Testimonials

“We were very grateful to have Rachel deliver a self-advocacy keynote at our World Headquarters. She transformed the mindset of our finance and corporate employees and left our most broadest audience with several practical takeaways. We got a TON of feedback on how much everyone enjoyed it and how it’s now easy to put their learning into action for both the short and long term. She is incredibly talented, dedicated and a breeze to work with — an outstanding, much-appreciated partner.”

— Madeline Odle, HR Manager, General Mills

“Rachel is a compelling and vibrant speaker. We utilized her burnout keynote services for our annual Employee Appreciation Day. I highly recommend her to provide tools to help re-ignite purpose and well-being among your team and organization. We received outstanding feedback and attendees noted that it was a huge hit.”

— Teri Lewis, Senior Consultant, Georgia State University

“Brilliant talk, the audience found it extremely beneficial.”

— L'Oreal, People Development and Learning

“Rachel’s keynote Re-Emerge: How to Win Against Burnout and Flourish struck a big chord with our audience, and 96% gained takeaways that they can implement plus learned something new. Overall a great interactive event, and attendees had nothing but positive feedback.”

— Crystal Chea, Director, HelloFresh

“Rachel’s content was really apt for the current climate: how to manage and prevent burnout and her brilliant personal brand keynote. Her sessions were amazing and highly useful, and her relatable positivity and fantastic energy were loved.”

— Women@ Google

“You were absolutely incredible and had such amazing advice on mindfulness and balance. Learning to give myself grace...”

— Sydney Thomas, Co-organizer of the women in media panel hosted by Tami Erwin (Former Verizon CEO)

“Rachel is a skilled speaker and wonderful partner to work with! We engaged her for a keynote, and were very pleased with her level of expertise with the content and willingness to customize her session to meet the specific needs of our employees. She was warm, engaging, and equipped our employees with invaluable skills that they were able to bring into their day-to-day.”

— Jesse Grove, Learning & Development Senior Associate, Vox Media

“Rachel Montañez tackles the challenging topic of burnout with kindness, respect, and joy. She engages her audience in memorable conversations with her approachable and actionable advice. A pleasure to work with and an ideal resource.”

— Director, The Global Entertainment Marketing Academy of Arts & Sciences

 
 
 
 

Keynotes

  • Is your employee experience data showing struggles with stress and burnout?

    Perhaps you’re planning your best conference yet and want to gift your busy, high-achieving attendees with empathy, renewal, and action-oriented insights.

    Rachel Montañez has been close to the action on the front lines for the past 14+ years. She’s coached thousands of high performers and is an internationally recognized industry expert. Let’s make a practical difference!

    Key takeaways:
    1. Dispel burnout myths and increase clarity and understanding.
    2. Recognize and avoid burnout causes and triggers.
    3. Learn and adopt holistic strategies that lead to sustainable individual and organizational outcomes.
    4. Discover a simplified path to burnout prevention and re-emergence.

  • Remote work can be isolating. That isolation often leads to feelings of loneliness, which can cause stress and significantly impact performance.
    Absenteeism attributed to stress and loneliness costs U.S. employers an estimated $154 billion annually.

    Loneliness and isolation have had such a widespread impact that public health officials have declared the situation an epidemic. Central to this crisis is a lack of community.


    Leveraging 14+ years of coaching experience, leading thought-leadership, and advisory work, Rachel Montañez shares evidence-based strategies and approaches to building community and connection in a remote environment.

    Audience members will learn to:
    1. Use the 3R’s evaluation framework to remove barriers, increase respect and psychological safety, and thrive as a remote worker.
    2. Discover a straightforward practice to improve engagement and then apply it to increase affinity.
    3. Enhance well-being needs with easy-to-implement career support that aligns with business objectives.
    4. “Connect as whole people, not just as skill sets” with three tangible day-to-day strategies.

  • Ironically, self-advocacy is one of the most overlooked workplace skills, yet, it is often a gateway to well-being and career fulfillment.

    Combining her experiences as a career coach and burnout expert, Rachel pulls back the curtain on self-advocacy to increase relevancy and help employees achieve career fulfillment.

    If you or your team are looking for a proven process to equip and empower your employees with career development and burnout prevention skills, Rachel can help.

    Audience members will learn to:
    1. Build confidence and trust in their voice by employing a proven workplace self-advocacy model.
    2. Identify high-impact advocacy goals that reflect short and long-term career objectives.
    3. Examine workplace scenarios and execute strategies to develop skill deficiencies.
    4. Effectively manage their workload, set boundaries, and experience aligned visibility.

  • Unlock personal branding secrets to overcome your most pressing HR challenges and increase employee well-being.

    Rachel is a trusted stakeholder for human resources, talent acquisition, and leadership and development professionals. As a transformational supporter, she understands common needs and goals, aspirations and motivations, and the challenges and fears faced in the respective roles.

    As a writer, she brings a story-telling, data-backed approach, and her coaching and training have helped early career to senior professionals build rewarding careers influencing productivity, company culture, and a more competitive employer brand.

    Employees will learn to:
    1. Pinpoint their weaknesses and fears to navigate the evolving future of work.
    2. Define and position their brand for higher impact while aligning their goals to employer brand initiatives and organizational goals.
    3. Practically apply strategies on a day-to-day basis.
    4. Use the 3C’s to increase well-being and strengthen effectiveness.

 
 

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