Services

Keynotes
Amy is a global keynote speaker who has delivered more than 250 keynotes, known for presentations that are inspiring, memorable, and immediately actionable.
Her most requested keynotes are:
Less Stress & More Joy
Less Stress, More Joy is a transformative and energizing keynote based on Amy Leneker’s upcoming book, Cheers to Monday: The Surprisingly Simple Method to Lead & Live with Less Stress & More Joy (Wiley, 2026).
Drawing on insights from her national research study, The State of Stress & Joy at Work, Amy reveals why the common advice about stress isn’t working, and what leaders, teams, and organizations can do instead.
Through relatable stories, research-backed insights, and her signature warmth and humor, she shows how small shifts in awareness and choice can dramatically reduce stress and create space for joy—at work and beyond.
Audiences leave with a practical framework they can use immediately to stop operating on autopilot, respond more intentionally to stress, and lead their work and lives with greater clarity, energy, and joy.
Key Takeaways
- Understand what’s really driving stress at work today. Insights from Amy’s national research reveal the most common sources of stress at work and why traditional solutions for managing stress are actually causing more stress.
- Learn The Un-Stressing Method™, Amy’s simple, science-backed three-step method for less stress and more joy at work. In a 2026 study, 96 percent of American workers said The Un-Stressing Method™ is helpful at understanding and managing their stress.
- Discover the five biggest drivers of joy at work. Amy reveals why joy isn’t a “nice to have,” but a powerful catalyst for decision-making, creativity, and performance.
Authentic Leadership
Authentic Leadership is a dynamic and compelling keynote built on a simple idea: everyone is a leader. Leadership shows up in everyday moments—and authenticity is what gives it meaning.
Grounded in the latest global leadership research, Amy Leneker shares what people say they truly want and need from leaders today. As expectations for leadership continue to evolve, authenticity has emerged as one of the most powerful skills leaders can bring to their work and relationships.
Through powerful stories, practical insights, and her signature warmth and humor, Amy challenges audiences to rethink leadership as something rooted in courage, clarity, and alignment with who we really are.
Audiences leave inspired and equipped to lead with greater integrity, empathy, and confidence—strengthening their leadership, their teams, and the culture of their workplaces.
Key Takeaways
- Discover the four things people want most at work. Amy shares research-backed insights into the four behaviors that build respect, credibility, and positive influence.
- Recognize the leadership moments you have every day. Understand how leadership shows up in small interactions—and how authenticity shapes the impact you have on others.
- Lead with courage and clarity at work. Discover how values-based decisions and honest conversations influence the environment around you.
Dare to Lead™ - Choose Courage Over Comfort
Dare to Lead™: Choose Courage Over Comfort is a powerful and inspiring keynote that challenges audiences to consider a simple but transformative question: What would change if we chose courage over comfort—at work, at home, and in our communities?
In this keynote, Amy Leneker, a Certified Dare to Lead™ Facilitator who was trained and certified by Brené Brown, explores what it truly means to lead with courage. Grounded in the research of Brené Brown, this keynote explores that courageous leadership isn’t reserved for a few—it’s a set of four skills that are teachable, measurable, and observable.
Through relatable stories, practical insights, and her signature warmth and humor, Amy helps audiences recognize how courage shows up in everyday moments at work—and beyond.
Audiences leave energized and equipped with practical tools to meet their own unique Call to Courage.
Key Takeaways
- Identify a Call to Courage. Where do you want to be braver at work? What can you do to better serve the people around you?
- Discover the four skill sets of courage that are teachable, measurable, and observable.
- Develop an Action Plan to meet your Call to Courage at work, and to support others to do the same.
Training
Amy is a certified leadership trainer who has trained more than 100,000 leaders and teams, including those at Fortune 100 companies, creating learning experiences that stick long after the session ends.
Her most requested trainings are:
- Cheers to Monday: 3 Steps to Less Stress & More Joy
- Connecting at Work Through Values
- Dare to Lead™
Less Stress & More Joy
Less Stress, More Joy is a transformative and energizing training based on Amy Leneker’s book, Cheers to Monday: The Surprisingly Simple Method to Lead & Live with Less Stress & More Joy (Wiley, 2026).
