Kori Bloom Lauritsen
Whole-Person Leadership. In Every Room.
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Kori Bloom is a high-energy keynote speaker, author, and leadership coach who helps people connect who they are to how they lead at home, at work, and everywhere in between.
Through her signature frameworks Conscious, Not Crazy™, Better, Not Perfect™, and Lead Yourself First™, Kori empowers leaders, educators, and parents to move from reactivity to clarity, from pressure to purpose, and from performance-driven habits to people-centered culture.
Her Whole-Person Leadership approach blends humor, honesty, and real-world tools to help audiences lead themselves first, creating calmer homes, stronger teams, and healthier workplaces.
Kori’s message resonates across corporate, nonprofit, and education settings because it is simple and human: who you are matters more than what you do.
Based in Kansas City, Kori delivers both in-person and virtual presentations nationwide.
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Kori Bloom is a keynote speaker, author, and leadership coach who brings clarity, energy, and real-life perspective to conversations about leadership. She shares relatable stories and practical lessons that help people think differently about how they show up, especially in moments of pressure.
With more than two decades of experience across business, education, and leadership development, Kori works with leaders across organizations, schools, nonprofits, and communities. Her approach is grounded in a simple belief: leadership isn’t situational. We don’t have an on and off switch. We bring the same leader into every room because we lead as one whole person.
Kori guides leaders to strengthen self-leadership, communicate with intention, and build trust in the spaces where they live and work. Her talks are engaging, story-driven, and designed to meet people where they are, offering insights they can immediately apply in their own lives and leadership roles.
Audiences appreciate Kori’s grounded, relatable presence and her ability to turn everyday experiences into meaningful leadership lessons. Whether she is speaking to executives, educators, parents, or community leaders, her message resonates because it reflects a shared human experience.
Kori lives in Kansas with her two children and believes the most powerful leadership lessons aren’t taught. They are lived.
Lead Yourself First™ reframes leadership as a whole-person practice, showing how self-leadership under pressure drives better communication, stronger relationships, and more consistent decision-making at work and at home.
Leadership doesn’t turn on at work and off at home.
Lead Yourself First™ challenges the idea that leadership is situational and instead reframes it as a whole-person practice. Through real-life stories and grounded insight, this keynote shows how self-leadership under pressure is the foundation for better communication, stronger relationships, and more consistent decision-making—at work, at home, and everywhere in between.
This session helps leaders stop giving their power away to circumstances and start leading with clarity, intention, and alignment in every room they enter.
Key Takeaways
Audiences will:
- Understand why self-leadership precedes people leadership
- Learn how stress, triggers, and habits impact leadership behavior
- Identify where they are unintentionally giving their power away
- Practice leading themselves first in moments of pressure and uncertainty
- Walk away with a clearer, more grounded leadership presence
Better, Not Perfect™ helps leaders release perfection-driven pressure and build momentum through progress, clarity, and consistent, imperfect action at work and at home.
Perfection looks productive—but it’s often the biggest barrier to growth.
Better, Not Perfect™ invites leaders to release the pressure of getting it “right” and instead focus on progress, ownership, and intentional action. This keynote explores how perfectionism shows up in leadership, decision-making, communication, and culture—and how choosing better creates momentum, trust, and resilience.
This is a practical, mindset-shifting session for leaders who want to move forward without burning out or waiting until everything feels ready.
Key Takeaways
Audiences will:
- Recognize how perfectionism limits growth and leadership impact
- Shift from outcome-fixated thinking to identity-based growth
- Learn how to take meaningful action without waiting for certainty
- Build confidence through progress instead of performance
- Leave with permission—and tools—to lead imperfectly and effectively
Imagine a Leader invites audiences to rethink leadership through connection, curiosity, and courage, showing how human-centered leadership builds trust, shapes culture, and influences behavior in moments that matter.
What if leadership looked less like control—and more like connection?
Imagine a Leader draws unexpected leadership lessons from education, parenting, and human development to challenge traditional leadership norms. Through powerful stories and lived experience, this keynote invites leaders to rethink how curiosity, emotional awareness, and courage shape trust, culture, and long-term impact.
This session is especially resonant for leaders navigating people challenges, change, and culture-building in today’s complex environments.
Key Takeaways
Audiences will:
- See leadership through a more human, relational lens
- Learn how curiosity builds trust and reduces defensiveness
- Understand the role of emotional safety in growth and performance
- Reflect on how connection influences culture and behavior
- Leave inspired to lead with greater courage, presence, and intention
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