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Amanda Gore CPAE

Speaker on Leadership, Burnout, Joy, Sales and Workplace Culture

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$15,000

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Dallas, TX, United States

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Biography

Amanda Gore makes joy a business advantage. Amanda Gore is a CPAE Speaker Hall of Fame leadership keynote speaker, one of fewer than ten people in the world to hold the CPAE, CSP and Global Speaking Fellow designations. In more than 30 years she has delivered more than 1,500 keynotes for more than 2 million people in over 20 countries, for organizations including Google, McDonald’s, American Express and Microsoft, and for more than 70 YPO chapters.

Her message is Radiate Joy: transform how people feel, engage and perform. Her method, Amanda Gore JQ®, gives leaders and teams practical tools to turn fear into trust, communicate with more care, and build workplaces where people feel safe, valued and want to stay. Every keynote blends neuroscience, psychology and story with a lot of laughter, so the ideas land and stick.

Amanda began her career as a physiotherapist with a major in psychology. She is a Master Practitioner of Neurolinguistics and studied nonverbal communication and group dynamics with Michael Grinder for 30 years.

Planners notice how she works. Amanda builds every keynote from a detailed briefing, reads the room on the day, and adapts in the moment. She is the author of five books, including Joy Is an Inside Job. Organizations often book her to open or close a conference on a high.

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Featured Keynote Programs

Radiate Joy - Be the Best Boss They Ever Had

What’s It Like to Be Led by You?

People leave bosses, not jobs. So what is it like to work for you when the numbers are down and the pressure is up? This leadership keynote answers that question with warmth, practical skills and a lot of laughter. Amanda Gore shows leaders how their state, emotions, communication and energy spread through a team, and how that shapes trust, engagement and performance. Then she gives them the skills to change it, with Amanda Gore JQ® tools to reset under pressure, move from fear and reactivity to clarity and connection, and build cultures where people feel valued, safe and ready to contribute. Engaged teams deliver 23% higher profitability and up to 51% lower turnover (Gallup). This keynote gives leaders the skills behind those numbers.

Audiences walk away with: a clear picture of how their state spreads through a team; the F.A.R.K. principle to change state in seconds; simple ways to move a team from fear to trust, calm and connection; the neuroscience of leadership in plain English; daily habits that build cultures where people want to stay.

Ideal for: leadership conferences, management and executive meetings, all-company events and associations.

It’s Not What You Say. It’s What They Hear.

How Great Leaders Build Trust and Influence Without Saying a Word

Every leader has had it happen. You say exactly the right words, and the room hears something else entirely. People read your state, your face, your voice and your energy before your words land. Amanda Gore studied nonverbal communication and group dynamics with Michael Grinder for 30 years. In this communication keynote she shows leaders what their people pick up before a word is spoken, and how to send the signal that builds trust and confidence. She also shows leaders how to prepare for difficult conversations and deliver difficult messages with presence and care, so people still hear what they need to hear, and trust grows from the conversation.

Audiences walk away with: how to read the room and adjust in the moment; the nonverbal signals that build trust and influence; how to get into the right state before an important conversation; how to listen so people feel heard; simple ways to keep a message clear under pressure.

Ideal for: leadership conferences, management meetings, teams going through change, customer-facing teams and associations.

The Connected Team

Creating a Joyful Culture Where People Feel Seen, Safe, Valued and Inspired to Thrive

This science-backed, interactive workplace culture keynote shows leaders and teams how joy builds connection, and how connection builds psychological safety, accountability and performance. Amanda Gore focuses on the real kind of joy, rooted in the neuroscience of emotions, connection and performance. Expect joy buddies, tiny ta-das and plenty of laughter. People leave knowing each other better, with simple habits that keep a team connected long after the event. Engaged teams deliver 23% higher profitability and up to 51% lower turnover (Gallup). Connection is how you get there.

Audiences walk away with: the science of joy, put to work for resilience, collaboration and performance; ways to rewire thinking patterns so trust and engagement grow; simple rituals that build psychological safety and personal accountability; a shared language for the culture they want.

Ideal for: culture summits, association events, company-wide meetings, and teams coming together after change.

Buyers Feel It First

How Top Performers Win Trust and Close More Deals

Long before the proposal, the price or the close, buyers pick up how a seller feels: confident or anxious, curious or pushy, there to help or there to hit a number. Top performers know this. They manage their own state, so buyers warm to them and trust them, and they read the state of their customers so they can adapt how they communicate. Drawing on 30 years of studying nonverbal communication with Michael Grinder, Amanda Gore shows sales teams what buyers pick up before a word lands, and how to send the signal that wins trust. Every salesperson hears no. Top performers reframe it, reset fast and walk into the next call ready to win. Positive brains are 37% better at sales (Shawn Achor).

