Keynote Speaker · Executive Wellness Coach · NLP Practitioner
Every leadership program
is trying to make your
leaders better at the job.
I work on the person
doing it.
"Self-Leadership: The Most Overlooked HR Strategy of the Next Decade"
Coach Jayme delivers keynotes and workshops that go where no leadership training has gone before — underneath the behavior, into the operating system running it. The result isn't just better leaders. It's people who finally show up whole.
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You can't train a leader who hasn't learned to lead themselves first.
That's the gap. That's what this work closes.
Your organization has invested in leadership training.
So why isn't it sticking?
Because every program on the market is working on the output — the behaviors, the strategies, the communication frameworks — while the input stays broken.
The input is the person. The thoughts they carry into every meeting. The emotional defaults that fire before they can think. The identity patterns that were built during their hardest seasons and never updated.
You can't fix a hardwired pattern with a workshop on communication skills. You have to get underneath it. That's exactly where this work lives.
When the person changes, the leader changes. When the leader changes, the culture changes. When the culture changes, you stop losing the people you can't afford to lose.
What Organizations Tell Us
"Our leaders are burning out and we don't know how to fix it."
What's Actually Happening
Leaders whose entire identity is tied to their performance can't slow down without feeling like they're failing. That's not a workload problem. That's a wiring problem.
What Organizations Tell Us
"We're losing good people because of leadership culture."
What's Actually Happening
Leaders who haven't done their own inner work create cultures that reflect their unresolved patterns — not their intentions. The team always feels the gap between the two.
Self-Leadership:
The Most Overlooked HR Strategy
of the Next Decade
DisruptHR Austin 7.0 · April 23, 2026 · Austin PBS
Presented at DisruptHR Austin 7.0. Video courtesy of DisruptHR · View on Vimeo
Three talks.
One through line.
Self-Leadership · The Anchor Talk
Lead Yourself First
Every leadership crisis — burnout, turnover, communication breakdown, disengagement — traces back to the same root. Leaders who were never taught to lead themselves. This keynote changes that. Not with a framework. With a fundamental rewiring of how your leaders understand the relationship between who they are and how they lead.
- Why self-leadership is the only leadership that creates lasting culture change
- The internal patterns silently driving every leadership decision
- How to lead from purpose instead of pressure — and what changes when you do
- Tools to regulate, redirect, and lead with intention under real pressure
Identity · Culture · Retention
Identity Beyond the Title
When a leader's entire sense of self lives in their role, their title, and their performance metrics — their leadership becomes about protecting that identity instead of developing their people. This is the invisible root of the leadership culture problems most organizations are trying to solve from the outside. This talk goes inside.
- Why high-performing leaders often create the most psychologically unsafe cultures
- How identity tied to title silently destroys team trust and drives turnover
- The shift from performing leadership to embodying it
- What it looks like when a leader knows who they are outside the job
Burnout · High Performance · Sustainability
The Cost of High-Functioning Burnout
This is the burnout your organization can't see — because the people experiencing it are still delivering. Still showing up. Still leading. And quietly falling apart underneath. This talk is for every room full of people who think it's not about them — and realize ten minutes in that it absolutely is.
- Why the most capable leaders are the last ones to recognize burnout in themselves
- The physical, relational, and organizational cost of high-functioning depletion
- How "I'm fine" becomes the most expensive sentence in your organization
- A holistic framework for sustainable performance — personally and professionally
What shifts when the
person shifts.
Before
- Leading from depletion — giving what's left instead of what's best
- Identity tied entirely to performance and title
- Emotional reactivity disguised as high standards
- Running from rest because stillness feels like falling behind
- Teams that feel managed, not led
- Success that looks right but feels hollow
After
- Leading from clarity — showing up whole at work and at home
- Identity rooted in who they are, not what they produce
- Emotional regulation that builds psychological safety for their team
- Rest as a strategic performance tool, not a reward
- Teams that feel seen, developed, and genuinely led
- Success that feels as good as it looks
Trusted by organizations
serious about real change.
Flagship Events
Women's Leadership · Keynote · 2026
Tandem Global Women's Conference
Austin, TX
"The Space Between: How to Stop Earning Your Voice and Start Owning It"
30-minute keynote addressing the internal patterns keeping talented women either waiting in silence or fighting from armor — and the identity shift that changes everything.
