Dr. Anna Thomas
Workplace Wellbeing Keynote Speaker for
Employee Retention and Workforce Capacity
Inspire, Equip, and Strengthen Your Workforce
Your Audience Will Leave Inspired, Prepared, and Ready to Thrive
Dr. Anna Thomas, MD is an award-winning workplace wellbeing keynote speaker, board-certified palliative care physician, and corporate wellness strategist who helps organizations strengthen employee retention and engagement by protecting workforce capacity. Her keynotes and workshop series address the realities shaping today’s workplace, including caregiving and life pressures, burnout risk, and the future of work and ethical AI. Dr. Thomas delivers practical, evidence-informed strategies leaders and teams can apply immediately to support wellbeing and performance at scale.
As the founder of Workplaces That CARE, she equips leaders with practical methods to support whole-person wellbeing while protecting operational goals. Known for her clear communication and professional presence, she delivers keynotes and workshops that drive results and spark lasting culture improvements.
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Dr. Anna Thomas' Topics
The Future of Work, AI, and Workforce Capacity
Work isn’t just changing, it’s accelerating. Rising demands, digital overload, and life pressures are pushing workforce capacity to the limit. Dr. Thomas helps leaders understand what’s reshaping performance and retention and how to build cultures that protect capacity, engagement, and long-term results in the age of AI.
Caregiving and The Modern Workforce
Caregiving is no longer a personal issue, it’s a workforce reality. Dr. Thomas brings a physician’s lens to how caregiving and life responsibilities quietly impact focus, wellbeing, engagement, and turnover. Audiences leave with practical strategies to reduce the hidden load and support employees through life and work transitions.
Workplace Wellbeing & Sustainable Performance
Wellbeing is not a perk, it’s a performance strategy. Dr. Thomas helps organizations strengthen engagement and retention by reducing burnout drivers, improving daily capacity, and building cultures where people and performance thrive.
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Why Book Dr. Anna Thomas?
Meeting organizers book Dr. Anna Thomas because she speaks to what today’s workforce is carrying but rarely names out loud: rising demands, hidden life pressures like caregiving, and the growing strain on focus, energy, and capacity. She brings clarity, credibility, and practical guidance to challenges that directly impact retention, engagement, attendance, and performance across every industry.
When Dr. Thomas takes the stage, audiences feel seen and supported, without being lectured or overwhelmed. They leave with actionable strategies they can apply immediately at work and at home. Organizers value her professionalism, steady presence, and the confidence that they are bringing in a speaker who consistently delivers real insight, practical tools, and measurable impact.
Need a Workshop, Training,
or Ongoing Wellbeing Program?
Full day or half day options are available.
Dr. Anna Thomas can expand any of her core topics into an interactive workshop experience that gives teams practical tools they can apply immediately. Her sessions blend clear guidance, hands-on exercises, and real-world scenarios focused on workforce capacity, employee wellbeing, and retention. Whether you’re supporting leaders through rising demands, strengthening caregiver inclusion, or building healthier team norms to reduce burnout, Dr. Thomas delivers high-value training tailored to your organization’s goals, with optional AI-enabled tools to help scale support without sacrificing the human side of work.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Q1: What does Dr. Anna Thomas speak about?
Dr. Anna Thomas is a workplace wellbeing keynote speaker who focuses on the biggest forces shaping today’s workforce: employee retention and engagement, workforce capacity, caregiving and life pressures, and the future of work and ethical AI. Her programs help organizations strengthen performance without burning out their people.
Q2: Who is Dr. Anna Thomas’s ideal audience?
Dr. Thomas speaks to HR leaders, executives, people leaders, employee audiences, ERGs, and women’s leadership communities. Her content is especially valuable for organizations addressing burnout, retention risk, engagement challenges, and caregiver-related workforce strain.
Q3: What makes Dr. Anna Thomas different from other wellbeing speakers?
Dr. Thomas combines medical expertise as a board-certified palliative care physician with leadership training as a Certified Corporate Wellness Specialist and Certified AI Consultant. She delivers practical, evidence-informed strategies and frameworks audiences can apply immediately.
Q4: Does Dr. Thomas offer workshops in addition to keynotes?
Yes. Dr. Thomas offers a five-part Workplace Wellbeing & Workforce Capacity workshop series, delivered as a full series or selected topics. Workshops can be delivered in a Standard format or with an AI-Enabled option for organizations that want ethical AI tools to support wellbeing at scale.
Q5: Is Dr. Anna Thomas available for virtual events?
Yes. Dr. Thomas is available for both in-person and virtual keynotes and workshops.