More Than Inspiration. Practical Leadership Application.
A powerful story can create attention.
A useful framework can create change.
Larice combines lived experience, leadership development, practical tools, and audience interaction to help people understand what happens internally before leadership becomes visible externally.
The goal is not simply for audiences to feel inspired.
The goal is for them to leave with a practical way to lead themselves differently when pressure shows up.
Everything Starts From Within™.
Master the Moment Between Pressure and Response.
Lead Yourself First™
Leadership does not begin with controlling other people. It begins with recognizing what happens inside you when pressure rises. This keynote helps audiences understand the moment between pressure and response and how that moment affects communication, relationships, decisions, performance, and leadership.
Core takeaways:
- Recognize leadership triggers
- Understand reactive versus intentional behavior
- Create space before responding
- Apply the RESET™ method
- Strengthen self-awareness
- Make more intentional decisions
- Lead others with greater consistency
Best for:
Managers
Associations
Emerging leaders
Student leadership audiences
Conferences
Education leaders
Corporate teams
Turn the Keynote Into Application
For organizations that want more than a keynote, Larice also facilitates interactive workshops that help participants apply Lead Yourself First™ concepts to real leadership situations.
Possible workshop focus areas:
Possible formats:
- Self-Awareness Under Pressure
- Communication Under Pressure
- Decision-Making Under Pressure
- Accountability
- Difficult Conversations
- Leading Others Under Pressure
- Manager Development
- Team Culture
- Leadership Identity
- 60-minute workshop
- 90-minute workshop
- Half-day session
- Full-day session
- Leadership retreat
- Manager development session
- Conference breakout
- Interactive leadership experience
Engaging. Practical. Reflective. Interactive.
STORY
Real experiences that create connection and context.
SELF-AWARENESS
Participants examine how they personally respond under pressure.
TOOLS
Frameworks such as RESET™ that can be applied immediately.
APPLICATION
Scenarios, reflection, discussion, exercises, and practical next steps.
Built for Different Leadership Environments
- Corporate managers
- Emerging leaders
- Senior leadership teams
- HR/L&D audiences
- Associations
- Conferences
- School districts
- Higher education
- Nonprofits
- Athletic programs
- Student leadership audiences
What Participants Should Leave With
These are intended outcomes, not guarantees.
Greater awareness of personal leadership triggers
A clearer understanding of reactive versus intentional leadership
A practical RESET™ process
More confidence approaching difficult leadership situations
Stronger communication under pressure
Practical next steps for applying the learning after the event
Larice Peoples
Larice Peoples is a dedicated leadership-development practitioner, speaker, and workshop facilitator who specializes in bridging the gap between leadership theory and real-world behavior. As an entrepreneur, business leader, and former athlete, Larice created the Lead Yourself First™ philosophy to help others navigate the high-stakes moments where leadership is truly revealed. Drawing from a diverse background that includes navigating significant professional adversity and leading complex sales organizations, he brings a unique credibility to the stage. His work focuses on strengthening the internal discipline and self-awareness necessary to respond with intention when the pressure is highest, ensuring that leadership excellence starts from within before it is ever visible to those they lead.
Real Experience. Real Audiences. Real Leadership Conversations.
"Larice doesn't just speak about leadership; he helps you feel the weight of it and then gives you the tools to carry it differently. The RESET™ method has changed how our executive team handles high-stakes conflict."
What Would Change If Your Audience Responded Better Under Pressure?
Whether you are developing managers, preparing emerging leaders, building stronger teams, or creating a meaningful conference experience, Lead Yourself First™ gives audiences practical tools for the moments when leadership matters most.
LEAD YOURSELF FIRST™ SPEAKING
Leadership Is Revealed in the Moment Between Pressure and Response.
Larice Peoples delivers practical, engaging, and interactive leadership experiences that help audiences understand how pressure affects communication, decision-making, emotional regulation, accountability, and the way they lead others.
Keynotes • Workshops • Leadership Experiences • Facilitation
Speaking Topics
Lead Yourself First™
A practical self-leadership experience focused on how leaders respond when pressure is high.
The Moment Between Pressure and Response
How awareness, emotional regulation, and intentionality shape leadership behavior in high-pressure moments.
Leadership Under Pressure
How managers can strengthen communication, decision-making, accountability, and self-control when the stakes are high.
From High Performer to People Leader
Helping newly promoted managers make the shift from individual execution to leading, coaching, delegating, and developing others.
Communication Under Pressure
How leaders can stay clear, direct, respectful, and composed during difficult conversations, conflict, and accountability.
Everything Starts From Within™
Why sustainable leadership begins with identity, awareness, ownership, and personal responsibility before external influence.
A Tool Audiences Can Use Immediately
The RESET™ method gives participants a practical way to slow down the moment between pressure and response so they can communicate, decide, and lead more intentionally.
A practical takeaway audiences can apply immediately after the event.
PRESSURE
AWARENESS
RESET™
INTENTIONAL RESPONSE
LEADERSHIP ACTION