Anne Bonney

MENTAL HEALTH SPEAKER • ANNE BONNEY

Helping people dance in the discomfort of change so they can get beyond the resistance and back to productivity.

Energetic Connector • 2-Time Author & Podcast Host • Adventure Seeker

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About Anne

Anne Bonney, CSP® grew up with “talks too much” on all of her report cards, so she made it a career and now collects passport stamps on her way to share her extensive knowledge and experience in thriving through change with audiences of often overwhelmed professional adults. She is an engaging conference Emcee, a two-time author, host and creator of Dancing in the Discomfort Zone Podcast and a certified virtual and in-person presenter. After 20 years in highly successful corporate and non-profit leadership positions, she now uses her experience, education and expertise to ignite YOUR courage to build resilience in change, conquer challenging conversations and lead with emotional intelligence.

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IGNITE YOUR SHIFT

Dancing in the Discomfort of Change Change is hard. Factor it all in: new ideas, organizational change, industry evolution, technology modernization and even personal changes, and drop in a global pandemic, just for kicks. With all that, life can get pretty overwhelming. The problem is, change ain’t going away. The only constant IS change, especially in today's fast-paced world. Having the tools to deal with change and adapt to the challenges that transitions bring will improve your effectiveness and resilience. In this engaging (and fun!) virtual or live presentation, Anne Bonney, Change Management authority and author, will spark your courage with the ground-breaking concepts from her red-hot book, GET OVER IT!. You’ll have to turn up the AC for this high energy, “bring the heat” keynote. Your participants will leave armed with strategies to extinguish the burning inferno that transition has caused on your teams.

 KEY TAKEAWAYS:
• Immediately impact your ability to manage change in your life with more confidence, courage and resilience
• Alleviate the burden of stress that change has caused.
• Turn change into a unifying factor of pride and accomplishment where productivity and motivation will skyrocket.

LEADERSHIP PEOPLE WANT TO FOLLOW

You need to be savvy to lead teams in today’s workplace. You’ve got different generations with varying levels of experience, cultural assumptions and the never-ending change happening in your industry, organization and team. Your best bet for success is to be the kind of leader your people WANT to follow. In this engaging (and fun!) presentation, Change Management Authority Anne Bonney will ignite your leadership with skills that will heat up your team’s motivation and performance. Teaching connection, communication and delegation to get even better output from your team; Anne will bring rapid-fire content to reduce turnover, increase engagement and productivity directly impacting your culture so positivity that collaboration will catch fire, and create an inferno of goal achievement and bottom-line results. Who doesn’t want that?

KEY TAKEAWAYS:
• Connection skills that immediately impact your culture with greater engagement, collaboration and motivation, resulting in increased productivity
• Reduce “water cooler” talk that negatively influences attitudes within the workplace
• Improve individual performance and reduce unwanted behaviors

Awards & Publications

Books published

Certified Speaking Professional designation, 2 books published, GET OVER IT and Get THEM Over It.  

More About Anne

Anne Bonney is an energetic and international motivational keynote speaker, trainer, and best-selling author known for her expertise in Change Management. With a dynamic career that spans 20 years in corporate and nonprofit leadership, Anne has become a Certified Speaking Professional (CSP®), an honor earned by only 17% of speakers worldwide. She is also the host of the Igniting Courage Podcast and the author of GET OVER IT!, which empowers readers to navigate and embrace life’s inevitable changes.

Anne’s journey began early, moving 27 times across four continents, attending 13 schools, and thriving through various careers—from animal training to international marathons and morale-building tours in Iraq. Her adaptability and embrace of the uncomfortable have shaped her philosophy on life and leadership: change is inevitable, so we might as well get good at it.

Through her vibrant storytelling, Anne connects her audience to meaningful insights on resilience, emotional intelligence, and communication. She ignites their courage to confront the discomfort of change, transforming them into leaders others want to follow. Whether sharing stories of growing up overseas, volunteering at an elephant sanctuary, or even singing opera, Anne’s presentations deliver powerful, practical strategies to elevate teams, organizations, and individuals.

Anne’s infectious enthusiasm, sharp wit, and memorable stories light up any room, leaving a lasting impact long after the event concludes.

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