Speaking & Events
Joy Is the Strategy. Use It.
Rachel Bents is a keynote speaker and author helping leaders and organizations replace burnout culture with energized, high-performing teams.
Through a powerful blend of science, storytelling, and practical tools, Rachel shows audiences how joy isn’t soft. It’s the strategy that drives better leadership, stronger teams, and sustainable success.
🎤 ABOUT RACHEL
Rachel Bents is the author of Joy Is the Strategy and the creator of the Joy-Led Leadership™ framework.
She works with organizations, leadership teams, and executive groups to help them move beyond burnout and into a more effective, energized way of leading.
With a background in fitness, behavior change, and performance, Rachel brings a unique perspective that connects how we feel with how we lead, perform, and make decisions.
Her work sits at the intersection of:
• leadership
• nervous system regulation
• performance
• culture
Rachel is known for delivering talks that are both deeply relatable and immediately actionable, leaving audiences energized, thinking differently, and ready to lead in a new way.
🎯 SIGNATURE KEYNOTE
Joy Is the Strategy
Why the best leaders are replacing burnout with energized, sustainable performance
For decades, leadership has been built on pressure, urgency, and pushing through.
But that model is breaking.
Burnout is rising. Decision-making suffers. Teams disengage.
In this powerful keynote, Rachel introduces a new way forward:
Joy-Led Leadership.
Blending research, real-life stories, and practical tools, Rachel shows how leaders who operate from a more regulated, energized state consistently outperform those stuck in survival mode.
This is not about being positive.
It’s about being effective.
💡 AUDIENCE TAKEAWAYS
Attendees will walk away with:
• A new understanding of how joy directly impacts leadership performance
• Tools to shift out of burnout and into a more regulated, effective state
• A framework for leading teams with more clarity, energy, and trust
• Practical strategies they can implement immediately
• A redefined approach to success that is both sustainable and powerful
🧠 THE FRAMEWORK
Rachel’s Joy-Led Leadership™ framework is built on four core shifts:
Joy over Endurance
Sustainable performance comes from energy, not depletion
Regulation over Urgency
Clear thinking requires a regulated nervous system
Integration over Compartmentalization
Leaders perform best when they operate as whole humans
Community over Competition
The strongest results come from connection and collaboration
🏢 IDEAL AUDIENCES
Rachel speaks to:
• executive leadership teams
• corporate offsites and retreats
• leadership conferences
• HR and people & culture teams
• women’s leadership organizations
Her talks are especially impactful for organizations navigating:
• burnout and disengagement
• leadership development
• culture transformation
• high-performance expectations
🎯 SPEAKING OPTIONS
Rachel offers flexible formats to meet your event needs:
Keynote (45–60 minutes)
High-impact, story-driven, and actionable
Workshop (90 minutes)
Interactive session applying the Joy-Led Leadership™ framework
Half-Day or Full-Day Leadership Experience
Keynote + workshop + facilitated discussion for deeper integration
💬 WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING
Rachel’s ability to connect joy to performance completely shifted how our team thinks about leadership.
This was one of the most engaging and practical sessions we’ve had.
Our leaders walked away with tools they could use immediately.
🎥 SPEAKING VIDEO
📩 BOOK RACHEL
If you’re looking for a speaker who can challenge traditional leadership thinking while energizing your audience and delivering practical, lasting impact…
Let’s talk.
👉 Email: rachel@enjoymyeveryday.com