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Workshops, keynotes, and candid conversations that get your team unstuck.

TARA WADDLE

Tara Waddle brings clarity, candor, and strategy to the stage—helping leaders and teams cut through the noise, build alignment, and turn ideas into real, sustainable action.

  • Tara Waddle, SHRM-CP is an operations and communication strategist who helps leaders cut through the noise and run their businesses on purpose. As the founder of Waddle It Be, LLC, she works at the intersection of HR, strategy, and systems—turning good intentions into measurable results.

    With over 15 years of experience in business operations, HR, and leadership development, Tara brings a refreshingly candid voice to every stage she steps on. By her mid-20s, she was a C-level executive leading international teams and managing remote and hybrid work long before it became the norm. Since then, she’s helped businesses of all sizes—corporate, nonprofit, and everything in between—go from chaos to clarity through stronger operations, culture, and communication.

    She speaks the language of CEOs and frontline teams alike—and knows how to build a bridge between the two. Her work is rooted in a simple but powerful belief: people don’t need to be “fixed.” They need to be heard, empowered, and communicated with like the experts they are.

    Tara specializes in demystifying leadership, culture-building, people ops, and communication—so they become tools your team can actually use. With a knack for turning complexity into practicality, she’s the speaker who makes even technical topics like AI feel human.

    Whether in a boardroom or on stage, Tara brings candor and a deep respect for people’s lived expertise. She meets people where they are, cuts through jargon, and helps them grow with confidence.

    Let’s get your people aligned—and your ducks in a row.

  • “I still apply so many things I’ve learned from Tara

    in my job and personal life today!”

  • “Absolutely loved Tara and her presentation on data and leadership.

    Thought I had heard it all, but this one really hit home for me.

    Would highly recommend her!”

  • “Our team is still talking about it weeks later!

    Clear takeaways, fresh perspective, and real tools we used right away.”

  • “Collaboration was effortless. It was like she read my mind.

    She heard me and got what I wanted from the beginning, then made it better.”

  • “Waddle It Be, LLC will help you create inclusive environments

    where people feel valued, seen, and heard.

    She has a remarkable talent at fostering collaboration.”

Signature Sessions

Original, high-impact sessions developed in-house by Tara Waddle — grounded in her core expertise in operations, internal communication, and leadership strategy. Whether you’re planning a conference, retreat, or in-house team training, Tara delivers highly relatable, high-impact sessions designed to shift the way people think, communicate, and lead.


Each topic can be delivered as a keynote, breakout, or interactive workshop.

The DECIDE Framework: Strategy Without the Spinout
A practical path from overthinking to confident action.

Make decisions faster and with less drama. This session teaches a repeatable method to move from stuck to strategic when stakes are high and clarity is lacking.

Behind the Data: Turning Numbers Into Action
Metrics don’t move people — meaning does.

From dashboards to KPIs, this session helps leaders connect data to behavior change, motivation, and clarity. Perfect for teams trying to “get on the same page” with what the numbers mean.

Culture by Design: How Systems Shape Behavior
Your workflows tell a story from the inside out.

From meetings to onboarding, the systems you put in place quietly reinforce what matters. This session helps leaders align operations with the culture they say they want.

Words Build Worlds: How Language Becomes Culture
Why what you call things and how you say them determines how your team works together.

This session explores how internal language shapes identity, onboarding, expectations, and trust. Learn how to identify and reinforce the language already driving your culture, or craft new terms and rhythms that build stronger, clearer, more aligned teams.

Additional Topics Tara Regularly Speaks On:

  • Behind-the-Scenes Branding

    Why client experience starts backstage — in your inbox, your workflows, and your collaborative tasks.

  • Communication is a Freeway, Not a Two-Way Street

    Why modern messaging is more about intention than canned conversation, and how to get your message across without a pile-up.

  • Intent vs. Impact: The Gap That Breaks Teams

    What you meant isn’t always what they heard. This session explores how to lead through perception gaps and rebuild trust.

  • Let’s Talk About the Talk You’re Avoiding

    The cost of dodging feedback, conflict, or accountability — and what it’s doing to your strategy.

  • The Confidence–Communication Loop

    Build a rhythm of trust-based feedback that supports performance and reduces micromanagement.

  • The Remote Reality Check

    How to lead and support distributed teams without losing clarity, connection, or culture.

  • Be an Earworm: Branding That Tracks

    The psychology and strategy of creating brand language that sticks, and how to harness this for yourself.

  • Talk Like a Team

    Building buy-in, onboarding clarity, and team cohesion through intentional shared language.