Lead with Resilience. Build Thriving Teams. Drive Lasting Impact.
Leadership today carries immense pressure, from burnout and disengagement to the ongoing challenge of navigating change, creating both emotional and financial strain on leaders and organizations.
At Keane Insights, we help leaders reduce stress, prevent burnout, and transform the way they think, lead, and inspire. Our proven strategies empower executives and teams to thrive under pressure, boost engagement, and build a resilient culture that enhances performance and profitability.
Nicole’s signature Ready-Set-Go™ Framework delivers lasting transformation that drives clarity, resilience, and actionable leadership strategy long after the applause ends.
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Discover your strengths. Design your path. Deliver measurable impact.
What Audiences Gain:
Behind the preparation and applause, Nicole’s framework ensures that every audience walks away:
- Ready to Discover how resilience shows up in their day-to-day so they can lean into it.
- Set to Design their own strategy for leading through stress and uncertainty.
- Go and Deliver concrete outcomes to boost team morale, reduce burnout, and enhance performance over time.
A proven practical roadmap to resilience, for high-performing leaders.
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We provide the knowledge, strategies, and tools for leaders to foster a workplace where:
- Empathy and Accountability drive engagement and trust.
- Innovative Solutions fuel growth and adaptability.
- Resilient Leadership turns challenges into opportunities.
- Teamwork and Purpose create a high-performance culture.
You don’t have to lead alone. Let’s create a workplace where resilience fuels success.
Why Resilience Matters...
85% of leaders report increased team engagement when they adopt resilience-building practices.
89% of direct reports feel more engaged when their leaders implement resilience strategies, improving morale and performance.
40% higher retention rates and improved team morale result from leadership that prioritizes psychological safety, accountability, and long-term success.
The Joyful Leader | Resilience Strategist | Workplace Culture Transformer
Nicole Van Valen, MS, LMFT, SHRM-SCP, is an internationally recognized expert in resilient leadership, burnout prevention, and workforce transformation.
With decades of experience spanning Fortune 500 leadership, executive coaching, and behavioral health, Nicole empowers professionals—from C-suite executives to healthcare leaders—to lead with confidence, clarity, and joy.
Her Ready-Set-Go™ framework and published book The Joyful Leader™ have made her a go-to advisor for organizations aiming to reduce burnout and drive lasting cultural change.
Why Leaders Love Nicole:
- She Gets It: Nicole understands the pressures leaders face because she’s lived them—on both the corporate and clinical frontlines.
- She Brings the Energy: Her engaging, TED-style delivery is matched by her real-world insight, making her sessions feel like transformative conversations.
- She Delivers Results: Nicole’s methods cut turnover, improve engagement, and strengthen leadership pipelines—backed by measurable impact.
If you’re ready to create a resilient, high-performing culture through a joyful, evidence-based approach, Nicole Van Valen is your strategist of choice.
Let’s build a more resilient workforce together.
Why work with us
Are your healthcare facilities facing challenges like:
- Staff burnout and high turnover?
- Lack of professional development and growth opportunities?
- Declining employee engagement and morale?
This is where we come in
At Keane Insights, we understand that maintaining a resilient, engaged workforce is critical to delivering exceptional patient care across multiple facilities. Our tailored solutions empower healthcare leaders to:
- Build Resilient Teams: Equip your staff with tools to manage stress, improve mental well-being, and enhance performance.
- Develop Leadership Excellence: Cultivate a pipeline of talent prepared to take on tomorrow's healthcare challenges.
- Boost Employee Engagement: Foster a culture where your people feel supported, valued, and motivated to excel.
We provide actionable strategies that turn insights into sustainable growth for your organization, making Keane Insights your partner in transforming workplace culture for lasting success.
Keane Insights’ “Executive Coaching” service, spearheaded by Nicole, offers a transformative journey for Leaders, Entrepreneurs, and Companies. This service is particularly tailored for those who aspire to redefine their approach to leadership, development, and service, aiming to thrive amidst the dynamic changes of the modern workplace.
Positive Intelligence Coaching and Consulting: Nicole, a seasoned Resilience Coach and Consultant, brings a unique blend of Positive Intelligence training and Family Therapy expertise to address the root causes of challenges, rather than just the symptoms. This approach is designed to fundamentally transform thought processes and perspectives, thereby enhancing effectiveness and driving towards greater company profitability and a brighter future.
The core of this service is a 6-Week Small Group Program that lays the groundwork for this transformative journey. Participants can expect to see immediate results as they progress through the program. The outcomes of this coaching experience include:
- Building Mental Well-being: Developing a strong foundation to overcome negative emotions like anger, regret, or blame.
- Positive and Clear Mindset: Learning ways to approach challenges with positivity, clarity, and calmness.
- Stress and Burnout Reduction: Gaining effective techniques to diminish stress, alleviate self-doubt, and bolster resilience.
In addition to group sessions, Nicole offers Individual Coaching and Consulting, allowing for a more personalized approach to address specific needs and goals. This executive coaching service is an ideal choice for visionary leaders and organizations seeking to transform their approach to challenges, enhance their leadership skills, and create a sustainable path to success in an ever-changing work environment.
Nicole is an Adept Spiritual Healer and Teacher of the Sacred Merkaba Love Energy Techniques. She helps people learn ways to bring more love into their lives and properly help others. She provides ways to overcome unpleasant experiences and remove emotions of fear, guilt, and regret from the comfort of home through recordings. Nicole provides one-day and two-day spiritual retreats for participants to experience healing for their mind, body, and soul, and to learn how to accomplish more with less time and energy and maintain enlightenment in a chaotic world.
