Keynotes • Leadership Advisory • Burnout Strategy

Burnout is data. Not a personal failure.

Burnout shows up when there’s a persistent mismatch between people, roles, expectations, and systems. BurnBOLD™ helps organizations find those mismatches, fix the friction, and build sustainable performance.

Led by keynote speaker and burnout strategist Cait Donovan, this work turns burnout from a liability into a strategic signal that improves productivity, retention, and leadership effectiveness. No blame. No hustle theater. Just clearer alignment and better outcomes.

  • Surface the mismatches draining focus, energy, and profitability
  • Align workload, expectations, and decision-making to real capacity
  • Replace quiet overextension with operating norms that support delivery
  • Reduce burnout without putting the burden back on individuals
FRIED: The Burnout Podcast (Top 1%)
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What We Do

Speaking & Advisory

Keynotes, leadership workshops, and advisory to help organizations reduce burnout by improving the match between people, roles, expectations, and systems.

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Podcast & Resources

FRIED: The Burnout Podcast and practical tools for leaders who want clear language and next steps that hold up in real life.

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BurnBOLD™ Through Speaking & Advisory Work

 
 

Sessions your people actually want to attend

Stress and burnout are costing you productivity, retention, and engagement. Most talks recycle the same three tips (gratitude, saying no, and breathing)—you’ve tried them, your team has too, and nothing sticks.

Cait’s BurnBOLD™ approach is different: engaging, evidence-informed, and designed for true behavior change. Your people leave energized, aligned, and ready to lead differently.

  • Real, relatable, and profoundly human 
  • Neuroscience foundation with an ancient wisdom twist
  • Blameless and yet still creates accountability

BurnBOLD™ Through Podcasts and Resources

FRIED: The Burnout Podcast

FRIED: The Burnout Podcast — a free resource from BurnBOLD™ helping purpose-driven humans recover, lead, and live differently.

  • 1%
    Top globally
  • 15K+
    Monthly listeners
  • 85+
    Countries

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What People Are Saying

“This was a speech that I will take with me for the rest of my life.”

Conference Attendee

Resentment Is Your Superpower

“Please get her to do your session — she is so good.”

Event Attendee

Dismantling Burnout

“I had no idea what was happening until I found FRIED and realized I was in deep burnout. I was frozen and desperate. Thank you for starting me on the road to retaking my life.”

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FRIED: The Burnout Podcast

End burnout culture, boldly.

BurnBOLD™ is a burnout consultancy led by keynote speaker Cait Donovan. Human-forward, outcome-focused, and blame-free work for organizations that want sustainable performance without relying on quiet overextension.