Jody Urquhart
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Speaks on:
Change Management
Productivity
Stress Management
Burnout Prevention
Communication
Employee Engagement
Formats:
Keynote
Jody's Bio
Jody Urquhart is a keynote speaker, former stand-up comedian, and the creator of Quietly Disruptive Leadership™—a human-centered approach that helps leaders interrupt stress-driven habits before they turn into disengagement, silence, or culture breakdowns. With over 26 years on stage, Jody works with leaders in healthcare, public service, insurance, and corporate organizations where pressure is high and people matter. Her work focuses on how unconscious stress patterns shape leadership behavior, communication, and trust. Jody is the author of All Work and No Say and Bliss Out, and has appeared in more than 1,000 videos, interviews, podcasts, and media features on leadership, burnout, emotional intelligence, and workplace culture. A former stand-up comedian, she uses humor as a micro-reset—disarming stress so clarity can return. Her keynotes are interactive, practical, and deeply human. As she says, “I don’t use PowerPoint because I’d rather talk with people than at them.”
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Jody Offers the Following Talks
This Would Be Funny… If It Wasn’t Happening to Me!
Interrupt Autopilot Stress Reactions
Reset Listening, Empathy and Language under Pressure
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45 - 90 minutes
How to Speak Human: Make Your Leadership More Relatable
Interrupt Reactive Communication
Learn to stay present in Conflict
Recognize how stress hijacks empathy, listening, and language
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0.75 - 2 hours
CrazyBusy: Relief to Find Immediate Balance in a Fast-Paced World
Recognize how “busy” is often a stress response—not a productivity strategy
Use simple micro-resets to interrupt stress and restore clarity in real time
Lead with calm presence instead of urgency—without getting louder or doing more
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1 - 2.5 hours
The Joy of the Job: Take This Job & Love It
Why Joy in the Job Fades- & Why it's Rarely about the Job
Create meaning through how you Work Not How Much you Work
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1 - 2 hours
Follow Me, I’m Right Behind You! Where Leadership Meets Real Life
How to Influence others without having Authority over them
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1 - 2 hours
CrazyBusy Relief to Find Immediate Balance in a Fast-Paced World
Uncover Personal Patterns that Diminish Your Productivity
Learn simple, in-the-moment micro-resets to interrupt urgency, regain focus, and respond with intention instead of reactivity.
Separate their sense of worth from their workload, so balance comes from clarity and presence—not exhaustion or performance.
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45 - 90 minutes