Kristel Bauer Keynote Speaker

  • Corporate Wellness Expert specializing in promoting growth mindsets and high-performance habits to drive profitability and excellence.
  • Author of Work-Life Tango: Finding Happiness Harmony and Peak Performance Wherever You Work; Host of the top global podcast "Live Greatly"; contributing writer for Entrepreneur.
  • Blends psychology, science, and practical advice to support happiness, retention, and success across all team levels.

Kristel Bauer's Biography

Kristel Bauer is a corporate wellness and performance expert, keynote speaker and TEDx speaker supporting organizations and individuals on their journeys for more happiness and success. She is the award-winning author of Work-Life Tango: Finding Happiness, Harmony, and Peak Performance Wherever You Work (John Murray Business November 19, 2024).

With Kristel’s healthcare background, she provides data driven actionable strategies to leverage happiness and high-power habits to drive growth mindsets, peak performance, profitability, well-being and a culture of excellence. Kristel’s keynotes provide insights to “Live Greatly” while promoting leadership development and team building.

Kristel is the creator and host of her global top self-improvement podcast, Live Greatly. She is a contributing writer for Entrepreneur, and she is an influencer in the business and wellness space having been recognized as a Top 10 Social Media Influencer of 2021 in Forbes.

As an Integrative Medicine Fellow & Physician Assistant having practiced clinically in Integrative Psychiatry, Kristel has a unique perspective into attaining a mindset for more happiness and success. Kristel has presented to groups from the American Gas Association, Bank of America, bp, Commercial Metals Company, General Mills, Northwestern University, Santander Bank and many more.

Kristel has been featured in Forbes, Forest & Bluff Magazine, Authority Magazine & Podcast Magazine and she has appeared on NBC News Daily, ABC News Live, FOX Weather, ABC 7 Chicago, WGN Daytime Chicago, WFLA TV News Channel 8 Tampa Bay Bloom TV, Fox 4’s WDAF-TV’s Great Day KC, and Ticker News.

Kristel lives in the Fort Lauderdale, Florida area and she can be booked for speaking engagements worldwide.

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Kristel Bauer's Speaking Topics

  • Find Your Imperfect Happy

In the relentless pursuit of business excellence, it's easy to overlook the crucial role happiness plays in organizational success. But let's not dismiss it as mere sentimentality; happiness directly impacts the bottom line. Research demonstrates that happier leaders cultivate more engaged and productive teams. Happier employees aren't just more satisfied—they're more efficient, innovative, and resilient in the face of challenges. But how can employees lean into happiness in their everyday work and life, even when things aren't going as they had hoped? This isn't just about feel-good initiatives; it's about strategic investment in your company's most valuable asset: its people. Kristel's keynote offers actionable strategies rooted in empirical evidence to elevate employee happiness and, by extension, organizational performance. Prioritizing happiness isn't just a nicety—it's a strategic imperative. It's time to leverage the power of happiness to drive profitability, retention, and a culture of excellence within your organization. Book Kristel today and position your company for sustained success in an ever-evolving business landscape.

  • Embrace a Growth Mindset: Leadership Development, Team Building and Creating a Culture of Excellence

Effective team building and optimal leadership require the right mindset, high levels of awareness, emotional intelligence, and optimal communication. These are not areas that come naturally for many leaders and employees. Even if you think these are areas you and your team excel in, it can be all too easy to unintentionally have blind spots, especially if you are in a position of power. Research has shown that while many people think they are self-aware, the majority don’t measure up to self-awareness criteria. Research has also shown a significant discrepancy between how leaders feel and how employees feel regarding communication. Many leaders believe they maintain a clear feedback loop within their team, when at the same time, many employees don’t feel like an appropriate feedback loop has been established. In this keynote, Kristel will share insights and actionable strategies from her experience in healthcare, integrative psychiatry, and business, to provide research-based solutions to build connection, boost emotional intelligence, enhance empathy, and develop self-awareness, all while harnessing a mindset that promotes growth, innovation, and team success. Your group will walk away with methods to effectively manage stress, embrace a growth mindset and support peak performance and happiness. Kristel will share research-backed strategies for effective communication including the importance of informal check ins and the best way to give negative and constructive feedback. Book Kristel today to promote a vibrant, successful, and profitable company culture.

