Anne Bonney: Change Management
Change management keynote speaker Anne Bonney energizes teams with courage, confidence and resilience strategies to embrace discomfort and lead through change.
- Highlights:
- International keynote speaker and workshop facilitator
- Author of two books on change and resilience
- Host of the Dancing in the Discomfort Zone Podcast
- 20 years of corporate and nonprofit leadership experience
- Formats:
Keynote Speaker and Change Management Trainer
- Audiences:
Corporate teams, leadership conferences, associations, nonprofit organizations and companies navigating transformation and cultural change.
- Outcomes:
- Practical strategies to embrace and lead through change
- Increased courage and confidence in difficult conversations
- Stronger resilience and emotional intelligence across teams
- Travels from: St Petersburg, FL
- **Fee range: $10,000 - $15,000
Keynote Topics
GET OVER IT! Ignite Your Shift
Change Management & Resilient Workforce Topics for Leadership or Front Line Employees
Change is hard. Factor it all in: new ideas, organizational change, industry evolution, technology modernization, and even personal changes. With all that, business (and life) can get overwhelming, especially when you’re managing people. The problem is, change ain’t going away. The only constant in business IS change, especially in today’s fast-paced business environment. Having the tools to lead people through change and adapt to the challenges that transitions bring will improve your effectiveness as a leader and as an organization.
In this engaging (and fun!) presentation, Anne Bonney, Change Management authority and author, will spark your courage with the ground-breaking concepts from her red-hot book by the same name, GET OVER IT! You’ll have to turn up the AC for this high-energy, “bring the heat” keynote. Your participants will leave armed with strategies to extinguish the burning inferno that transition has caused on your teams.
KEY TAKEAWAYS:
- Immediately impact your culture to one of acceptance and engagement, increasing productivity
- Alleviate the burden of stress that change has caused on your teams and in the organization
- Leaders who know how to turn change into a unifying factor of pride and accomplishment where productivity and motivation will skyrocket.
Conquering those Challenging Conversations
Communication Topic to develop leaders and high-potential talent
Having tough conversations isn’t fun for anyone, and when they go wrong, relationships are damaged, and the problem that’s being addressed does not get solved. This makes many leaders avoid these conversations, reducing their team’s effectiveness and their own success. Fortunately, you can quickly learn to rise in these challenging interactions so the problem will be solved, while trust and respect increase. This workshop will help you get there!
During this rapid-fire skill-building (and fun!) presentation, Change Management Authority and Communication aficionado Anne Bonney will ignite your courage for these conversations so you can have productive, difficult dialogue when you need to. Empowered with the spark to start the conversation on the right foot, you’ll also learn a structure to keep the exchange moving in a constructive direction, and she will teach you an approach for rescuing the conversation before it turns into a towering inferno! Once you put these techniques into play, motivation will crackle, collaboration will sizzle, and a culture of positive accountability will blaze hot within your organization.
KEY TAKEAWAYS:
- Immediately impact your culture to one of accountability and engagement, increasing productivity and ultimately results
- Reduce problem behaviors and conflict while improving individual attitudes and team motivation
- Leadership that entices people to listen and follow through
Igniting Your Influence: Firing Up Your Emotional Intelligence (EQ)
Emotional Intelligence for Leaders or developing High Potential Talent
Emotional Intelligence (EQ) is a huge buzzword these days, and it’s a good thing, because studies have shown that it is the number one predictor of success on the job. The beauty is it is a skill that can be improved throughout a leader’s career. In this high-energy, interactive workshop, Change Management Authority and Leadership expert Anne Bonney lights up the concepts of EQ in a simple way. She fuels your fire with immediately applicable tactics to ignite your EQ so, as a leader, you can better develop your team and your organization. In this content-rich and engaging presentation, you will be challenged with techniques to regulate your reactions in the midst of difficult situations so your teams will want to give you their all! What follows? Goals achieved and results secured.
