Kristel Bauer

Keynote Speaker

Corporate Wellness and Performance Expert; Award-Winning Author; TEDx Speaker; Host of the "Live Greatly” Podcast

Kristel Bauer is a corporate wellness and performance expert and the founder of Live Greatly. She is a keynote speaker and TEDx speaker supporting companies and individuals on their journeys for more happiness and success. Bauer is the award-winning author of Work-Life Tango: Finding Happiness, Harmony, and Peak Performance Wherever You Work. Pulling from her unique healthcare background Bauer provides actionable strategies to leverage happiness and high-power habits to drive growth mindsets, peak performance, profitability, and a culture of excellence.

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Kristel Bauer is a corporate wellness and performance expert, keynote speaker, and TEDx speaker supporting organizations and individuals on their journeys for more happiness and success. She is the award-winning author of Work-Life Tango: Finding Happiness, Harmony, and Peak Performance Wherever You Work (John Murray Business November 19, 2024). With Bauer’s healthcare background, she provides data driven actionable strategies to leverage happiness and high-power habits to drive growth mindsets, peak performance, profitability, well-being, and a culture of excellence. Bauer’s keynotes provide insights to “Live Greatly” while promoting leadership development and team building.

Kristel Bauer is the creator and host of her global top self-improvement podcast, Live Greatly. She is a contributing writer for Entrepreneur, and she is an influencer in the business and wellness space having been recognized as a Top 10 Social Media Influencer of 2021 in Forbes. As an Integrative Medicine Fellow & Physician Assistant having practiced clinically in Integrative Psychiatry, Bauer has a unique perspective into attaining a mindset for more happiness and success.

Kristel Bauer has presented to groups from the American Gas Association, Bank of America, bp, Commercial Metals Company, General Mills, Home Depot, Northwestern University, Santander Bank, and many more. Bauer’s work has been featured in Forbes and she has had multiple TV appearances including NBC News Daily, ABC News Live, FOX Weather, ABC 7 Chicago, WGN Daytime Chicago, and more. Bauer lives in the Fort Lauderdale, Florida area and she can be booked for speaking engagements worldwide.

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Find Your Imperfect Happy

In the relentless pursuit of business excellence, it’s easy to overlook the crucial role happiness plays in organizational success. But let’s not dismiss it as mere sentimentality; happiness directly impacts the bottom line.

Research demonstrates that happier leaders cultivate more engaged and productive teams. Happier employees aren’t just more satisfied—they’re more efficient, innovative, and resilient in the face of challenges. But how can employees lean into happiness in their everyday work and life, even when things aren’t going as they had hoped?

This isn’t about feel-good initiatives; it’s about strategic investment in your company’s most valuable asset: its people. Kristel’s keynote offers actionable strategies rooted in empirical evidence to elevate employee happiness and, by extension, organizational performance.

Prioritizing happiness isn’t just a nicety—it’s a strategic imperative. It’s time to leverage the power of happiness to drive profitability, retention, and a culture of excellence within your organization. Book Kristel today and position your company for sustained success in an ever-evolving business landscape.
Achieving Peak Performance With High Power Habits

Research shows that your personal and professional successes are directly linked to your habits. Your work and life are made up of a variety of daily choices, routines, and behaviors. Some may be moving you towards prosperity, success, innovation, and excellence. Others may be keeping you stuck in a place of stagnation, or moving you in the wrong direction towards overwhelm, distraction and frustration. In this keynote, Kristel shares invaluable research-based insights and strategies from her experience in integrative psychiatry, healthcare, and business to put your company or team ahead of the curve. Your group will discover how to effectively develop high power habits that stick, supporting peak performance and success. Your team will learn the best times of day for peak productivity, data driven effective time blocking and break taking strategies shown to promote peak performance, as well as research backed ways to overcome procrastination. Kristel will explain why many people fail when they are looking to create a new habit as well as key evidence-based actionable strategies to optimize productivity and performance. Book Kristel today to help your team create habits that promote organizational success and powerful positive outcomes for many years to come.
The Future of Work: Redefining Work/Life Balance To Thrive Personally and Professionally In This New World Of Work

The old model of work/life balance is no longer applicable or effective for our current work reality. Burnout rates among workers are at staggering levels and many employees and leaders are struggling in this new world of work. While researching this topic I ran a poll where I asked the question, “Does the idea of striving for work/life balance make you feel stressed, uncomfortable, or guilty?” Almost half, 47% of respondents, chose “yes.” The future of work requires a modern approach to successfully navigate work and life accounting for technological advances, hybrid workforces, and continuous innovation occurring in the workplace.
In this keynote, Kristel will share a work/life model that is in alignment with the realities of what you and your team are facing in your current work/life situation. Kristel will provide insights to help your group get into a growth mindset, empowering them to thrive personally and professionally whether working remotely or in the office. Kristel will provide powerful and effective tools to manage stress, boost happiness, and support optimal performance wherever you work. You and your team will discover the common blocks interfering with happiness and success in work/life while learning actionable strategies that can have an immediate positive impact. Kristel will discuss the new science of micro breaks, the keys for creating high-power habits, critical components for setting healthy boundaries and more. Book Kristel today to help your group move in the direction of success, happiness, and fulfillment in all areas of work/life.
Leadership Development and Team Building: Embrace a Growth Mindset and Create a Culture of Excellence

Effective team building and optimal leadership require high levels of awareness, emotional intelligence, and optimal communication, but these are not areas that come naturally for many leaders and employees. Even if you think these are areas you and your team excel in, it can be all too easy to unintentionally have blind spots, especially if you are in a position of power. Research has shown that while many people think they are self-aware, the majority don’t measure up to self-awareness criteria. Research has also shown a significant discrepancy between how leaders feel and how employees feel regarding communication. Many leaders believe they maintain a clear feedback loop within their team, when at the same time, many employees don’t feel like an appropriate feedback loop has been established.
In this keynote, Kristel will share insights and actionable strategies from her experience in healthcare, integrative psychiatry, and business, to provide research-based solutions to build connection, boost emotional intelligence, enhance empathy, and develop self-awareness, all while harnessing a mindset that promotes growth, innovation, and team success. Your group will walk away with methods to effectively manage stress, support peak performance and happiness, as well as research-backed strategies for effective communication including the importance of informal check ins and the best way to give negative and constructive feedback. Book Kristel today to promote a vibrant, successful, and profitable company culture.

