Speaking on Habits, Performance & Leadership
Keynote 01
The Future of Performance
Why Mental Agility is Your Greatest Asset
In today’s fast-paced, high-pressure work environment, success isn’t just about intelligence or hard work—it’s about mental agility. The ability to adapt, stay focused, and manage stress effectively is the secret weapon of top performers and thriving organizations. But here’s the truth: mental agility is directly tied to mental health, and when we fail to prioritize it, productivity, innovation, and employee well-being suffer.
In this transformative keynote, Dr. Lisa unpacks the science behind mental agility and how it fuels workplace performance, resilience, and creativity. She’ll explore the hidden costs of burnout, stress, and cognitive overload—and provide actionable strategies to build a workplace culture that supports sustainable success.
Leadership plays a pivotal role in shaping the mental fitness of their teams.
Dr. Lisa will empower leaders with the tools to create an environment where employees not only perform at their best but also thrive—feeling supported, engaged, and energized.
Get ready for an engaging and eye-opening session that reveals why investing in mental agility is a smart business decision.
Participants will leave equipped with practical tools to work better, lead smarter, and build meaningful, sustainable success—while prioritizing well-being every step of the way.
Dr. Lisa Belanger’s expertise lies in the habits, skills, and work design that drive proactive mental health and elevate human performance.
Keynote 02
Conscious Connections
Unlocking Health, Collaboration, Creativity & Culture
In today’s hyper-connected yet increasingly isolated world, the quality of our relationships, both at work and in life, has never been more vital.
In this engaging and thought-provoking keynote, Dr. Lisa Bélanger explores the transformative power of authentic human connections on mental well-being, career success, and overall life satisfaction.
Drawing from cutting-edge research and compelling real-world examples, Dr. Lisa highlights why fostering psychologically safe, collaborative environments is no longer optional—it’s essential.
Attendees will leave with a renewed appreciation of the profound impact of connection and practical tools to build stronger, more fulfilling relationships—because, as the saying goes,
“If you want to go fast, go alone; if you want to go far, go together.”
Her keynotes blend cutting-edge research, compelling case studies, and actionable strategies tailored to the unique needs of industries, audiences, and workplaces.
Keynote 03
Leading from the Edge
Agility & Innovation in an Ever Changing World
We are living in an era of unprecedented change—one that demands leaders to constantly adapt, learn, and evolve. The rapid advancement of technology, shifting work environments, and complex challenges make traditional leadership approaches obsolete faster than ever before.
Even the most seasoned leaders and mentors are navigating unfamiliar terrain.
So, what are the critical skills leaders must develop to foster meaningful conversations, harness diverse perspectives, and prioritize well-being in today’s fast-moving world?
In this engaging and science-driven keynote, Dr. Lisa Belanger brings the latest research on cognitive agility, behavioural science, and leadership psychology to the forefront. She explores evidence-based strategies to enhance your own adaptability while cultivating resilience and agility within your teams. Learn how to leverage cutting-edge insights to future-proof your leadership approach in an era where disruption is not an exception, but the rule.
Get ready to discover actionable tools grounded in neuroscience and psychology—empowering you to lead with confidence, clarity, and impact in an ever-evolving world.
Each presentation can be adapted to resonate with teams or focus on the critical roles and influence of leadership.
Keynote 04
Humble Inquiry
The Strategic Power of Not Knowing
How Leaders Ask Better Questions—and Why It Changes Everything
In complex, high-pressure systems, leadership failure rarely comes from lack of intelligence or intent. It comes from poor inquiry—from assumptions, power dynamics, and questions that shut people down instead of opening systems up.
In this keynote, Dr. Lisa Bélanger brings the principles of Humble Inquiry into today’s reality of speed, stress, and sustained pressure—showing leaders how the way they ask questions directly shapes psychological safety, decision quality, innovation, and organizational health.
Humble Inquiry is not about being nice, passive, or soft.
It is about leading with curiosity in systems where authority, urgency, and fear often silence the truth.
This keynote helps leaders understand how status, hierarchy, and stress alter how people think, speak, and perform—and how thoughtful inquiry can restore trust, learning, and collective intelligence.
Keynote 05
Signal Leadership
How What Leaders Say & Do Shapes How People Work, Rest & Treat One Another
Leadership is never neutral.
Every word, decision, reaction, and silence sends a signal—about what matters, what is safe, and what it takes to succeed.
In this compelling and science-backed keynote, Dr. Lisa Bélanger introduces Signal Leadership, a powerful framework that helps leaders understand how their daily behaviours shape not only performance, but the mental health, sustainability, and humanity of the systems they lead.
Drawing on neuroscience, behavioural medicine, leadership science, and real-world executive experience, this keynote challenges the outdated belief that burnout is an individual problem—and reframes it as a system outcome driven by leadership signals.
Leaders will learn how the invisible signals they send—often unintentionally—teach people:
how hard to work
whether rest is permitted or punished
how to behave under pressure
how to treat colleagues, mistakes, and themselves
Starting with themselves, leaders will learn how to intentionally redesign those signals to build resilient, high-performing, and psychologically sustainable organizations.
“Dr. Belanger presented her Pay Attention! The Science of Avoiding Distractions webinar to 200 of our Executive MBA students. She is a phenomenal speaker—warm, well-practiced, and knowledgeable. We were so impressed with her presentation that we have forged an ongoing partnership with her to present webinars to our students on a regular basis! I would recommend Dr. Belanger without reservation."
Emily Merlino, Quantic School of Business and Technology
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