Leadership Mental Health & Resilience Keynotes & Workshops

Work Life Balance Keynote by Speaker Shannon Gander in Winnipeg, Manitoba.

Empowering Leaders with keynotes and workshops on Managing Stress, Preventing Burnout & Raising Resilience at Work

Research shows that 80% of leaders are feeling exhausted while showing up to lead others—exhaustion being one of the top three symptoms of burnout.

At Life Work Wellness, Shannon helps leaders understand the neuroscience on stress, resilience, mental health, and the keys to psychological safety at work. Her presentations on burnout prevention, compassion fatigue and resilient teams equip leaders with practical tools to bolster their own well-being, reset, and lead with clarity and compassion. Leaders can expect to connect, reflect and take action on what matters. Moving leaders and their teams from surviving to thriving.

In-person Keynotes & Online Workshops for Stress & Mental Health by Topic Area:

For Stress Management, Resilience & Preventing Leader Burnout:

  • Fry No More: Preventing Leader Burnout to Successfully Lead On

  • Jump Starting Focus, Productivity, and Well-Being When Leaders are Constantly Distracted

  • Mental Health at Work: Resilience Strategies for Sustainable Leadership

For Psychological Health & Safety in the Workplace & Supporting Employee Mental Health at Work:

  • Reviving the Frontline: Preventing Burnout & Compassion Fatigue in Tired Teams:

  • Stressed Teams? Leading in the Age of Change, Uncertainty & Cognitive Overload

  • Psychological Health & Safety – Leader Actions for Resilient, Engaged & Connected Teams

  • Supporting Employee Mental Health at Work - A Deeper Dive on Leading through Challenging Times

  • Resilient Conversations - Communicating through Conflict with Clarity & Compassion

For Women in Business, Entrepreneurs & Senior Leadership:

  • Closing the Stress Loop – How Business Women Protect Their Energy, Focus & Mental Health

All sessions are available in-person and as online, offering flexible access to support wherever your team is located. Don’t see exactly what you need? Each learning event can be fully customized to meet your unique goals and challenges.

Whether you're looking for all staff workshops for managing stress, leadership training, or workshops for leaders on mental health, you'll find practical, evidence-based tools.

In each session, Shannon offers actionable strategies to promote resilience, improve well-being, and create healthier, happier and more connected teams. Find out how Shannon can support your leaders and teams - so that you can thrive both at work and home.

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Endorsement - Anita Zubricki - Safety Services Manitoba, Marketing Director & Conference Host

“We have had Shannon Gander back for 4 years! She always receives excellent evaluations from our delegates on the timely topic of Resiliency and Mental Health in the Workplace. Delegates are telling us Shannon is an excellent speaker, best session yet, educational, engaging and she shares practical tips and actions.”

The cost of disability due to stress and mental health concerns is far too great on individuals, teams and workplaces. Let’s work together to explore how we can positively impact your organization through targeted leadership training on these timely topics.

Online Wellness Workshops

We regularly hire Shannon. We always benefit from her expertise, love how engaging she is, and how she works with us to deliver exactly what we want!

WCB HR Director

Motivational Speaker Winnipeg

“About your keynote - Everyone loved their time with you! Our evaluations made this very clear. I will make sure to reach out in the future and will be 100% recommending your sessions to anyone!”

Ashley G. Living WELL - Conference Organizer, Northern Health Region

Entrepreneur Mental Health Association Gala Launch

More and more we are normalizing mental health as health, that’s a good thing. When we are struggling, it’s important to reach out. “Accepting help is it’s own kind of strength”.

Resilience Speaker

“Your workshop on Top Resiliency Skills for our conference members filled up first, two years straight - we’ll definitely have you back Shannon. Feedback was excellent!”

SAFE Work Manitoba Conference - 5 years of delivering presentations to our delegates.

  • “Shannon has this incredible ability to motivate with finesse, humour and grace so that people understand what needs to change and actions on how to get there. Fantastic keynote.”

    — KFAerospace Conference

  • “Your Fry No More session was exactly what we needed to hear. I really like how you talked about burnout as cultural and at the same time there are actions we can all take to help ourselves and our teams. I am recommending this session to anyone worried about staff burnout. ”

    — Manager - private sector, Manitoba

  • “We were so impressed with how every staff person named an action they could take to end mental health stigma. What a great session. (Building Your Mentally Healthy Community - One Action at a Time)”

    — Director, non-profit organization, Winnipeg, MB

  • "It is clear by the evaluations that everyone enjoyed their time with you, I will be 100% recommending your sessions to anyone!"

    Ashley Grzebeniak - Northern Health Region - Living Well, Mental Wellness Conference