Sunny Grosso Biography

Sunny Grosso is a workplace culture expert, keynote speaker, and one of the first happiness consultants. Grosso’s career includes roles as a wellness researcher, saké trainer, ultra-runner, and happiness coach. She held key developmental positions in several business start-ups before becoming a founding member of the Delivering Happiness consulting team, co-founded by Tony Hsieh, CEO of Zappos.com. As Culture Chief at Delivering Happiness, Grosso co-built the consulting model, developed the approach, and led the services team. She is one of the few core coaches responsible for improving workplace culture at organizations worldwide.

Grosso is an Organization and Relationship Systems Coaching and Neuro-Linguistic Programming trained coach with a Bachelor of Arts in psychology. Her experience spans more than 20 countries and over 300 organizations, including Google and The Gates Foundation. She has studied the science of happiness, wellbeing, business, and spiritual approaches to enhance both personal and organizational outcomes, contributing to Delivering Happiness’ growth into an Inc. 5000 company and global boutique brand. Grosso has been featured in books such as "The Decoded Company" and publications like Fast Company.

Grosso is the founder of SunYoga and is recognized for her work in workplace transformation, positive psychology, mindfulness, and purposeful leadership. Her signature keynotes, including "Thriving Through Change: Envision and Own a Culture of Wellbeing" and "The Yoga of Work: Ancient Revelations Meet Modern Science to Thrive," draw on field research and real-world storytelling to provide actionable tools for audiences.

Grosso shares her personal journey to foster honest connections and positive change. Her approach blends workplace culture, wellbeing, and human science, guiding teams and leaders from survival mode to growth. Grosso’s mission is to redefine work with wholebeing at the center, supporting organizations as they address burnout, disengagement, and the evolving demands of modern work environments.

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Speaker profile last updated by AAE Talent Team on 07/06/2026.

Sunny Grosso Speaking Topics

  • On the Other Side of Happiness: Whole-being Well-being and the Path to Thrive

    When we embrace authenticity and prioritize humanity – businesses and people thrive. Sunny takes the audience on an inspiring journey through her personal story and into the rich field of positive psychology to discover what creates happiness at work and how we are redefining success with the pivotal concept of Wholebeing Well-being.

    Sunny illuminates the role of highs and lows in our resilience and how to embrace the full spectrum of work/life balance for true belonging, innovation, and success with a Double ROI– return on investment and ripple of impact. She introduces the metaphor of the Garden to nurture your wellbeing while building others and gets real with the modern challenges from stress and burnout to distraction and AI.

    This talk will motivate you to pursue a more authentic and fulfilling work-life and leave you with actionable tools to improve your business. Get ready to be inspired to make meaningful changes in your work and personal life!

    Takeaways:

    • Explore the keys to happiness through Sunny’s inspiring personal story
    • The role of values, authentic connections, and purpose
    • Positive Psychology 2.0: toxic positivity in mental health and resilience
    • Pathways to psychological safety, authenticity, and work-life integration
    • The rising toll of loneliness, stress, and burnout in healthy work-life balance
    • Actionable frameworks and tools to build a thriving workplace where belonging, innovation, and engagement thrive

  • The Surprising Key to Happiness at Work: Forging Authenticity for Enduring Well-being

    There is a surprising key to achieving happiness in work (or life) often overlooked in science yet critical for attracting, retaining, and building enduring workplace well-being: the ability to be your true self. This captivating keynote explores the latest research from positive psychology on the crucial role of authenticity and psychological safety.

    From the lens of one of the world’s first happiness consultants, Sunny shares a powerful tool for leaders and employees alike to understand the hidden, protected, and obscured parts of their true selves and why it is essential to realize connection, values, purpose and other key elements of happiness. Examine why Radical Self-Knowledge is the future of happiness, explore the obstacles that hinder self-realization, and pathways to overcome them. This talk will shift your happiness and set you on a journey of self-discovery, reconnection, and actualization of yourself and your team.

    Takeaways:

    • The science of human happiness and the crucial role authenticity plays in workplace well-being
    • Discover a powerful tool to lead through highs and lows, purpose and values
    • Realize the challenges of authenticity in the age of distraction and disconnection
    • The importance of psychological safety and how to effectively create and lead with it

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Sunny Grosso: Speaking Reel

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Sunny Grosso is a workplace expert, lead coach|sultant, and global speaker with over a decade of experience. She studied the science of happiness,...

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Sunny Grosso is a keynote speaker and industry expert who speaks on a wide range of topics such as On the Other Side of Happiness: Whole-being Well-being and the Path to Thrive, The Surprising Key to Happiness at Work: Forging Authenticity for Enduring Well-being, Thriving Through Change: Envision and Own a Culture of Well-being, The Wellness Renaissance: Revitalizing People and Profits and The Yoga of Work: Ancient Revelations Meet Modern Science to Thrive. The estimated speaking fee range to book Sunny Grosso for your event is $10,000 - $20,000. Sunny Grosso generally travels from San Francisco, CA, USA and can be booked for (private) corporate events, personal appearances, keynote speeches, or other performances. Similar motivational celebrity speakers are Amanda Gore, Jenn Lim, Nataly Kogan, Shawn Achor and Adrian Gostick. Contact All American Speakers for ratings, reviews, videos and information on scheduling Sunny Grosso for an upcoming live or virtual event.

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