FLAGSHIP KEYNOTE FOR 2026
01 Why the Best Leaders Pause:
Building trust from the inside out in an age that won't slow down
Work moves faster than ever — but speed without trust doesn't scale. When trust erodes, attention fractures, collaboration stalls, and organizations lose access to the one thing AI cannot replicate: their collective human intelligence.
Trust is the infrastructure that makes clarity, wise decisions, and real collaboration possible under pressure. And it builds from the inside out — starting with the trust leaders have in themselves.
The best leaders know when to pause. Not to slow down — but to think clearly, see what matters, and act with wisdom instead of reaction. The pause is where human intelligence lives.
In this keynote, Jeanette shows leaders how care is the operating principle that directs attention toward what matters — so teams can think clearly, engage with curiosity, and act with wisdom, even when the pressure doesn't let up.
Participants leave with:
Clarity on why trust erodes under pressure — and how to rebuild it
A practice for recalibrating attention and thinking clearly under pressure — Power-Pausing™
A framework for turning care into daily cultural infrastructure — CARE OS®
The language to lead with wisdom in an AI culture
Keynote topics for leaders and teams shaping culture in the age of AI
customized for Your Moment
02 power-pausing™
Use Your Mind With Care
The moment when everything is moving fast, the stakes are high, and you need to think clearly — but your mind is running ahead of you. That moment is where most decisions go wrong, most connections get lost, and most opportunities to lead wisely get missed.
Power-Pausing™ is the practice that changes that moment.
In an always-on world, the most valuable resource isn't time — it's attention because what we care about gives us direction. To care is how we choose to act. But we can only access that power of choice and human intelligence when we have the courage to pause and the willingness to do something that isn't automatic or safe. To pause, when everything around you says go. To think for a moment, when the pressure is to react. To trust yourself when certainty isn't available.
This is where efficiency ends, and creativity begins. AI scales competence. Humans scale meaningful ideas — the kind of generous genius that creates impact, not just output. But only when we know how to use our minds with care.
Grounded in neuroscience and systems thinking, Power-Pausing™ reveals how intentional pauses change how we think, engage, and act — shifting from always-on to wisely aware, one pause at a time.
This is the entry point into everything. The practice that makes clearer thinking, better leadership, and stronger culture possible — from the inside out.
Participants leave with:
Power-Pausing™ as an immediately usable practice for thinking clearly under pressure
A new relationship with attention — how we direct it, protect it, and use it with care
The ability to shift from reaction to intention in real time
The foundation for everything else — trust, culture, and human intelligence in an AI world
This keynote is for any team or leader who needs to think more clearly, decide more wisely, and lead with more care — in a world that will not slow down.
Customized for Your Moment
Whether the pressure is a critical decision, a difficult conversation, or a culture moving faster than it can think — Power-Pausing™ is available as a standalone keynote and workshop, customized for your industry and moment:
Power-Pausing™ for Creativity and Innovation — Where meaningful ideas emerge and generous genius becomes possible
Power-Pausing™ for Cybersecurity — Thinking clearly and deciding wisely when the stakes are highest
Power-Pausing™ for Financial Services — Wise decisions and sound judgment under real pressure
Power-Pausing™ for Healthcare — Because in healthcare, how you show up is part of the cure
Power-Pausing™ for Leadership and Culture — The foundation for trust, human intelligence, and wise decisions from the inside out
Each program brings the same core practice to the specific pressures, decisions, and demands of your audience.
03 the self-care mindset®
Growing through change from the inside out
There are moments when life moves faster than we can process. When the pressure to keep up leaves us feeling like we've lost the thread of who we are and what we're here for. When we're going through the motions but not growing through the moment.
This is where The Self-Care Mindset® begins — learning to use your own human operating system. Not to optimize yourself. But to know yourself well enough to trust yourself through change.
Being human is a process of constantly becoming. We are multidimensional — capable of far more than we access when we're running on automatic. But that capacity doesn't emerge under pressure alone. It emerges when we have the inner foundation that turns adversity into growth instead of depletion.
What we care about gives us direction. To care is how we act on it. When we reconnect with that — when we reclaim our attention, our agency, and our sense of self — we stop just going through change and start growing through it.
That's not self-care as a reward. That's self-care as human intelligence.
Grounded in Power-Pausing™ and The Self-Care Mindset® framework, participants leave with a practice they can use immediately and build on together.
