Keynotes
The Heart of High Performing Teams:
How happiness increases collaboration and communication on incredible teams
In this engaging and entertaining presentation, learn from workplace culture and happiness expert Jessica Weiss, as she shares groundbreaking and actionable research that helps leaders from across the country build a deeper sense of resilience, psychological safety, and belonging with their teams. By helping them decode the heart of happiness, leaders will understand how to build and sustain happiness, and drive high performance not by force, but because their teams find themselves in happier, more inclusive environments.
Attendees will learn:
- How to drive engagement and connection regardless of whether teams are hybrid, remote or in-office
- What the five critical steps are to building a culture of trust and resiliency
- The toolkit that creates a culture of collaboration and creativity
- Why a culture of happiness is the foundation for all high performing teams
- The root of happiness and how to achieve more of it on a daily basis
Available in-person, virtual and workshops.
The Happiness Equation:
How happiness attracts and builds high-performing teams
Why is it so difficult to keep our best people? Why is it so difficult to attract the best talent and more importantly what do we do? It turns out after studying hundreds of organizations and thousands of individuals, workplace culture expert Jessica Weiss has discovered that the solution no one is seeing to the problem that everyone recognizes they have – is happiness. And to understand that happiness is the basis for collaboration, for trust, for effective leadership and the ability to navigate uncertainty and change. What we can then understand is that by developing and focusing on happiness first, we are able to build incredible teams and not worry about the things that kept us up at night in previous years.
Attendees will learn:
- How to build better work relationships by creating the time to do so
- Effectively communicate across departments and teams
- Different strategies to build better individual and team cohesion
- Increase connection by establishing stronger rapport and how to do it
- Breakdown the us vs. them barrier rampant in many workplace
Available in-person, virtual and workshops.
The Burnout Antidote:
How happiness can prevent burnout from ever occurring
Following years of increased unpredictability and rapid change, people from all walks of life are experiencing fatigue, overwhelm, and demotivation. Reports of burnout are sky high and only getting worse. We are looking for a more effective way than merely surviving – we want to thrive and to flourish without the relentless grind. Happiness, as unassuming as it may be, is the answer.
Attendees will learn:
- The relationship between happiness and burnout, and what they can teach us
- Three steps to stop burnout before it happens
- Five tools to overcome disconnection, low morale and overwhelm
- How happiness can mitigate exhaustion and improve wellbeing
- The foundation of happiness, where it comes from, and how to enhance it
Available in-person, virtual and workshops.
Psychological Safety Mastered:
Creating Trust-Driven Teams That Deliver Exceptional Results. Lear
Teams today are facing unprecedented pressure to perform, innovate, and adapt to rapid change. While most organizations focus on strategy and skill development, the highest-performing teams share a crucial foundation that’s often overlooked: psychological safety and deep trust. When team members feel safe to express their thoughts, take risks, and be vulnerable with each other, performance skyrockets across every dimension.
Attendees will learn:
- How to implement the “Glitch Report” system used by world-class organizations to transform mistakes into performance improvements
- The specific trust building blocks that create high-performing teams: capability and character
- Early warning systems to detect trust breakdowns before they impact team performance
- Leadership techniques for modeling vulnerability that create a performance multiplier effect throughout teams
Available in-person, virtual and workshops.
Workshop
Building Resilient Teams
Duration: Half-day (3-4 hours)
In today’s fast-paced, high-pressure work environments, resilience is more important than ever. This interactive workshop equips leaders and team members with the tools to bounce back from setbacks, adapt to change, and thrive under pressure. Through a mix of scientific insights and hands-on exercises, participants will develop their own resilience toolkit.
Customization options:
Industry-specific case studies and examples
Integration of company values and goals
Follow-up resources and implementation plans
Jessica’s Speaking Reel
71% of adults say having a job they enjoy is a pivotal part of living a fulfilling life (Pew Research Center).
Companies Impacted by Jessica