  • Achieving Peak Performance With High Power Habits

Research shows your personal and professional successes are directly linked to your habits. Your work and life are made up of a variety of daily choices, routines, and behaviors. Some may be moving you towards prosperity, success, innovation, and excellence. Others may be keeping you stuck in a place of stagnation, or moving you in the wrong direction towards overwhelm, distraction and frustration. In this keynote, Kristel shares invaluable research-based insights and strategies from her experience in integrative psychiatry, healthcare, and business to put your company or team ahead of the curve. Your group will discover how to effectively develop high power habits that stick, supporting peak performance and success. Your team will learn the best times of day for peak productivity, data driven effective time blocking and break taking strategies shown to promote peak performance, as well as research backed ways to overcome procrastination. Kristel will explain why many people fail when they are looking to create a new habit as well as key evidence-based actionable strategies to optimize productivity and performance. Book Kristel today to help your team create habits that promote organizational success and positive outcomes for many years to come.

  • The Future of Work: Redefining Work/Life Balance To Thrive Personally and Professionally In This New World Of Work

he old model of work/life balance is no longer applicable or effective for our current work reality. Burnout rates among workers are at staggering levels and many employees and leaders are struggling in this new world of work. While researching this topic I ran a poll where I asked the question, “Does the idea of striving for work/life balance make you feel stressed, uncomfortable or guilty?” Almost half, 47% of respondents, chose “yes”. The future of work requires a modern approach to successfully navigate work and life accounting for technological advances, hybrid workforces and continuous innovation occurring in the workplace. In this keynote, Kristel will share a work/life model that is in alignment with the realities of what you and your team are facing in your current work/life situation. Kristel will provide insights to help your group get into a growth mindset, empowering them to thrive personally and professionally whether working remotely or in the office. Kristel will provide powerful and effective tools to manage stress, boost happiness, and support optimal performance wherever you work. You and your team will discover the common blocks interfering with happiness and success in work/life while learning actionable strategies that can have an immediate positive impact. Kristel will discuss the new science of micro breaks, the keys for creating high-power habits, critical components for setting healthy boundaries and more. Book Kristel today to help your group move in the direction of success, happiness, and fulfillment in all areas of work/life.

  • The Keys to Building Resilience and Increasing Your Success In Work/Life

If you want to be successful and happy in your work and in your life, one thing is certain. You need to be resilient. Your work/life is going to be filled with unexpected surprises and twists and turns that will try to steer you off course. Throughout Kristel’s time practicing in healthcare and amid her experience in the speaking and media space, she has explored the keys to being resilient and what it really takes to come back stronger after setbacks and stressors. By harnessing the right perspective and an empowering mindset, struggles can become great opportunities for learning, growth and success. In this keynote Kristel will share actionable strategies to help your group or team build resiliency, so they can show up as the best version of themselves in all areas of their work/life.

  • Reframing Your Internal Story for More Happiness & Fulfillment at Work & In Life

We all have experienced that inner critic holding us back. That voice telling us that we aren't good enough, that we will fail, that we should give up. This limiting self talk has the potential to keep you from achieving your goals and it can hold you back from attaining success in your career and in your life. It also can limit company success, sales and profitability as well as negatively impact company culture. This keynote will help you build awareness about your internal dialogue and self-talk, identifying where it is holding you back. You will then discover tools to build a growth mindset so that your internal voice can become an ally helping you move in the direction of happiness, success, personal development and fulfillment.

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Articles, Media & Podcasts

Books by Kristel Bauer

Work Life Tango

Comments & Testimonials

“It was an absolute pleasure working with Kristel earlier this year. Beyond her fantastic credentials, her immediate care, kindness, and dedication to working with us to create a meaningful event for our company was outstanding. The event was "Reframe Your Internal Story for More Happiness and Fulfillment” and the feedback was excellent. Kristel is inspiring, thoughtful, and was a perfect addition to our Women's History Month celebration. I hope to work with Kristel in the future and certainly enjoy her daily posts for an added boost of confidence and energy to my day!”
Kirsten Adams Senior Associate, Corporate Events for Santander Bank
“I greatly enjoyed Kristel's recent presentation at the Quirks Insight conference in Chicago. I'm A-type by nature, so attended every possible session and Kristel's was one of the most inspiring, uplifting, yet soothing talks! I'm no stranger to health and wellness working in the healthcare arena, yet, Kristel's talk was erudite, clear, and thought provoking throughout. I particularly enjoyed her touching on various practical interventions to boost one's inner well-being, but in addition, branching that out to influence positively all those around you, from corporate teams, clients, and other customers. At the end of the day, as Kristel emphasized so well, there is a positive synergy between self-nurturing and optimally impacting others. I would highly recommend her as an expert and positive influencer in this space.”
David DiCicco President, DiCicco Research
“From the second I met Kristel, she displayed the perfect combination of confidence, warmth and overall professionalism. Kristel arrived early and was extremely prepared! When it was time to hit the stage, Kristel did exactly what we hoped for and more – she owned the room and it was very obvious that the attendees were extremely engaged. We hope that we have the opportunity to work with Kristel again, we highly recommend her!”
Zachary Grashow Quest Mindshare

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