RASHAD’S
Workshops & Programs
RASHAD’S
Workshops & Programs
Create Change That Sticks
RASHAD’S WORKSHOPS
In these hands-on environments, participants don’t just listen—they engage, reflect, and practice new skills in real time. Rashad’s mix of candid storytelling, relatable humor, and practical strategies fosters open conversation, genuine connection, and a willingness to tackle tough topics head-on.
Each workshop equips attendees with actionable tools they can start using immediately, ensuring the learning lasts long after the session ends. Whether held on-site, at a retreat, or in a virtual format, Rashad creates a dynamic space where people feel supported, challenged, and empowered to step into lasting growth.
Healthcare and Human Service Professionals
Don’t Burn Your Cake® Training and Workshop
Don’t Burn Your Cake®: High Performance Without Self-Destruction is a reset-with-purpose training designed for high performers who are tired of functioning on empty. Rather than framing burnout as a personal failure, this session reframes it as a meaningful signal calling for recalibration.
Drawing from lived experience as a cancer survivor, social worker, and doctoral researcher, Rashad Hayes introduces a practical, research-informed framework that helps participants recognize early warning signs of burnout, understand the role of pressure and culture, and reset their approach to performance without sacrificing their well-being. Through reflection, guided exercises, and the CAKE Method, participants move beyond awareness and leave with a realistic plan they can apply immediately.
This is not therapy and not a motivational speech. It is a structured, engaging training that blends clarity, reflection, and action to support sustainable performance, healthier boundaries, and long-term resilience at both the individual and organizational level.
Participants will:
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By the end of this training, participants will be able to:
Identify early warning signs of burnout by recognizing physical, emotional, and behavioral signals that often go unnoticed by high performers.
Reframe burnout as a signal rather than a personal flaw, reducing shame while increasing self-awareness and personal accountability.
Explain the Don’t Burn Your Cake® framework and how ingredients, pressure, timing, and systems influence performance and well-being.
Apply the CAKE Method (Continue to Learn, Always Love Yourself, Know Your Worth, Enjoy Your Life) to create a purposeful reset strategy rooted in self-awareness and sustainable performance.
Develop a personalized reset plan that includes one signal to monitor, one habit to adjust, one boundary to honor, and one source of joy to protect.
Recognize the role of organizational culture and leadership in either fueling burnout or supporting recovery and resilience.
Commit to practical, realistic changes that support high performance without self-destruction, both individually and within teams.
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Turn Inspiration into Action
Loved one of Rashad’s keynotes?
Now, imagine taking that same energy, insight, and motivation—and transforming it into a dynamic, hands-on workshop that drives lasting change. Rashad can adapt any of his most popular keynotes into an immersive learning experience where participants don’t just listen, they engage, collaborate, and put strategies into practice in real time.
These workshops are designed to go deeper—exploring challenges, building skills, and creating actionable solutions that stick long after the session ends. And if your organization has unique goals or specific hurdles, Rashad will partner with you to design a fully customized workshop from the ground up. The result? A powerful, interactive environment where your team feels heard, supported, and motivated to take bold steps forward.
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ESTELLA LEE
Family Promise of Baldwin
An uplifting and engaging talk, blending humor with heartfelt personal stories to deliver a powerful message of hope and resilience. He left the audience both inspired and entertained.
Wayne Sellers
Alabama Social Work Hall of Fame
It’s taken me a minute to know just how to respond to the incredible presentation you gave. It was so real, raw, engaging, inspiring, and – somehow – lighthearted and fun all at the same time. You did a fantastic job tailoring the content to be relevant to our work and the audience in the room, and I know everyone appreciated your candid call-outs of our areas of opportunity as we approach the important work ahead of us.
Liz Fiorino
Blood Cancer United
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