Kasi Lacey
Ph.D.
MO, USDr. Kasi Lacey is a psychologist and keynote speaker who helps leaders build confidence, prevent burnout, and create psychologically safe workplaces. Her engaging, practical keynotes deliver brain based insights and tools audiences can use immediately.
Dr. Kasi Lacey is a nationally sought-after keynote speaker, psychologist, and executive and leadership coach who helps organizations build confident leaders and thriving, high-performing teams by applying psychology in the workplace.
Organizations and conferences hire Dr. Lacey because she brings clarity to the human side of leadership. She helps leaders understand how the brain drives confidence, communication, burnout, and performance and shows them how to apply those insights in practical, sustainable ways that improve culture and results.
With over 15 years of experience in executive leadership, higher education, and organizational development, Dr. Lacey brings a rare and powerful blend of real-world leadership experience and deep psychological expertise to the stage. She is the former Vice President and Dean of Student Life, where she served on the executive cabinet, reported to a Board of Trustees, co-led strategic initiatives, and played a key role in advancing diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts. Her career also includes extensive experience working with non-profits, corporate leaders, financial institutions, and mission-driven organizations.
Dr. Lacey is the Founder and CEO of H and L Legacy Consulting, where she partners with organizations, associations, and leadership teams to address some of today’s most pressing workplace challenges, including burnout, lack of confidence, disengagement, ineffective communication, and psychologically unsafe cultures. Her work is grounded in research, psychology, and lived leadership experience, making her insights both credible and deeply relatable.
What sets Dr. Lacey apart as a speaker is her ability to translate complex psychological concepts into practical, actionable strategies leaders can immediately apply. Her keynotes are engaging, conversational, and often fun, while still being deeply informed and evidence-based. She blends storytelling, research, and interactive moments that leave audiences feeling seen, empowered, and equipped to lead differently.
Audiences do not leave with abstract ideas. They walk away with clear insights into why people behave the way they do at work, tools to build confidence and psychological safety, strategies to prevent burnout, and language they can use immediately to communicate more effectively and lead with clarity. Organizations also gain access to Dr. Lacey’s Confidence Collection, a curated set of psychology-based tools and resources designed to extend learning beyond the event and support lasting change.
Over the past year alone, Dr. Lacey has delivered more than 36 speaking engagements for corporations, chambers of commerce, associations, leadership conferences, and executive teams across the country. Her most requested topics focus on psychology in the workplace, including confidence, psychological safety, burnout prevention, emotional intelligence, communication, and building resilient leadership cultures.
In Spring 2026, Dr. Lacey will release her first book, Your Confidence Come Back: The Psychology of Reclaiming Your Power of Voice and Leadership. The book draws on her professional expertise, research, and personal leadership journey to help leaders rebuild self-trust, speak with confidence, and lead with authenticity in today’s complex and demanding work environments.
Dr. Lacey is especially known for her work supporting women leaders and high-achieving professionals navigating high-pressure roles, visibility, and responsibility. Her mission is to help leaders reclaim their voice, trust their expertise, and lead with confidence in ways that create sustainable success for both people and organizations.
When organizations book Dr. Kasi Lacey, they gain more than a keynote speaker. They gain a trusted expert who understands leadership from the inside out, delivers meaningful value on stage, and is confident, prepared, and genuinely easy to work with. Dr. Lacey prides herself on building lasting relationships with event planners, organizations, and businesses and partnering in a way that ensures every event is impactful, seamless, and successful.
Dr. Kasi Lacey is a nationally sought-after keynote speaker, psychologist, and executive and leadership coach who helps organizations build confident leaders and thriving, high-performing teams by applying psychology in the workplace.
Organizations and conferences hire Dr. Lacey because she brings clarity to the human side of leadership. She helps leaders understand how the brain drives confidence, communication, burnout, and performance and shows them how to apply those insights in practical, sustainable ways that improve culture and results.
With over 15 years of experience in executive leadership, higher education, and organizational development, Dr. Lacey brings a rare and powerful blend of real-world leadership experience and deep psychological expertise to the stage. She is the former Vice President and Dean of Student Life, where she served on the executive cabinet, reported to a Board of Trustees, co-led strategic initiatives, and played a key role in advancing diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts. Her career also includes extensive experience working with non-profits, corporate leaders, financial institutions, and mission-driven organizations.
