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Lisa Bodell shared thisWe talk about burnout like it’s a personal weakness. Like leaders just need better boundaries, a longer vacation... or more resilience. But that’s not the issue, in my opinion. What I see are smart, capable leaders spending most of their energy navigating NOISE. Things like: Decisions that get reopened....Meetings that shouldn’t exist.....Standards that are “flexible” until they’re suddenly NOT. They aren’t exhausted because they can’t handle pressure. They’re exhausted because they’re constantly compensating for confusion. And the stronger the leader, the longer they can hide it. Until they can’t.... Then we call it burnout. If you want to protect your leaders, please don’t send them to another resilience workshop. Look at the system they’re operating inside. Is it clear? Is it simple? Is it consistent? Or are they burning energy just keeping the machine running? If your leadership requires superhuman stamina, something’s broken. Fix the system. Not the person. Question for you: If you stepped away for a week, would things run or unravel?
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Lisa Bodell shared thisWe spend a LOT of time trying to fix people. More training. More coaching. More feedback. Like the problem is effort. Most of the time… it’s not. It’s the work. How it’s set up. How many steps it takes to get anything done. How much gets layered on top of what should be simple. People aren’t struggling because they can’t do the job. They’re spending half their time dealing with everything around it. Start there. What can you remove? What doesn’t need to be involved? What’s making this harder than it should be? Fix that first.
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Lisa Bodell shared thisI’m not a big Celebrity worshiper bc status doesn’t impress me. But Clarity and confidence is something I like - a lot. And having met hundreds of speakers and celebs it’s rare you meet someone genuine that walks the walk. Throwback to Real Leaders UNITE , when I was onsite speaking alongside Daymond John. Of course , he’s wildly accomplished. Founder of FUBU and Shark Tank. He Built a brand and reputation by knowing how to spot opportunity, back entrepreneurs, and bet on the right things. But what stood out was how clear and genuinely confident he was. Clear on what he believed, what he would not tolerate and clear on where he was willing to take a risk. No fake swagger. No trying-too-hard energy. It was impressive. There’s a big difference between someone who PERFORMS confidence and someone who actually has it. Daymond felt like the second. And I wish more leaders understood that confidence does not have to be loud to be real. Who’s someone you’ve met who changed the way you think about confidence or leadership?
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Lisa Bodell shared thisIf nobody wants to be the bad guy, nobody says the real thing. And when that happens, feedback gets fuzzy, standards get blurry, and work gets slower. A lot of teams aren’t struggling because people don’t care. They’re struggling because everyone is working too hard to avoid discomfort. That’s what I wrote about in my latest piece. Check it out below. 👇🏻
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Lisa Bodell shared thisLaGuardia really is my second home at this point. And yes, I am absolutely the person trying to set a personal best from curb to gate. Because I am not the “get there three hours early” kind. I want maximum efficiency, minimum airport time, and wheels up as soon as possible. Curious where you fall... let me know in the comments!
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Lisa Bodell shared thisI’m starting a new little series called: A few things you didn’t know about Lisa, and perhaps still wish you didn’t. So let’s begin with something important... I actively practice kitchen therapy. I love cooking gourmet meals 1 to 2 times a week. Lots of herbs. Too many pans. Funky ingredients. Full commitment. And yet, despite all that, I can make a beautiful multi-course dinner and still absolutely ruin a hamburger. My husband, Brian’s official feedback: "you will never have to worry about Lisa undercooking anything." Rude. Fair. And, probably true. What’s your most irrationally specific skill gap? 😅
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Lisa Bodell shared thisBig Sky is beautiful. Yesterday I was in Montana with a room full of leaders from multi-family offices and single-family offices who manage incredibly high-stakes, highly personal, wildly layered work for ultra-high-net-worth clients. Different firms. Same headache: → Too much complexity → Too many moving parts → Too many systems that were supposed to help, and now mostly get in the way So that’s what we talked about. How to stop piling on. How subtract the unnecessary and better sculpt work, not just build it. How simplification creates speed, better decisions, and a lot less unnecessary drag. I love rooms like this because nobody needs a motivational speech about being busier. They need a better way to work. Thanks to Charles Schwab, Robyn S., Tim Mathy, SpeakInc, Tony D'Amelio, D'Amelio Network, and the team for having me at Family Symposium 2026!
