Stress has a volume knob. Most high performers don’t know they’re the ones controlling it!
Your audience doesn't need another talk about managing stress. They need a framework that changes how they operate under it.
Dr. Lizette Warner gives high performers something they can use the moment she walks off the stage — a new way of understanding the pressure they carry and a clear path to leading from clarity instead of noise.
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SIGNATURE SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS
KEYNOTE #1
TURN DOWN THE VOLUME
A New Framework for Pro-Active Performance in a Reactive World | Signature Keynote
What's limiting your leaders isn't their capability — it's the volume they're operating under.
Most high performers are praised for handling pressure. What no one measures is what it costs them. Dr. Lizette Warner reveals how the nervous system quietly sets the ceiling on performance — and why the leaders who learn to turn down the volume don't just survive pressure, they lead through it with clarity, presence, and precision.
BEST FOR
Organizations navigating rapid change, leadership fatigue, or high-stakes decision-making. Works for general corporate audiences, senior leadership teams, and conference keynote slots.
KEY TAKEAWAYS:
• Understand why pressure produces results but limits capacity over time
• Identify the nervous system patterns quietly limiting your performance ceiling
• Apply the Volume Check — Think. Feel. Do. — in any high-stakes moment
• Build the capacity to lead from clarity rather than noise
BONUS:
Turn Down the Volume Mini-Workshop for participants (virtual-asynchronous)
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KEYNOTE #2
SEEN, STEADY, AND HEARD
How High-Performing Women Lead With Presence Without Burning Out | WOMEN'S LEADERRSHIP
Presence isn't something you perform. It's something you build from the inside out.
High-performing women are often told to speak up, show up, and stand out. What they're rarely told is that presence starts from the inside. Dr. Warner shows how nervous system regulation is the missing piece in every conversation about visibility, voice, and sustainable leadership for women.
BEST FOR
Women's leadership conferences, ERGs, and organizations investing in the advancement and retention of high-performing women.
KEY TAKEAWAYS:
• Understand how high-performing women can lead with presence
• Identify burn-out at the source
• Learn to apply a simple framework to conquer burnout and lead with presence
• Build the capacity to leave work with more energy or as much as you started the day having
KEYNOTE #3
The Human Skill AI Cannot Replace
Turn Down the Volume on Stress | AI Track
AI can process faster than you. It cannot think more clearly than a regulated human mind. That gap is where your edge lives.
For the first time in human history, our greatest threat to human performance isn't physical — it's noise: the relentless volume of an AI-accelerated world that is outpacing our nervous system's ability to adapt. When the volume is too high, humans lose access to the very things AI cannot replicate — clear thinking, sound judgment, and meaningful connection — and no productivity system, wellness app, or AI tool can fix a dysregulated nervous system. The most important human skill of our time is not learning to work with AI — it's learning to turn down the volume so the human mind can do what only humans can do.
BEST FOR
Tech conferences, future of work summits, AI leadership events, and organizations navigating rapid technological change where human performance and decision-making are mission-critical.
KEY TAKEAWAYS:
• Understand why AI is accelerating nervous system dysregulation — and what it's costing your performance
• Identify the hidden ceiling that's limiting your thinking, decisions, and presence under pressure
• Apply the Volume Check: a 3-question framework for accessing clarity when the noise is highest
• Leave with the one human capacity that determines who leads effectively in an AI world
LIZETTE'S OFFICIAL BIO
Dr. Lizette Warner knows most high performers are praised for pushing through pressure. What no one mentions is the cost. Narrow thinking. Strained relationships. A ceiling on performance that keeps getting lower — no matter how hard you work. She's lived it. And she's spent years figuring out exactly why it happens and how to reverse it. Today she helps ambitious high performers turn down the volume on stress — so they think clearly, lead decisively, and sustain the performance that got them here.