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Speaking
An engaging, dynamic, and interactive speaker, Dr. Laura brings the latest psychological research to life, making complex topics practical and actionable.
She has spoken to hundreds of corporate and industry audiences worldwide on cultivating strong leadership, building healthy workplace cultures, and eliminating toxicity so individuals and organizations can truly thrive.
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Keynotes
Roots to Results:
Growing a Culture Where People Stay and Thrive
Healthy cultures don’t happen by accident - they’re grown with intention. In a world where stress is high, change is constant, and talent is harder to hold onto, the organizations that flourish are the ones that invest in and nurture their people.
In this energizing keynote, Dr. Laura shows how leaders at every level can become “culture gardeners,” creating conditions where people feel valued, connected, and motivated to bring their best. Through stories, research, and practical tools, you’ll discover how to grow a resilient workplace culture where individuals, and the whole organization, can thrive. Learning Outcomes: • Uncover the keys to what makes people stay and thrive (hint: it’s not just paychecks or perks). • Apply the 3 Cs: Care, Curiosity, and Courage - to create a culture rooted in humanity, not hierarchy. • Learn how to reduce stress and boost energy at work, so your people leave work feeling better, not drained. • Walk away with practical, immediately usable strategies to strengthen trust, engagement, and loyalty. • Gain insights on how to attract and inspire younger generations, while keeping your long-time team members motivated.
Dr. Laura's Burnout Rx:
Surviving the Inferno Without Losing Your Spark
We want to spark motivation, creativity, and connection in our people. But what happens when there’s already a quiet smolder of constant stress and overload burning beneath the surface?
When we add fuel without noticing that smolder - a missed lunch, blurred boundaries, fading purpose -that spark can ignite a wildfire. Suddenly, what should have been a source of energy becomes a forest fire that threatens the whole team. Burnout isn’t a personal failure - it’s a workplace wildfire. And even in people-first organizations, it spreads fast when the roots are dry and the climate’s off. The key is fire prevention - not just emergency response. Culture needs regular tending: clearing dry brush, checking for heat, and making sure what you’re building won’t go up in smoke. Learning Outcomes: • Understand burnout as a systemic corporate climate issue, not an individual weakness - and why it’s intensifying despite record investments in well-being. • Recognize early warning signs using the Top 5 Signs for burnout, tailored to your audience. • Discover how over-recognition, toxic positivity, and cultural over-functioning can accidentally accelerate burnout in high-performing teams. • Explore evidence-based interventions that go beyond "self-care," including creating a strategic wellbeing plan, and values-based boundary setting. • Walk away with a customizable Burnout Recovery Resources that you can use with yourself, your team, or your entire organization.
Prune or Perish:
Uprooting Toxic Leadership to Grow a Thriving Culture
If you truly want a human-centered workplace, you can’t ignore the most destructive threats to your culture: toxic bosses pretending to be leaders. Chances are high that you’ve worked for or around a toxic boss in your career, as recent data shows that 75% of employees have experienced a toxic workplace, and 57% of employees have left at least one job as a result of a toxic boss.
They’re like rot hidden beneath the bark - often invisible at first, but slowly spreading through the roots, weakening the whole tree from the inside out. These bosses might deliver short-term growth, but their toxicity seeps into the soil - choking morale, suffocating psychological safety, and causing branches of talent to wither and fall. Would you know how to spot toxic leadership before it’s too late? And once you do - what the heck do you do next? Learning Outcomes: • Uncover the keys to what makes people stay and thrive (hint: it’s not just paychecks or perks). • Apply the 3 C's: Care, Curiosity, and Courage - to create a culture rooted in humanity, not hierarchy. • Learn how to reduce stress and boost energy at work, so your people leave work feeling better, not drained. • Walk away with practical, immediately usable strategies to strengthen trust, engagement, and loyalty. • Gain insights on how to attract and inspire younger generations, while keeping your long-time team members motivated.
Crack the Code:
Lead and Keep Top Talent in a Hybrid/Remote World
Remote and hybrid work is here to stay - but leading in it? That’s a whole new game. And the old rules? They don’t work anymore.
In this bold, fast-paced keynote, a future-of-work trailblazer will share the real leadership strategies that build trust, loyalty, and unstoppable team engagement - no matter where your people are. Whether you're struggling with productivity, retention, or just keeping your team connected, this session delivers the mindset shifts, proven strategies, and everyday leadership habits that drive results. Learning Outcomes: • Learn to lead boldly with honesty, empathy, and conviction through challenge and change - even when it's hard. Walk away ready to face the hard stuff and earn real trust. • Turn distance into a performance advantage - Use proven leadership habits and tools to energize your team, drive accountability, and boost results - near or far. work. • Build unshakable trust - Learn practical strategies to strengthen trust, increase loyalty, and reduce turnover - regardless of where your people are located.
What People Say about Dr. Laura
I have been a member of SHRM since 2023. I love speaking at SHRM conferences and contributing my Organizational Psychology expertise to the ongoing development and best practices in Human Resources.
I have been a proud member of CAPS since 2024, connecting with a vibrant community of speakers and thought leaders throughout Canada.
I am honored to have been a member of the NSA since 2025, and love being a part of this vibrant and inspiring global community of professional speakers and keynoters.
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