Amber Swenor
Amber Swenor is a globally recognized speaker and transformational coach known for empowering leaders to unlock their true potential by leading from within. With over 20 years of experience, Amber helps leaders align with their core values, vision, and purpose, transforming from pain-pushing to vision-pulling. Her work empowers leaders and teams to navigate change, build cohesive alignment, and foster cultures of growth and impact.
Amber’s talks combine high energy with authentic inspiration, providing hands-on tools that help leaders cultivate unity and lead through change. Her keynotes, workshops, and retreats offer immersive experiences that foster resilient, aligned teams and visionary success for organizations.
Amber is also the author of Wall Street Journal best selling leadership and personal transformation book: Unleashed: A Been There Rocked That Guide to Radical Authenticity in Life and Business, awarded the 2023 Most Inspirational Book of the Year. As the front person of a rock band, she often incorporates music into her keynotes, using creativity to facilitate powerful collaboration.
Most Requested Programs
Align Your Leadership Legacy: Visionary Strategies for Lasting Impact and Influence
Unlock the potential of your leadership legacy with this transformative session for forward-thinking leaders. Whether intentional or instinctive, your legacy has the power to create a ripple effect, delivering substantial ROI—return on impact—that extends beyond individual contributions. True leadership requires more than vision; it demands the ability to unite your team and stakeholders around a shared goal. This session empowers you to harness your unique gifts as a catalyst for profound change, aligning others and amplifying your impact to ensure your leadership legacy makes a lasting difference.
Key Outcomes:
- Gain insights into your authentic leadership style and its power to inspire.
- Develop skills to align and engage your team for unified goal achievement.
- Learn practical strategies for amplifying impact and leveraging strengths.
- Acquire tools for strategic expansion to enhance your legacy’s longevity.
- Refine or expand your leadership legacy and drive exceptional outcomes for your organization!
In this engaging keynote or workshop—ideal alone or with a breakout—you’ll delve into four key components of crafting a meaningful legacy:
- Authenticity: Align with your true self to lead with genuine impact.
- Attraction: Draw others to your vision with compelling leadership.
- Alignment: Unite teams and stakeholders for cohesive execution.
- Amplification: Expand influence, avoid common pitfalls, and sustain your impact.
Best For: Visionary Leaders, Change Agents, Nonprofit Leaders, Executives, and Managers who see themselves as agents of change, Strategic Business Owners
Unleash Your Authentic Leadership Style
In a world where authenticity topped the charts as a defining value, it’s clear that being genuine is a vital leadership quality. Studies confirm that authenticity boosts confidence, drives engagement, enhances retention, reduces burnout, and increases success. Leading authentically isn’t just about personal growth; it’s essential for building thriving workplace cultures and delivering exceptional customer experiences. Yet, many leaders struggle to fully embrace their authentic style while balancing organizational needs and daily demands.
Key Outcomes:
- The Power of Authenticity: Discover why being genuine is crucial for personal and team success.
- Fostering Belonging: See how authenticity enhances team culture and engagement.
- Defining Your Leadership Style: Identify and cultivate your unique leadership approach.
- Unlocking Team Potential: Leverage authenticity to drive greater success in your teams.
Benefits:
- Deep Insight: Gain a profound understanding of what authentic leadership means for you.
- Compassionate Leadership: Tap into the core of your authentic style.
- Vision Clarity: Develop a clear vision for the legacy you aim to create.
- Increased Confidence: Build confidence with tools to embrace authentic leadership.
- Expanded Thinking: Challenge yourself to think differently and foster genuine leadership.
- Awareness and Resources: Recognize potential defaults and access tools to overcome them.
- Influencing Others: Discover strategies to encourage others to embrace their authentic leadership.
Whether delivered as a keynote, workshop, or keynote with a breakout, this presentation provides tools and insights to lead with authenticity and make a lasting impact. Amber’s dynamic approach ensures a memorable and actionable experience for all attendees.
Best For:
Emerging Leaders, Experienced Executives, HR Professionals, Nonprofit Leaders & Change Agents, Team Managers leadership principles, Entrepreneurs and Business Owners
Unleash Your Radical Authenticity: Lead Boldly and Authentically
This empowering session is for those ready to unleash their true self and lead with bold, authentic confidence. In a world craving realness, embracing who you truly are is a revolutionary act—and the key to elevating both your life and leadership. This talk takes you on a transformative inward journey to strengthen your voice, amplify your presence, and cultivate a leadership style rooted in emotional intelligence and authentic expression.
Amber Swenor will guide participants through insights, reflections, and actionable tools to reconnect with their inner wisdom, build emotional intelligence, and confidently express their authentic selves in all areas of life. Participants will leave inspired, with a renewed sense of self-worth, clarity on their leadership path, and practical strategies to drive personal and professional success.
Key Learnings:
- The Power of Authenticity: Discover why authenticity is essential for meaningful impact and fulfillment in leadership and life.
- Building Emotional Intelligence: Learn to recognize and manage your emotions, build empathy, and foster positive connections that enhance your leadership presence.
- Building Unshakable Confidence: Develop practices to cultivate courage, self-trust, and resilience, empowering you to stand in your brilliance.
- Overcoming Limiting Beliefs: Identify and transform beliefs and behaviors that hold you back, creating space for your fullest potential to emerge.
