Transform Pressure Into Performance
Amy Leigh Looper is an Executive Resilience Speaker who teaches Fortune 500 leaders nervous system regulation—so they make better decisions under pressure, prevent burnout, and build sustainable high-performance teams.
Trusted By Fortune 500 Companies:
Amy delivers keynotes and workshops for organizations that recognize resilience isn't about "managing stress"—it's about mastering the biology of performance under pressure.
Her audiences include:
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Corporate leadership teams navigating rapid change and high-stakes decisions
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HR and People leaders building cultures of sustainable performance
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Sales and revenue teams operating under constant pressure
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Association conferences focused on leadership development and retention
What makes her different: Amy doesn't teach mindset. She teaches neuroscience. Leaders learn how to activate their parasympathetic nervous system in real-time—not next week after they've "built the habit."
Leading Through Pressure: How to Sustain Performance Without Sacrificing Wellbeing
When your executives operate in chronic stress, their prefrontal cortex—responsible for strategic thinking and sound judgment—goes offline. They're literally operating with reduced cognitive capacity when stakes are highest.
In this keynote, leaders learn The 5-Minute Reset Protocol and the 5 Cornerstones of Resilience framework to regulate their nervous system before high-stakes moments—enabling clearer thinking, better decisions, and sustainable performance.
Key Takeaways:
- The neuroscience of why leaders make poor decisions under pressure—and how to interrupt the cycle
- A 5-minute protocol to down-regulate before difficult conversations, presentations, and critical decisions
- The 5 Cornerstones framework: Courage, Commitment, Compassion, Connection, Confidence
- How regulated leaders create regulated teams (and why this matters for retention)
Best for: Executive teams, leadership conferences, corporate retreats
Format: 45-60 minute keynote or 90-minute interactive workshop
Beyond Burnout: Building Resilience as a Strategic Advantage
Burnout isn't a personal failing—it's a biological response to chronic activation. And it's costing your organization millions in turnover, reduced productivity, and poor decision-making.
This keynote reframes resilience from wellness initiative to strategic leadership capability. Leaders learn evidence-based tools to prevent executive burnout while maintaining (and improving) performance.
Key Takeaways:
- Why traditional "stress management" programs fail—and what actually works
- The biological cost of dysregulated leadership (and how it cascades through teams)
- Practical nervous system regulation techniques leaders can implement immediately
- How to build a culture where high performance and well-being coexist
Best for: HR leadership summits, organizational development conferences, C-suite retreats
Format: 45-60 minute keynote
Leading Through Change: The Neuroscience of Adaptation
During organizational change, uncertainty triggers your team's threat response—reducing cognitive flexibility, increasing conflict, and driving attrition. The leaders who navigate change successfully aren't the ones who "tough it out"—they're the ones who regulate.
This keynote teaches leaders how to lead through transitions with clarity and confidence by understanding and working with their nervous system, not against it.
Key Takeaways:
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What happens to the brain during uncertainty (and why "just be positive" doesn't work)
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How to communicate during change in ways that reduce threat response
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Regulation tools for leaders managing their own stress while supporting teams
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Building psychological safety during transitions
Best for: Organizations in transition (mergers, restructuring, growth phases), change management initiatives
Format: 45-60 minute keynote or half-day workshop
High Performance Without Burnout: The Executive's Guide to Sustainable Success
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Your top performers are operating at 60% capacity—and calling it 100%. When leaders are dysregulated, they miss details, make reactive decisions, and burn out their teams. The solution isn't working less—it's regulating smarter.
This keynote delivers a practical framework for executives to sustain peak performance without the burnout cycle that's driving your best talent out the door.
Key Takeaways:
- The 4 shifts that eliminate chronic stress cycles leading to burnout
- How to increase productivity without increasing stress on the body
- Decision-making protocols for high-pressure moments
- Creating team cultures where sustainable performance is the norm
Best for: Sales kickoffs, executive teams, high-growth companies, professional services firms
Format: 60-90 minute keynote
WHY BOOK AMY
She's Been in Your Audience's Shoes
Amy spent 18 years as an award-winning software sales executive at high growth SAAS companies before becoming a resilience coach. She's led through quota pressure, organizational change, and burnout—and rebuilt her capacity to perform sustainably.