KEY TAKEAWAYS:
- Uplevel your employee engagement for increased productivity and net results in times of transition
- Empower your workforce to be even more competent and capable in today’s fast-paced, change-scorched business environment
- Upgrade empathy and patience for improving the quality of constructive, results-oriented conversations
Talent Short Bio
Anne Bonney is an international keynote speaker, change management authority and leadership trainer who helps organizations embrace the discomfort of change with courage, confidence and resilience. After more than 20 years in successful corporate and nonprofit leadership roles, she now equips teams with practical tools to navigate uncertainty and thrive in evolving environments.
As the author of two books on embracing change and host of the Dancing in the Discomfort Zone Podcast, Anne blends research based insights with real world leadership experience. Her expertise spans courageous communication, emotional intelligence and mindset development, making her programs both inspirational and actionable.
Known for her high energy presence and relatable storytelling, Anne draws on a wide range of life experiences, from growing up overseas and running international marathons to animal training, morale building tours to the military in Iraq, volunteering at an elephant sanctuary and performing opera. These stories anchor memorable lessons that audiences can immediately apply in their professional and personal lives.
Read Full Bio
Anne Bonney is a fun, energetic international motivational keynote speaker and trainer. She is also an authority on Change Management, author of 2 books on embracing the discomforts of change, podcast host of Dancing in the Discomfort Zone Podcast, and an experienced in-person, virtual and hybrid workshop facilitator. After 20 years in highly successful corporate ad non-profit leadership positions, Anne Bonney, now uses her experience, education, and expertise to ignite YOUR Courage, Confidence and Resilience in the face of the discomfort of change, courageous communication and emotional intelligence.
You’d better turn on the AC because this “ball of fire” will light you up with fun and relevant stories, time-tested knowledge and immediately applicable strategies to make a difference for you, your team, and your organization.
This spunky little redhead shares business lessons from her crazy life experiences, which arms her with relatable and hilariously memorable stories from growing up overseas, running international marathons, animal training, morale-building tours to the military in Iraq, volunteering at an elephant sanctuary, and singing opera at a performing arts school, and yes- there’s more. You won’t want to miss Anne’s session as Anne Bonney is a mindset-shifting motivator who fires people up to catalyze powerful change in their lives, their teams, and their organizations.
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Talent Videos
Anne Bonney Keynote Speaker Sizzle Reel | Dancing in the Discomfort Zone
Anne Bonney’s high energy keynote sizzle reel showcases her powerful change management message and her signature Dancing in the Discomfort Zone framework.
Read Summary & Key Moments
Summary
This 4 minute 21 second sizzle reel introduces Anne Bonney’s dynamic keynote style and her core message: change is hard, constant and unavoidable, but it can be navigated with courage and clarity.
She opens with humor, asking the audience if they would like a Matrix style brain plug to instantly learn new systems, wake up 30 pounds lighter or discover a money tree outside. After playful audience engagement, she pivots: this is not that kind of keynote. Instead, she addresses the reality that life is hard and change is ever present. It is not about waiting for the storm to pass, but learning how to dance in the rain, what she calls Dancing in the Discomfort Zone.
Anne establishes credibility by sharing her personal experience with constant change. At age seven, her family moved to Saudi Arabia. Since then, she has moved 25 times across four continents and attended 13 different schools. These experiences shaped her deep understanding of transition, uncertainty and resilience.
She explains that her work distills years of research and leadership experience into a simple, memorable system designed for real world application. When discomfort peaks, leaders do not need theory manuals. They need clarity. Her Three P system is straightforward: identify the Problem, make a Plan and Punch it. The focus is not just organizational problems but personal resistance to change. By acknowledging personal discomfort, individuals can shift from clinging to the old comfort zone toward possibility and action.
Key Moments
- 01:30 Personal story of moving 25 times and adapting to change
- 02:20 Introduction of the Three P system: Problem, Plan, Punch it
- 03:10 Reframing fear and embracing possibility
- 03:50 Testimonials and audience reactions highlighting impact
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