Audiences walk away with: how to walk into every call in their best state and stay there; the nonverbal signals buyers trust; how to reframe no and bounce back faster; ways to build rapport and trust at every stage of the sale; a shared language top performers and new hires both use.

Ideal for: sales kickoffs, sales conferences, customer-facing teams, and franchise and dealer events.

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From Burnout to Joy

How to Go From Running on Empty to Radiating Joy

Amanda Gore’s most requested keynote. Long hours, constant change, uncertainty and doing more with less have left plenty of leaders and teams running on empty. Built on the science of joy, this keynote blends neuroscience, epigenetics, emotional intelligence, stories and laughter to help people refill the tank, even on the busiest days, and move from fatigue to fulfillment and from compliance to contribution. The laughter is constant, and people walk out with more energy than they walked in with. Positive brains are 31% more productive (Shawn Achor), and engaged teams see up to 51% lower turnover (Gallup). Refilling the tank is a business decision.

Audiences walk away with: simple brain tools to reset stress in the moment; the science of joy and how it drives engagement, performance and wellbeing; renewed energy, confidence and optimism; the resilience to handle change with courage.

Ideal for: conferences and company-wide events focused on wellbeing and performance, healthcare, and any team under sustained pressure.

The Perspective Payoff

Same pressure. Different perspective. More possibilities.

Two people can face the same deadline, the same difficult client and the same bad week, and walk away with completely different mindsets. The difference is the lens they look through. Amanda Gore’s three pairs of glasses show people how the lens they’re wearing changes what they see, how they react and what they can do next: black glasses for fear, a fixed mindset and judgment; yellow glasses for gratitude and optimism; gold glasses for love, peace and joy. It’s the fastest way she knows to help a room reframe pressure, change and conflict, and it’s funny enough that people are still talking about their glasses months later.

Audiences walk away with: a simple way to spot which glasses they’re wearing in any moment; tools to reframe pressure, change and conflict in seconds; more options when a problem feels stuck; better conversations and more understanding of colleagues and clients.

Ideal for: leadership teams, teams facing change, conferences, kickoffs, and any organization working under pressure.

Workshops

The Neuroscience of Leadership: how the nervous system shapes performance, and how leaders help people believe in themselves and change behavior.

How to Present So Your Message Lands: presentations, speeches, confidence on camera, difficult conversations and challenging messages, built on 30+ years of speaking.

The Amanda Gore JQ® Lab: Joy Under Pressure: a hands-on workshop that teaches people to manage their state and stay at their best under pressure.

Buyers Feel It First: Deep Dive: the hands-on workshop version of the sales keynote, where teams practice winning trust and closing more deals.

The Joy Formula: a resilience workshop that helps people restore balance and handle stress, built around Amanda’s model, The Life Pizza.

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Featured Book

Joy Is an Inside Job

by Amanda Gore CPAE

You've just picked up the book that can transform your life - joyfully! Most of us are looking for happiness in all the wrong places. We look outside ourselves for things that will make us happy. True happiness is JOY, and JOY is an inside job! Do you feel as happy or joyful as you want to be? Are you as healthy, wealthy and enthusiastic as you would like? Do you feel great about yourself? The good news is that you can be joyful right now! This book shows you how to unwrap and master all 12 of your secret gifts with simple daily JOY-ercises. It's your guidebook to creating the life you want - and are meant to have. Whether you read this book by yourself, with your family or a tribe of JOY buddies, these are just some of the things you will learn from the 12 secrets - how to: Feel great about yourself - all the time! Have the relationship of your dreams Radiate health, abundance and success Discover great parenting skills Live a life full of energy and vitality Feel a sense of purpose, meaning and fulfillment Find inner peace Become fear free and confident Have a sense of connection and belonging In other words, how you can feel truly alive, JOYful and in love with your life! How you feel about yourself is the most important thing in life. When you feel great about yourself - you are full of JOY and everything else flows.

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Featured Articles & Resources

Transcript for Amanda Gore Interview on the Beyond Speaking Podcast

By Amanda Gore CPAE

Speaker on Leadership, Burnout, Joy, Sales and Workplace Culture

USA Hall of Fame speaker, and CEO of the Joy Project Amanda Gore, discusses the importance of fostering joy and emotional intelligence in the workplace. She explains how...

The Science of Joyful Leadership with Amanda Gore: Insights from a Leading Motivational Speaker

By Amanda Gore CPAE

Speaker on Leadership, Burnout, Joy, Sales and Workplace Culture

In today’s rapidly changing corporate landscape, the value of soft skills is becoming increasingly evident. Amanda Gore, a renowned motivational speaker and CEO of The Joy...