Facilitating and Speaking

Elevate Well-being 

Dr. O’Grady is an expert in revolutionizing self-care through coaching. She empowers individuals and groups of all backgrounds – from universities and corporations to houses of worship and nonprofits – with her engaging workshops,  customized curriculum design, and facilitation.   

Sought-After Speaker and Facilitator For:

Elevate Well-being 

Dr. O’Grady is an expert in revolutionizing self-care through coaching. She empowers individuals and groups of all backgrounds – from universities and corporations to houses of worship and nonprofits – with her engaging workshops, customized curriculum design, and facilitation.  

Sought-After Speaker and Facilitator For:

speaking

Facilitation

Immersion workshops/retreats/off-sites/pre-post conference. Sessions are customizable 2 hours to multiple days

Ignite Innovation and Cultivate Wellbeing at Work

Promoting wellbeing at work is a core leadership tenet. It requires resourcing ourselves first, then having open, trusting dialogue with the people with whom we work.   Eileen specializes in utilizing Liberating Structures – a collection of 33 practical methods to engage everyone and liberate groups from constraining patterns and stale thinking. Sometimes the best ideas come from unexpected sources and Eileen knows how to unleash a group and prevent some to dominate or engage in unproductive behaviors. No numbing PowerPoint:  these meetings are anything but boring and clarity emerges rapidly.

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Eileen works with organizations (inside and outside of health care) ready to embrace change, ramp up productivity, prioritize wellbeing, and cultivate a more enjoyable work environment. Because we spend a significant portion of our lives at work – why not make it an experience we truly enjoy? We can stop blaming leaders or each other for failures, create highly accountable teams and encourage people to invest in their own future.

Through customized approaches tailored to each organization’s needs, space is created for good ideas to germinate, and everyone gets liberated from boring meetings.  Eileen bravely facilitates thought-provoking discussions such as:

  • What would workplace wellbeing norms look like in our organization?
  • How can we become a highly adaptable team?
  • How do we construct high-accountability individually and collectively? 
  • What processes degrade our culture, and how can we improve them?
  • How can we enhance communication, foster civility, and have more fun?
  • What do we need to learn or unlearn to conquer our most pressing challenges?
  • What level of trust do we have, and how could it be improved?
  • What programs or services do we need to stop offering and what has more potential?
  • How do we know when agreements are made, and do we keep them?
  • What could we do to reduce the digital deluge/ and run better meetings?
  • I want her to come every week! I could have talked with her for hours!

    The message was so timely and necessary. I love what she had to say because work-life balance has been such a major concern for me. This was the most useful and applicable seminar we’ve had in the program.

    She was a dynamic speaker so she kept me engaged throughout.

    I liked how Dr. O’Grady reminded us to find balance in our lives, how to de-stress, and that it is OK to take care of yourself first.

    Eileen seemed to care that what she said mattered to us.

    Seminar attendees at the George Washington University School of Nursing
  • Eileen O’Grady provided invaluable, inspirational info – data that shows ethical imperative in self care.

    We need more of Eileen O’Grady, she is exceptional.

    Most beneficial part of the summit: Eileen’s talk. Great wisdom in “coaching” patients to change behaviors. How to engage our patients to promote change.

    I found Eileen O’Grady’s presentation to be especially intriguing. She was incredible/inspirational.

    Dr. O’Grady provided thought-provoking ideas to integrate in my current practice.

    Attendees at the Bon Secours Health System, Advanced Practice Summit in Richmond Virginia
  • Dr. O’Grady presented an interactive lecture for faculty and community members. I looked at my watch to see how much time remained we had because it seemed like it was the middle of her lecture. To my surprise, it was time for it to be over. The audience was still completely engaged. A week later, I continue to hear tidbits from the lecture about life changing activities. Personally, my take home was, “self-care is not selfishness.”

    Dr. Marlene Huff
    Dean and Director, School of Nursing, The University of Akron

Unleash Your Team's Potential: Prioritize Workplace Wellbeing

Pursuing workplace wellbeing is a worthy endeavor.