Dr. Lacey is the Founder and CEO of H and L Legacy Consulting, where she partners with organizations, associations, and leadership teams to address some of today’s most pressing workplace challenges, including burnout, lack of confidence, disengagement, ineffective communication, and psychologically unsafe cultures. Her work is grounded in research, psychology, and lived leadership experience, making her insights both credible and deeply relatable.
What sets Dr. Lacey apart as a speaker is her ability to translate complex psychological concepts into practical, actionable strategies leaders can immediately apply. Her keynotes are engaging, conversational, and often fun, while still being deeply informed and evidence-based. She blends storytelling, research, and interactive moments that leave audiences feeling seen, empowered, and equipped to lead differently.
Audiences do not leave with abstract ideas. They walk away with clear insights into why people behave the way they do at work, tools to build confidence and psychological safety, strategies to prevent burnout, and language they can use immediately to communicate more effectively and lead with clarity. Organizations also gain access to Dr. Lacey’s Confidence Collection, a curated set of psychology-based tools and resources designed to extend learning beyond the event and support lasting change.
Over the past year alone, Dr. Lacey has delivered more than 36 speaking engagements for corporations, chambers of commerce, associations, leadership conferences, and executive teams across the country. Her most requested topics focus on psychology in the workplace, including confidence, psychological safety, burnout prevention, emotional intelligence, communication, and building resilient leadership cultures.
In Spring 2026, Dr. Lacey will release her first book, Your Confidence Come Back: The Psychology of Reclaiming Your Power of Voice and Leadership. The book draws on her professional expertise, research, and personal leadership journey to help leaders rebuild self-trust, speak with confidence, and lead with authenticity in today’s complex and demanding work environments.
Dr. Lacey is especially known for her work supporting women leaders and high-achieving professionals navigating high-pressure roles, visibility, and responsibility. Her mission is to help leaders reclaim their voice, trust their expertise, and lead with confidence in ways that create sustainable success for both people and organizations.
When organizations book Dr. Kasi Lacey, they gain more than a keynote speaker. They gain a trusted expert who understands leadership from the inside out, delivers meaningful value on stage, and is confident, prepared, and genuinely easy to work with. Dr. Lacey prides herself on building lasting relationships with event planners, organizations, and businesses and partnering in a way that ensures every event is impactful, seamless, and successful.
The Confidence Gap at Work: What It Costs Organizations and How to Fix It
Confidence isn’t a personality trait; it’s a performance driver. When capable employees hesitate to speak up, delay decisions, or over-prepare out of fear of getting it wrong, organizations pay the price through slowed execution, missed opportunities, and disengagement. In this keynote, Dr. Kasi Lacey breaks down the psychology behind the confidence gap at work and why high-performing teams still struggle with self-doubt, imposter syndrome, and perfectionism. Using research-backed insights...
Safe to Speak, Ready to Perform: Why People Don’t Speak Up at Work and How Psychological Safety Drives Results
Silence at work is rarely about lack of engagement; it’s a survival response. In environments shaped by stress, hierarchy, and past consequences for speaking up, employees learn when it’s safer to stay quiet. In this keynote, Dr. Kasi Lacey explores the psychology behind workplace silence and why psychological safety is not a “nice-to-have,” but a critical driver of performance, innovation, and accountability. Leaders gain a clear understanding of how culture, power dynamics, and everyday...
Work Shouldn’t Feel Like a Bad Situationship: Burnout, Boundaries, and Building Sustainable Teams
Too many workplaces operate like unhealthy relationships, with high expectations, unclear boundaries, and the belief that exhaustion equals commitment. Burnout isn’t a personal weakness; it’s a predictable outcome of unclear expectations, chronic overwork, and boundary breakdowns. In this keynote, Dr. Kasi Lacey challenges the belief that exhaustion equals commitment and reframes burnout as a leadership and systems issue. She explores the psychology of people-pleasing, over-responsibility,...
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