<p>Heather R. Younger, J.D., CSP®, is a leadership and workplace culture keynote speaker, four-time bestselling author, and creator of the C.A.R.E. framework for Unshakable Leadership™.</p><p> Named an Inc. Top 50 Leadership and Management Expert and a Thinkers50 Radar Thought Leader, she helps organizations build leaders and cultures strong enough to handle what's next. With more than 20 years leading teams through reorgs, mergers, acquisitions, and technology shifts, Heather knows what it takes to stay grounded when the pressure won't let up. Her research includes analysis of 40,000+ employee survey comments and 350+ leader interviews, grounding her work in what people actually experience, not just what looks good on paper.</p><p>She is the author of <em>The Art of Caring Leadership, The Art of Self-Leadership, The Art of Active Listening,</em> and the forthcoming book <em>The Unshakable Team</em>, and she hosts the podcast <em>Becoming Unshakable</em>. Her clients include United Healthcare, Kaiser Permanente, the CDC, Prudential, DuPont, and Xerox.</p>
Leadership development and workplace culture expert; TEDx speaker; Forbes contributor
<ul><li><strong>The Self-Leadership Imperative</strong></li><li>Turning Personal Growth into Collective Impact</li><li>Self-leadership is the foundation of resilient, high-impact influence. It's what allows people to navigate uncertainty, bounce forward from setbacks, and model the kind of adaptability their teams need now more than ever. In this transformative keynote based on her book, Heather R Younger empowers leaders to trade perfectionism for progress, fear for flexibility, and burnout for balance — without sacrificing performance. She’ll share actionable strategies to help leaders harness resilience as a competitive edge and unlock their full potential in the face of constant change. </li><li><strong>The Unshakable Team</strong></li><li>Navigate high-stress situations, rebuild trust after setbacks, and sustain performance without burnout Today’s teams are operating under sustained pressure. Only 27% of managers feel enthusiastic about their work, more than 40% of employees report significant stress, and just one in five feels fully engaged. Leaders are facing constant change, higher expectations, faster decision cycles, and fewer buffers to absorb the impact. </li><li>The most effective teams don’t rely on heroic effort or constant hustle. They build shared systems that allow them to navigate pressure, recover quickly from setbacks, and maintain focus even when uncertainty is high. This keynote, based on her forthcoming book The Unshakable Team, Heather R. Younger draws on more than 20 years of leadership experience guiding teams through mergers, acquisitions, reorganizations, layoffs, and major technology shifts.</li><li><strong>The Case for Caring Leadership</strong></li><li>Build high-trust teams, boost engagement and retention, and drive performance</li><li>“Care at work” is often dismissed as soft or optional. But in a workplace defined by AI acceleration, change fatigue, and increasing leadership pressure, the absence of care creates disengagement, turnover, and fractured teams. Caring leadership isn’t a perk, it’s a business strategy. Leaders who intentionally build trust create teams that communicate better, execute faster, and stay engaged, even across remote and hybrid environments.</li><li>Based on her bestselling book <em>The Art of Caring Leadership, </em>Heather R. Younger shares insights from 40,000+ employee comments to reveal what care actually looks like at scale: measurable, operational, and leader-owned. She introduces the Nine Daily Behaviors of Caring Leadership®, a practical framework that helps leaders strengthen culture, improve employee experience, and reduce preventable turnover, without lowering standards.</li></ul>