Rachel Druckenmiller

UNMUTE YOUR PEOPLE — Activate Courageous Leadership, Spark Engagement, and Inspire Meaningful Contribution

Expert on

  • Leadership
  • Employee Engagement
  • Motivation
  • Resilience
  • Workplace Culture
  • Women in Business

Fee Range

$15,000–$20,000

Travels from

MD, US

Named a Best of the Stage Speaker by Smart Meetings, a Forbes Next1000 Honoree, one of Workforce Magazine’s 40 Under 40 Game Changers, and the #1 Health Promotion Professional in the U.S. by the Wellness Council of America, Rachel empowers leaders and teams to unmute their voices, reignite energy and engagement, and contribute with greater impact and influence.

A former corporate HR trailblazer turned award-winning keynote speaker, she blends story, science, and soul to create experiences that are interactive, energizing, and deeply human. Her sessions fuel greater confidence, connection, and purpose-driven leadership and leave a lasting impact long after the applause ends.

Rachel’s keynotes help audiences overcome self-silencing, burnout, and disconnection so they can lead with confidence, speak up with courage, and build cultures where people thrive. She has partnered with Fortune 500 companies like Citizens and Sherwin-Williams, as well as dozens of associations and nonprofits across a wide range of industries.

A TEDx speaker, singer-songwriter, Certified XCHANGE Facilitator, and Certified Virtual Presenter, Rachel’s first book debuts in late summer 2026.

UNMUTE Yourself: Step Up, Stand Out, and Say YES to Amplify Your Impact

Stop silencing, shrinking, and sabotaging yourself. Start having the impact and influence you were meant to have.

Too many people hold themselves back at work, not because they don’t care, but because they’ve been conditioned to play it safe. We second-guess our ideas, shrink our presence, and stay silent instead of speaking up. But silence has a cost: it limits our impact, stifles our potential, and prevents us from leading as fully as we’re capable of.

What if it didn’t have to be that way? What if we could break free from self-silencing and self-doubt and activate a deeper sense of possibility, capability, and courage? Blending her evidence-backed V.O.I.C.E. Method with real-world corporate experience and an interactive delivery style, Rachel equips people to take meaningful risks, step up with courage, and contribute with greater influence and impact.

Learning Objectives:

  1. Identify how self-doubt and self-silencing limit confidence, contribution, and team effectiveness
  2. Learn how to model and encourage self-advocacy in your team or organization to strengthen trust, unlock talent, and build a culture of courageous contribution.
  3. Apply strategies to elevate visibility, influence, and leadership readiness across your team or organization

The Resilience Reset: Reflect, Reframe, Recalibrate

Unleash curiosity and clarity to navigate uncertainty with purpose, possibility, and renewed momentum.

Change is constant, and with it comes uncertainty, disruption, and moments that can leave us feeling stuck, depleted, or disconnected. But resilience isn’t about pushing through; it’s about pausing, gaining perspective, and choosing how we move forward.

In this energizing and reflective keynote, Rachel Druckenmiller shares a practical, three-part framework: Reflect. Reframe. Recalibrate. that empowers people to navigate change with curiosity, self-awareness, and clarity. Through story, science, and shared experience, Rachel equips audiences to shift from survival mode to forward momentum, reconnecting to what matters and reigniting purpose in the process.

Whether you’re facing personal or organizational transition, this session offers a timely reset and a powerful path forward.

  1. Implement a three-part framework to respond to change and disruption with intention, curiosity, and clarity
  2. Reconnect with purpose and possibility to restore energy and direction
  3. Engage in reflective, interactive practices that foster insight, connection, and forward movement

Be the Difference: Amplify Purpose, Passion, and Potential in Your People

Build trust and connection through everyday actions that unlock the potential of your people.

In a time when people are stretched thin, burned out, and wondering if their work really matters, leaders have a powerful opportunity to be the difference in how their people feel, perform, and show up.

In this energizing and actionable keynote, Rachel Druckenmiller invites leaders to rethink their influence. It’s not just about results; it’s about making people feel seen, heard, valued, and celebrated along the way. Through stories, science, and purposeful interaction, Rachel equips leaders to create moments of connection, recognition, and inspiration that unlock trust, engagement, and a renewed sense of purpose.

Leaders will walk away with practical tools and renewed perspective to lead with more intention, heart, and humanity and to activate the potential of the people they serve.

Learning Objectives

  1. Understand the core drivers of engagement and how leaders can amplify them in daily interactions
  2. Learn how to foster psychological safety and elevate team performance through more intentional conversations
  3. Facilitate meaningful, upward-spiral conversations at the organization to generate greater creativity, purpose, trust, and connection

Ignite Your Impact: The 3 Cs of Transformational Leadership

Redefine how you show up and step into the kind of leadership that earns trust, inspires action, and amplifies your influence.

What sets the most effective leaders apart from the rest? It’s not their ability to command and control. It’s a distinct combination of traits proven to elevate trust, engagement, and performance. Leadership isn’t just about what you do. It’s about who you are while you’re doing it. Especially in moments of change and challenge, the leaders who make the greatest impact lead with presence, purpose, and integrity.

This session introduces a research-backed framework to help leaders reflect on how they show up and how that presence shapes the trust, motivation, and performance of those around them. Through story, science, and actionable insights, we’ll explore what distinguishes high-trust, high-impact leaders and how to lead in a way that inspires loyalty, action, and lasting performance.

It’s a timely reset for anyone ready to shift from transactional leadership to transformational impact, to spark a ripple effect that extends far beyond the moment.

Learning Objectives

  1. Discover the three leadership qualities that work together to build trust, inspire engagement, and drive high performance.
  2. Learn practical strategies to equip and motivate your team to lead with their strengths, take initiative, and contribute at their highest level.
  3. Develop a leadership mindset that balances confidence with humility and action with reflection.