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Helping busy leaders, teams, and audiences create more balance and less burnout so you can be and feel your best at work and at home—even with the constant demands and messiness of everyday life.
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All while performing even better
Do you want a healthier work-life balance and pace, to better navigate your workload and daily stressors, and prioritize mental health and well-being?
There is a better way to approach how we work, lead, and live.
Heavy workloads, higher levels of burnout and stress, and the pressure to do more with less—along with personal and family responsibilities—often leave people feeling overwhelmed, spread thin, and struggling to focus on what truly matters, both at work and at home. This takes a toll on well-being and mental health, impacts relationships, and ultimately hurts performance. And life is too short to be so busy!
don't settle for the grind
If this sounds like challenges you're facing, Stacey can help you shift how you work and create more balance in your lives and as leaders through a keynote, presentation, or workshop. Imagine having the time and energy to excel at work, enjoy your personal life, be present with the people who matter most—and take care of yourself too, even with all the demands.
Three Speaking and Workshop Experiences — In Person or Virtual
Stacey offers the following three topics that can be delivered as a keynote, presentation, or workshop. While sharing similar messages, each has a distinct focus and is tailored to the audience.
She shares personal stories, powerful perspective shifts, and simple tools to create meaningful change, bringing an engaging and relatable style that inspires people to walk away and truly do something different.
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Balance Over Burnout
Balance is a more sustainable way to work and live in a world with so many demands and expectations. It’s not just about working less or doing less; it's about protecting your capacity to be healthy, present, and focused on what truly matters at work and personally. Burnout drains your capacity and steals your peace, presence, and focus.
In this session, you’ll learn how to better protect your capacity, slow down the pace and navigate stress, and be more balanced each day, so you can reduce burnout and show up as your best self.
When you choose balance over burnout each day, you'll feel better, perform better, and be more present in your life.
Audience Takeaways:
- A deeper understanding of the impact of work stress and overworking on well-being, mental health, and performance
- Practical ways to set boundaries, say no, and navigate stress more effectively and in a way that works for you
- A new perspective and intention to make everyday choices that lead to balance over burnout
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The Balanced Leader™
LIFE focus
Your Balanced and Bold Life
The goal? To “shift your starting point” from operating as a busy or burned-out leader to being a Balanced Leader who makes intentional choices each day to create more balance, stress less, and perform even better.
We’ll explore how to shift your mindset and feel more in control of your days, align your actions with your values, set stronger boundaries, get clear on your priorities, say ‘no’ so you can say ‘yes’ to what matters more, lighten the mental load, and make yourself a priority while being there for others.
You’ll see how slowing the pace and doing less, but more of what really matters, is essential for your well-being, relationships, and high performance. Sometimes the real balance we need isn’t just in our calendars—it’s also in our minds.
This will help leaders at all levels create a healthier work-life balance, better navigate daily demands and workload, and reduce stress and overwhelm.
Audience Takeaways:
- A powerful perspective shift from “busy equals productive or success” to balance as a strategic move and a way of being
- Practical mindset and tools to take back control of your days, focus on what really matters, and calm your busy mind
- A framework for shifting your starting point, making aligned choices, and leading by example to positively impact others
Do you feel overwhelmed and spread thin most days? Do you want to be more present with your family AND excel in your work? Do you worry that you’re missing out on life being so busy?
In this inspiring keynote, based on her book of the same title, Stacey redefines balance and shows how you can work less, live more, and be your best at both work and at home. Even with all the demands and messiness of everyday life.
You’ll discover how to create more balance in life and step out of the constant busyness and hectic pace. Stacey shares personal stories, messy lessons, and simple ways to focus on what really matters, enjoy your personal life while still excelling at work, and make your time a priority. You’ll leave inspired to create a healthier work-life balance, feel less overwhelmed in everyday moments, and have more time and presence for what truly matters to you.
Audience Takeaways:
- An empowering perspective on balance and how to work less, live more, and be your best both at work and at home
- Simple tools to take back control of your days, calm your busy mind, feel less overwhelmed, and make yourself a priority too
- The permission to create more balance in life, be present with your family and excel at work, and enjoy your life more.
Book Copies for Attendees
As an optional add-on to any keynote, workshop or presentation, books can be pre-purchased or included in your speaking fee for close to cost—giving attendees a valuable resource to take away and reinforce the learning after the event.
“She shared vulnerable personal experiences that resonated deeply with our team, making the training both relatable and impactful.”
Jessica Yelland
Human Resources Manager SaskTel
Her delivery was engaging, easy to follow, and deeply personable, leaving the audience inspired and motivated.
Senior Leader, Provincial Government
Stacey Olson has been a speaker at both and in person and virtual event I hosted, and it is my pleasure to share this recommendation. Right from the pre-planning phase, she was organized, collaborative, and fully supportive of the agenda, helping us align her presentation with our event's overall objectives. Her delivery was engaging, easy to follow, and deeply personable, leaving the audience inspired and motivated. Most importantly, Stacey provided actionable steps to ensure real, transformational change. She truly made a meaningful impact, and I highly recommend her as an empowerment speaker.”
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Stacey was engaging, relatable and offered a compelling case for why making our well-being
Senior Leader
Provincial Government
a priority drives performance, offering simple and practical tools for our daily lives. She is one of the best speakers we've had in recent years.”
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Stacey was engaging, relatable and offered a compelling case for why making our well-being
Senior Leader, Provincial Government
a priority drives performance, offering simple and practical tools for our daily lives. She is one of the best speakers we've had in recent years.”
Negroni is incredibly organized. We couldn't have elevated our brand without her.”
Jen Olmstead,
Tonic Site Shop
It was such an incredible experience working with Negroni — highly recommend it!
Hugo Lawrence,
Oatly CEO
People are looking for a better way to work that supports work-life balance, well-being and mental health, and their ability to focus.
But you're also continually expected to do more with less. So how is this even possible?
There’s growing evidence that working less can make us more effective. When we give our minds and bodies time to recharge—and make space in our days for what really matters (not just doing more)—we not only feel better, we make better decisions about how we use our time and move the needle.
Our happiness and well-being aren’t separate from performance—they drive it. When we’re burned out, stretched too thin, and constantly stressed, we’re less focused, less productive, and less resilient.
Essentially, when we feel better, we perform better. Leaders and employees are healthier, more engaged, and more fulfilled—which naturally improves satisfaction, retention, and other bottom-line outcomes. It’s a more sustainable—and enjoyable—way to work, lead, and live.
STACEY OLSON
engages audiences with relatable stories, refreshing insights, and simple, practical, and actionable strategies. She draws on her personal journey from burning out to becoming more balanced, happier, and successful, along with her training, years of coaching professionals, and her book, Your Balanced and Bold Life: Work Less, Live More, and Be Your Best. Helping others take back control of their days, calm their busy minds, and be there for others while making themselves a priority too—so they can have more time, energy, and presence for what really matters.
Psst . . . The bold is the courage part!
Stacey is a member of the Canadian Association of Professional Speakers (CAPS) and a Certified Virtual Presenter from eSpeakers.
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