Stacy Winsett

What if the very experiences that helped you survive are now limiting your ability to lead? In From Ashes to Influence, leadership author and executive Stacy Winsett shares a powerful framework for recognizing how adversity shapes leadership behaviors—and how leaders can intentionally move beyond survival mode into stewardship-driven influence. Drawing from a remarkable personal journey marked by hardship, resilience, and professional success, Stacy demonstrates how many leaders unknowingly operate from patterns developed during difficult life experiences. While those behaviors may have once been necessary for survival, they can create barriers to trust, delegation, emotional health, and organizational growth.

Through compelling storytelling, practical leadership insights, and actionable strategies, audiences learn how to transform fear-based leadership into courageous, people-centered stewardship.

This keynote is ideal for leaders, executives, managers, emerging leaders, HR professionals, and organizations seeking to build healthier cultures, stronger teams, and more sustainable leadership practices.

Key Themes • Resilience and Leadership • Courageous Leadership • Stewardship-Based Leadership • Psychological Safety • Burnout Prevention • Emotional Intelligence • Trust and Team Culture • Personal Transformation • Leadership Development