Drawing on insights from her national research study, The State of Stress & Joy at Work, Amy reveals why the common advice about stress isn’t working—and what leaders, teams, and organizations can do instead.
Participants leave with a practical framework they can use immediately to stop operating on autopilot, respond more intentionally to stress, and approach their work with greater clarity, energy, and joy.
Less Stress, More Joy is available as a half-day or full-day training.
Learning Objectives
- Understand what’s really driving stress at work today. Insights from Amy’s national research reveal the most common sources of stress at work—and why traditional approaches to managing stress are often making it worse.
- Learn The Un-Stressing Method™. Practice Amy’s simple, science-backed three-step method for reducing stress and increasing joy at work. In a 2026 study, 96 percent of American workers said The Un-Stressing Method™ helped them better understand and manage their stress.
- Discover the five biggest drivers of joy at work. Explore why joy isn’t a “nice to have,” but a powerful catalyst for decision-making, creativity, and performance.
Authentic Leadership
Authentic Leadership is a dynamic and compelling training built on a simple idea: everyone is a leader. Leadership shows up in everyday moments—and authenticity is what gives it meaning.
Grounded in the latest global leadership research, Amy Leneker shares what people say they truly want and need from leaders today. As expectations for leadership continue to evolve, authenticity has emerged as one of the most powerful skills leaders can bring to their work and relationships.
Participants will discover how to lead with greater integrity, empathy, and confidence—strengthening their leadership, their teams, and the culture of their workplaces.
Authentic Leadership is available as a half-day or full-day training.
Learning Objectives
- Discover the four things people want most at work. Amy shares research-backed insights into the four behaviors that build respect, credibility, and positive influence.
- Recognize the leadership moments you have every day. Understand how leadership shows up in small interactions—and how authenticity shapes the impact you have on others.
- Lead with courage and clarity at work. Discover how values-based decisions and honest conversations influence the environment around you.
Dare to Lead™
Based on the research of Dr. Brené Brown, Dare to Lead™ is an empirically based courage building program.
The most significant finding from Brené’s latest research is that courage is a collection of four skill sets that are teachable, measurable, and observable. The Dare to Lead™ program focuses on developing these courage building skills through workshops, trainings, and coaching to help individuals, teams, and organizations move from armored leadership to daring leadership.
Individuals who successfully complete the full 24-hour Dare to Lead™ program will receive a certificate of completion and are allowed to put the Dare to Lead Trained badge on their LinkedIn account.
The Dare to Lead™ training was developed by Dr. Brené Brown. Amy Leneker is a Certified Dare to Lead™ Facilitator - Amy was trained and certified by Brené Brown to facilitate this program. Since becoming certified, Amy has facilitated Dare to Lead training for thousands of leaders and team members all over the world.
Dare to Lead is available as a 1-day overview training, or the full 3-day program.
Learning Objectives
- Recognize vulnerability as the emotion we feel during times of uncertainty, risk, and emotional exposure.
- Explain why courage requires vulnerability.
- Establish a link between what I learned and behaviors I want to change.
- Recognize the critical role that self-awareness plays in daring leadership.
- Give examples to support how armor – not fear –is the greatest obstacle to daring leadership.
- Identify the four skill sets that make up courage: rumbling with vulnerability, living into our values, BRAVING trust, and learning to rise.
- Recognize that courage is a collection of four skill sets that are measurable, observable, and teachable.
- Recognize that vulnerability is the birthplace of many of the behaviors that define daring leadership including creativity, accountability, and difficult conversations.
- Give examples of why daring leadership requires showing up for hard conversations
Consulting
Amy is a trusted leadership advisor who has worked with more than 250 leadership teams across the public sector and Fortune 100 companies, bringing certified mediation expertise (and contagious optimism and energy) to strengthen trust, alignment, and effectiveness.
Her most requested consulting services are:
- Team development
- Leadership retreats and offsites
- Facilitating couragous conversations
