SPEAKING
Keynote experiences that help your people come alive at work
Too many smart, capable people are burned out, stressed out, and checked out. They silence themselves, shrink back, or second-guess instead of showing up and stepping up. It’s time to change that.
Unleash the Clarity and Confidence to Activate Contribution at Work
With 13 years of corporate experience, I know what it takes to unlock engagement and elevate performance from the inside out.
I work with leaders and organizations to ignite clarity, confidence and contribution so people show up fully, lead boldly, and come alive at work.
Keynote Topics:
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UNMUTED: Amplify Clarity, Confidence & Contribution to Come Alive at Work
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In today’s workplace, too many high-potential people are muting themselves. They’re silencing ideas, downplaying strengths, and waiting for permission to lead. This quiet disengagement fuels frustration, stifles innovation, and slows organizational growth. But when people develop agency — the belief that they can influence outcomes — they stop holding back. They speak up in meetings, share bold ideas, own their impact, and become catalysts for collaboration and change.
Drawing on 13+ years as a corporate well-being and leadership strategist, Rachel blends storytelling, psychology, and actionable frameworks to help people find their footing and activate their voice. Her signature UNMUTED V.O.I.C.E.™ framework guides teams from passive participation to proactive contribution, transforming cultures from compliant to courageous.
In a world of hybrid work, AI disruption, and change fatigue, organizations need engaged self-leaders, people who take initiative, think critically, and connect authentically. UNMUTED is the framework for building those cultures from the inside out.
EVERYONE IN ATTENDANCE WILL:
Reclaim their agency by identifying and shifting the beliefs that hold them back
Articulate their value and communicate it with clarity and confidence
Replace blame with ownership, turning frustration into forward motion
Contribute bold ideas and speak up in ways that drive team and organizational success
Model courageous communication that inspires trust, belonging, and momentum
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UNMUTED Leadership: Recalibrate How You Lead to Ignite Your Influence and Impact
EVERYONE IN ATTENDANCE WILL:
Apply a three-part framework to reset mindset and leadership approach in moments of change, pressure, or uncertainty.
Realign with purpose to make clearer, more grounded decisions under pressure.
Recalibrate their leadership presence to build trust, engagement, and momentum across teams.
Engage in reflective, interactive practices that spark insight, deepen connection, and inspire forward action.
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Change is relentless. Even the most capable leaders can find themselves stuck in reactive mode. They feel drained by pressure, disconnected from purpose, and uncertain about how to move forward with clarity and confidence. The signs are subtle at first: disengagement, strained communication, decision fatigue. What’s needed isn’t more information; it’s a moment to pause, reset, and realign with what matters most.
This is that moment.
Using her signature Reflect. Reframe. Recalibrate. framework, Rachel Druckenmiller guides leaders through the inner work of navigating change, not by powering through, but by stepping back to examine how they think, what they value, and who they want to be in moments that matter. Through story, science, and interactive reflection, leaders identify mindset blocks, realign with purpose, and reignite their influence from the inside out. Because how you lead others begins with how you lead yourself.
Whether your team is navigating complexity, growth, culture change, or simply needs a reset, this session delivers a grounded, empowering approach to leadership that drives clarity, connection, and contribution.
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Be the Difference: Leadership that Elevates Purpose, Potential, and Performance in Your People
EVERYONE IN ATTENDANCE WILL:
Understand the key drivers of employee engagement and how to amplify them in everyday leadership behaviors.
Foster psychological safety and team performance by leading with presence, empathy, and intentional connection.
Facilitate trust-building conversations that unlock creativity, strengthen relationships, and reinforce shared purpose.
Model confident humility and relational intelligence to inspire loyalty, growth, and meaningful impact across teams.
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In high-pressure, fast-paced workplaces, even top performers can start to drift, mentally checking out, emotionally disengaging, or quietly wondering, “Does any of this really matter?”
When people feel disconnected, overlooked, or undervalued, performance suffers. Retention slips. Culture erodes. And it’s not because they don’t care; it’s because they no longer feel like they matter. That’s where relational leadership becomes a business imperative.
In this energizing and practical keynote, leaders are invited to rethink how they show up, not by doing more, but by connecting more intentionally. Because when leaders affirm value, foster trust, and lead with humanity, they don’t just drive results; they create belonging.
Through story, science, and nearly two decades of guiding organizations to build thriving cultures, Rachel equips leaders with actionable strategies to turn everyday interactions into catalysts for trust, commitment, and untapped potential.
This session empowers leaders to cultivate a culture where people feel safe, seen, and supported—fueling deeper loyalty, stronger collaboration, and lasting engagement. Because when leaders lead with humanity and see the soul behind the role, they become the reason someone stays, grows, and thrives.
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The Power of Borrowed Belief: How Great Leaders Grow Themselves and Others
Gain fresh insight into how belief and encouragement have shaped their own growth and how to intentionally use those forces to elevate others.
Discover what kind of support and challenge their teams need most right now, so they can lead with more relevance and responsiveness.
Enhance their leadership presence by becoming a more intentional and trusted source of clarity, confidence, and momentum.
Strengthen workplace culture by modeling the kind of empathy, insight, and connection that fosters trust, belonging, and contribution.
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Even the strongest leaders have moments of doubt, times when confidence wavers, clarity fades, or the weight of leadership feels heavy.
In those moments, the most powerful catalyst for growth is often someone else’s belief in us. A person who sees what we can’t yet see, who challenges us to be honest with ourselves and to rise, who guides us forward, and who reminds us of our strength when we forget. This is the power of borrowed belief, the kind of belief we receive from others that lifts us up and propels us forward, and the kind we offer others that unlocks potential and inspires momentum.
In this thought-provoking and energizing session, leaders are invited to reflect on who they’ve become because someone believed in and showed up for them and how they can become that kind of leader for others. Through storytelling and an introduction to four transformative leadership archetypes, this session explores what becomes possible when leaders show up with intention, encouragement, and courage. Because when we borrow belief, and when we offer it, we don’t just grow. We help others rise, too.
UNLEASH PURPOSE, PASSION & POTENTIAL IN YOUR PEOPLE
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I’m Rachel Druckenmiller, your guide and advocate for living an UNMUTED life.
If you’d told my shy, 9-year-old self that I’d one day not just find my voice, but use it to uplift and inspire thousands of people around the world, I might not have believed you. Not only that, but a decade into my career working in Corporate HR, a lifetime of striving, proving, and achieving caught up with me, and I burned out at the age of 32 (when I was the Director of Wellbeing at my job!).
Motivated to make a change, I took time to pause, reflect, recalibrate, and tap into curiosity, agency, and possibility. I learned that we don't get to choose what happens to us, but we do get to control what we do with it and how we respond. Ultimately, we control our own attitudes and actions, and I was committed to doing that. I chose to take the challenges I'd been through to bring others hope, connect them to new possibilities, purpose, and perspectives. I wanted to help them feel a bit less alone and more motivated to take action in their own lives. Even though I didn’t choose my challenges, I was determined to find a way to use them. That’s when I started to unmute myself.
Now, my keynote speeches help audiences catalyze clarity, activate agency and unleash engagement and hidden potential. Everyone leaves feeling empowered, equipped, and energized to take action and ownership of their live and work, to be a contribution, and to live like they are somebody who matters and worth advocating for.
When you invite your leaders and teams to get UNMUTED, they become a more engaged, confident, and higher-performing version of themselves.
99%
OF ATTENDEES FIND SESSIONS VALUABLE
98%
OF ATTENDEES WANT TO HEAR RACHEL SPEAK AGAIN
*based on feedback from over 2,800 attendees
