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Stephanie Puryear Helling
International Keynote Speaker | Executive Coach | Leadership Consultant
I'm passionate about helping leaders and teams navigate change, strengthen relationships, and grow with clarity and confidence. My work centers on equipping leaders with practical leadership tools that transform how they communicate, lead, and work together.

About Stephanie
With more than 25 years of leadership experience, Stephanie Puryear Helling has built a reputation as a trusted executive leader, keynote speaker, executive coach, and facilitator. Known for her work developing strong teams and guiding organizations through change, she brings a clear, vision-driven approach to developing leaders and strengthening teams.
Professional Certifications
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Gallup CliftonStrengths Facilitator
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Change Management Certificate, ATD
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Instructional Design Certificate, Training Magazine
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Advanced Facilitator/NAAEI Faculty
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Leadership Lyceum, NAA
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CAPS Credential, NAAEI
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CAM Credential, NAAEI
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Level Up Select Coach
Professional Awards
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ACE Apartment Career & Education (ACE) Industry Practitioner Award — National Apartment Association
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Top 100 Global Women Entrepreneurs to Be Inspired By (2023 & 2024) — Global Woman Magazine
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Top 100 Trailblazers (2025) — Global Woman Magazine
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Global Woman Coach of the Year (2025) — Nominee, Global Woman Magazine
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Rising Stars Under 40 — Multifamily Executive Magazine
Career Highlights
Stephanie Puryear Helling is an international keynote speaker, executive coach, and leadership consultant, as well as the founder of SPH Services. She works with CEOs, senior executives, and leadership teams to strengthen culture, navigate organizational change, and develop high-performing teams.
A Certified Executive Program Director with Maxwell Leadership and host of Live2Lead events, Stephanie brings a strategic blend of leadership insight and real-world execution to every engagement.
She speaks nationally at association conferences, corporate leadership events, and industry summits, delivering keynotes and executive sessions focused on transformational leadership, DISC and CliftonStrengths behavioral communication, resilience, and helping organizations build strengths-based cultures.
Stephanie’s insights have been featured in New York Weekly, CEO Weekly, and Global Woman Magazine, where she was named one of the Top 100 Global Women Entrepreneurs to Be Inspired By (2023 and 2024), recognized as one of the Top 100 Trailblazers in 2025, and nominated for Global Woman Coach of the Year. She was also recognized by Multifamily Executive Magazine as one of the “Fab Five Under 40.”
As Past President of the National Apartment Association Education Institute (NAAEI), Stephanie completed a national TV and radio media tour that included 19 interviews broadcast across more than 1,300 radio stations, reaching an audience of more than 47 million listeners — visibility and industry impact that contributed to her receiving the NAAEI ACE Award.
Through her podcast platform, Stephanie has also interviewed celebrities, global business leaders, bestselling authors, industry executives, and Hall of Fame inductees, bringing leadership insights from influential voices across industries to her audience.
Stephanie has delivered keynote presentations, leadership development programs, and executive strategy sessions for organizations and associations across the United States and in international waters.
Affiliations
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Board Member, National Apartment Association, 2009-2019
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President, National Apartment Association Education Institute, 2015-2017
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Vice President, National Apartment Association Education Institute, 2014-2015
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Grace Hill Leadership Council 2019 – 2020
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Advisory Board Founders Group - Trudy Stoner Coaching and Consulting Dec. 2020 - Present
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National Speaker and Executive Facilitator for:
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Mega Success Global Business Leaders Conference
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Multifamily Pro Brainstorming Conference
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Speakers At Sea
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Various national, state and local organizations and trade associations
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Organizations Served
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National Apartment Association (NAA) Executive Committee & Board of Directors
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National Apartment Association Education Institute (NAAEI Affiliate Association Executives & Education Directors
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Texas Apartment Association Leadership Lyceum & Executive Leadership Team
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Austin Apartment Association Executive Team
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Triangle Apartment Association - Leadership Lyceum and Executive Team
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Greystar Rising Star Leadership Program & Legal Services Team
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Level Up Media PR Mastermind Members

“As a leader, the first person I need to lead is me. The first person that I should try to change is me.”