Nonprofit Leadership · Full-Day Intensive
Upbring Texas
Austin, TX · 130 Senior Leaders
Self-Leadership, Emotional Regulation & Sustainable Performance
Five-hour leadership day for 130 senior leaders across one of Texas's largest nonprofits. Covered self-leadership, emotional regulation, communication, and sustainability under pressure.
HR Innovation · Stage Keynote · April 2026
DisruptHR Austin 7.0
Austin PBS
"Self-Leadership: The Most Overlooked HR Strategy of the Next Decade"
Fast-format keynote at Austin's premier HR innovation event. Full professional stage video available above.
Coaching Industry · Annual Summit · Las Vegas
Real Coaches Summit
Las Vegas, NV · National Audience
Self-Leadership & Mental Performance for Coaches
Invited keynote on the inner work that separates coaches who sustain real impact from those who burn out doing it.
Unbreakable Women's Conference
Keynote
Self-leadership, identity, and purpose-driven success for women leaders ready to go deeper than surface-level personal development.
HR Reset
Leadership Conference
Keynote on mental performance, sustainable leadership, and building organizational cultures where people genuinely thrive.
The Table Network
Monthly Platform · Co-Founder
Monthly facilitator of mastermind and panel conversations for Austin professionals. Ongoing platform for leadership and personal development dialogue.
The shift happens
in the room.
Upbring Texas Leadership Day — Attendee Feedback
"She had incredible energy and her message resonated deeply with our team. The presentation was truly appreciated and served as a meaningful reminder to focus on the positive aspects that life offers."
— Upbring Texas Leader
Leadership Day Attendee
"I really liked the speaker's message. It was a good reminder that we don't always take the time to be humble and own up to our mistakes. I also appreciated the emphasis on consistency and communication — as well as the Say-Do ratio. I got a lot of great information and strategy to help support and not absorb, which I will incorporate in my job."
— Upbring Texas Leader
Leadership Day Attendee
"Slowing down does not mean stopping. It means rest, recovery, breath — and stopping the performance mode. That reframe alone shifted something for me."
— Upbring Texas Leader
Leadership Day Attendee
1:1 Coaching Clients
Hands down the best inner growth investment I have ever made in my 45 years of living. The breakthroughs, the head nod moments and the wide-eyed A-Ha discoveries happened immediately from session one. Her method, approach and coaching style is one to experience for yourself. Press Play on You and Invest — allow the unlocking to begin.
— Jessica Byrne
Executive Coaching Client
Working with Jayme was an incredible and transformative journey. Having my coach be as vulnerable with me enabled me to feel safe in her guidance. The experience gave me life changing results and a realization of my own true abilities.
— Eloise J.
Executive Coaching Client
I struggled with imposter syndrome and not feeling deserving of good things. Through our sessions I learned to be present, be happy with what's happening now, and to stop people pleasing. I'm truly grateful that I found her.
— Elizabeth J.
Executive Coaching Client
She has a natural gift for seeing through my "everything is fine" song and dance. Don't be fooled by her easy smile — this is a woman who can walk through the valley with you and give you the tools to climb out of it.
— Kiki T.
Executive Coaching Client
Built for your event.
Designed for your people.
Keynote
45 – 60 min
High-energy, direct, and transformational. Fully customized to your audience, theme, and event context. Leaves every person in the room with something they can act on that day.
Half-Day Workshop
3 – 4 hours
Deep-dive with exercises, group reflection, and take-home tools. For organizations serious about implementation, not just inspiration.
Full-Day Intensive
5 – 6 hours
Proven with Upbring's 130-leader day. Multiple frameworks, live coaching moments, and real-time application. The format that creates the deepest, most lasting shift.
Virtual Keynote
Remote Delivery
Fully produced remote delivery with the same energy, engagement, and impact as in-person. Available for distributed teams and national events.
Ready to Bring Jayme to Your Event?
Your leaders don't need
another framework.
They need to meet themselves.
Coach Jayme works with organizations serious about delivering real transformation — not just a great afternoon. Reach out to check availability and discuss your event.
Book a Speaker Inquiry CallMost events book 3 – 6 months in advance. Reach out early to hold your date.