- Enhancing Visibility and Voice: Learn strategies to strengthen your presence and communicate with purpose, amplifying your leadership impact.
Session Benefits:
- Increased Confidence: Build a foundation of self-belief and courage, empowering you to lead authentically.
- Emotional Awareness: Gain skills to understand and manage emotions, fostering empathy and resilience in your interactions.
- Clarity of Vision: Gain insights into the authentic legacy you wish to create and align your goals accordingly.
- Expanded Influence: Walk away with actionable steps to elevate your voice, increase your visibility, and inspire others to embrace their true selves.
- Renewed Sense of Purpose: Feel reconnected to your core values, unique strengths, and vision for the future.
Format: Keynote or Workshop
Best For: Visionary Women, Emerging Leaders, Experienced Professionals, Personal Development Enthusiasts
Unleashing Your Power Team: Collaborations That Rock
Ready to break down silos and bring fresh energy to your organization? This session takes participants on a hands-on journey of co-creation, collaboration, and empowerment. Using Amber’s unique blend of leadership insights and rock 'n' roll energy, this interactive experience shows teams how to harmonize efforts, leverage strengths, and work together like a well-tuned band. Participants engage in a music-making experience that brings the essence of collaboration to life, creating a dynamic and memorable connection among team members.
Key Takeaways:
- Build Bridges Across Departments: Foster collaboration and co-create solutions.
- Find Your Team's Rhythm: Maximize strengths to streamline workflows and reduce burnout.
- Rock the Leadership Stage: Empower leaders to embrace collaboration and trust their teams.
- Collaborate Like a Band: Harmonize efforts across departments to achieve shared goals.
Bonus:
Participants leave with a take-home keepsake to remind them of their shared experience and newfound collaboration skills. By focusing on collaboration, leveraging strengths, and building trust, Amber will leave your audience fired up, connected, and ready to lead like rockstars. Together, they’ll create an environment where every voice is heard, every talent shines, and every challenge is tackled with a united front.
Best For: Teams navigating change, Senior Leaders, HR Professionals, Small Business Owners, Startups, and Organizations experiencing growth or restructuring
Are You Ready to ADAPT? Thriving in the Era of AI and Uncertainty.
Building future-ready leaders, without selling your soul.
The world is evolving at 20x the speed it did a decade ago. With AI set to revolutionize entire industries by 2025, the need for agile, future-ready leadership has never been more urgent. You may be asking, "How do we keep up?" or "Where do humans fit in?" As we feel a collective pull to slow down, how can we honor human creativity, collaboration, and connection while adapting to the demands of a rapidly changing world?
In an era of lightning-speed advancements, leaders who prioritize human sustainability, through empathy, emotional intelligence and authentic connection, will set themselves apart.
Consider this: the phone in your hand today has more power than the computers that sent Apollo 11 to the moon! And in the next five years, the rate of change will surpass the last two decades combined. In this accelerated environment, successful leadership requires one thing above all: the power to ADAPT.
In this dynamic session, Amber Swenor introduces the ADAPT framework, a hands-on, high-impact toolkit that goes beyond theory. Leaders will learn to embrace rapid change with agility, emotional intelligence, and purpose, qualities that will future-proof their leadership and ignite team resilience. Amber’s fresh approach offers practical strategies that empower participants to tackle challenges head-on, inspire their teams and thrive in any environment.
Key Takeaways:
- Building Resilience: Develop mindsets and strategies that maintain strength under pressure.
- Agile Decision-Making: Discover how to pivot rapidly without losing sight of your mission.
- Emotional Regulation: Practice grounded leadership, creating a stable, supportive environment where innovation can thrive.
- Empowering Teams: Cultivate a culture where teams feel equipped and motivated to face challenges.
- Practical Framework: Gain a powerful, easy-to-remember framework to implement adaptive leadership strategies within your team and organization.
This talk ensures your leaders are market-ready, equipped, and empowered to thrive, no matter what the future brings.
Best For: Leaders facing market volatility, industries undergoing rapid shifts, HR professionals, team managers, executives needing a stronger response to uncertainty, and entrepreneurs adapting to new challenges.
Testimonials
"Amber’s talk on authentic leadership and business growth strategy was so impactful for our business members that they immediately asked how we could book her for another workshop! We’ve hired her twice now, once for business training and once for personal and professional development, and I highly recommend her!" - Christine Welcher., Executive Director, Monona Eastside Business Alliance
"Amber motivates a room with an upbeat, empowering style. I’m so energized by her presence and the life she brought to our conference! I highly recommend hiring her for your next event." - Sandy Joudrey, Event Planner & Program Chair, SWIRE (Real Estate) Women’s Leadership Conference
"Working with Amber and her team on our brand and culture development has been an inspiring and empowering experience. Having Amber speak with our group and facilitate our process made a tremendous impact; they helped us identify and establish our vision in a way that made everyone feel heard. And the process was fun! Through virtual meetings, they engaged all participants—this was one of the best-facilitated processes I’ve seen. We’ve already put the materials and outcomes to use, helping to activate our board members, who now feel equipped and supported to share the impact of our work. I can’t say enough about what this work has made possible for Meriter Foundation!" - Rebecca Dopart, MBA, President, UnityPoint Health – Meriter Foundation