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Judd Shaw
Transform workplace culture and leadership with Judd Shaw, lawyer, CEO, keynote speaker and author. Judd helps high-performing teams build psychological safety and navigate uncertainty through his Connection CURE framework. Creator of "How to Live Authentically" and founder of Brave Ideas Company, working with organizations nationwide.
Judd Shaw is a keynote speaker, CEO, and author focused on helping leaders move from performance-driven habits to self-aware, human-centered leadership. His work helps close the gap between external success and internal alignment. Judd built and led one of New Jersey's most successful injury law firms for over two decades.
He is the author of How to Live Authentically: The Surprising Cure for Loneliness and Disconnection and creator of The Connection CURE framework, a relationship-building system used by leaders and organizations nationwide. Judd's approach is grounded in personal experience. After years of leading from control and perfection, a personal reckoning forced him to rebuild his leadership from the inside out.
When he brought that shift back into his firm, the results were measurable: retention strengthened, trust grew, and decision-making clarity improved. He now brings that same process to organizations navigating growth, transition, and complexity, helping teams move from fear-driven execution to honest, connected leadership. Audiences leave Judd's sessions with a repeatable three-part discipline for navigating uncertainty, practical tools for building psychologically safe cultures, and a clear framework for aligning values with behavior under pressure, ultimately enabling more effective collaboration under pressure. Audience reviews consistently highlight his ability to blend vulnerability with actionable strategy that leaders can apply immediately.
Book Judd Shaw when your organization is ready to move beyond inspiration and build the leadership infrastructure for lasting change.
Topics, sessions and talks
Judd Shaw examines the hidden leadership habits that drive early success but later create friction, limiting growth and alignment. Drawing from his experience leading a high-performing law firm, he introduces a practical framework for navigating uncertainty without defaulting to control or false certainty. Through a three-part discipline of noticing, staying, and choosing, he shows how leaders can create conditions for honest dialog, stronger alignment, and more effective decision-making under pressure.
Judd Shaw explores the gap between outward success and internal disconnection, drawing on his personal journey through addiction and recovery. He unpacks how high-performing individuals often rely on patterns that reinforce isolation, even in collaborative environments. Through the Connection CURE framework, he offers a structured path toward self-awareness, honesty, and meaningful connection, reshaping how individuals relate to themselves, their teams, and the work they do together.
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To book Judd Shaw, email judd.shaw@getapeptalk.com or call PepTalk on +44 20 3835 2929 (UK) or +1 737 888 5112 (US), and one of our speaker agents will contact you within hours to confirm Judd's availability and speaking fee. If you can, please include your budget upfront – it helps us fast-track your request. It’s also helpful to know the date, format (virtual or in-person), location, and about your audience.
Judd Shaw structures his sessions around named frameworks — the Connection CURE and a three-part discipline of noticing, staying, and choosing — drawn from his own leadership experience and recovery journey, giving audiences a repeatable process they can apply to decision-making, team alignment, and culture-building.
Judd Shaw speaks on hidden leadership habits and friction, authentic connection and internal disconnection, and navigating uncertainty through psychological safety. He is the author of How to Live Authentically: The Surprising Cure for Loneliness and Disconnection and built and led one of New Jersey's most successful injury law firms for over two decades.
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