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EVERY ACTION LANDS TWICE

Every action you take lands twice, once on the people around you and once on you. Ashley Rhodes-Courter helps mission-driven teams keep showing up, stay engaged, and reconnect to why their work matters, even when conditions are slow to change.

Best For:
Organizations losing good people to burnout, disengagement, or quiet withdrawal, especially in demanding work where the pressure will not let up.

Key Outcomes:

  • People who re-engage instead of quietly checking out
  • A simple, repeatable way to steady themselves and act under pressure
  • Renewed connection to purpose, ownership, and the work that matters
  • Stronger retention of the people you can least afford to lose

A STORY THAT MOVES PEOPLE TO ACTION

Ashley Rhodes-Courter delivers one of the most authentic keynote experiences audiences will hear, turning lived experience into tools people can use Monday morning.

She is a New York Times and internationally bestselling author of Three Little Words and Three More Words. She spent nearly a decade in foster care as a child, moving through 14 homes, and refused to fall through the cracks. She has spoken everywhere from intimate trainings to a sold-out arena of more than 20,000.

Today, as a licensed clinical social worker and the founder and CEO of the Foundation for Sustainable Families, she understands disengagement from the inside and treats it as a professional. That is the foundation of everything she teaches.

TURNING INSPIRATION INTO REAL-WORLD IMPACT

This is not just a powerful story. It is a message teams can act on.

When people lose their connection to purpose, engagement, performance, and accountability slip with it. Ashley shows why people check out and gives leaders and teams a practical way to bring them back. Her approach is simple: steady yourself, focus on what you can actually control, and take one real next step.

Her message resonates across healthcare, education, government, corporate, and association audiences, anywhere people need to stay engaged through demanding, high-stakes work.

SIGNATURE KEYNOTE: THREE LITTLE WORDS

This keynote is not about hearing a story. It is about seeing your own role in what happens next.

This program helps audiences:

  • Recognize how disengagement creeps in, and how to reverse it
  • Steady themselves and act, even when conditions do not improve
  • Reconnect to purpose and ownership in demanding work
  • Take a simple, repeatable method back to their teams
  • Walk away with three words of their own to act on

IMPACT BEYOND THE STAGE

Ashley does not just inspire in the moment. She leaves people with something that lasts.

A licensed clinical social worker, nonprofit CEO, and L’Oreal Paris Woman of Worth honoree, she pairs real storytelling with the authority to explain why disengagement happens and how re-engagement works.

Her delivery is engaging, thoughtful, warm, and human. She balances a powerful story with practical takeaways.

Testimonials

Thank you for being a part of our event this year.  Your authenticity as a person and inspiring story were truly amazing to witness.  You fully resonated with our audience, kept them engaged and helped make our event a tremendous success.  Thanks for beings a true change agent and setting an example for others to help people who need us in their next chapters.

– Good Days

I was hoping you could pass this email of appreciation on to Ashley. I wanted to thank her again for speaking at our Summit last week. Her presentation was so inspiring, and that hour flew by! The audience soaked it all in and truly hung on every word. It was the perfect way to end an incredible event. We hope to work together again in the future.

– Dave Thomas Foundation

Ashley Rhodes-Courter demonstrated our mission beautifully on stage which touched many of our attendees. Some of which were in tears listening to her story. At the same time she was funny and connected in a way that was a blessing. She took time to speak and take photos after the event with all that wanted to which was very special for our guests.

– Women Helping Women Fund Tri-Cities

Ashley had us from “hello.” Her infectious personality, engaging delivery and true compassion were perfect for our celebration of 20 successful years in child welfare. Over the course of her presentation she had 150 guests alternating between laughter and tears. And she seamlessly tied her journey to Neighbor To Family’s mission of keeping siblings together. She was generous with her time and spirit, remaining behind to chat with guests and listen to one of our many success stories as told by two siblings and what became their “forever family.” I can’t think of a better person to help us mark a milestone in our agency’s history.

– Neighbor To Family

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