Invite Eileen to facilitate your organization’s journey towards a more liberated, innovative, and enjoyable work culture. Ignite change, uplift wellbeing, and experience the power of Liberating Structures and Eileen’s facilitation methods.

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    Wellbeing Solutions for Your Organization

    Eileen uses an evidence-based approach  and offers lively, relatable examples to create customized in-person and virtual keynotes/endnotes, pre or post event sessions and workshops for your conference on a range of wellbeing topics.  

    Topic examples:

    • How to Preserve your Sanity in Modern Healthcare (or any industry)
    • Leadership and the Promotion of Wellbeing
    • Elevate your Conversations: Coaching Principles
    • Become the CEO of your Whole Life
    • Habit Science: Unlocking Self-Mastery
    • Living your Priorities: Not Somebody Else’s
    • The Power of NO: Setting Healthy Boundaries
    • Growing Wise, Not Just Old
    • Health, Wellness, and Resilience
    • Choosing Wellness Whatever Life Throws
    • Navigating Tricky Relationships with Emotional Intelligence
    • Eileen was fantastic! Great message, delivered clearly and effectively. Eileen is a terrific speaker with an important message.

      Excellent presentation. Nice to take a few minutes to think about life, etc. Great table talk as well. People were really engaged and Eileen is very genuine.

      Dr. O’Grady provided excellent take aways and relevant to all. This for me was all about PERSONAL development, but useful and wonderful. She is a fantastic session leader.

      Attendees at the Annual ASAE Convention in Detroit
    • Eileen is an amazing speaker and gifted clinician. To be honest, I didn’t find the quality of many of the sessions I attended to be what I expected, but Eileen is consistently fresh and inspiring.

      Great session from a generous soul.
      Outstanding….real life interventions that we can implement immediately!

      Attendees at the National Nurse Practitioner Symposium Keystone Colorado
    • Long term, hearing Dr. O’Grady’s talk on Fierce Conversations may be one of the most useful talks I have ever attended.

      I would go to any class she teaches- she has the right mindset on wellness and health.

      She is an outstanding presenter, packed with wisdom and pearls, very engaging.

      Attendees of the National Conference for Nurse Practitioners, in Nashville
    • Loved her sense of humor and the way she broke up a set of complex issues into a manageable method of changing behavior, setting goals, etc…

      Really appreciated her presentation style. I loved that it was interactive and lively. She gave us a lot to think about..

      Loved the list of books and websites for follow up….

      Attendees at the American Society of Association Executives , (ASAE) Luncheon series
    • A scintillating expert in her field, a fantastic, engaging speaker who reframed wellness in a new way for me. I left ready to make changes in my life.


      A very inspiring speaker- It is unusual to have the keynote speaker bring the “total package” of knowledge, wisdom and inspiration.

      Attendees at the 27th Annual Nurse Practitioner conference, NY
    • The energy and optimism that Dr. O’Grady brought to the topic of life transitions was outstanding, and very much appreciated. Like a breath of fresh air! She was the most dynamic speaker at the conference, Fabulous! Came away all fired-up and feeling fresh about launching my new business venture. Thanks so much for the inspiration.

      Eileen is a most engaging speaker. She is innovative and creative in her thinking. I really liked her ideas and can see how she guides lots of people to maximize their potential and live a productive life.

      Attendees at The End-of-Life Care Institute, The George Washington University
    • Dr. O’Grady is an amazing speaker and I want to hear more of her. She is inspiring and has a way of connecting ideas that made me think about my own life and how I neglect areas of my life that are important to me.

      She is a very strong public speaker with her own unique, stimulating and very edgy way. I would come back to this conference just to hear her again

      Attendees at the Nurse Practitioner Symposium at Copper Mountain after the Keynote presentation

    Interested in bringing Eileen to speak at one of your events?

    Via engaging activities and insightful dialogue, Eileen guides teams to explore new perspectives, identify opportunities, and develop actionable strategies for positive transformation.