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Lisa Bodell shared thisUsing my flight to Big Sky for something very important... Outsourcing my travel research. 😉 I’m already headed to Croatia and Hungary this year, but I’ve got one more trip to plan and want good ideas, not generic ones (please!). So tell me: where are you going this summer? Or if you could go anywhere, where would it be?
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Lisa Bodell shared thisA lot of teams are not drowning in one big interruption. They’re drowning in 75 tiny ones. A ping here. A thread there. A “quick question” that was not quick. A channel you now have to check because, technically, someone added you. We keep swapping tools and acting like that is progress. A lot of the time, it is just faster chaos. That’s the idea behind my latest article. 👇🏻Slack Didn’t Solve the Email Problem. It Just Moved It.Slack Didn’t Solve the Email Problem. It Just Moved It.
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Lisa Bodell liked thisAnother meaningful discussion at Chief with experts leading an important conversation about what women need to know to advocate for their health. Grateful to My Density Matters for sharing critical information: if you have dense breast tissue, ask about additional screening beyond mammograms. #advocacy #breastcancerLisa Bodell liked thisImportant and informative health information was shared last night from the Beyond the Mammogram panel led by Michelle Pecak (AKA Minnie Mouse) who can find the positive in any conversation! It was amazing to see the ferocious LeAnita Ragland-Brooks, enjoying her proprietary beverage, The LeAnitini, and hear her unbelievable stories of survival. Also enjoyed the day Chief connecting with Kerri Soukup Rose Arendarczyk Michele DeKinder-Smith Beth Brinati Katie Bodell
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Lisa Bodell liked thisLisa Bodell liked thisI'm having a blast lately customizing my keynote. Back in the day, when I thought about customizing a keynote (you gotsta), I admit I mostly thought about saying new words - industry terms, company acronyms, etc. And that felt... well, like work that wasn't all that fun. But when I finally realized that "customizing" can be WAY more creative than changing up the words, I started to LOVE it. I've... 🔍 Inserted props that are metaphors and funny takes on inauthentic challenges that only that company/industry faces 🔍 Recorded and played mock customer hold messages (inauthentic/authentic) specific to their industry, that I used as a cold open to grab their attention and have them FEEL what we were going to talk about immediately 🔍Brought in new 50% Rule examples to include international ones while presenting to a global group 🔍 Shown pictures of my own experience within their industry to ensure they know I really do get their value and their challenges 🔍 And next week, I'm almost giddy to be not just be bringing a bunch of new authenticity examples specific to the credit union industry, I also created a custom video that honestly makes me laugh so hard (fingers crossed they actually laugh, too). My goal for each keynote is to give the audience the good stuff I KNOW will make them go "Ohhhh," while also taking them on a rollercoaster that includes everything else - humor, custom examples, fun videos. At the end of the day, I hope my message is the headline, but the experience and vibe are what make it stick. _____ 🌟 Whenever you're "tasked" with something that feels kinda meh, I encourage you to think: "How can I 50% Rule it?" so you create the same intended outcome but have a lot more fun doing it.
