Amanda Gore

Imagine a workplace with empowered leaders, teams, and individuals who are connected through the heart of human interaction—caring, authentic communication. It boosts collaboration, engagement, and well-being in the workplace and beyond.

This keynote explores the art of authentic communication—why it’s vital for personal and professional success, and how to create meaningful connections despite the digital noise.

Drawing on her expertise in neurolinguistics, psychology, human factors and human behavior, Amanda reveals the keys to overcoming the barriers that prevent effective communication, such as fear, insecurity, and uncertainty.

Mastering the skills of non-verbal communication is critical for authentically connecting with others. And it’s not just body language. The unspoken and often unaddressed truth is that business is all about feelings! How people feel at work – about themselves and work really matters. And leaders and cultures are the main drivers of those feelings.

People want to feel recognised, cared for, valued, acknowledged, heard and seen – whether they are clients, team members, leaders, customers, partners or colleagues. Authentic, sensitive communication and connection is the secret to creating a psychologically safe and thriving work culture.

Attendees will leave with practical, science-backed tools to truly connect with others, build trust, foster empathy, handle difficult conversations. grow emotional intelligence, build rapport, and feel confident and comfortable in any conversation

Imagine your organization filled with energized, engaged people who don’t just survive work—they love it. – whether hybrid or in an office.

Amanda doesn’t just speak; she catalyses change, leaving audiences inspired, optimistic, motivated, equipped, and ready to create lasting impact.

This keynote is about how to turn burnout into your organization’s greatest opportunity for growth and equips delegates with the tools and mindset to choose wisely and embrace optimism and a brighter future.

The last few years have taken their toll on everyone! Burnout seems an epidemic. Bathed in uncertainty about everything, our physical, mental, emotional and spiritual wellbeing has been seriously impacted. Many of us are living with fear, unmotivated, anxious, stressed and feeling burnt out.
It’s time to reinforce the value of personal responsibility, connection and joy.

This keynote is geared around the new skills required to rise up out of the exhaustion and fear and rediscover the joy of living. Simple, easy to do activities and ways to change our mindsets and perceptions will help everyone grow their resilience and leave them with an inner compass!

This inner compass will be the way people can navigate their way back to feeling energised and enthusiastic about life again and to help them:

• Rediscover passion, and purpose
• Re-inspire, re-focus and re-store meaning
• Re-ignite confidence and enthusiasm
• Stay sane and even thrive while navigating an uncertain future

And much more!

Imagine leaders and salespeople who inspire trust, teams that connect deeply, and cultures where people aren’t just productive—they’re passionate. Amanda doesn’t deliver ordinary keynotes, she creates experiences; she equips audiences to harness the Real AI within and sparks revolutions in thinking that ripple through entire organizations.

The ultimate human advantage is conscious awareness. Science shows us that 95-99% of the time, we are literally unconscious of our thoughts. This affects every aspect of decision making and how we connect, communicate and feel.

People have not fundamentally changed for a thousand years but science has. The ‘operating system’ of a human is not binary based! It’s more like quantum computing and runs on feelings.

Learn new, neuroscience based practical skills and strategies to re-engage your sales force, leaders or team in a way that leaves everyone feeling recharged and resilient – and find out what the REAL AI is!

Using Amanda’s signature experience creating, humor loaded yet fact filled style, people will walk away thinking differently about sales, leadership and how they interact with others.
Transforming sales results begins with transforming our thinking, perceptions, actions and choices. Knowing precise ways to interact with others to prove that we are competent, trustworthy and safe (a feeling) is required for top performance.

Learn new, science-based ways to:

• Be resilient and keep yourself motivated and enthusiastic
• Elevate emotional intelligence and create psychologically safe spaces where sales, innovation and creativity flourish.
• Discover how self-awareness fuels better decisions, deeper connections, and authentic leadership.
• Develop a modern sales mindset and understand the buyer mindset
• Change the perception of customers
• Listen properly (hardly anyone does)
• Connect non verbally (instantly)
• Establish lifelong relationships (in a short time) that create advocates not just customers

What if the key to skyrocketing productivity, retention and recruitment, innovation, and employee engagement isn’t found in data analytics or the latest tech, but in something profoundly human—JOY?

Picture a workplace buzzing with energy, creativity, and purpose—where people don’t just work harder, they work happier. Amanda doesn’t just deliver a speech; she ignites a movement that transforms mindsets and drives measurable results.

Research shows that joy at work can boost sales by 37%, increase productivity by 31%, reduce errors by 18% and turnover by 51%, and enhance creativity 300%.

Surprisingly, 75% of employees identify their boss as the most stressful part of their job, yet enjoying work is the top factor for both job and life satisfaction.

Companies that prioritize employee happiness and well-being consistently outperform the S&P 500. The impact of joy as a valuable asset in the workplace is undeniable!

This session is designed for team leaders and individuals looking to lead more effectively. Now, more than ever, we must reshape our perspectives and equip ourselves with the skills to navigate the ever-changing “new normal.”