Our Spiritual Healings and Teachings are given by Nicole, an Adept Spiritual Healer and Teacher of the Sacred Merkaba Love Energy Techniques. She helps people learn ways to bring more love into their lives and properly help others.
Discover the teachings of the Sacred Merkaba Beginners Love Energy Techniques through recordings in the comfort of your home. Learn ways to overcome unpleasant experiences and remove emotions of fear, guilt, and regret.
Attend our one-day and two-day spiritual retreats for participants to experience healing for their mind, body, and soul, and to learn how to accomplish more with less time and energy and maintain enlightenment in a chaotic world. You will have the opportunity to advance from these beginner classes to become a healer and teacher. Read more here (Link to https://www.merkaba.org/
Our Keynote Presentations, given by Nicole Van Valen, encompass three transformative topics aimed at fostering workplace resilience, mentorship, and a healthier work environment.
Resilience Rockstar: Grow, Navigate, and Thrive at Work: In today’s rapidly evolving work world, employees find themselves immersed in the pressures of the modern workplace, often unsure how to navigate the constant changes. Juggling work and personal demands for their time, energy, and attention, individuals face heightened levels of stress and burnout. Exhaustion should never be a prerequisite for success. With a focus on empowering you to conquer the challenges of the everchanging workplace, this keynote presentation is divided into three core areas: Discover, Design, Deliver. In Discover, Nicole uncovers the essential elements of developing a resilient mindset. Design equips you with invaluable insights to comprehend the dynamic landscape of work. Finally, in Deliver, we delve into the emotional aspect, arming you with the tools and confidence necessary to cultivate and enhance your resilience.
Mentor Magic: Unleashing the Power of Mentorship: You will discover how having a mentor can be a powerful steppingstone towards advancing careers. Nicole inspires participants to embrace mentorship, unlocking their full potential. By tapping into the vast reservoir of experience, wisdom, and guidance that a mentor provides, attendees will gain the confidence and skills needed to overcome challenges and seize opportunities for professional development. By investing in mentor-mentee relationships, professionals can propel their careers forward, nurture their leadership acumen, and successfully navigate the complexities and landscape of the modern workplace. Together, they will build a stronger organization, rooted in a culture of collaboration, support, and collective success.
Harmonious Leader: Generational Succession with Heart not Hardship: Having a strategy is a critical part of increasing employee engagement, creating a corporate culture of inclusion and connection to your organization’s mission, opening opportunities for talent development. With employees dreading going to work, not feeling safe voicing their work-related opinions, and not feeling respected or valued and thinking about leaving their organization, leadership plays a vital role in developing their employees. This forward-thinking presentation delves into the art of effective succession planning in today’s multi-generational workplace. With an emphasize on the importance of preparing for leadership transitions, ensuring that organizations remain robust and agile in the face of change, Nicole highlights the need for recognizing and harnessing the unique strengths and perspectives of different generations, from the experienced Silent Generation and Baby Boomers to the dynamic Millennials and Gen Z.
Each of these presentations by Nicole is designed to address contemporary challenges in the workplace, providing actionable insights and strategies to enhance both individual and organizational performance.
Keane Insights presents the “Keane Coach” program, an innovative ‘Train the Trainer’ initiative designed to equip aspiring coaches with the unique methodologies and principles that are the hallmark of Keane Insights’ coaching philosophy. This program aims to create a network of empowered, knowledgeable coaches who can effectively extend the reach and impact of Keane Insights’ core teachings.
Creating a New Generation of Coaches: The Keane Coach program is specifically tailored for individuals passionate about coaching and eager to integrate Keane Insights’ distinct approach into their practice. This program is ideal for those who aspire to become professional coaches, empowering them to guide others effectively.
Comprehensive Training and Certification: Participants in the Keane Coach program will undergo a thorough training process that encompasses the key pillars of Keane Insights’ methodology. This includes:
- Deep Understanding of Keane Insights’ Core Principles: Learning the foundational elements of Positive Intelligence Coaching, Resilience Training, and other unique strategies developed by Keane Insights.
- Practical Tools and Resources: Acquiring a toolkit filled with resources, techniques, and strategies to facilitate effective coaching sessions.
- Skill Development for Effective Coaching: Enhancing personal coaching skills to ensure participants can deliver impactful and transformative coaching experiences.
Empowerment to Start a Coaching Career: Graduates of the Keane Coach program will be fully equipped to embark on their coaching careers, using the tools and techniques learned to foster positive change in their clients’ lives. They will have the skills to handle various coaching scenarios, from individual personal development to executive leadership coaching.
Building a Community of Coaches: Beyond individual skills, the program fosters a sense of community among participants, enabling them to be part of a network of Keane Coaches. This network will provide ongoing support, resources, and collaboration opportunities, ensuring continuous growth and development in their coaching journey.
The Keane Coach program offers a unique opportunity for individuals to not only develop as professional coaches but to also become ambassadors of Keane Insights’ transformative coaching approach, spreading its positive impact further in the world of personal and professional development.
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What Clients Say
“Very insightful and interesting content. Nicole is a fantastic and highly engaging facilitator.”
“Nicole’s presentation during the SHRM session on the Inclusive Workplace was nothing short of exceptional… Her engaging presentation style made the session both informative and inspiring.”
“Nicole provides a valuable framework for thinking about resilience at work through joy. It’ll help all of us get ready—get set—and GO!”