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Stellant’s resilience speakers help leaders and teams adapt under pressure, recover from disruption and build sustainable performance. Their expertise spans mindset, well-being, leadership, workplace dynamics and organizational endurance. Explore resilience speakers who can help audiences face uncertainty with greater clarity, confidence and capacity for growth. They are a strong fit for leadership events, team gatherings and organizations seeking grounded guidance on performance, recovery and well-being.

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Susan David
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Susan David

Psychologist, Harvard Medical School

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Alex Budak
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Alex Budak

Faculty, UC Berkeley Haas School of Business

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Ari Wallach
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Ari Wallach

Founder and executive director, Longpath Labs

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Gianpiero Petriglieri
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Gianpiero Petriglieri

Associate Professor of Organisational Behaviour, INSEAD

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Speakers

Resilience Speakers

Susan David

Susan David

Psychologist, Harvard Medical SchoolNo. 1 Wall Street Journal bestselling author of Emotional AgilityThinkers50 honoree and TED speaker

Alex Budak

Alex Budak

Faculty, UC Berkeley Haas School of BusinessAuthor, Becoming a ChangemakerHonoree, Thinkers50 Radar 2026

Ari Wallach

Ari Wallach

Founder and executive director, Longpath LabsHost of PBS's A Brief History of the FutureAuthor of Longpath

Gianpiero Petriglieri

Gianpiero Petriglieri

Associate Professor of Organisational Behaviour, INSEADINSEAD Alumni Professorship in Leadership and DevelopmentNamed Among Thinkers50 World's 50 Most Influential Management Thinkers

Steven Kotler

Steven Kotler

Executive Director, Flow Research CollectiveNew York Times Bestselling Author, The Art of ImpossibleThree-Time Pulitzer Prize Nominee

Johann Hari

Johann Hari

Bestselling author of Stolen Focus and Lost ConnectionsTED Talks viewed nearly 100 million timesExecutive producer, The United States vs. Billie Holiday

Carlos Gutiérrez

Carlos Gutiérrez

Former U.S. Secretary of CommerceFormer Chairman and CEO, Kellogg CompanyCo-Founder and Executive Chairman, EmPath

Morra Aarons-Mele

Morra Aarons-Mele

Harvard Kennedy School executive education instructorAuthor of The Anxious Achiever (2023)LinkedIn Top 10 Voice in Mental Health

Liz Dunn

Liz Dunn

Professor of Psychology, University of British ColumbiaCo-author, Happy Money and Leave the Lights On2019 TED Curator's Pick

Elissa Epel

Elissa Epel

Sarlo-Ekman Endowed Chair in the Study of Human Emotion, University of California, San FranciscoBestselling Author, The Telomere Effect and The Stress PrescriptionMember, National Academy of Medicine

Manfred Kets de Vries

Manfred Kets de Vries

Distinguished Clinical Professor of Leadership Development and Organizational Change, INSEADAuthor or editor of more than 50 booksInternational Leadership Association Lifetime Achievement Award

Jiaying Zhao

Jiaying Zhao

Professor and Canada Research Chair, University of British ColumbiaCo-author, Leave the Lights OnRecipient, 2020 Killam Research Prize

Jennifer Heil

Jennifer Heil

Olympic champion and Guinness World Record holderCEO and Co-Founder, Revvel2026 Team Canada Chef de Mission

Bina Venkataraman

Bina Venkataraman

Senior Lecturer, MIT Program in Science, Technology, and SocietyFormer Editorial Page Editor, The Boston Globe (2019–2022)Author, The Optimist's Telescope

Desmond Patton

Desmond Patton

31st Penn Integrates Knowledge University Professor, University of PennsylvaniaFounding director, SAFElabMember, National Academy of Medicine

Kelly Peters

Kelly Peters

Global Behavioural Economics Leader and Partner, DeloitteCo-founder and founding CEO, BEworksLifetime Achievement Award, Consulting Magazine, 2022

Lynn Perry Wooten

Lynn Perry Wooten

President, Simmons UniversityCo-Author, The Prepared Leader and Arrive and ThriveNamed "Next Generation Business Thinker" by Financial Times

Tova Friedman

Tova Friedman

One of the youngest living survivors of AuschwitzNew York Times bestselling author, The Daughter of AuschwitzHolocaust educator with more than 500,000 TikTok followers

Books

Books on Resilience

The Atypical Achiever: Leading and Thriving When You're Wired Differently cover

Morra Aarons-Mele

The Atypical Achiever: Leading and Thriving When You're Wired Differently

Sheer Will: Learning To Lead When There Is No Path cover

Carlos Gutiérrez

Sheer Will: Learning To Lead When There Is No Path

Leave the Lights On: How Joyful Decisions Can Save Our Species cover

Jiaying Zhao, Liz Dunn

Leave the Lights On: How Joyful Decisions Can Save Our Species

HBR's 10 Must Reads on Emotional Intelligence, Updated and Expanded cover

Susan David

HBR's 10 Must Reads on Emotional Intelligence, Updated and Expanded

The Anxious Achiever: Turn Your Biggest Fears into Your Leadership Superpower cover

Morra Aarons-Mele

The Anxious Achiever: Turn Your Biggest Fears into Your Leadership Superpower

The Prepared Leader: Emerge from Any Crisis More Resilient Than Before cover

Lynn Perry Wooten

The Prepared Leader: Emerge from Any Crisis More Resilient Than Before

Becoming a Changemaker: Transform Your Career, Your Community, and the World cover

Alex Budak

Becoming a Changemaker: Transform Your Career, Your Community, and the World

Stolen Focus: Why You Can’t Pay Attention -- and How to Think Deeply Again cover

Johann Hari

Stolen Focus: Why You Can’t Pay Attention -- and How to Think Deeply Again

Longpath: Becoming the Great Ancestors Our Future Needs - An Antidote for Short-Termism cover

Ari Wallach

Longpath: Becoming the Great Ancestors Our Future Needs - An Antidote for Short-Termism

The Optimist's Telescope: Thinking Ahead in a Reckless Age cover

Bina Venkataraman

The Optimist's Telescope: Thinking Ahead in a Reckless Age

HBR Emotional Intelligence Boxed Set cover

Susan David

HBR Emotional Intelligence Boxed Set

Lost Connections: Uncovering the Real Causes of Depression – and the Unexpected Solutions cover

Johann Hari

Lost Connections: Uncovering the Real Causes of Depression – and the Unexpected Solutions

Keynotes

Conversations on Resilience

Susan David

Is My Response Serving the Leader I Want to Be with Abilio Diniz

  1. Susan DavidIs My Response Serving the Leader I Want to Be with Abilio Diniz
  2. Gianpiero PetriglieriWhat makes human beings human? | Gianpiero Petriglieri
  3. Susan DavidSusan David Speakers Reel
  4. Susan DavidThe gift and power of emotional courage | Susan David
  5. Steven KotlerHow to Train Your Nervous System for Optimal Performance (Video)
  6. Abigail MarshThe Science of Resilience: Lessons From the Experts of Limitless: Live Better Now
  7. Tova FriedmanNurturing Hope From Great Adversity w/ Tova Friedman
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