Why traditional solutions fail and what really works
How to respond to pressure without losing yourself
Can be a keynote, workshop or fire side chat
Workplace burnout isn’t caused by long hours alone.
It’s caused by how people are working, leading, and making decisions inside the pressure.
It shows up when you:
* Say yes to everything—and resent it later
* Avoid hard conversations to “keep the peace”
* Carry responsibility that isn’t yours
* Prove your value through over-functioning
* Stay silent instead of setting boundaries
That kind of work culture doesn’t just drain people—it breaks engagement, leadership, and retention.
In The Courage to Change, Jessica Rector delivers a dynamic keynote that tackles burnout where it actually starts: in everyday workplace behaviors driven by fear, avoidance, and comfort.
Transforming Burnout into Breakthrough
Interactive strategies to build energized, resilient teams
This isn’t about self-care perks or telling people to do less.
It’s about building the courage to change how work gets done—how people communicate, lead, and take responsibility for their energy.
Because burnout in the workplace isn’t fixed by time off.
It’s fixed by braver choices at work.
What Audiences Walk Away With:
* A clear understanding of the workplace behaviors that quietly fuel burnout
* Language to recognize fear-based patterns in leadership and team dynamics
* Tools to set boundaries, have honest conversations, and stop over-functioning
* A new way to lead and contribute without burning out or checking out
* Practical actions they can apply immediately—without blowing up their role or career
This keynote challenges teams to stop normalizing exhaustion and start normalizing courageous work.
Because healthy workplaces aren’t built by pushing harder.
They’re built by people who are brave enough to change what isn’t working.
Learning Objectives
Stop Burnout from Draining Your Organization
Learn how burnout is silently draining organizations’ revenue, increasing turnover, and killing productivity—and what you can do to stop it
Keep Your Best People Thriving
Understand why burnout is the #1 reason employees leave, and implement strategies that make people want to stay and thrive
Turn Stress Into Growth
Demonstrate techniques to transform stress into a catalyst for growth
Discover What Really Drives Burnout
Understand the REAL drivers of burnout (hint: it’s not what you think)
Build Psychological Safety
Uncover advanced communication frameworks to build psychological safety in your organization and with leaders
Break Free from Traditional Burnout Solutions
Find out why traditional approaches to burnout don’t work—and what actually creates a burnout-proof workplace
Session Video
Step Into Your Next
Level of Greatness
You’ll be able to identify your exact contributing factors to burnout and stress and how they are affecting your work and lives. Jessica shares her Burnout Success Formula, the misconceptions with burnout, and easy-to-implement actionable steps to improve motivation, productivity, and mind wellness. She is not just talk; she demonstrates some of the strategies on the spot and gets your audience to participate, whether live or virtually, so they know exactly how to do them (and why they are important for their lives) when they leave.
The result: Using Jessica’s blueprint, attendees leave more energized, empowered, and resourceful to stifle stress, overcome overwhelm, and break through burnout, which improves performance, engagement, and focus greatly increasing health and wellness, resulting in people who are more productive, able to perform at a higher level, and stay at their organization longer.