ANNA CONRAD, JD | EXECUTIVE COACH AUTHOR PROFESSOR
Leadership keynotes that change what people do next.
Candid, engaging keynotes that challenge conventional thinking and give leaders practical ideas they can use long after the applause ends.
Drawing on more than 25 years of executive coaching, leadership development, and organizational experience, Anna helps audiences understand how their everyday behavior shapes their credibility, influence, relationships, and results.
IN-PERSON & VIRTUAL ASSOCIATIONS EXECUTIVE RETREATS CORPORATE EVENTS
25+
YEARS DEVELOPING LEADERS
2
LEADERSHIP BOOKS
20,000
LEADERS COACHED & TRAINED
300+
RADIO INTERVIEWS
100+
MEDIA FEATURES
Give your audience something they can use Monday morning.
MORE THAN AN INSPIRING HOUR
A strong keynote creates energy in the room. A memorable one changes what people notice, discuss, and do when they return to work.
Anna combines compelling stories, organizational insight, current research, practical tools, and an appropriate amount of humor to help the audience examine how leadership actually happens - in conversations, decisions, difficult moments, and the behaviors people experience every day.
SIGNATURE KEYNOTES
Timely ideas. Practical tools.
Conversations that continue.
Each keynote is adapted to your audience, industry, event theme, and desired outcomes.
01
EXECUTIVE PRESENCE
Are You Ready for the New Era of Executive Presence?
Move beyond polish and position. Learn the verbal, nonverbal, and relational behaviors that help leaders be heard, respected, and trusted.
BEST FOR
Leadership conferences · Professional associations · Women's leadership events
02
LEADERSHIP CREDIBILITY
Why Should They Follow You?
A title gives someone authority but not trust or commitment. Explore the everyday behaviors that build genuine credibility and followership.
BEST FOR
Corporate meetings · Executive retreats · Management conferences
03
CAREER DEVELOPMENT
5 Ways to Make (or break) Your Career
Discover the everyday choices that quietly build—or undermine—credibility, visibility, relationships, and long-term career success.
BEST FOR
Emerging-leader programs · Professional associations · Corporate conferences
Smart without being stuffy.
Practical without being predictable.
THE EXPRIENCE
Audiences can expect thoughtful challenge, memorable stories, immediately useful tools, and enough humor to make the harder truths easier to hear.
Research grounded in organizational reality
Executive-level insight made accessible
Clear ideas leaders can act on immediately
Leadership expertise with the candor of an executive coach.
ABOUT ANNA
Anna Conrad is the CEO of Impact Leadership Solutions, an executive coach, author, professor of organizational leadership, and keynote speaker.
For more than 25 years, she has helped directors, vice presidents, senior executives, CEOs, managing partners, legal professionals, and leadership teams navigate greater responsibility and organizational complexity.
Featured in Fast Company, Inc., the Chicago Tribune, the Denver Business Journal, and business journals across the United States.
TRUSTED BY LEADERS AT
CBRE
Crocs
Lockheed Martin
Cigna
Western Union
Tallgrass
What Audiences Say
Anna [Conrad] is one of the best facilitators and coaches I have ever worked with - and I have worked with hundreds!
Comcast, VP of HR
Thank you! This was the best session of the conference.
Rocky Mountain Area Conference attendee (virtual conference)
Anna Conrad was outstanding. Anna really connects with the audience and provides terrific examples which help participants in remembering the material and motivating them to use what they've learned.
SHRM Professional Development Co-Chair
The most awesome workshop in the conference. Enthusiasm and participation, humor and more. Totally applicable to all walks of life.
Executive Women's Forum attendee
I typically don’t like this type of presentation, but this was very enlightening. Amazing presentation!
State of Colorado District Court Judge
A speaker who understands the stage and everything that happens before it.
FOR EVENT LEADERS
Selecting a keynote carries its own particular pressure. The speaker must fit the audience, reinforce the event's purpose, engage the room, and make the person who recommended them look exceptionally wise.
Pre-event planning conversation
Customized keynote content
Alignment with your conference theme
Audience-specific examples
Books and post-event resources
FOR EVENT LEADERS
Everything your selection committee will want to know.
Have another question? We are happy to make the planning process easier.