Participants leave with:
Self-knowledge as the foundation of personal agency and empowerment
Power-Pausing™ as the daily practice of growing from the inside out
The ability to grow through adversity rather than just go through it
A shared language for care that builds connection and trust across the team
This keynote is for teams ready to discover that being human is not a problem to solve — it's the greatest capacity we have.
04 care-driven leadership
Lead like a human in the age of AI
We are in a shifting paradigm. Knowledge is no longer the competitive edge — curiosity is. The leaders who thrive are the ones with the courage to ask better questions, direct attention toward what matters, and design the conditions where full human intelligence can emerge.
To care is how we build momentum with purpose.
What we care about gives us direction. To care is how we act on it. Care is our most powerful human drive — it's what motivates us, directs our attention, and determines where we put our energy. When leaders direct that energy intentionally — conversations deepen, questions get sharper, people discover they're capable of more than they knew, and teams access their collective human intelligence. This is designing for discovery: creating the conditions where human intelligence emerges not by accident, but by intention.
Grounded in Power-Pausing™ and the CARE OS® framework, leaders leave with practices they can use the next day and build on for years.
Participants leave with:
CARE OS® — the operating principle that directs attention and creates alignment
Values as something lived in daily conversations, not stated on a wall
Power-Pausing™ as the practice that makes intentional leadership possible
The ability to ask better questions that build trust and unlock human capacity
This keynote is for leaders ready to step into the era where trust is the strategy, care is the catalyst, and clarity is the advantage.
05 culture of care®
The Human Operating System your culture is missing
Most organizations have values. Few have the conditions where those values become the way people actually work together. The gap between the culture we say we want and the culture we actually have is where trust erodes, silos deepen, and collective intelligence goes untapped.
Care is intelligence. Not a value on a wall — but the operating principle that directs attention, aligns people around shared purpose, and creates the conditions where collective human intelligence can emerge.
What we care about gives us direction. To care is how we act on it. When personal accountability becomes shared responsibility — every conversation, every decision, every interaction either builds trust or erodes it. This is how culture stops being something stated and starts being something lived.
Culture of Care® treats culture as a human operating system. Using CARE OS® — Coherence, Agency, Relational Capacity, and Ethos — care becomes the strategic mechanism that aligns inner behavior with outer brand promise, turning values into visible daily practice that builds trust from the inside out.
Grounded in Power-Pausing™ and the CARE OS® framework, leaders leave with practices they can use the next day and build on for years.
Participants leave with:
CARE OS® as the framework for building culture that is coherent, trusted, and lived
The ability to identify where disconnects erode trust and how to rebuild it
Care embedded into rituals, rhythms, and relationships at work
A shared operating system where personal accountability becomes shared responsibility
This keynote is for organizations ready to make CARE the infrastructure that holds everything together.
06 the wisdom reset
A Leadership Retreat for the Age of AI
AI has changed the way we work. What hasn't changed — and what matters more than ever — is how we think, how we lead, and how we build the human infrastructure that makes wise decisions, real trust, and genuine collaboration possible.
The Wisdom Reset is for organizations ready to do more than adapt. It's for leaders who want to rethink how they lead and work together — building a new operating rhythm where human intelligence and wisdom lead the way.
In a leadership retreat setting, Jeanette weaves together Power-Pausing™, CARE OS®, Care-Driven Leadership®, and The Self-Care Mindset® into sessions that build on each other — going deep enough that the shift happens not just in thinking, but in how people actually show up and work together.
This is where inspiration becomes implementation. Where leaders don't just think differently — they leave with a new way of working together, grounded in trust, care, and wisdom.
Leaders and organizations leave with:
A shared operating rhythm grounded in human intelligence
Power-Pausing™ and CARE OS® as daily practices, not concepts
Values translated into visible behavior, priorities, and impact
The human infrastructure for leading wisely in an AI world
The Wisdom Reset is for organizations ready to build the conditions where human intelligence leads — and wisdom becomes the way they work.
Keynote Format:
30-45–60 minutes (90-minute option available)
Presentations are customized to your company values, the session's strategy, and/or the conference theme. We have a prep call to address your people's daily challenges and opportunities. Sessions are delivered in an engaging, empowering "Yes-I-can" style that gives audiences practical tools for immediate implementation.
RETREAT FORMAT:
Designed to fit into leadership retreats and can be tailored for a full day or multiple ½ day sessions.