What other organizations say about Kristel Bauer

Kristel Bauer is a phenomenal guest speaker who recently delivered the keynote for our signature speaker series. Her warm, positive energy radiated throughout the room and her customized presentation focused on “Finding Your Imperfect Happy” was filled with helpful tips for how we can show up for ourselves and others, how we can create new habits and protect and refocus our energy for productive outcomes, and how we can embrace the imperfections in life and career to find happiness and fulfillment. From the pre-event planning and finding the perfect topic blend for our audience through a delightful dinner with executives from our hosting corporate partner to her impactful and valuable keynote presentation the next morning, Kristel was an utmost professional and such a delight to work with and host. She made it easy, she made it fun, and she hit a home run with our audience, which is still sending us great feedback from the event. So, we’re looking forward to booking Kristel as a speaker for more events in the future.
Fundraising / Philanthropy

What other organizations say about Kristel Bauer

I recently attended a talk by Kristel, and it was an engaging experience. She offered some insightful perspectives and shared personal stories that resonated with me and many in the audience. Her energy and enthusiasm were evident, and she encouraged us to think positively about our goals. I would have liked to listen to her longer because I personally felt I wanted to explore some of her points in greater depth but we just didn’t have the time to do so. It was an inspiring session that left me with some useful takeaways. I will be buying her book while continuing to listen to her podcast for my two minutes of motivation each and every morning.
Technology

What other organizations say about Kristel Bauer

Recently, we had Kristel as our keynote speaker for our Louisville Business First Women’s event. She was a pleasure to work with from beginning to end. She tailored her message for the audience, but also listened to us on what our overall goals were and what we wanted the audience to experience. Attendees left with actionable items they could immediately implement not only in their personal life, but how businesses can make changes to improve the happiness in employees and how it leads to greater productivity. Backed by data, her presentation empowers you to make the small changes that bring big results.
Women’s Groups

What other organizations say about Kristel Bauer

I recently had the pleasure of attending the Louisville Business Women’s First Awards where Kristel Bauer delivered an inspiring talk that resonated deeply with many of us in attendance. Her approach was both refreshing and enlightening. Kristel did not just talk about the usual “tips and tricks” but delved into how we can nurture a profound connection. What made Kristel’s talk especially impactful was her ability to connect with the audience through personal anecdotes and evidence-based practices. She provided actionable insights that I, along with many others, found immediately applicable. Kristel’s message left a lasting imprint on my outlook. It was not just another lecture, but a compelling call to action to rethink and reprioritize what truly matters in our lives.
Construction

What other organizations say about Kristel Bauer

Kristel Bauer’s keynote at the Louisville Business Women First Luncheon was incredibly empowering! Her message on “Live Greatly” resonated deeply with me, reminding us to seize every moment, overcome challenges, and embrace imperfection. I’m eagerly looking forward to her podcast for more inspiration and empowerment. Thank you, Kristel, for an amazing experience!
Retail

What other organizations say about Kristel Bauer

I had the opportunity to hear Kristel’s inspirational message at the Vision Source Exchange and WOW! As a fellow heath care professional, she was able to perfectly blend real life challenges of knowing yourself with science to help me really understand my own challenges in a way that shows me I can make changes to bring more happiness into my own life. Because of Kristel’s message, I will be a stronger leader of my team, a more compassionate doctor to my patients and, most importantly, a better husband and dad. How do you thank someone for that? My advice is that if you have an opportunity to bring Kristel Bauer to your team, you should take it.
Health Care

What other organizations say about Kristel Bauer

It was an absolute pleasure working with Kristel earlier this year. Beyond her fantastic credentials, her immediate care, kindness, and dedication to working with us to create a meaningful event for our company was outstanding. The event was “Reframe Your Internal Story for More Happiness and Fulfillment? and the feedback was excellent. Kristel is inspiring, thoughtful, and was a perfect addition to our Women’s History Month celebration. I hope to work with Kristel in the future and certainly enjoy her daily posts for an added boost of confidence and energy to my day!
Banking

What other organizations say about Kristel Bauer

Ms. Kristel Bauer presented the morning keynote address to the Association of Proposal Management Professionals (APMP) National Capitol Area (NCA) Chapter’s annual Mid-Atlantic Conference (MAC) on 12 October 2022. This was the NCA Chapter’s first in-person MAC since 2019. Her opening keynote address on “Reduce Stress & Thrive Personally and Professionally with Work/Life Integration” was incredibly timely and needed given all that we have been through over the last 3 years. Her messages resonated with our audience and set the stage for a great day of education and networking with colleagues and friends in our industry. Kristel was so easy-going, and an immense pleasure to work with from the first days of reaching out to check her interest and availability for this event; through the planning and preparation of the event; and then culminating in a spot-on kick-off to our MAC 2022. We highly recommend that other organizations looking for an excellent speaker with a message of how to live and thrive successfully reach out to Kristel.
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