Hillarie Kay

Expertise might get you the title, but it won’t earn you influence. Real leadership demands alignment—knowing what drives you at the core and making dang sure that’s what the world sees and hears. When there’s a disconnect, teams disengage and results stall. In this keynote, Hillarie Kay hands leaders a dual lens: one to face the truth about themselves, and another to sharpen how they show up. The goal? No more mixed signals. Just clear, compelling influence that pulls people in and moves everyone forward.

Burnout isn’t caused by how much you’re doing—it’s about why you’re doing it and what’s driving you. And the usual advice? “Rest more. Do less.” It barely scratches the surface. In this unapologetic deep dive, Hillarie Kay exposes the real reasons high performers burn out, and why traditional fixes fall flat. Burnout hits hardest when you’re wired to run, achieve, and push… but your internal operating system is out of sync with how you’re showing up. Pulling from her book, The Burnout Recovery System, Hillarie gives leaders and high performers the tools to recognize their own burnout patterns, realign their energy, and get back to creating impact—without burning themselves out in the process. This isn’t about dialing back ambition. It’s about rewiring the way you work so your energy, creativity, and success are actually sustainable.