Sunny Grosso

Sunny is a dynamic blend of culture maven, global speaker, founder of SunYoga, and igniter of workplace transformation. With 13 vibrant years under her belt, she has impacted 300 organizations across 20 countries, with shining achievements in business growth, distinguished workplace recognitions, and higher well-being of countless individuals.

She’s been featured in a myriad of forums, from Fast Company to Good to Great(TM), and worked with world-class organizations from Google to The Gates Foundation. In hundreds of companies, from Japan to Kazakhstan, Sunny has inspired and rewired the well-being of thousands of leaders and teams.

But she's not just about numbers and honors. Sunny's strengths lie in her commitment to health and wellbeing, and how deeply she demonstrates the principles in her own life. She shapes truly holistic teams with a mix of purposeful drive, discerning smarts, and deep expertise in positive psychology.

This is how she’s become known for creating unforgettable experiences with seeds of change that live on.

Engage with Sunny, and you quickly see it's not about choosing between well-being and success, or growth and happiness. It's about actualizing these elements in harmony, to thrive as humans, teams, and companies.

Speaking Topics: 

On the Other Side of Happiness: Whole-being Wellbeing and the Path to Thrive

When we embrace authenticity and prioritize humanity – businesses and people thrive. Sunny takes the audience on an inspiring journey through her personal story and into the rich field of positive psychology to discover what creates happiness at work, and how we are redefining success with the pivotal concept of Wholebeing Wellbeing.

Sunny illuminates the role of highs and lows in our resilience and how to embrace the full spectrum of work/life balance for true belonging, innovation, and success with a Double ROI– return on investment and ripple of impact. She introduces the metaphor of the Garden to nurture your wellbeing while building others and gets real with the modern challenges from stress and burnout to distraction and AI.

This talk will motivate you to pursue a more authentic and fulfilling work-life and leave you with actionable tools to improve your business. Get ready to be inspired to make meaningful changes in your work and personal life!

Takeaways:

• Explore the keys to happiness through Sunny’s inspiring personal story
• The role of values, authentic connections, and purpose
• Positive Psychology 2.0: toxic positivity in mental health and resilience
• Pathways to psychological safety, authenticity, and work-life integration
• The rising toll of loneliness, stress, and burnout in healthy work-life balance
• Actionable frameworks and tools to build a thriving workplace where belonging, innovation, and engagement thrive

The Surprising Key to Happiness at Work: Forging Authenticity for Enduring Wellbeing

There is a surprising key to achieving happiness in work (or life) often overlooked in science, yet critical for attracting, retaining, and building enduring workplace well-being: the ability to be your true self. This captivating keynote explores the latest research from positive psychology on the crucial role of authenticity and psychological safety.

From the lens of one of the world’s first happiness consultants, Sunny shares a powerful tool for leaders and employees alike to understand the hidden, protected, and obscured parts of their true selves, and why it is essential to realize connection, values, purpose and other key elements of happiness. Examine why Radical Self-Knowledge is the future of happiness, explore the obstacles that hinder self-realization, and pathways to overcome them. This talk will shift your happiness and set you on a journey of self-discovery, reconnection, and actualization of yourself and your team.

Takeaways:

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• The Science of human happiness and the Crucial role Authenticity plays in workplace wellbeing.
• Discover a powerful tool to lead through highs and lows, purpose, and values.
• Realize the challenges of authenticity in the age of distraction and disconnection.
• The importance of psychological safety, and how to effectively create and lead with it

Thriving Through Change: Envision and Own a Culture of Wellbeing

Leaders and managers today must continually adapt for their people and businesses to thrive. Sunny weaves stories and statistics from 13 years of work in the field with hundreds of organizations to lead positive work cultures through volatility, change, stress, and strain. She shares a proven roadmap to achieve happiness at work that truly works for people while creating natural business results.

Lean into the top 3 flaws that derail change management, how these corrupt results, and the human-centric solutions to build a repeatable framework for positive change. This talk explains the essentials for leaders of all levels to adapt new human approaches to building a culture of well-being, with keen insights into what creates a workplace where attraction, retention, and innovation prosper.

Your team will be empowered with tools to enhance your organization’s well-being and create a more adaptable, authentic, thriving workplace that delivers on business imperatives.

Takeaways:

• Why most efforts fail, and how to humanize change to create a movement of well-being that naturally drives business results
• How to identify and launch an effective Culture Action Team of movement makers
• Tools and tactics to increase adaptability, resilience, and intrinsic motivation
• A roadmap illustrated in the story, to lead well-being and happiness even through trying times

The Wellness Renaissance: Revitalizing People and Profits

We are living through a Workplace Renaissance. Massive changes in how we live and work have created new needs in our physical, mental, and emotional wellbeing. While it’s no secret that wellness at work is good for people and profits, many modern programs fail to effectively address these needs, not materializing into improved health of the human or business results.

In this interactive keynote, Sunny shares a model for holistic wellness at work and takes audiences into the strongest determinant overall – career well-being. She shares the essentials to actualize wellness, so it takes hold and becomes the collective habit, which is where most efforts fail. Explore the key steps to build a culture that empowers everyone in the organization to thrive while increasing profitability and ROI. The answer is not just to rethink health and happiness but to seize the reins of the Wellness Renaissance by revitalizing people and profits with a human-centered approach. The result? Sustainable results for the human being and the bottom line.

Takeaways:

• How a holistic wellness model can be applied to individual health and business results
• The number one secret to making a lasting difference in team wellness with ripples of impact into work lives
• Learn from real-world stories how to implement the most recent research and build a culture of wellness that scales across roles, departments, and leaders.
• Tangible actions for every attendee to take the reins of the Wellness Renaissance, increasing engagement and goals

The Yoga of Work: Ancient Revelations Meet Modern Science to Thrive

Sunny leads audiences on a dynamic exploration of workplace well-being in this talk-meets-experience, blending the ancient wisdom of yoga with the science of happiness to address the modern demands of work. She emphasizes the business imperative for well-being drawing on evidence-based insights from positive psychology to rise to challenges of disengagement, stress, and burnout. Participants delve into yoga’s science-backed revelations through small experiences, micro discussions, and debriefs.

This experience actively engages participants in vital wellness tools such as mindful awareness, movement, and purpose. Attendees discover how these tools enhance leadership effectiveness, foster belonging, and promote work-life harmony. They leave with personal insights and practical steps to thrive in work and life.

Takeaways:

• A memorable session merging yoga, science, and movement for insights that last

Learn to flow through challenge and change, turning stress into success, with yoga and science.

Experience the effect of movement, mindfulness, and purpose on wellness

Gain actionable insights to enhance leadership, build belonging, and live in work-life harmony