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Most leadership advice says do more. Move faster. Push harder.
Dr. Christiane Schroeter teaches the opposite. Small steps, done consistently, are what actually move people and organizations forward.
She is a behavioral economist, TEDx speaker, and award-winning professor who helps high-performing teams create real change without burning out the people who deliver it. Her keynotes take one clear idea and turn it into a system leaders can use the next morning: progress is built through small, repeatable actions that compound.
This is not a slogan she borrowed. Her PhD research at Purdue on elasticities, how a one-percent change ripples through an entire system, is the science underneath it. She translates behavioral economics, drawing on Kahneman, Thaler, and Liebig's Law of the Minimum, into frameworks any audience can apply immediately.
Dr. Schroeter is a Fulbright Scholar and professor at Cal Poly with 33 peer-reviewed publications, including a Journal of Health Economics paper cited more than 300 times. She hosts the globally top one percent Happy Healthy Hustle podcast, was named 2025 Woman Podcaster of the Year in education, and is the bestselling author of five books, most recently Petite Practice®: Small, Steady Steps to a Life of Momentum and Real Change. She has taught more than 10,000 students and professionals across five countries.
Her signature keynote, built from her TEDx talk How Small Steps Create Big Change, hands audiences a method they can start using the next morning. They leave with a system, and the confidence to run it. Universities, associations, and corporate teams bring her in when the pressure is high and they need their people to move.
Her commentary on educator workload, burnout, and career decisions has appeared in Business Insider, SheKnows, and HigherEdJobs.
Dr. Schroeter is passionate about helping leaders move forward when the stakes are high and time is short. Many professionals have the talent and the drive. What erodes their clarity is complexity, pressure, and constant demands.
Through her Petite Practice® framework, she teaches leaders how to build focus, confidence, and momentum through small, disciplined actions that compound into measurable results. This resonates with organizations navigating change, growth, and high expectations.
Dr. Schroeter often shares the story of relocating from Germany to the United States and rebuilding her professional credibility from the ground up.
That experience reshaped how she understands confidence, leadership, and decision making under uncertainty. It revealed that progress is not created through bold gestures but through consistent, strategic choices made when outcomes matter. This insight mirrors what leaders face inside organizations every day and anchors her work on stage.
After two decades in higher education, leadership, and applied economics, Dr. Schroeter identified a recurring challenge across organizations. High performers were capable and motivated, yet mentally overloaded by complexity and pressure. Traditional leadership advice encouraged them to do more, move faster, and tolerate burnout.
She developed the Petite Practice® framework to offer a different model. Grounded in behavioral science and real-world leadership experience, it provides a structured method for building clarity, confidence, and sustainable performance through small, repeatable actions. This framework now anchors her keynote talks, executive workshops, and published work.
Most people wait to feel confident before they act. That day rarely comes.
Dr. Christiane Schroeter flips the order. Courage is a decision. Confidence is the reward you earn by doing the thing before you feel ready. Drawing on her own story of rebuilding a career in a second language, and the behavioral science of how confidence is actually built, she gives audiences a practical way to begin.
Audiences leave able to: take the first step before they feel ready, treat feedback as data rather than a verdict, and close the gap between ability and self-belief.
Ideal for women's leadership events, conferences, and teams facing change or growth.
Big goals do not fail for lack of ambition. They fail because the first step was too big to keep.
In this keynote, Dr. Christiane Schroeter shares the method behind her work: the STEP System... Simplify, Tell, Examine, Praise, Repeat. As a behavioral economist, she shows why small, repeatable actions outperform big overhauls, and how teams build clarity, confidence, and momentum that holds under pressure.
Audiences leave able to: shrink any goal into a first step they will actually take, build consistency without relying on willpower or pressure, and turn small daily actions into measurable, compounding results.
Ideal for teams and leaders who want change that lasts long after the event.
Based on her acclaimed TEDx talk, this signature keynote gives audiences the behavioral science behind lasting change... and a method they can use the next morning.
Most change advice tells teams to do more, move faster, and push harder. Dr. Christiane Schroeter teaches the opposite. As a behavioral economist, she can prove what most only preach: small, repeatable actions compound into real results, while big overhauls quietly fall apart.
Through her Petite Practice framework and the STEP System, audiences learn how to build clarity, confidence, and momentum that holds under pressure.
Audiences leave able to:
→ Turn one clear idea into a system they can run the next day
→ Lead change without burning out the people who deliver it
→ Replace pressure and overload with steady, compounding progress
Ideal for conferences, associations, and corporate teams navigating change, growth, and high expectations.
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Dr. Christiane Schroeter delivers keynote talks and leadership workshops for organizations, associations, and conferences. Her sessions focus on leadership execution, decision making under pressure, and translating strategy into consistent action. Pr
Get StartedDr. Schroeter often shares the story of relocating from Germany to the United States and rebuilding her professional credibility from the ground up.
That experience reshaped how she understands confidence, leadership, and decision making under uncertainty. It revealed that progress is not created through bold gestures but through consistent, strategic choices made when outcomes matter. This insight mirrors what leaders face inside organizations every day and anchors her work on stage.
After two decades in higher education, leadership, and applied economics, Dr. Schroeter identified a recurring challenge across organizations. High performers were capable and motivated, yet mentally overloaded by complexity and pressure. Traditional leadership advice encouraged them to do more, move faster, and tolerate burnout.
She developed the Petite Practice® framework to offer a different model. Grounded in behavioral science and real-world leadership experience, it provides a structured method for building clarity, confidence, and sustainable performance through small, repeatable actions. This framework now anchors her keynote talks, executive workshops, and published work.
Most people wait to feel confident before they act. That day rarely comes.
Dr. Christiane Schroeter flips the order. Courage is a decision. Confidence is the reward you earn by doing the thing before you feel ready. Drawing on her own story of rebuilding a career in a second language, and the behavioral science of how confidence is actually built, she gives audiences a practical way to begin.
Audiences leave able to: take the first step before they feel ready, treat feedback as data rather than a verdict, and close the gap between ability and self-belief.
Ideal for women's leadership events, conferences, and teams facing change or growth.
Big goals do not fail for lack of ambition. They fail because the first step was too big to keep.
In this keynote, Dr. Christiane Schroeter shares the method behind her work: the STEP System... Simplify, Tell, Examine, Praise, Repeat. As a behavioral economist, she shows why small, repeatable actions outperform big overhauls, and how teams build clarity, confidence, and momentum that holds under pressure.
Audiences leave able to: shrink any goal into a first step they will actually take, build consistency without relying on willpower or pressure, and turn small daily actions into measurable, compounding results.
Ideal for teams and leaders who want change that lasts long after the event.
Based on her acclaimed TEDx talk, this signature keynote gives audiences the behavioral science behind lasting change... and a method they can use the next morning.
Most change advice tells teams to do more, move faster, and push harder. Dr. Christiane Schroeter teaches the opposite. As a behavioral economist, she can prove what most only preach: small, repeatable actions compound into real results, while big overhauls quietly fall apart.
Through her Petite Practice framework and the STEP System, audiences learn how to build clarity, confidence, and momentum that holds under pressure.
Audiences leave able to:
→ Turn one clear idea into a system they can run the next day
→ Lead change without burning out the people who deliver it
→ Replace pressure and overload with steady, compounding progress
Ideal for conferences, associations, and corporate teams navigating change, growth, and high expectations.
