Jessica Weiss
Happiness Expert
Jessica Weiss is a dynamic happiness strategist and well-being innovation expert who transforms organizations by proving that “happiness, works.” As a workplace wellness architect, she helps companies cultivate thriving cultures that boost productivity, innovation, and bottom-line results. Weiss' engaging presentations blend cutting-edge research with actionable strategies, leaving audiences inspired and equipped to strengthen their “happiness muscle.”
Under $25,000
When organizations want to transform their teams through the power of happiness and create sustainable high performance, they call Jessica Weiss.
Weiss is an internationally renowned keynote speaker, happiness strategist, and workplace performance expert whose upcoming book with Wiley Publishing explores how happiness drives team success. Her research and practical frameworks have revolutionized how organizations think about the connection between happiness and high performance.
Weiss shares groundbreaking insights and actionable strategies to build happier, higher-performing teams at world-class organizations like American Express, Mayo Clinic, JPMorgan Chase, and Pfizer. Her work demonstrates that happiness isn't just a nice-to-have — it's the foundation for innovation, collaboration, and sustained excellence. She has delivered hundreds of keynotes, helping Fortune 500 companies discover how happiness is their competitive advantage.
Her work challenges the traditional notion that success leads to happiness, showing instead that happiness is the key driver of team performance. Through her research-backed, practical approach, she helps organizations build corporate cultures where people perform better because they want to, not because they have to.
Weiss' work has transformed how leading organizations approach team performance and her message is clear: in today's rapidly changing workplace, happiness isn't just about feeling good — it's about delivering extraordinary results.
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The Heart of High Performing Teams: How Happiness Increases Collaboration and Communication on Incredible Teams
In this engaging and entertaining presentation, learn from workplace culture and happiness expert Jessica Weiss, as she shares groundbreaking and actionable research that helps leaders from across the country build a deeper sense of resilience, psychological safety, and belonging with their teams. By helping them decode the heart of happiness, leaders will understand how to build and sustain happiness, and drive high performance not by force, but because their teams find themselves in happier, more inclusive environments.
Attendees will learn:
- How to drive engagement and connection regardless of whether teams are hybrid, remote or in-office
- What the five critical steps are to building a culture of trust and resiliency
- The toolkit that creates a culture of collaboration and creativity
- Why a culture of happiness is the foundation for all high performing teams
- The root of happiness and how to achieve more of it on a daily basis
Available in-person, virtual and workshops.
The Happiness Equation: How Happiness Attracts and Builds High-Performing Teams
Why is it so difficult to keep our best people? Why is it so difficult to attract the best talent and more importantly what do we do? It turns out after studying hundreds of organizations and thousands of individuals, workplace culture expert Jessica Weiss has discovered that the solution no one is seeing to the problem that everyone recognizes they have – is happiness. And to understand that happiness is the basis for collaboration, for trust, for effective leadership and the ability to navigate uncertainty and change. What we can then understand is that by developing and focusing on happiness first, we are able to build incredible teams and not worry about the things that kept us up at night in previous years.
Attendees will learn:
- How to build better work relationships by creating the time to do so
- Effectively communicate across departments and teams
- Different strategies to build better individual and team cohesion
- Increase connection by establishing stronger rapport and how to do it
- Breakdown the us vs. them barrier rampant in many workplace
Available in-person, virtual and workshops.
The Burnout Antidote: How Happiness Can Prevent Burnout From Ever Occurring
Following years of increased unpredictability and rapid change, people from all walks of life are experiencing fatigue, overwhelm, and demotivation. Reports of burnout are sky high and only getting worse. We are looking for a more effective way than merely surviving – we want to thrive and to flourish without the relentless grind. Happiness, as unassuming as it may be, is the answer.
Attendees will learn:
- The relationship between happiness and burnout, and what they can teach us
- Three steps to stop burnout before it happens
- Five tools to overcome disconnection, low morale and overwhelm
- How happiness can mitigate exhaustion and improve wellbeing
- The foundation of happiness, where it comes from, and how to enhance it
Available in-person, virtual and workshops.
What other organizations say about Jessica Weiss
Jessica demonstrated exceptional dedication by deeply immersing herself in our company's values and environment, customizing her message specifically for our team. Her commitment showed when she came early to attend other conference sessions, weaving those insights into her presentation. Our staff's response was outstanding - they were genuinely impressed. What makes Jessica special is her authentic approach, witty style, uplifting message, and wealth of knowledge. I particularly appreciated how she blended solid research with actionable takeaways. Her dynamic presence brought a much-needed boost of enthusiasm to our team. Without hesitation, I give her my highest recommendation!
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