Alyson Van Hooser

Author of “Infinite Influence” & “Level Up”, Inspirational Speaker on Leading in the Future of Work

Expert on

  • Business Growth
  • Generations
  • Inspirational
  • Leadership
  • Personal Growth

Fee Range

$15,000–$20,000

Travels from

TN ,US

Biography

Leadership breaks down in human moments. Alyson Van Hooser helps leaders get those moments right.

Alyson Van Hooser, CSP, is a leadership performance expert, keynote speaker, executive coach, leadership trainer, and three-time author. She helps leaders correct the misreads that weaken trust, buy-in, commitment, and results.

Her keynotes are designed for corporate and association events where executives, mid-level managers, supervisors, emerging leaders, and customer-facing teams need practical strategies to improve leadership performance, strengthen employee engagement, and lead people more effectively.

Today’s leaders are navigating constant change, rising expectations, and teams made up of people with different experiences, motivations, and needs. In that environment, good intentions are not enough. Leaders must accurately read people and situations, recognize what the moment requires, and choose a response that moves people and performance forward.

Alyson understands those challenges from firsthand experience. Before teaching leadership, she managed employees on the front lines at Walmart, led teams in the banking industry, and was elected to city council by age 26. Today, as CEO of Van Hooser Leadership, she draws on that real-world experience to help leaders turn sound leadership principles into effective action when the stakes are high.

Her work addresses the moments that shape workplace relationships, employee engagement, and organizational performance: earning trust, gaining buy-in, leading a multigenerational workforce, retaining employees, navigating change, creating accountability, and communicating when misunderstanding or pressure could derail progress.

Alyson combines compelling personal stories, candid insight, and practical frameworks audiences can use immediately. Rather than offering generic leadership advice, she helps people examine the assumptions and patterns influencing their decisions, understand how their responses affect others, and choose the next right action.

Her approach is especially relevant for organizations in banking and financial services, insurance, agriculture, healthcare, manufacturing, utilities and energy, government, franchising, and other industries where leadership performance depends on strong working relationships.

Event professionals and audiences consistently describe Alyson as high-energy, authentic, relevant, practical, and easy to work with. Clients praise her ability to connect with an audience from the first word and deliver a message that is engaging, actionable, and tailored to what their people need.

Organizations choose Alyson when they want more than short-term inspiration. They choose her when they need leaders who can read people and situations more accurately, respond with greater intention, strengthen workplace relationships, and improve the moments that shape culture and performance.

Better reads. Better responses. Stronger leadership performance.

Speaker Videos

INFINITE INFLUENCE: HOW YOU BECOME THE REASON PEOPLE SAY YES

Infinite Influence replaces generic persuasion tactics with a modern, human-centered approach to influence that helps people respond accurately in moments that matter.

In this keynote, Alyson Van Hooser shows leaders, sales professionals, and teams how influence actually works beneath the surface. Participants learn how people make decisions, why they say yes, stay engaged, or pull back, and how small misreads in human moments quietly stall progress.

Based on her book Infinite Influence, this keynote equips audiences with a practical process for noticing what others are signaling, adjusting in real time, and responding in ways that build trust, commitment, and momentum without pressure or manipulation.

THIS PROGRAM IS PERFECT FOR LEADERS & TEAMS WHO:

  • Work in relationship-driven roles or industries
  • Are responsible for sales, service, retention, or internal buy-in
  • Feel stalled despite strong effort and professionalism
  • Need people to say yes, stay engaged, and follow through

READ THE ROOM: THE NEW RULES FOR LEADING A MULTIGENERATIONAL WORKFORCE

Most team breakdowns don’t happen because leaders don’t care. They happen because leaders misread people in moments that matter.

Read the Room equips leaders to accurately understand and respond to people across generations, replacing assumptions with insight in how they communicate, lead, and make decisions. Alyson Van Hooser reframes empathy as a leadership accuracy skill, not a personality trait, showing leaders how to interpret behavior correctly and respond in ways that build trust, engagement, and performance.

In a workplace overloaded with personality profiles and labels, this keynote focuses on what actually drives results: how leaders show up and respond in real time when it matters most.

THIS PROGRAM IS PERFECT FOR LEADERS WHO:

  • Lead multigenerational teams with different expectations and work styles
  • Are experiencing disengagement, quiet quitting, or retention challenges
  • Want stronger team relationships without lowering standards
  • Need their teams to trust leadership and take ownership

UNSHAKABLE: HOW TO OWN YOUR SUCCESS IN A WORLD THAT NEVER SLOWS DOWN

The Unshakable framework presented in this keynote addresses burnout and disengagement at the root by solving the problem most conversations miss: the absence of leadership clarity.

Through Alyson Van Hooser’s proven three-step Lay Down the Law process, leaders define who they are, what matters most, and how they will move forward. That clarity becomes the foundation for resilience, ownership, and sustained performance, allowing leaders and teams to stay grounded and move forward with confidence in high-pressure, fast-changing environments.

This keynote reframes burnout from a capacity issue to a clarity issue, equipping leaders to reduce stress, elevate engagement, and raise standards without pushing people harder.

THIS PROGRAM IS PERFECT FOR LEADERS AND TEAMS WHO:

  • Are navigating constant change, pressure, and rising expectations
  • Feel responsible for results but frustrated by hesitation or disengagement
  • Want to reduce burnout without lowering standards
  • Need their teams to take ownership and move forward with confidence

MOVING UP, MOVING ON: SUCCESSION PLANNING FOR CONTINUITY AND LONG-TERM GROWTH

(Joint Keynote with Phillip Van Hooser, MBA, CSP, CPAE)

Moving Up, Moving On offers a modern, human-centered approach to succession planning designed for today’s multigenerational, high-pressure workplace.

Powerfully blending both male and female perspectives, two generations of leadership experience, and authentic insight alongside Van Hooser’s proprietary 6 Levels of Empowerment framework, this keynote inspires and equips leaders to navigate the human side of succession, build bench strength, and transfer responsibility smoothly without sacrificing trust, performance, or legacy.

THIS PROGRAM IS PERFECT FOR EXECUTIVE, ESTABLISHED & EMERGING LEADERS WHO:

  • Know succession planning is critical but struggle with the human side of letting go and trusting others
  • Carry too much responsibility themselves and need to build reliable bench strength
  • Want a practical, proven framework for developing and transitioning future leaders

Must navigate difficult conversations around readiness, timing, and transition