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Lisa Bodell liked thisLisa Bodell liked thisToday's Thought: The role of the partner ecosystem in AI adoption. AI success isn't about finding a single partner to be a "global winner." It's about empowering a diverse ecosystem. When we talk about scaling enterprise AI, it’s easy to focus on the loudest voices or the biggest names. But the reality of today's market is much more nuanced. In this conversation with Kareem Yusuf Ph.D at IBM THINK, we discussed why a one-size-fits-all approach to partnerships simply doesn't work anymore. Partners operate in distinct markets, solving highly specialized, localized problems for their clients. To build a resilient ecosystem, companies must: ✅Recognize diversification: From distribution to influential players, value comes in many forms. ✅Focus on market-specific needs: A global benchmark is meaningless if it doesn't translate to local execution. ✅Create tailored support: Meeting partners where they are, with what they actually need. When partners win locally, the enterprise AI ecosystem wins globally. A huge thank you to the Six Five Media team for capturing this conversation on the road at THINK. 👇 Let’s discuss: How are you adapting your ecosystem strategy to meet localized market demands? #IBMThink #AI #EnterpriseAI #EcosystemStrategy #BusinessPartnerships #TechLeadership
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Lisa Bodell liked thisLisa Bodell liked thisSome mountains are made of rock. Others are made of fear, loss, and doubt. This week, I’m talking with SEAN SWARNER about resilience, mindset, values, and how to keep moving when the climb feels impossible. Because most people don't fail at the summit. They freeze staring at the whole mountain. For event pros, leaders, and teams: if your audience is facing adversity, chasing big goals, or trying to reconnect success with meaning, this one lands. Inside this episode: ✅ One step beats overwhelm ✅ Visualization shapes action ✅ Values fuel resilience ✅ False summits leave you empty ✅ Imperfect action beats waiting ✅ No one climbs alone 🎙️ Watch the full conversation: • YouTube: https://lnkd.in/eYjEN5TD • Spotify: https://lnkd.in/eCmXY57a • Apple Podcasts: https://lnkd.in/euSH_tPU • Amazon Music: https://lnkd.in/ermMS9ZD 📞 If your audience needs a message on resilience, values, mindset, and pursuing goals that matter, Sean delivers. Let’s talk: https://lnkd.in/eXPtNjfs 🎤 Explore Sean's keynote speaker profile: https://lnkd.in/e7nPEKTF 📩 Or send your audience + event theme and I’ll tell you if he’s the right fit: info@thekeynotecurators.com #resilience #values #mindset #goals #personaldevelopment #eventprofs #keynotespeakers #deliveringimpact
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Lisa Bodell liked thisLisa Bodell liked thisWho is struggling with overwhelm at work, especially in the age of AI? 🙋♀️ I’m not immune to this, even though I talk about it all the time - it’s easy to slip and I’m only human (after all). In this week’s episode of the Happier at Work podcast, I’m joined by Leanne Elliott C.Psychol, occupational psychologist and host of Truth, Lies & Work Podcast, to unravel the growing sense of overwhelm affecting both individuals and organisations. 🎧 Listen directly in the newsletter below. ⭐️ Don’t forget to subscribe!302: How to Reduce Overwhelm and Build Thriving Teams with Leanne Elliott302: How to Reduce Overwhelm and Build Thriving Teams with Leanne Elliott
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New York City Board Member
The Knowledge Society (TKS)
- 2 years 11 months
Education
TKS provides Olympic level training for future CEOs & Innovators. Students selected for this experiential program explore future topics such as AI, human genome, brain computer interface, hyperloop, and more. They build skillsets and mindsets that prepare them to be world-class thinkers: curiosity, hussle, creative problem solving and more. TKS has been recognized as one of the top educational programs of the future by the World Economic Forum.
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Board Member
The community Fund of Bronxville, Eastchester, and Tuckahoe
- 6 years 1 month
Social Services
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Volunteer
CSA Soup Kitchen
- Present 11 years 6 months
Poverty Alleviation
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Housing Rehab Volunteer
Cabrini Alive
- 2 years
Poverty Alleviation
Volunteer organization which rehabbed drug addled, condemned housing units to prepare them as living spaces for homeless women and children who would not otherwise have a place to live.
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Pediatric Volunteer
Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago
- 2 years
Children
Volunteered to provide comfort to sick children and support to nursing staff
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Volunteer Staff
Homeless Shelters (Various)
- 2 years
Poverty Alleviation
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Why Simple Wins
Bibliomotion
See publicationImagine what you could do with the time you spend writing emails every day.
Complexity is killing companies' ability to innovate and adapt, and simplicity is fast becoming the competitive advantage of our time. Why Simple Wins helps leaders and their teams move beyond the feelings of frustration and futility that come with so much unproductive work in today’s corporate world to create a corporate culture where valuable, essential, meaningful work is the norm. By learning how to eliminate…Imagine what you could do with the time you spend writing emails every day.