Maintaining team cohesion, motivation, and a sense of purpose is challenging, especially in a world dominated by remote work, burnout, childcare concerns, and physical disconnection. We’re working longer hours, often from home, thinking it’s better, yet missing out on the real human connections that are vital for our well-being.

This keynote is designed to offer strategies for creating a truly engaged and enthusiastic team, fostering meaningful connections, and enhancing overall well-being.

• Harness the Economics of Joy: Understand how joy directly impacts performance, sales, collaboration, and the bottom line
• Specific Skills: How to create a joy filled, inspired, purpose driven, enthusiastic team
• Boost Motivation Through Meaning: Discover practical ways to create a culture where people feel valued, connected, and inspired to excel

Imagine your team energized, connected, and performing at their best—not through pressure, but through purpose and joy. Amanda doesn’t just inspire; she equips audiences with actionable tools that transform organizations from the inside out

This isn’t about fleeting happiness; it’s about harnessing the transformative, measurable power of joy to elevate every facet of your organization. Our brains can be rewired for joy. This session teaches us how.

Everything in business is about feelings. Trust, empathy, confidence, cooperation, collaboration, leadership, responses to change – these are just some of the elements (feelings) that create a great culture, attract and keep great people and build a high functioning team.

This keynote is aimed at helping people feel good about themselves – which improves the way they interact with everyone else – colleagues, clients and family. And helping them create environments where others feel good.

Amanda presents profound concepts, in an entertaining way that:

• Changes people’s perceptions of themselves, others and their work
• Encourages them to take responsibility for themselves, their growth and performance
• Creates an experience that engages and energizes
• Reframes stress and teaches what actually causes the harm – which is what you believe about stress
• Gives them specific strategies to bust stress, be happier, fear less, deal with change, improve performance and communicate and collaborate effectively.

Amanda will blend storytelling with the latest research from epigenetics, emotional intelligence and neuroscience – which will not only show you how to reduce the impact of stress and disruptions, but also how to change your reactions to it permanently!

Mastering the neuroscience of change gives us tools to shift mindsets, break habits, connect and thrive in fast-changing environments.

People with a growth mindset are early adopters of change and embrace it. People with fixed mindsets are terrified of change and resist it at all costs. Imagine a team of growth mindset people who are creative, adaptable, innovative, joyful and love the growth the comes with change. That’s what this keynote creates.

You are not your mindset – but your mindset creates your life!

Understanding mindsets and mindfulness literally changes wiring of your brain and improves performance, leadership, decision making, creativity; flexibility; reduces anxiety, stress, depression and reactivity; increases energy, wellbeing, makes you happier and more likely to embrace change.

This session will show you simple ways to mindful, be more present, more adaptable, more effective, more courageous – and more successful! It will deliver specific skills that will help attendees appreciate and handle change and see the value in it.

Being mindful is about becoming more conscious – and living more consciously – which is one of Amanda’s core themes. Science shows us we are unconscious and most of us are running on habits and patterns of thinking from our past! We don’t even know those patterns are subconsciously programming our present. The capacity to be truly present, in the now moment is a superpower in adapting to change!

The difference between a growth mindset and a fixed one is the difference between successful transitions and those that struggle, a joyful life and a stressed, unhappy one; between a joyful team and a dysfunctional one; a great culture or a toxic one.

Change is perpetual part of our landscape and learning the skills to navigate it and how to develop a growth mindset is possible and critical for future success.

Imagine a team deeply connected, where people genuinely care for and respect each other, go above and beyond, and love coming to work. It’s possible—and the secret isn’t another strategy or tool, but cultivating joyful cultures. It’s the secret to exceptional leadership, resilient, high functioning teams, and skyrocketing performance.

In this dynamic, edutaining session, Amanda Gore transforms perceptions, relationships, and workplace energy. It’s about shifting mindsets to foster personal accountability, enthusiasm, and authentic engagement.

Key takeaways:

• The Science of Joyful Cultures: Discover how joy fuels resilience, collaboration, and high
  performance
• Rewiring Thinking: Learn how unconscious beliefs shape behaviors, relationships, and team dynamics—and how to change them
• Positive Accountability: Embrace personal responsibility for energy, mindset, and
  contribution to the team’s culture.

Culture is like the quantum field—everything and everyone is connected, often unconsciously. 95–99% of our thinking is unconscious, driven by hidden beliefs. These shape our stories, emotions, lives, and nonverbal cues, impacting team dynamics and performance.

This keynote helps attendees:

• Recognize and shift ‘stinkin’ thinkin’ and energy-draining habits.
• Build resilience and psychological safety through conscious choice.
• Create positive, thriving environments where people feel valued and motivated.

Amanda Gore equips your team to take ownership of their mindset, behaviors, and impact—igniting a culture where joy isn’t just felt; it’s the foundation of success.

Attendees will learn skills and have insights into how to change their thinking, their beliefs and how to take responsibility for the way they interact with colleagues and clients, how to build resilience and psychological safety.

