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Interactive and actionable keynote speeches that ignite growth and transformation
If you’re looking for a keynote speaker who combines audience participation (and never the roll-your-eyes kind), inspiration, humor, vulnerability, and actionable insights… you’re in the right place.
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I work with leaders, teams, and organizations to activate purpose, cultivate character, and unleash potential - elevating engagement and accelerating personal and professional growth.
Keynote Topics:
UNMUTE Yourself: Elevate Your Clarity, Confidence, and Courage to Amplify Your Career
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Too many of us self-silence and hold ourselves back at work. We let doubts and insecurities disqualify us and dictate what we do. We don’t speak up to ask for the opportunities we want or the support we need. We don’t express our thoughts, needs or aspirations. It’s like we’re living our lives on mute, and it’s costing us a lot more than we realize.
What if it didn’t have to be that way? By tapping into the power of curiosity, we can find the clarity we need to get unstuck and move forward in our lives and at work with greater confidence and courage. The result? Greater fulfillment, impact, and alignment personally and professionally and a brave, bold UNMUTED life that makes us feel energized, inspired, and alive.
EVERYONE IN ATTENDANCE WILL:
● Identify how self-doubt and self-silencing are holding them back at work
● Discover specific strategies and prompts to help them illuminate their strengths and contributions, so they can be more empowered, confident contributors who have greater impact and influence and impact at work and in the world
● Advocate for themselves, so they feel more motivated and empowered to create a career that engages them by making the most of their unique talents
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What Matters Most Now? Reflect, Reframe, Recalibrate
EVERYONE IN ATTENDANCE WILL:
● Implement a replicable three-part framework to get unstuck and cultivate clarity about the future
● Tap into the power skill of curiosity to activate growth and self-awareness both personally and professionally
● Experience reflective and interactive practices that help them connect with purpose, possibilities, and their peers
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The past few years have served as a catalyst for many of us to pause and reflect, to reinvent and reimagine, and to show up more intentionally in our lives and in our work. In the midst of continued change, it's never been more important for us to reconnect to what matters most, both personally and professionally. We can start doing that by accessing the power of curiosity within ourselves and with each other to create an inspired, aligned, and compelling future.
Powerful questions ignite insight and help us gain clarity about what could be, so we don't feel so stuck in what is or what has been. Tapping into the combination of curiosity and clarity gives us the confidence and courage to unleash purpose, passion, and potential in ourselves and in the people we lead and serve. Now, more than ever before, we need that kind of fresh perspective and motivation, so we can have more impact and influence through our work.
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Be the Difference: Igniting Intentional Leadership
EVERYONE IN ATTENDANCE WILL:
● Discover the key drivers of employee engagement and how they can be elevated within the team
● Identify specific questions everyone can ask themselves to elevate self-awareness and “unmute” the people they lead, so that they can build greater trust and increase connection
● Facilitate meaningful, upward-spiral conversations at the organization to generate greater creativity, purpose, trust, and connection
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In the ever-evolving landscape of work, traditional leadership is giving way to a new era—intentional, transformational leadership rooted in connection, collaboration, and curiosity. At a time when people are feeling stressed out, checked out, and burned out, it's more important than ever that we change the way we lead. We can become leaders who create "be the difference" moments, leaders who recognize the importance of and actively foster the growth and potential of the "souls behind the roles," leaders who make sure people feel seen, heard, and valued.
You will walk away from this session with tangible tools to become a more intentional leader, ready to bring out the best in yourself and the people around you. Together we will unlock the potential of purpose-driven leadership for a brighter, bolder future.
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I’m Still Standing: Rising Up with Resilience in the Midst of Uncertainty
EVERYONE IN ATTENDANCE WILL:
● Navigate change, adversity, and uncertainty with greater confidence, clarity, and resilience
● Shift from the downward spiral of reactivity to the upward spiral of creativity
● Identify new possibilities for the future and leave with dozens of ideas from their peers to help them move forward with renewed passion and purpose
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All of us have moments when we feel knocked down and wonder whether we have the strength to get up and keep going. If we’ve learned anything in the past few years, it’s that we can expect more change and uncertainty in the future and that we have a tremendous ability to be resilient in the face of challenges. We may not get to choose what happens to us or around us, but we do get to choose how we respond to it.
What can we do to build our inner resources and become more resilient in the face of increasing demands and challenges? How can we stay grounded and rooted in the purpose and meaning of our work when we feel overwhelmed? How can we continue to learn from and inspire each other to stay hopeful, curious, and creative in the midst of uncertainty? In this inspiring and interactive session, you will discover the answers to those questions and leave feeling ready to rise!
UNLEASH PURPOSE, PASSION & POTENTIAL IN YOUR PEOPLE
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I’m Rachel Druckenmiller, your guide and advocate for living an UNMUTED life.
If you’d told my shy, 13-year-old self that I’d one day not just find my voice, but use it to uplift and inspire thousands of people around the world, I might not have believed you. Not only that, but a decade into my career, a lifetime of striving, proving and achieving, and battling burnout had left me depleted by the age of 32.
During those difficult times of unexpected change and challenges — including being diagnosed with Epstein-Barr Virus and fracturing my spine after being hit by a pickup truck — I was forced to take time to pause, reflect, recalibrate, and tap into a deep sense of curiosity, courage, and resilience. I found myself learning that we don't get to choose what happens to us, but we do get to control what we do with it and how we respond. I chose to take the challenges I'd been through to bring others hope, connect them to new possibilities, purpose, and perspectives, and to help them feel a bit less alone and more motivated to take action in their own lives. I started to unmute myself.
Now, my keynote speeches tap into the power of curiosity to find clarity and help audiences feel more fulfilled and purposeful in their life and work. I want everybody to feel seen, heard, and validated — that they are somebody who matters and worth advocating for.
When you invite your team or audience to unmute themselves, they become a more engaged, confident, and higher-performing version of themselves.
99%
OF ATTENDEES FIND SESSIONS VALUABLE
98%
OF ATTENDEES WANT TO HEAR RACHEL SPEAK AGAIN
*based on feedback from 1,836 attendees