Her unique approach combines:
âś“ Neuroscience expertise - Certified by the Arizona Trauma Institute, she translates complex biology into practical tools
âś“ Corporate credibility - She's worked with Dell, Deloitte, Harvard Business School, and 50+ organizations
âś“ Proven methodology - The 5 Cornerstones of Resilience and 5-Minute Reset Protocol are used by thousands of leaders
âś“ Measurable results - Town of Gilbert achieved 80% workforce engagement (organization record) using her framework
She doesn't teach theory. She teaches what works when you're operating at the executive level with real stakes.
Watch Amy in action delivering keynotes at DisruptHR Phoenix, CalCPA Women's Leadership Conference, and corporate events.
Disrupt HR Phoenix - Thriving With The 5 Cornerstone's of Resilience
Amy delivered "Thriving With The 5 Cornerstones of Resilience" at DisruptHR Phoenix, teaching 200+ HR professionals how to build resilience as a strategic advantage—not just a wellness initiative. In 5 minutes (DisruptHR's signature format), she reframed resilience from abstract concept to actionable framework, equipping attendees with practical tools to prevent burnout and drive sustainable performance.
Gilbert Grit Employee Wellness Challenge
Amy designed and led the Town of Gilbert's Employee Wellness Challenge, achieving 80% workforce participation—one of the highest engagement rates in the organization's history. Using the 5 Cornerstones of Resilience framework, employees gained practical tools to prevent burnout, improve communication, and sustain focus under pressure. The program's success led to its expansion across additional departments in 2025.
AZ Wellbeing Collective
From Burnout To Brilliance: A Trauma Informed Resilience Framework for Healthcare Professionals
Amy delivered resilience training to healthcare leaders from Mayo Clinic, CommonSpirit, HonorHealth, and Banner Health, teaching nervous system regulation techniques to sustain high performance during crisis conditions. Leaders gained evidence-based tools to work with their body's stress response and build cultures of wellbeing that enhance—rather than compromise—clinical performance.
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 Cal CPA Women's Leadership Conference: Thriving With Resilience: How to Lead Without Losing Yourself
Join keynote speaker Amy Leigh Looper as she debunks the myth that a high-performing career requires sacrificing your health, relationships, or emotional well-being. In this powerful session, Amy equips women in leadership with trauma-informed, faith-rooted, and science-backed resilience strategies to rise above burnout, people-pleasing, and self-abandonment—so they can thrive in both life and leadership.
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Thriving With The 5 Cornerstones of Resilience
Amy taught HR leaders how to reduce their own burnout and build cultures of sustainable high performance using the 5 Cornerstones of Resilience framework—resulting in immediate tools leaders could implement with their teams.
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Amy Leigh Looper is an Executive Resilience Speaker who teaches high-performing leaders to regulate their nervous system so they make better decisions under pressure—without burning out.
Through her Resilient Growth Method and evidence-based nervous system regulation techniques, she helps Fortune 500 executives, founders, and leadership teams master the 5 Cornerstones of Resilience: Courage, Commitment, Compassion, Connection, and Confidence.
Amy has worked with leaders at Harvard Business School, Dell, Deloitte, Vonage, and the Town of Gilbert. A former award-winning software sales executive, she brings real-world insight from leading in high-pressure environments—combined with certifications from the Arizona Trauma Institute and extensive executive coaching experience.
She is the creator of The 5-Minute Reset Protocol and delivers keynotes and workshops on building resilience as a strategic leadership advantage.
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Ready to Transform Your Audience?
Book Amy Leigh Looper for your next leadership conference, women's summit, or corporate event. Let's create an experience your attendees will remember—and apply—long after your event ends.
Now Available on Amazon
Leading Motherhood: Surrendering to Faith Over Fear — From the Delivery Room to the Boardroom
By Amy Leigh Looper — Speaker, Coach, and Resilience Advocate for Women in Leadership
In her debut book and guided self-journal, Leading Motherhood, Amy Leigh Looper invites women to rise above fear, burnout, and self-doubt as they navigate the powerful intersection of motherhood, leadership, and faith. Through raw storytelling, spiritual insight, and practical reflection exercises, Amy empowers mothers and high-achieving women to reconnect with their worth, reclaim their voice, and lead with faith—in every season of life.
