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Henna Pryor, CSP is a dynamic Workplace Performance Expert who speaks and writes about performance mindset, interpersonal dynamics, high-impact communication, and embracing bumps in a world that keeps optimizing for smoothness.

She’s a regular Expert Columnist for Inc. Magazine, 18x award-winning author of Good Awkward and the forthcoming The Signal Gap (out this fall!), and an in-demand global keynote speaker. Her playful personality and insightful talks blend 2 decades of working with corporate leaders and teams with a fresh, science-based approach to taking more strategic risks and boosting social and mental fitness for success at work.

She’s been invited to speak twice for TEDx in NYC and Wilmington, DE, and brings her expertise to a variety of global organizations, including Google, Workday, Johnson & Johnson, and JPMorganChase. She’s frequently sought after for her insights by top media outlets like TIME Magazine, WSJ, INSIDER, NBC, The Washington Post, Fast Company, Business.com, HuffPost, and more.

Henna founded Pryority Group – a fast-growing performance growth firm – to expand on her belief that the key to most people’s success is learning to strengthen mental and social muscles in order to boost risk-taking, maximize influence, and be braver in the work that we do.

She’s also a SUCCESS Magazine Woman of Influence, LinkedIn Learning and CNBC Instructor, Glassdoor WorkLife Pro, and two-time SXSW Workplace track speaker, and her bestselling book was endorsed by NFL Quarterback Russell Wilson and former HBR Editor Karen Dillon, and was named a Kirkus Reviews’ Best Book of the Year.

Keynote Topics

Keynote #1 : Dominating Disruption and Pushing Limits

Unlocking the mental and social skills of success in a fast-changing world of work

The old tools of success got us here. They won’t take us where we need to go next.

Today’s top performers are grappling with a hidden paradox: the very excellence that built their reputation is quietly holding them back. In a world flooded with change – new rules, new tech, new expectations – clinging to what we’ve always done well is the fastest way to fall behind.

In this provocative and energizing keynote, Henna Pryor, Workplace Performance Expert and 2x TEDx speaker, flips the script on what modern excellence really looks like. Through a mix of powerful storytelling, behavioral science, and mindset-shifting tools, she shows audiences how to train the mental and social muscles that fuel success in today’s disruptive world. We explore factors like mindset monkey wrenches, strategic discomfort, and the #1 tool everyone needs in a turbulent world: neutral thinking.

With strategies that stick and stories you’ll still be thinking about weeks later, this keynote will help your team build the habits that matter most when everything’s in flux.

After this session, you’ll know how to:

Recognize why excellence has become a hidden trap – and how to break free

Train your brain to stay clear-headed in chaos using tools like Neutral Thinking

Tap into small, repeatable “micro-risks” that grow innovation and courage

Build a mindset of resilience, creativity, and personal agency – on demand

In times of disruption, the winners aren’t the ones who hold on tighter. They’re the ones who learn to let go faster, and leap forward with a new kind of excellence.

Keynote #2 : Awkward and Upward!

Your surprising secret weapon for navigating uncertainty, rapid change, and the future of work

Advances in technology have made it easy to avoid real – and sometimes difficult – human interaction. While texting, online ordering, and “swiping right” are convenient, we’re losing the skills of relating to others, building trust and connection, and enduring the critical friction and messiness we get from being in proximity to each other. This new reality is weakening our social muscles and slowly destroying our ability to have the conversations needed to connect at the highest level, take smart risks, and navigate today’s increasingly complicated world of work.

Navigating uncertain times sounds obvious enough, but most of us have a hard time moving from wishful thinking to execution. Why? Because when we stumble through those moments, we feel awkward – and that awkwardness bumps up against our deep desire for others to approve of us and what we do. As it turns out, it’s what we improve in the face of these moments – often despite others’ judgment – that leads to the greatest growth.

Join world-renowned keynote speaker, Inc. Magazine columnist, and Workplace Performance Expert, Henna Pryor, to learn how embracing the Good Awkward is your secret weapon for skyrocketing teamwork, speaking up boldly and effectively, and strengthening your adversity muscle.

Good Awkward helps you unlock your highest level of power and influence to navigate the world around you. Audiences will leave feeling more confident, equipped to build stronger teams, and ready to lead to their highest potential, all wrapped in the laughter and relatability her audiences can’t get enough of.

After this keynote, you’ll be able to:

Pinpoint the exact reason it’s been difficult to take risks and embrace change – and how to move past it

Use deliberate discomfort and strategic microstressors to rebuild our social and risk-taking muscles

Create a custom plan for collaborating, speaking up, sharing ideas, and being brave and change-ready whenever the chance arises

Call or text Neal at (720) 498 -3275 or email neal@infinitespeakers.com to place a calendar hold or book Henna for your upcoming conference today.