Burnout isn’t just a wellness conversation anymore.
It’s a performance conversation.
When people are depleted, disconnected, or overwhelmed, it shows up everywhere: focus suffers, engagement drops, collaboration gets harder, and even high performers struggle to sustain their best work.
That’s why organizations looking for burnout speakers, workplace wellbeing speakers, resilience speakers, and mental health keynote speakers are increasingly looking beyond awareness. They want practical strategies that help people manage their energy, strengthen resilience, reconnect with purpose, and perform at a high level without running themselves into the ground.
Here are seven speakers approaching that challenge from very different—and highly relevant—angles.
Andrew Deutscher | Capacity & Sustainable Performance
Andrew Deutscher challenges the assumption that high performance requires constantly pushing harder. His work focuses on helping high-capacity leaders recognize what drains their energy, regain control of their capacity, and create healthier ways to sustain performance.
Best for: Leadership teams, high performers, burnout, energy and sustainable performance.
Jesse Israel | Presence & Connection
In a workplace filled with distractions, notifications, and constant demands for attention, Jesse Israel brings audiences back to something increasingly difficult to find: presence.
His work around mindfulness and human connection helps people quiet the noise, reconnect with themselves and others, and become more intentional about where they put their attention.
Best for: Focus, mindfulness, connection, belonging and workplace wellbeing.
Jennifer Moss | Burnout & Workplace Wellbeing
Jennifer Moss takes burnout beyond the individual and examines the organizational conditions that contribute to it.
Her research-driven approach helps leaders understand why traditional wellness fixes aren’t always enough—and what organizations can do differently to build healthier, more sustainable workplace cultures.
Best for: Burnout prevention, employee wellbeing, workplace culture and leadership.
Suneel Gupta | Energy & Momentum
What if the secret to getting more done isn’t better time management—but better energy management?
Suneel Gupta helps audiences rethink performance by focusing on energy, momentum, and the habits that allow people to bring their best selves to their work without exhausting themselves in the process.
Best for: Energy management, productivity, performance and leadership.
Ryan Campbell | Joy & Resilience
Ryan Campbell’s extraordinary journey has given him a unique perspective on adversity, resilience, and the role joy plays in how we navigate difficult seasons.
Through his Joy Audit, Ryan helps audiences intentionally identify and prioritize the people, places, and experiences that fuel them—turning joy into a practical tool for resilience and performance.
Best for: Joy, resilience, change, adversity and team culture.
Erin Stafford | Burnout & Peak Performance
Erin Stafford speaks directly to high achievers who know how to push for results—but may not know when pushing becomes unsustainable.
Her approach helps leaders and teams recognize burnout patterns, regain energy, and create a healthier relationship with ambition and performance.
Best for: Burnout, high achievers, leadership, energy and peak performance.
Jim Davidson | Resilience Under Pressure
Mountaineer and resilience expert Jim Davidson knows what it means to keep moving when circumstances become extraordinarily difficult.
Drawing from experiences in some of the world’s most extreme environments, Jim translates lessons in perseverance, decision-making, and resilience into strategies audiences can use when facing their own uncertainty and adversity.
Best for: Resilience, adversity, change, perseverance and performing under pressure.
The Goal Isn’t to Eliminate Pressure. It’s to Perform Better Through It.
Work isn’t going to become less demanding.
Change isn’t going to slow down.
And organizations can’t solve burnout with another reminder to “practice self-care.”
What they can do is give their people better tools for managing energy, strengthening resilience, building meaningful connections, finding joy, and protecting their capacity to perform.
The right keynote can help start that conversation—and give your audience practical strategies to carry it forward long after the event ends.
Looking for a burnout, resilience, workplace wellbeing, or performance keynote speaker for your next event?
Executive Speakers Bureau can help you find the right voice for your audience, goals, and culture. Contact ESB to start your speaker search.
