Judi Holler
Keynote Speaker | Self-Expression, Self-Leadership, Confidence, and Discovering How to Bring Our Best, Most Creative, and Most Engaged Selves to Work | Bestselling Author | Improviser
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Energetic, Entertaining, Self-Leadership Expert | Second City Conservatory Alum | Reframing Fear into Confidence | Bestselling Author | Poetic Voice
Judi Holler is a fire starter and energy shifter on a mission to ignite self-leadership and confidence in every individual. Drawing from her electrifying spontaneity as an alumnus of Second City’s Conservatory in Chicago, a 15-year award-winning career in hospitality sales and marketing, and a very cool twist with spoken word poetry, Judi packs her keynotes with business acumen and creativity that will awaken the spirit of every individual to cultivate confidence and rise as leaders, no matter their role.
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In a world where untapped potential often lies dormant, Judi Holler is on a mission to empower people to lead themselves, face fear, and discover how to bring thier best, most authentic, creative, and engaged selves to work—even in uncertain times. Her keynotes are a call to action, inspiring leaders and teams to align organizational accountability with individual authenticity.
Drawing from her electrifying spontaneity as an alumnus of Second City’s Conservatory in Chicago and a 15-year award-winning career in hospitality sales and marketing, Judi packs her keynotes with business acumen and creativity that will awaken the spirit of every individual to face their fear and rise as leaders, no matter their role.
For 25+ years, Judi has been smashing through glass ceilings, whether in her earlier years as an executive in the meetings and events space or in the past 10, where she has built a thriving enterprise encompassing a successful keynote speaking business, a top 1% podcast on iTunes, and a bestselling book. Her work has garnered praise from Forbes and Success Magazine, attracting clients like Four Seasons, Ford Motor Company, Marriott, Bank of America, T-Mobile, Avon, Calendly, The Boston Red Sox, The Ritz Carlton, and more.
Her bestselling book, Fear Is My Homeboy®, delivers a powerful message: stop letting fear boss you around and start leveling up personally and professionally. By shutting down self-doubt, you can harness the transformative power of proactive action and build a life and career that truly reflects who you are.
Off stage, you can catch Judi working on her next book (dropping 2025), building the HOLLAverse, mixing up a mean Cadillac margarita, laughing at her golf game, and jamming to 90’s hip hop like it’s still the golden era. Judi lives in Scottsdale, Arizona, with her husband, Scott, and their two dogs, Jameson and Tito.
Have you ever started your day ready to conquer it, only to find it quickly going off the rails? This is a common experience for many of today’s leaders as they navigate a myriad of short and long-term challenges. Judi Holler is here to transform that narrative. In her dynamic keynote, she teaches audiences how to “Prepare to be Unprepared,” empowering participants to become adept everyday improvisers in their personal and professional lives.
Drawing from her extensive improv theater background, Judi demonstrates embracing the unexpected and turning unscripted moments into opportunities for confident and resilient action. In a world fixated on outcomes, Judi shifts the focus to cultivating a mindset that drives success regardless of the challenges faced.
Tangible Takeaways:
1. Master the Art of Improvisation: Learn practical techniques to prepare for unpredictability in your daily life.
2. Build Confidence and Resilience: Discover strategies for enhancing your confidence and resilience, both personally and professionally.
3. Adapt to Today’s Challenges: Understand the importance of a new type of resilience and confidence tailored to today’s fast-paced, ever-changing world.
This keynote is designed to energize and entertain, though most importantly, its main mission is to inspire the audience to apply the experimental principles of improv theater to the unscripted stage of everyday life so participants can take more confident action.
Self-leadership is the ongoing process of taking ownership, being accountable, and stepping into action—even when the path isn’t clear. It’s the verb that drives progress. Self-expression is the BE part—a homecoming of authenticity, courage, and charisma that makes you a super-attractor in life.
Together, self-led self-expressionism creates a powerful force that allows you to confidently navigate uncertainty. It’s how you become the verb you want to be in the world.
But self-expression without focus can create chaos, just like structure without expression can feel like a cage. That’s why the HOLLA Model teaches us how to align organizational accountability with individual authenticity so we can bring our best, most creative, and most engaged selves to work.
CORE TAKEAWAYS
By the end of this keynote, attendees will understand how to:
1. Build confidence by learning to trust the engine within yourself.
2. Pinpoint what makes you recognizable, memorable, and impactful.
3. Get unstuck by focusing on what you want to be certain about and setting a clear direction.
4. Activate your charisma and amplify your impact.
5. Move forward confidently and take the first step toward your goals, no matter the circumstances.
This is about being the verb—about living fully in your truth, expressing yourself with confidence and authenticity, and leading your life from that place. Because when you realize that expressionism isn’t exclusive to art and that you are the art, you own your impact
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