. He loves unicycling and unicorns and is generally described as unique.

200-word
Rick Joi is the world’s leading work anniversary expert.

Rick Joi spent over a decade working with companies that care a lot about their workplace cultures as one of the four original partners at Energage, the company behind the regional Top Workplaces programs throughout the United States.

Rick started at Energage as a software engineer, but his role evolved to include product discovery, consulting, and being Energage’s Chief Innovation Officer — leading Energage to receive ten patents.

Rick worked directly with scores of both Top Workplaces and organizations aspiring to be Top Workplaces. He gained a deep understanding of workplace culture, its value, and the many ways that it’s not simple.

As a former software engineer, he has a higher-than-typical drive for efficiency. As an innovator, he is always on the look-out for low-cost, high-impact solutions.

With those two lenses, work anniversaries stood out. It was clear they were very high leverage moments, but even the most employee-focused of companies were still having trouble, and often in ways that were very inexpensive to fix.

That insight led to found The Workiversary Group with the mission to dramatically improve work anniversaries for hundreds of millions of workers around the world, as well as the recently released book, Inspiring Work Anniversaries.

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example topics

big picture topics

  • do work anniversaries matter?

  • the value work anniversaries can deliver for an organization

  • why so many work anniversaries are so mediocre

  • how an organization avoid work anniversary mediocrity

  • who in an organization can contribute and how

  • the best approach for organizations focused on ROI

  • the importance of an organization having a purpose

  • fun committees

individual contributor topics

  • great ways to acknowledge a coworker’s work anniversary

  • what to do on your own work anniversary

  • what you can do if your organization ignores work anniversaries

  • cupcakes

  • LinkedIn

  • how to write a great celebratory speech for a colleague’s work anniversary

top 10 lists

  • top 10 mistakes to avoid

  • top 10 ideas for remote employees

  • top 10 workplace culture recommendations

human resources topics

  • easy first steps

  • a simple approach to designing a great work anniversary program

  • performance review and pay raise timing

  • publicly acknowledge work anniversaries

  • good, meh, and terrible work anniversary gifts

  • optimizing your benefit package

  • improving hiring with work anniversaries

  • work anniversaries and onboarding

  • work anniversary budgeting

  • enlisting others

  • expectation setting

manager topics

  • how work anniversaries make managing easier

  • how managers can avoid the #1 work anniversary complaint for their direct reports

  • the most thoughtful thing that can happen on a work anniversary

  • preparation long before the work anniversary

  • preparation the week before the work anniversary

  • what to do on a work anniversary and when to do it

  • messaging tips

  • skip-level work anniversary conversations

quotes about Rick Joi’s speaking

“The presentation was great! The content was compelling and easy to understand, and Rick’s passion and expertise were easy to see.”

“Rick’s got a unique perspective on just about everything. He’s a dynamic, engaging speaker, who conveys complex ideas by breaking them down into easily-digestible concepts and analogies. Rick always focuses on the most practical and impactful content. I’ve been to many presentations that Rick gave, and I’d attend all of them again!”

“Rick was an awesome storyteller! Rick really was able to teach skills that I plan on using on a monthly basis. He not only taught, but he brought the presentation to life even in a remote setting. He was engaging, asked for volunteers to participate in the discussion and really brought the concepts home. I really enjoyed every minute of the presentation and am excited to start putting those differentiators to good use! I did not expect to laugh as much as I did with some of the jokes Rick was able to bring about.”

“Rick is very well-spoken. He takes his time explaining information in a clear and easy to understand manner. Rick is happy to answer questions with clear responses that ensure the participants understanding.”

“Rick is always a super dynamic and engaging speaker. I especially appreciate his ability to draw unique connections between topics and to use interesting examples that help complex topics resonate with his audience.”

“Rick Joi is an engaging speaker who delivers dynamic, well-polished presentations. Rick weaves deep subject matter expertise with relatable examples and humor in a way that educates his audience without the audience realizing they are learning.”

“Rick has a fantastic way of taking a really scientific theory that truly is only relatable and understood by a Data Scientist and perfectly explaining that theory by relating it to a story that is easily understood by anyone. His excellent speaking ability and professionalism keeps your attention and makes you want to learn more.”

“I could really tell the speaker had a passion for the topic, and really knew the material — his enthusiasm coupled with use of storytelling and metaphors to provide more relatable context really made the presentation fun and easy to follow!”

“Wow!! Rick always seems to blow my mind. Rick is a master of taking complex topics breaking them down into easy to learn and compelling lessons. His stories are engaging, fun, and they always manage to challenge me towards wondering how much better work can be for us all. Rick is a breath of fresh air and exactly the type of thought leadership that the future HR needs. I can’t recommend his ideas and perspectives enough.”

“Mr. Joi is one of the most charismatic speakers I’ve ever known, explaining every topic with great detail but also making them enjoyable for everyone.”

“Rick was an engaging presenter, and was always able to keep my attention with his stories and anecdotes that tied back into the purpose of his presentation. No matter the topic, Rick was able to clearly articulate his points while making it interesting.”

"Rick Joi is my favorite presenter in the Human Resources space. He brings an imagination and exuberance to complex topics, making them simple enough for anyone to understand and engage with while still maintaining the nuance that makes these subjects so challenging. Every time I've seen him speak I'm surprised in some new way."

Rick Joi’s ten workplace improvement patents

Rick Joi on bio.site