Stephanie Lemek LLC

Resilience isn't a personality trait. It's a design problem."

Keynote speaker, executive coach, and workplace mental health strategist helping organizations stop asking people to push through and start fixing what they're pushing through.

I spent nearly two decades in HR leadership across Fortune 500 companies, startups, and ENR-ranked contractors before I named the pattern I kept seeing: we were teaching people to cope with conditions we had the power to change.

Today, I work with leaders and organizations as a speaker, coach, and educator, challenging the myth that resilience is something individuals need more of. My work draws on trauma-informed principles, psychological safety research, and hard-won operational experience to help leadership teams build workplaces where people don't have to be superhuman to do good work.

I'm the founder of The Wounded Workforce® and Executive Director of the Center for Construction Mental Health, but this page is about the work I do at the podium, in the coaching relationship, and on the page: helping you see your organization's culture clearly and design something better.

"Stephanie is one of the most talented HR Executives I've ever worked with... You want Stephanie in your corner. "

Jordan Gaspari, Founder & Managing Partner, Exclusent, Inc.
"Stephanie helped me develop an advisory board to enable me to make informed decisions for the business and has been a crucial part of our organization ever since."

Mackenzie Newcomb, CEO & Founder, Bad Bitch Book Club
"She sets herself apart by jumping-into the weeds & understanding the unfiltered dynamics and needs of the business, and using that hands-on intel to map game-changing corporate strategy."

Jordan Gaspari, Founder & Managing Partner, Exclusent, Inc.
"I was constantly overwhelmed. I had started my business during the pandemic and put off developing any HR strategy until I was drowning in issues ... her advice has given me a new sense of direction and her calm nature has brought me more peace than I could possibly explain."

Mackenzie Newcomb, CEO & Founder, Bad Bitch Book Club

Resilience isn't a personality trait. It's a design problem."

Keynote speaker, executive coach, and workplace mental health strategist helping organizations stop asking people to push through and start fixing what they're pushing through.

"Stephanie is one of the most talented HR Executives I've ever worked with... You want Stephanie in your corner. "

"Stephanie helped me develop an advisory board to enable me to make informed decisions for the business and has been a crucial part of our organization ever since."

"She sets herself apart by jumping-into the weeds & understanding the unfiltered dynamics and needs of the business, and using that hands-on intel to map game-changing corporate strategy."

"I was constantly overwhelmed. I had started my business during the pandemic and put off developing any HR strategy until I was drowning in issues ... her advice has given me a new sense of direction and her calm nature has brought me more peace than I could possibly explain."