Whether you're in the delivery room, boardroom, or somewhere in between, this book is your companion for healing, clarity, and courage.
Develop your employee’s resiliency skills to navigate uncertainty and challenges with ease. Increase your team’s productivity, and performance while preventing burnout.
A Transformational Keynote Speaker with a Message Your Audience Won’t Forget
AMY'S WORKED WITH THESE REPUTABLE COMPANIES:
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RESILIENT GROWTH
Navigating Uncertainty and Change With Ease
Empowering your audience to overcome challenges and adapt to change without succumbing to burnout.
Key Takeaways:
- Discover how to cultivate a mindset that not only endures uncertainty but thrives amidst it.
- Empower yourself and your team to face challenges head-on, making resilience a cornerstone for sustainable success.
- You will leave with a renewed sense of purpose, armed with actionable insights to apply the 7 C's of Resilience in your personal and professional life.
UNLOCKING PEAK PERFORMANCE
The 4 Shifts To Eliminating The Cycle of Chronic Stress Leading To Burnout
Individuals learn high-performance tips to eliminate chronic stress that can lead to burnout during major life events and transitions such as hybrid work.
Key Takeaways:
- 4 shifts to eliminating the chronic stress cycle that leads to burnout.
- Learn how to be more productive in less time without stressing your body.
- Eliminate the pattern of chronic stress that is leading you to feel cynical, exhausted, and burned out once and for all to improve your performance, well-being, and relationships.
WOMEN EMPOWERMENT
Advance Your Career With Confidence, Consistency, and Connection
Individuals will learn how to leverage the superpowers of confidence, consistency, and connection to create a more balanced and peace-filled experience of success.
Key Takeaways:
- Discover practical techniques to overcome self-doubt, and embrace the mindset of a confident female leader.
- Explore the art of consistency and discover how small, intentional actions lead to substantial results.
- Develop a deeper connection with self-belief and communication with others to shift from individual contributor to influencer.
WORKING PARENTS & CAREGIVERS
Return To Work After A Big Life Event With Confidence & EaseÂ
Leaders and employees can learn critical communication skills to empower a smooth transition to and from an extended leave such as caregiver or parental leave.
Key Takeaways:
- Learn how to communicate your vision and extended leave desires effectively to your leader.
- Leaders, learn how to lead supportive and empathetic communication with your employees who may be going out on parental leave or returning to work after a caregiving break.
- Reduce attrition and empower high performance by implementing a collaborative Return To Work program.
Cal CPA Women In Leadership Conference: Thriving With Resilience
Join Amy Looper as she debunks the myth that a high-performing career requires sacrificing your health, income, or relationships.
Phoenix BBB Rosie Talks:
Prevent Burnout as a Leader
Discover powerful strategies with Amy Looper to prevent burnout and achieve a balanced, joyful life.
The Mom Project Comeback Summit: Lead Your Comeback
Amy empowers women to go after their dreams and learn how they can grow their resiliency skills to overcome any challenging circumstance, successfully navigating changing seasons of life. She vulnerably shares her triumph over trauma and burnout.
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• Combat Burnout With Emotional Regulation
• Fire Fear, Fuel Confidence With Courage
• Reset Your Nervous System For Peak Performance
Every program is tailored to the audience, and no two audiences or events are alike.
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Amy will conduct stakeholder interviews, surveys and research to customize her content for your goals. And she’ll help promote your event with videos, social media, newsletter articles and more.Â
On stage, Amy will engage your audience with meaningful interactive exercises.
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Empower your audience's greatest potential today!
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Leading Motherhood: Surrendering To Faith Over Fear From The Delivery Room To Board Room is now available on Amazon!
Amy Looper is also the Author of Leading Motherhood: Surrendering To Faith Over Fear From The Delivery Room To Board Room.This book and guided self-journal are designed to empower women and mothers to their greatest potential in life, career, and relationships.
