‘Work now, live later’ is the narrative you grew up with. The legacy of struggle you were supposed to take in stride meant that work wasn’t supposed to be joyful.
Alison Miley - Senior Vice President of Communications Services at Notion Strategies
We worked with Kelley on a Fortune 500 C-level leadership offsite event. She took time to deeply understand the audience so she could deliver the most impactful presentation, guide difficult but necessary discussions, and facilitate workshops to help the team evolve their thinking and behaviors. Her approach to inclusive innovation, diversity and belonging was presented in the context of broader corporate goals and strategies, creating the necessary connection between the two for our client. She is truly a powerhouse and is uniquely skilled at moving the needle on helping teams operate with an “inclusive innovation” approach. We could not recommend her enough and look forward to teaming up with her again!
Elizabeth Gouéti - Director of Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging at NetApp
I’ve had the privilege of working with Kelley multiple times to develop strategies to drive equity in large tech organizations. She has the keen ability to leverage data and manage the human side of this work to bring forth success. Through her work, I’ve been able to move the needle in a meaningful way. Kelley makes strategy sexy.
Wellbeing Director at The Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard
Working with [Burn Bright] has been a great experience. They are superb at translating deep expertise in mental health into an engaging and impactful experience for participants. They took the time to understand our organization’s mission-driven, scientific culture. We were able to create multiple workshops that served our community, and I happily referred them to colleagues at other organizations because of the quality of their work.
Tina Fang - Chief Deputy Colorado at the Office of Public Defenders
Working with Kelley is easy and supportive. She has the connections necessary to help build a plan that incorporates many different layers of a strategy. She is flexible and strives to meet the needs of the organization. So far, we have been able to launch a whole cache of resources and she remains in contact for follow-up help and ideas as needed. I highly recommend her.
I found myself in a puddle on the floor, mid-panic attack, 3 years after landing the dream career I worked so hard for. A toxic work environment, the workload of 4 people, and zero managerial support formed pressure cracks in my foundation.
“This is it?” I thought. “This is what success feels like?”
Realizing I physically couldn’t handle the stress any longer, I climbed the C-suite ladder only to be faced with the same bleak reality: every opportunity to move up in my career makes my Quality Of Life go down.
So I walked away from the promotion, and my inherited stories of struggle, and started taking a deeper look at why so many ambitious people burn out.
Impact is possible without exploiting ambition. We’re here to help you build a life that sparks innovation, not another opportunity for you to get burned.
The blame of burnout doesn’t rest squarely on the shoulders of organizations or employees. Dual responsibility will restore our ability to design our own legacy.
By realizing the ways you’ve been betraying yourself, you can opt out of burnout culture, and opt in to success that stokes your flame.
It’s time to build a life of working less and living more.
Success without struggle
Dual Responsibility
Impact with Intention
You can still create impact without working 90 hours a week – or sacrificing your sanity.
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Called “a benchmark in her field” by the Pentagon, Kelley Bonner impacts culture and policy across the globe, evangelizing the way we talk about the cost of burnout in the workplace.
Kelley is a licensed therapist with masters degrees in both social work and criminal justice, and leads a team of HR professionals, positive psychologists, instructional designers, and expert trainers with a combined 25+ advanced degrees and certifications, and collective 120+ years of professional experience.
Kelley served on the Gender Policy Committee for the White House as well as the International Women’s Economic Security Council. Hand-picked by the Biden Administration to assist in developing a national framework for workplace safety and harassment, Kelley is a thought leader in the realm of sexual assault and DEI in the workplace.
She has worked with several federal and international organizations to create safer environments and strategies for violence prevention, including the U.S. Military, Library of Congress, National Academy of Sciences, The United Nations, and NATO. Kelley built the number one behavioral modification program for the New York State men’s prisons to reduce violence through policy development and program evaluation.
