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Helping Leaders Communicate with Confidence, Clarity, and Authority.
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"We selected Christiane as our TEDx kick-off talk. Top-notch. Consummate professional. She reflects the TED ethos: ideas change everything."
Jen Oliver — Executive Producer, TEDxFolsom
"Joy. Impeccable storytelling. Goodness, wisdom, humor. That is Christiane."
Kirsten Rudberg — Author, Podcaster, Screenwriter
"Like sitting in the middle of a motivational master class. Calm, grounded, but full of energy and truth. Her ability to turn fear into something functional is rare."
Maurice Chism — Certified Business CoachWhat Your Audience Walks Away With
Keynote Takeaways
Clarity
Decide faster. Lead with calm.
Confidence
Authority without burnout.
Momentum
Small steps. Lasting change.
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Three Talks. One Throughline.
Small Steps, Big Momentum
Why Leaders Stall in Times of Change, and How to Move Anyway
Grounded in behavioral economics, this keynote uses the Petite Practice® framework to close the gap between knowing what to do and actually doing it.
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Own the Room
How to Communicate with Confidence When the Stakes Are High
For leaders who need to speak up, push back, and lead high-stakes conversations without losing presence, clarity, or command of the room.
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The Quiet Authority
Why the Loudest Woman in the Room Is Rarely the Most Powerful
For women in leadership ready to build real influence through clarity and conviction, not volume. Drawing on the H.O.M.E. framework.
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The Science Behind Small Steps
Petite Practice® isn't a theory. It's built on 20+ years of peer-reviewed research in behavioral economics and decision science, cited over 700 times.
Featured in Journal of Health Economics · Health Economics · PLOS One
Meet Dr. Christiane
Lead with Clarity
[kris-tee-AH-nuh]
I help leaders find clarity when everything feels urgent, then turn it into momentum that actually lasts.
I'm a TEDx speaker, leadership strategist, bestselling author, and professor. For 20+ years I've stood in front of rooms of every kind: lecture halls, boardrooms, conference stages. My work blends peer-reviewed research with something rarer on a keynote stage: tools people can use on Monday morning.
It all runs on one idea. Petite Practice® is the belief that big change comes from small, repeatable steps.
— Dr. Christiane
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From intimate executive retreats to 500+ keynote audiences.
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Healthcare
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