It can be designed as a program for deeper training and development.
conversational events and mini-team sessions
07 MICRO SESSIONS
HUMANITY AT WORK
Micro-session Format:
Micro-sessions and conversational keynotes are open sessions in which we will address any of these questions and as many as we can.
45–90 minutes
Open mic, facilitated chat, or panel discussion — your choice
No slides — just real conversations and actionable insights
Redefining engagement and success in the age of AI by rethinking what readiness means in a constantly changing future and why culture is about better communication.
Let’s design the conditions that build trust as infrastructure and care as the human operating system, so clarity returns, discovery expands, and wise decisions are possible when it matters most.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
Keynotes and training programs help leaders and teams learn the self-skills to prevent burnout so they can reach a higher level of personal and professional performance, innovation, growth. Companies get the framework for creating a culture that’s more inclusive, engaging, and care-driven to cultivate better connection, communication, and collaboration. The focus is to leave with tools to harness the human advantage by rethinking the process of achieving results, creating impact and sustainable success, without sacrificing our health and personal lives.
Employees have found they are more productive because they know how to manage their energy, focus, and attention and also gain more work-satisfaction because they have agency over their own employee experience.
Leaders have found they are better able to support their teams in growth and innovation through better communication and collaboration.
It is my focus to provide an experience that’s packed with accessible and inspirational tools that spark motivation, feed our hunger for success, and fuel performance, without stress and burnout. The goal is to nourish your work-culture so that everyone can work healthy and finish the day happy, with energy to spare.
Let's create a culture where everyone is thriving. Of course you want that. The question is not if, the question is when?
“We worked together with Jeanette to develop a session that was tailored to the needs of our organization, and she customized her speech to hit the mark. The session started a conversation that we are still having, and the power of pausing is doing the rounds…
It was a real pleasure to work with Jeanette - smooth, engaging, and inspiring!.”
Petra Wander
Senior Manager Employee Engagement, Siemens
“I have received so far have indicated much gratitude for the opportunity to attend, the ability to put what they learned during your presentation into their daily practice right away, the desire to use the information to take care of themselves and their teams and that they are reading (and some almost finished ) your book.”
Alyce Sherwood MACCC/SLP
Chief of Adult Program
The Center for Discovery
“Jeanette Bronée has a generous spirit. She did the pre-work to ensure that the rigorous and wise content of her book The Self Care Mindset was customized and nuanced to the audience.
She has wisdom, experience, and pragmatic tools, and she ensured the audience understood the neuroscience that everyone could use throughout their day.
The audience was stimulated, grateful, and inspired by her presentation.”
Evelyn Rodstein, Organizational Consultant
“Jeanette’s message is so important and timely. Our staff, everyone from creatives to finance and young to old across genders, all felt inspired to take better care of themselves which will help them to be more effective and productive both personally and professionally. It’s a win win. Jeanette was also a joy to work while preparing for the keynote and I highly recommend her to other groups.”
Ali Pulver
Chairwomen of Omniwomen NY
(a 5000+ member corporate organization)
“If you are looking to bring a fresh perspective to fueling your team and leaders, then you’ve found the right person in Jeanette.”
Mike Ganino
Culture + Employee Engagement Keynote Speaker
Author of Company Culture for Dummies
“Jeanette has chaired our Wellbeing @ Work Conferences in London & New York and I can honestly say she was an excellent facilitator who brought a great warmth & knowledge to our event. Her preparation prior to the event and delivery on the day was impeccable and Jeanette was a joy to work with throughout the whole process. I would highly recommend Jeanette if you are looking for a knowledgeable, warm and professional person.”
Chris Cummings
CEO, Sonas Events
“She was amazing - best so far. I was crying within 5 minutes in a good way. Thank you for doing this. I shared her name with my daughter. She is getting her masters in mental health and wellness. I'm sure everyone got a lot out of it.”
Tedi Granke
Christmas Tree Shops
“For any organization or individual looking to enhance and explore their relationship with self-care and be empowered to reduce burnout and stress, Jeanette is an inspiring, motivating, and credible person to go to! She knows her stuff and exudes passion, opening the door of possibilities to those she touches. Her keynote delivered to over 900 associates at various levels was cited as being one of the best ever, inspiring, and just the motivation that was needed! I was proud to have her speak with our organization and happy to see the insights, conversations, and impact she sparked to create lasting change.”
Adrienne Peseller
Director, Leadership Development & Engagement
eBay