Keynote Speaker

No fluff. No filler. Just Rashad Hayes bringing the fire that sparks real change.

Rashad Hayes is a rare keynote speaker who faces life’s toughest challenges head-on and turns them into powerful stories of resilience and breakthrough. His keynote presentations are designed to inspire individuals and teams to rise above burnout, overcome adversity, and ignite lasting change. Whether you’re navigating uncertainty, stress, or transformation, Rashad delivers the insight and energy that sticks—and turns inspiration into action.

Keynote Speaker

No fluff. No filler. Just Rashad Hayes bringing the fire that sparks real change.

Rashad Hayes is a rare keynote speaker who faces life’s toughest challenges head-on and turns them into powerful stories of resilience and breakthrough. His keynote presentations are designed to inspire individuals and teams to rise above burnout, overcome adversity, and ignite lasting change. Whether you’re navigating uncertainty, stress, or transformation, Rashad delivers the insight and energy that sticks—and turns inspiration into action.

Choose Your Own Breakthrough

Three Keynotes That Inspire Transformation

No matter your organization’s size or the challenges you face, Rashad Hayes’s keynotes are fully customized to meet your unique needs and goals. His most sought-after topics include resilience-building, overcoming burnout, and navigating adversity—each designed to address the real struggles your team faces while inspiring connection and growth.

Rashad’s presentations blend heartfelt storytelling, humor, and hard-earned wisdom to engage audiences on both a personal and professional level. He creates a safe space for vulnerability and reflection while offering practical, forward-thinking strategies to break through barriers and move confidently into the future. Most importantly, Rashad equips participants with immediate, actionable tools that drive lasting transformation well beyond the event.

Whether commanding a stage in a packed auditorium or connecting virtually through a screen, Rashad delivers powerful insights, laughter, and “aha” moments that leave audiences motivated and ready to rise. His keynotes are available both in-person and online, tailored to the needs of today’s fast-paced and evolving work environments—without losing depth, energy, or impact.

Keynote ONE

Don’t Burn Your Cake.®

This isn’t your average burnout speech. With raw honesty, relatable stories, and a spark of humor, Rashad Hayes delivers a wake-up call that’s as inspiring as it is practical. Drawing from his own journey as a cancer survivor and social worker turned dynamic speaker, Rashad invites audiences to embrace a mindset shift that empowers them to break free from the cycle of exhaustion and overwhelm before it takes control. He introduces the Don’t Burn Your Cake® mindset, a powerful shift that teaches individuals to reset with purpose.

CAKE METHODOLOGY:

Continue to Learn
Always Love Yourself
Know Your Worth
Enjoy Your Life

In this energizing keynote, Rashad goes beyond the usual advice by addressing burnout not as a simple problem but as a complex signal—a call to reset priorities, rebuild resilience, and reclaim control over your life and work.

LEARNING OUTCOMES:

Recognize the early warning signs of burnout before it’s too late
Shift mindset to view challenges as opportunities for growth and renewal
Build practical habits that protect energy and sustain motivation
Cultivate emotional strength to navigate uncertainty and pressure with grace
Create a balanced path that fuels both personal fulfillment and professional success

TESTIMONIALS FROM ATTENDEES

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Keynote two

Restless Resilience: Re-Light The Candle

Restless Resilience is that unshakable fire inside—the one that refuses to burn out, no matter how hot life turns up the heat. It’s the inner drive that keeps us moving forward when challenges try to hold us back. It’s the power to stand strong in the heat, rise from adversity, and rebuild—stronger, wiser, and more unstoppable every single time. It’s not just the ability to bounce back… it’s the determination to bounce forward.

This is about harnessing the restless energy we feel in our darkest moments and using it as fuel to create something brighter—for ourselves and for the people we serve.

At its core, Restless Resilience is about transforming the struggle into your story—a living testament that you can’t be broken, only rebuilt.

LEARNING OUTCOMES:

Recognize the signs of burnout and adversity early—and respond with strength, not stress.
Reframe setbacks as opportunities for growth, renewal, and forward momentum.
Apply the C.A.K.E. Methodology to build sustainable habits for resilience and well-being.
Harness “restless energy” as a driving force for purpose, joy, and lasting success.
Strengthen mental and emotional agility to adapt in high-pressure or uncertain situations.

Audiences Love Rashad

Testimonials & Audience Feedback

Rashad Hayes is the next superstar speaker. His passion, energy, and message are changing lives one keynote at a time. The world will soon know Rashad Hayes.

WALTER BOND

CEO & Professional Speaker, Walter Bond Worldwide Inc.

Our back-to-school speaker delivered a phenomenal message that reignited our passion for teaching and reminded us why we show up for our students every day.

Tanya Shadburn

Teacher at Southside Preparatory Magnet Academy

Rashad Hayes is an amazing young, talented Professional Speaker from Alabama who is changing lives and teaching people across the country how to overcome adversity and not to “Burn their Cakes”

GREG COLEMAN

Keynote Speaker/Author, Former NFL Punter

Audiences Love Rashad

Testimonials & Audience Feedback

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KEYNOTE THREE

Get My Fire Back

Reignite Your Passion, Purpose, and Power—Without Burning Out

Life has a way of dimming your light. The deadlines, the expectations, the proving, the pressure, before you know it, you’re showing up, but your fire’s gone out. In this high-impact, soul-stirring keynote, Rashad Hayes helps individuals and teams reconnect with the spark they’ve lost and the strength they didn’t know they still had.

With his signature blend of storytelling, humor, and straight-up truth, Rashad walks audiences through what it really takes to:

Break free from survival mode
Reclaim joy in the work and the why
Build habits that protect your energy, not drain it
Lead yourself with authenticity, confidence, and care

This isn’t about “finding balance”; this is about getting your fire back without burning up in the process.

Whether you’re burned out, burned down, or just tired of pretending you’re fine, this keynote lights the match and hands you the tools to rise.

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