What If Your Best Leaders are Burning Out Behind Polished Social Posts?
Jackie Roby is a keynote speaker on leadership, burnout, and the hidden organizational cost of self-silencing among high-performing professionals.
Jackie Roby develops the leaders your organization will depend on tomorrow! She is an executive leadership advisor and Latina who has been described as “the magic and the light that others want to be close to.” She knows what it costs to be the one who holds everything together. Jackie has spent her career helping driven professionals reclaim the parts of themselves that got buried under all that excellence. She equips the audience with practical frameworks they’ll use Monday morning.
Are You Noticing:
- Slowed decision making?
- Reduced innovation?
- Disengagement masked as reliability?
- Retention risk among top performers?
Would Your Audience Want to:
- Be able to quickly decipher what’s unhelpful noise versus smart thinking?
- Gain the ability to see new possibilities without the distraction of questioning ideas?
- Lower their stress more each day?
- Feel more confident in choosing the life they desire instead of letting life control them?
An advocate for mental wellness, body acceptance, and diversity, equity, inclusion, Jackie lives these values. When not on stage, she chairs the Global Wellness Institute’s Inclusive Wellness Initiative, helps companies develop high-potential talent for C-Suite readiness, co-authored the best selling book Confident You: The Raw Conversations, and runs a virtual networking for women of color and allies, The She Suite Connector. Her upcoming book Palatable, Profitable, & Dying Inside puts a name to what high-performing professionals have been quietly living for years.
Signature Talk
When High Performers Go Quiet
The Hidden Cost of Self-Silencing at Work
Studies prove that high-pressure, anxiety-producing situations lead to lower performance on cognitively demanding tasks. When your leaders are stuck in analysis paralysis, critical decisions stall, strategic thinking suffers, and self-doubt undermines executive presence.
The hidden cost is slow productivity, delays in innovation, and a cycle where talented employees question their capabilities and career trajectory.
The solution isn’t managing pressure – it’s addressing what fuels indecision: self-doubt. This session teaches your team to quiet internal noise and reconnect with their strategic intuition through three proven steps: being cognizant, staying curious, and choosing with clarity.
It has been a pleasure for The Black Men’s Travel Network to work with Jackie Roby. As we all continue to strive for growth and development during uncertain times, working with her has helped in realizing our strengths while understanding the supporting framework necessary for highly successful individuals.
Who Is This For
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HR & People Leaders
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Executive Teams
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Leadership Development Programs
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ERGs
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Women’s Leadership and Inclusion Initiatives
Jackie offers a practical approach leaders can apply immediately to shift from over-functioning and self-silencing to clear, strategic contribution.
Guest Appearances
When I think of Jackie, this quote comes to mind: “The free soul is rare, but you know it when you see it – basically because you feel good, very good, when you are near or with them”.
On a personal level, I was immediately drawn in by her genuine joy, warmth, and empathy. On a professional level, she opened my eyes to insights I’d never even considered before.
On both levels, I cannot recommend her strongly enough.
Jackie is one of those rare humans who leaves you better, happier, kinder, and more understanding just by knowing her. If I had it my way, everyone would attend Jackie’s talks and benefit from the perspectives she has to offer. If they did, I can say with total confidence that this world would be a better place.