In a world where consumers are more disconnected and skeptical than ever, the ability to connect authentically, build trust, and create real influence is what separates top-performing sales professionals from the rest. Selling with Heart delivers simple skills that shift interactions from transactional sales to transformational relationships—where customers don’t just buy from you; they believe in you and are your advocates.

In this keynote, Amanda Gore unpacks the science and psychology of influence, revealing how empathy, emotional intelligence, and nonverbal communication can elevate your ability to engage, inspire, and drive results. Through high-energy storytelling, humor, and actionable strategies, you’ll discover how to:

• Build instant rapport and trust that leads to lasting relationships
• Master the subtle cues of nonverbal influence that helps you understand how others are feeling
• Shift from selling a product to creating value and emotional connection
• Use storytelling and authenticity to make your message memorable
• Cultivate the mindset and energy that attracts success

People don’t buy products—they buy feelings, trust, and connection. This keynote will transform the way you sell, helping you influence with integrity and build a business rooted in loyalty, joy, and genuine human connection.

In a world where feelings drive engagement, trust, and performance, social intelligence is redefining leadership, communication, and workplace success.

We live in a time of rapid change, workplace uncertainty, multigenerational teams, hybrid work, evolving technology, and rising burnout. Yet, many underestimate the greatest driver of engagement, sales, and performance—how people feel at work, about you, and themselves. Beyond empathy and rapport, Social Intelligence (the power of influence vs. the old paradigm—the influence of power) is a competitive edge, redefining how we connect, communicate, and lead. It transforms business, sales, and relationships, helping us navigate work, life, and change more effectively by understanding the emotions and motivations that truly drive human behavior.

Imagine standing in front of a group, presenting at a meeting, or engaging in a one-to-one meeting and feeling confident and calm. This workshop harnesses the magic of non-verbal communication – and gives practical skills on how to inspire, impact and ignite enthusiasm, build rapport and have others follow you!

Public speaking is listed higher than death as a stressor for many people!  Amanda has been an internationally acclaimed speaker for 30 years by continuously studying and upgrading her group dynamic skills! She is one of 4 international speakers inducted into the speaker hall of fame in the USA.

When we speak – there are 2 levels to consider. One is the content which must be relevant, appropriate and interesting. The other – the magic – is the process. The process is the way in which the messages are delivered and it is the ‘difference that makes the difference’.

It’s the magic that makes the content memorable; it creates the experience and the environment that allows people to make the changes they want to. It inspires. It entertains. It is the difference between a speech that has a brilliant impact and a mediocre, forgettable one. Or the difference between a stand out success meeting or interview and not getting the contract/job/sale.

Learn some of this magic and practical skills to increase your influence when you deliver an idea or present; to improve how you deal with challenges and overcome objections non verbally; and to increase your confidence so you actually can enjoy presenting interviewing or interacting – no matter what size group.

Neuroscience is the scientific study of the nervous system, which doesn’t sound relevant to leadership – but as leaders and team members are humans, our nervous systems control pretty much everything in our bodies, so linking the two is important!

A leaders job is three fold:

1. To create an environment in which people can be the best they can be (linked to the nervous system which affects performance, creativity, innovation and happiness)
2. To help people believe in themselves
3. To change people’s behavior (and yes, neuroscience shows us it’s possible)

We might think the nervous system is just the brain – but the heart and stomach have millions of ‘brain’ cells (neurons) in them – so you ‘think’ and feel with your heart and gut as well! All leadership – or sales or customer service or teamwork or culture – is based on feelings. How you feel about yourself… and how you make others feel.

This session blends latest findings in neuroscience, epigenetics, emotional intelligence, positive psychology and some common sense in a really funny way – we promise you will laugh! But wait, there’ s more, it is full of relevant information and skills that will help you be a better leader – whether that role is part of your title or not!

Did you know that new research shows us what we believe about stress decides if our bodies react negatively or not. Our perceptions rule our reality and in part, create our environment. How we think about life balance also determines the physiological and psychological impact.

The Joy Formula is a simple and easy way to review important aspects of our lives and become aware of imbalances that then allows us to make a plan to improve that balance – or at least, make us feel we have a sense of control over our lives!

‘Busy-ness’ is the new ‘disease’ impacting almost everyone. Rushing and having the perception (and reality) of ‘too much to do’ can destroy mental clarity and physical health. Constant social media comparisons and addictions don’t help.

Understanding the 3 possible stress responses and channeling them in the right way changes everything! How we feel, how we respond to those events and how others in turn respond or react.

Amanda will discuss, The Life Pizza which is a simple and easy way to review important aspects of our lives and become aware of imbalances in what areas are most important to us and what areas we put most of our attention on – which then allows us to make a plan to improve that balance. It is also the way to introduce concept of resilience and teach them several ‘resilience strategies’. This is an engaging experience that sends people out of the room laughing and determined to balance their ‘life pizza’.

Amanda has a library full of topics – if you are after a specific topic, she will mix and match her thousands of ‘chunks’ of information to suit your company needs.