Leanne Spencer's biography
- Award-winning speaker on sustainable performance and wellbeing
- Author of Cadence, Business Book Awards finalist
- Creator of annual State of Workplace Wellbeing Report
Leanne Spencer is a keynote speaker who helps organisations navigate the paradox of achieving high performance whilst maintaining genuine wellbeing. She specialises in sustainable performance, energy management, and resilience in fast-paced work environments.
Leanne has delivered more than 1,000 presentations over 13 years, including a TEDx talk with over 134,000 views. She has authored four bestselling books, including Cadence, a Business Book Awards finalist, and publishes the annual State of Workplace Wellbeing Report drawing insights from over 1,750 organisations. In 2023, she was highly commended at The Speaker Awards and named MainStage Speaker of the Year.
Through her signature keynotes, Cadence, BOND, and Sustain, Leanne shows leaders and teams how to manage energy rather than just time, strengthen workplace connections, and embed habits that support long-term performance. She encourages audiences to think like business athletes, building rhythms that prevent burnout whilst maintaining high output. Her approach addresses the gap between knowing what creates wellbeing and actually implementing it in high-pressure cultures.
Audiences gain practical strategies to reduce burnout risk, improve stress resilience and build psychological safety within teams. Leanne provides actionable frameworks for overcoming barriers to change by connecting wellbeing initiatives to personal values and identity, helping people sustain performance when it matters most.
Book Leanne to equip your organisation with proven methods for protecting your most valuable asset: your people.
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Topics, sessions and talks
Leanne Spencer emphasises the importance of adapting to a fast-paced business environment by learning from elite athletes. She introduces the Cadence Approach®, a four-step process: Predict, Prepare, Perform, and Recover. Attendees will discover how to manage energy effectively, minimise burnout, and enhance their overall wellbeing. By identifying key events, making small lifestyle changes, and prioritising recovery, participants will learn to handle stress better, develop resilience, and maintain high energy levels.
BOND: Building Trust, Community, And Connection
In her engaging keynote, Leanne Spencer explores the evolving landscape of social relationships as a crucial aspect of wellbeing. Drawing on a decade of experience in enhancing energy, mood, and motivation through sleep, breathwork, and movement, Leanne addresses the challenges posed by hybrid work and AI. Attendees will learn how to foster trust, belonging, and connection within their organisations using her BOND Approach, ultimately improving team resilience, communication, and productivity while enhancing overall health outcomes.
SUSTAIN: Personal Sustainability For Resilience
Leanne Spencer highlights that sustainable individuals are essential for driving sustainable businesses. She discusses the importance of personal sustainability, focusing on values, identity, community, and resources. Attendees will learn how to connect their values to overcome barriers to change, prioritise wellbeing without guilt, and thrive in a fast-paced environment. By developing a Personal Sustainability Plan, participants will gain the tools and mindset needed to enhance resilience and high performance in their teams.
The Cadence Leadership Masterclass
Leanne Spencer's leadership masterclass focuses on enhancing stress resilience in leaders and their teams. Participants will learn to manage energy effectively through the Cadence Approach®, which emphasises preparation, performance, and recovery. The program incorporates science-based solutions and wearable technology to provide personalised data on stress responses. Attendees will gain techniques for balancing their nervous systems, reducing burnout, and improving overall team performance. By the end, they will be empowered to foster a culture of resilience and high energy in their organisations.
The Cadence Approach® For Sales Kickoffs
Leanne Spencer will deliver an engaging keynote for sales kickoffs, introducing a fresh strategy for managing wellbeing while achieving sales targets. She presents the Cadence Approach®, a four-step method - Predict, Prepare, Perform, and Recover - designed to help sales teams maintain energy and avoid burnout. Attendees will learn to improve resilience, balance their nervous systems, and apply these principles to enhance performance and wellbeing in both work and life, ultimately driving success and reducing stress.
Why we recommend booking Leanne
Leanne Spencer empowers leaders and teams with practical strategies to achieve high performance without sacrificing wellbeing, drawing on her expertise in energy management and resilience. Book Leanne to give your organisation the tools it needs to prevent burnout and sustain success in demanding environments.
I highly recommend Leanne Spencer as a guest speaker for any event or conference. Her exceptional expertise, captivating speaking style, and storytelling make her a standout choice. Leanne's Cadence approach provided valuable insights on maintaining balanced personal and professional wellbeing with easy to remember tips. Her ability to engage the audience and leave a lasting impression through her dynamic delivery and relatable stories is truly remarkable. It was a pleasure to have Leanne as a guest speaker, and I am confident she will continue to make a significant impact in her future speaking engagements.
Louisa Haven
Nestlé Purina
Leanne recently spoke at our Operations Conference (circa 160 people). The content was well-structured, seamlessly blending personal anecdotes with practical advice, making each point resonate deeply. Her storytelling skills were great, bringing real-life experiences to life and making Cadence tangible and memorable for everyone. It was a very positive experience from our first email exchange, 121 discussions and the talk itself. I wouldn’t hesitate to recommend Leanne.
Leanne made herself super-relevant to our audience. She prepared with us head of time so that she understood our members and their challenges and spent both the evening before and the day of her closing keynote with us. This allowed her to experience our Forum and conference vibe, get to know members and immerse herself in the tone and outcomes we were looking to provide.
Her approach to her core material was fabulous - clear, impactful, fast-paced, with purpose and value-adding at every comment, which made everything so accessible and everyone could find themselves in her concepts and examples.
Overall, Leanne is an absolute superstar. Everything was so on point, relevant, personalised and extremely valuable.
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