Leadership is more than knowing what to do. It’s knowing how to lead when the work gets complicated.

Presentations are designed for leaders who are carrying a lot: people, growth, change, mission, limited resources, and the responsibility to keep moving forward.

Elise doesn't offer one-size-fits-all leadership advice. She creates engaging, practical conversations that help audiences understand what is happening beneath the surface of leadership—and what they can do differently when they return to their organizations.

Elise brings a unique perspective to leadership conversations—combining organizational development, behavioral health, neuroscience-informed practice, and real-world experience leading people, practices, and organizations.

Signature Keynotes

From Clinician to Organizational Leader

You Carry the Mission. But Who Is Carrying You?

You were trained to help people. You weren't necessarily trained to lead a business, manage employees, navigate conflict, build systems, or make decisions that affect an entire organization.

Yet for many clinicians, leadership arrives long before formal leadership training does.

This keynote explores the transition from clinical expert to

You were trained to help people. You weren't necessarily trained to lead a business, manage employees, navigate conflict, build systems, or make decisions that affect an entire organization.

Yet for many clinicians, leadership arrives long before formal leadership training does.

This keynote explores the transition from clinical expert to organizational leader and the skills required to lead people, systems, culture, and growth without becoming the person responsible for holding everything together.

45 Min Keynote or 90 Min Breakout

Ideal for: private practice owners, clinical directors, supervisors, behavioral health leaders, healthcare professionals, and clinicians moving into leadership.

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You Carry the Mission. But Who Is Carrying You?

The people who care the most about the mission are often the people carrying the most.

This keynote invites leaders to examine the relationship between role clarity, organizational structure, capacity, boundaries, and sustainability—and consider what may need to change when the leader becomes the system holding everything together.

45 Min

The people who care the most about the mission are often the people carrying the most.

45 Min Keynote or 90 Min Breakout

Ideal for: nonprofit executives, healthcare leaders, behavioral health leaders, ministry and faith-based leaders, community organizations, and mission-driven professionals.

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Your Brain Is In the Room

You Carry the Mission. But Who Is Carrying You?

Your Brain Is In the Room

Leadership isn't purely cognitive.

We can know exactly what we should do and still find ourselves stuck in the same patterns, reacting under pressure, avoiding difficult conversations, or struggling to access the focus and creativity we know we have.

Why?

Because leadership happens in a nervous system—not just a job description.

Drawing from

Leadership isn't purely cognitive.

Why?

Because leadership happens in a nervous system—not just a job description.

Drawing from neuroscience-informed practice and her experience with Brainspotting, Elise explores the connection between stress, attention, performance, decision-making, and the patterns that can keep leaders stuck.

45 Min Keynote or 90 Min Breakout

Ideal for: leadership conferences, executives, entrepreneurs, healthcare leaders, professional associations, and organizations interested in the intersection of

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More than a Keynote:

Whether you're planning a conference, professional development event, leadership retreat, or organizational gathering, Elise can tailor the conversation to your audience.

Conference Sessions:

Focused presentations designed around the specific needs and challenges of your professional audience.

Interactive Workshops:

Deeper learning experiences that combine presentation, reflection, discussion, and practical application.

Leadership Retreats:

Customized experiences designed to help teams step back from the day-to-day, examine how they are working, and identify opportunities for growth.

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Leadership is more than knowing what to do. It’s knowing how to lead when the work gets complicated.

Signature Keynotes

From Clinician to Organizational Leader

You Carry the Mission. But Who Is Carrying You?

You Carry the Mission. But Who Is Carrying You?

You Carry the Mission. But Who Is Carrying You?

You Carry the Mission. But Who Is Carrying You?

You Carry the Mission. But Who Is Carrying You?

Your Brain Is In the Room

You Carry the Mission. But Who Is Carrying You?

Your Brain Is In the Room

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