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Speaking & Media

Don’t book a “speaker”. Bring in the recalibration your audience didn’t know they needed.

The Capacity Gap™

The hidden ceiling holding high-performing women back.

Invisible Pressure. Internal Command

Why elite women feel overextended, and the shifts that restore composure and decisiveness.

Identity Recalibration for High-Visibility Women

Rebuilding the internal architecture required for sustainable expansion.

Do not book a motivational speaker.

Bring in the woman who elevates every leader in the room.
This is not a keynote. This is an intentional disruption for high-performing rooms that want more than insight.

They want permanent upgrades in how they lead, decide, and operate under intensity.

Most speakers aim for applause. I trigger decisions that align with the purpose of your event.

I speak to rooms full of leaders who hold power publicly and pressure privately. Not to expose them, but to shift how they move forward.

I blend clinical depth, strategic clarity, and more than thirty years of speaking experience to deliver talks that create behavioral change, not dopamine hits.

I don’t entertain. I rewire how leaders respond to pressure.

Topics I'm Passionate About

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 Limited availability for 2026.

Strategy and skill are no longer enough to produce exceptional results. Emotional agility is the competitive edge behind elite team execution.

The invisible ceiling of elite performance

Why success eventually outpaces your internal system, and what it takes to expand without collapsing.

Restoring command under pressure

The identity shifts that restore clarity, execution, and capacity when the pressure is unsustainable.

The High-Performer's Paradox

How the strengths that built early success become the patterns that create strain, and how to lead from your current level instead of your old one.

Emotional Agility as a Performance Advantage

I speak in person and virtually for audiences at every level of visibility and influence

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Private client retreats

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Curated Live Events

High-impact podcasts

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Closed-Door  Leadership & Team Summits

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Team intensives

Every experience is tailored to the context and strategic intent of the event. Nothing is prepackaged. Optional follow-up Q&A, private debriefs, and session recordings are available to deepen implementation and retention.

podcasts i've been featured on

Lifeblood (Top .5%)

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Soberful (Top .5%)

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Profit First Nation (Top 1.5%)

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The Ops Authority (Top 1.5%)

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Extraordinary Women Radio (Top 1.5%)

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I've created a playlist of all of my podcast features. Listen here

I’ve been invited to contribute to the thought leadership that shapes how elite women lead, scale, and sustain. These aren't vanity features; each one reflects the caliber of women I work with and the conversations I’m trusted to have.


Featured In the Work of Industry Shapers

I will make this really simple:
Dumb move = Don't hire Kelly Ruta to speak at your event.
Smart move = Hire Kelly Ruta to speak at your event.
Do the smart thing, you will be blown away. We were!

— Mike Michalowicz, #1 Best Selling Author of Profit First

From the moment Kelly stepped onstage, it was obvious she was a powerful woman on a mission and exactly what my community needed. Her presence blends sharp truth, compassion, and connection in a way that challenges audiences to grow and stays with them long after the event. If you’re thinking about bringing her in, do it. Her sessions are genuinely life-changing.

— Laura Wright, CEO, Epic At Sales

Kelly brought a rare mix of fierce passion, clarity, and real expertise to our inaugural conference, inspiring our attendees to take action in both work and life. She delivers tangible, grounded insights woven through real lived experience and no-nonsense teaching that pushes people to their next level. In a world crowded with superficial coaches and mindset talk, Kelly stands out as a true expert and a powerful asset to any event.

— Katy Blevins Calabrese, Founder, Modern Femme Movement