Complexity is killing companies' ability to innovate and adapt, and simplicity is fast becoming the competitive advantage of our time. Why Simple Wins helps leaders and their teams move beyond the feelings of frustration and futility that come with so much unproductive work in today’s corporate world to create a corporate culture where valuable, essential, meaningful work is the norm. By learning how to eliminate redundancies, communicate with clarity, and make simplification a habit, individuals and companies can begin to recognize which activities are time-sucks and which create lasting value -
Contributing Author to Forbes, Fast Company and Harvard Business Review. Publish over 50 articles per year
http://futurethink.com/press/
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Kill The Company: End the Status Quo, Start an Innovation Revolution
Bibliomotion
See publicationIn the ever-changing world of business, we've arrived at a point where process has trumped culture, where the race toward efficiency has made us complacent and unable to reach our potential. Stuck in the land of status quo, we've forgotten how to think. And the very structures put in place to help businesses grow are now holding them back. It's time to Kill the Company. This book is a call to arms: to start a revolution in how we think and work. But instead of more one-size-fits-all change…
In the ever-changing world of business, we've arrived at a point where process has trumped culture, where the race toward efficiency has made us complacent and unable to reach our potential. Stuck in the land of status quo, we've forgotten how to think. And the very structures put in place to help businesses grow are now holding them back. It's time to Kill the Company. This book is a call to arms: to start a revolution in how we think and work. But instead of more one-size-fits-all change initiatives forced upon employees, we need to embrace smaller, positive behavioral changes that create ripple effects throughout the organization. Thinking can no longer be exclusive to the creative team or lead strategists. Rather, a culture of curiosity must be fostered among the ranks to shake up our standard practices, from unproductive meetings to go-nowhere strategic planning. This revolution can and will awaken our ability to think, and ultimately, to innovate and grow. In Kill the Company, innovation specialist Lisa Bodell urges companies to shift the mindset from business as usual to the company of the future, to move from what she calls “Zombies, Inc.” to “Think, Inc.” This involves both risk and trust: to allow all employees the opportunity and environment to be curious and inquisitive—even challenging and provocative when the situation calls for it. Too often, this type of behavior is seen as threatening, says Bodell, who has actually been told by CEOs that they discourage employees from thinking. In step with the call to Kill the Company, is a plea to kill fear, complacency, and the all-too-familiar answer from our leaders: “I can't be bothered with your (perhaps brilliant) idea.” In the end, readers of Kill the Company will have a full sense of how much riskier it is to stay here in the status quo than to break out and think
Honors & Awards
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2025 Inc. Best Workplaces
Inc.
Awarded to the most innovative supportive work cultures for employees
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2025 ACQ5 International Online Learning Provider of the Year
ACQ5
Voted best online learning provider
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2025 ACQ5 Productivity Consultancy of the Year
ACQ5
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2025 ACQ5 Top International Keynote Speaker of the Year
ACQ5
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2025 Top 50 Keynote Speakers
Real Leaders
Annual ranking of the top keynote speakers globally
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2025 Training Industry Leadership Training Company Watch List
Training Industry INC
Top Leadership Training Company List
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2025 Female Founders 500 list
Inc.
Awarded to this year's most dynamic women in business.
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2025 HR.com Best Total Rewards and Compensation Strategy
HR.com
Awarded to leading organizations in employee support and culture
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2024 Top Leadership Training Company
Training Industry
Awarded to the Top Companies in Leadership Training based on excellence in content, delivery and innovation
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2024 Top 50 Keynote Speakers
Real Leaders
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2023 Top 200 Biggest Voices in Leadership
Leadship Hum
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2023 Real Leaders Impact Awards
Real Leaders
For outstanding corporate transformation and skill building abilities
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2022 Top 50 Keynote Speaker
Real Leaders
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2021 Top Keynote Speaker in the World
Real Leaders
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2020 Top 50 Keynote Speaker in the World
Real Leaders
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2019 Most Innovative Business Workshop Training Facilitator
Real Leaders
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2019 Most Inspirational Woman in Communications Strategy & Execution
Acquisition International Business Excellence Awards
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North American Book Awards Silver Medalist Icon 2018
North American Book Awards
Awarded for best selling book Why Simple Wins
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2018 Top 50 Female Futurists in the World
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2017 Top Speaker Award
Speaking.com Speakers Bureau
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2015 Top Speaker - Google
Google
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2014 Top 5 Speaker Award
Speaking.com
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2014 Best Business Book Award
Axiom
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2013 USA Book News Best Book Award in Business
USA Book News
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2012 Best Business Book of the Year
Booz & Co
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2012 Chief Learning Officer Award
CLO
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2012 Leadership Training Company To Watch
Training Industry.com
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French
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Organizations
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World Economic Forum
Appointed Member of Global Advisory Council for Consumer Industries
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Association of Professional Futurists
Board member - Nominations
- PresentNominations board member. Member since 2000.
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