Dr. Laurinda Calongne is a nationally recognized leadership expert, best-selling author, and executive coach who equips leaders to navigate high-pressure environments with clarity, resilience, and purpose. With more than 30 years of experience in healthcare and higher education, and over two decades in executive leadership roles, Dr. Calongne brings both credibility and real-world insight to every stage she steps onto. She is the author of Still Standing: Leading Well-Being in Crisis-Tested Health Systems, a #1 Amazon New Release and bestseller in multiple categories, in which she challenges leaders to move beyond surface-level burnout solutions and embrace a more powerful, recovery-first approach to leadership.

Known for her dynamic, story-driven speaking style, Dr. Laurinda Calongne blends evidence-based strategies with relatable, often humorous, storytelling to create deeply engaging and transformative audience experiences. A Certified Executive Coach and John Maxwell Leadership–trained speaker, she has mentored and developed hundreds of leaders—from physicians and healthcare executives to emerging leaders across industries.

Through her signature keynotes and programs, including her flagship keynote, Still Standing: Finding Strength After the Storm, Dr. Calongne equips leaders to navigate sustained pressure with clarity, steadiness, and purpose. Additional keynotes include Beyond Burnout: Why Recovery Is the New Leadership Competency and Transforming Mindsets: How Perspective Creates Clarity When Certainty Is Gone.

Her work helps organizations reduce turnover, rebuild trust, and lead effectively through ongoing disruption and change. Dr. Calongne’s mission is clear: to help leaders not just endure difficult seasons but lead through them in a way that strengthens both people and performance.