On stages and on podcasts, I show business owners why the business that was supposed to buy their freedom became the thing they can’t put down, and hand them a clear order to fix it in. I’m the anti-systems systems person, and I’m easy to interview.
Every founder has heard the scaling formula. Hire more. Optimize more. Delegate more. Systemize more. It sounds right, until you realize you’ve been running the formula for three years and you’re still the one holding all of it.
Here’s the part no one names: the formula works. It just works in the wrong direction when you’re fixing the wrong thing first. Most founders are optimizing a business that was built to trap them, and calling it growth.
I teach audiences how to stop scaling the prison and start designing the exit.
The room tells you what it needs in the first five minutes. The job is to listen, and then to be useful.
I don’t hand out a menu of canned keynotes. Tell me who is in the room and what they are carrying, and I will shape one of these three around them.
Remove, Optimize, Automate, then Delegate. Almost everyone starts at Delegate and wonders why the last hire did not help. This is the one people leave with a list of things to stop doing.
Best for business owners, teams and operators who want to leave with homework.
For rooms full of people who look successful from the outside and feel trapped on the inside. Why the business that was supposed to buy freedom became the thing they cannot put down, and what the way out actually looks like.
Best for founder and owner audiences, and any room that is quietly exhausted.
The one I get asked for most. The trade, grow the business or be there for your life, is not a real trade. This is the operational case for that, and the room leaves with permission first and a plan second.
Best for rooms that need permission before they need tactics.
See them first.
Then hand them the way out.
That is the job on every stage. Make the room feel seen in the first five minutes, then give them one thing they can actually do on Monday.
Pick one, or tell me what your audience is stuck on this month and I’ll shape the conversation around that.
The order to fix things in before you hire: remove, optimize, automate, then delegate.
Business, small business, operationsWhy the systems you bought keep failing, and how to build around the person running the business instead.
Founders, productivityStart with the last three systems you quit. The week gets simpler when you build from those.
Founders, burnout, solo ownersWhat my AI assistant handles in a week, and a simple way to sort your work into hand off, review and keep.
AI, small-business tech, working parentsSimple rules that keep work inside the hours you actually have.
Time management, working parentsA decade as a pastor, five kids, and what reading a room taught me about running a business.
Faith and business, career pivots, origin storiesRecent episodes from my YouTube channel, also on Apple Podcasts as audio. Here are the newest ones.
Keynote attendees, workshop participants, and clients from the room.
“I thought I had to choose. Lauren showed me that was false.”
“She’s an over-the-top gifted keynote speaker who can keep a room of business owners entertained while offering practical take-home tips everyone can apply right away.”
“It was the single most convicting, in a positive way, session. It really got me clear in a unique way. It was holistic: business, home, and community.”
“Lauren expanded the scope of my business to include me. She helps you invert your business so it’s not a machine that needs you to run, but one that runs faster with you.”
“It almost feels like I’ve gotten a power-up. Everything I was handling before feels so much easier now.”
“I used to think wanting a business made me a bad mom. Lauren helped me realize I was created for both, business and motherhood.”
“After one call with Lauren, I have more clarity, feel more confident, and am excited to begin taking action. You won’t be disappointed.”
“Lauren opened my mind to new options and ways of thinking. She gave me tangible milestones. It’s literally changing the patterns of my life.”
“My session with Lauren was amazing. I had a huge shift in something I’d been struggling with for months.”
I’m the founder of Profit & Presence Co. and the creator of the ROAD Method, a framework for scaling a business without becoming imprisoned by it.
I spent a decade as a pastor before building in business, and I’ve scaled a multi six figure agency while raising five kids on a 4 PM hard stop every single day. My signature keynote, The Beautiful Prison, helps audiences finally see the trap they’re in, and the way out.
I don’t teach hustle. I don’t believe in work-life balance, it doesn’t exist. And I refuse to let the people I speak to settle for good enough. My thesis is simple: refuse to choose. You can have a successful business and a present life. You don’t have to pick.
Producing a show or an event? Bios, photos, topics and interview questions are in the media kit, ready to use.
Open the media kit→A few questions. I read every one myself and come back to you within two business days, whether or not it turns out to be a fit.
Would rather just email? hello@profitandpresence.com
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