David Nico

David Nico

Keynote Speaker: Leading Expert in Whole Leader Health™, Author, Harvard Visiting Fellow

David Nico Biography

Dr. David Nico (aka "Dr. Healthnut") is a well-being strategist, keynote speaker, and author dedicated to empowering individuals and organizations to achieve notable results. With nearly three decades of extensive experience in the health industry, Dr. Nico is recognized as one of "America's Ultimate Experts" by Woman's World magazine. His areas of expertise include leadership, business, entrepreneurship, and growth. He leads the mission of inspiring healthier choices through his enterprises, Nico Ventures and Dr. Healthnut.

As a keynote speaker, Dr. Nico engages audiences with insightful strategies for enhancing well-being and professional effectiveness. His book "Diet Diagnosis" and appearances on national television networks have broadened his reach, establishing him as a reliable expert in the field. His work has been acknowledged in prominent media outlets such as Forbes, US News & World Report, and Business Insider.

Dr. Nico values lifelong learning and holds advanced doctoral training in strategic leadership, a doctorate in business administration, and a PhD in holistic nutrition. He is a visiting lecturer in the Executive Education program at Harvard Kennedy School, where he teaches human capital leadership and a strategic talent lifecycle model he developed to drive peak performance.

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David Nico Speaking Topics

Whole Leader Health™

The Science-Backed Blueprint for Peak Organizational Performance

World-class leadership and sustained organizational success begin with the Whole Leader. Promoting wholeness requires addressing multiple, interconnected dimensions and domains of well-being. This powerful session unveils Dr. David Nico's proprietary Whole Leader Health™ framework, meticulously developed through his original research as a Visiting Fellow at Harvard. Participants will gain a strategic understanding of how this holistic approach directly combats system-induced stress (a significant personal, professional, and organizational cost) to drastically improve resilience, enhance engagement, and drive unprecedented levels of learning and growth across the entire company culture.

Learning Objectives:

  • Adopt "Wholeness" as the new standard for cultivating optimal individual, team, and organizational well-being and performance.
  • Apply evidence-based strategies from the Whole Leader Health™ framework to significantly improve resilience and mitigate the costly effects of system-induced stress.
  • Lead the transformation of company culture to achieve higher levels of employee engagement, continuous learning, and sustainable organizational growth.
  • Utilize the scientific principles of Whole Leader Health™ to build a robust, high-performing enterprise, directly impacting profitability and long-term success.

Resilient Leadership

Navigating High-Stakes Demands with Whole Leader Health™

In today's demanding corporate landscape, leaders face unprecedented levels of exhaustion, challenge, and overwhelm. Dr. David Nico's Whole Leader Health™ framework offers a transformative approach to cultivate enduring resilience, shifting from burnout to breakthrough. This session provides practical, science-backed strategies for individual leaders to optimize their well-being, enabling them to inspire robust team performance, foster a healthy organizational culture, and reignite collective purpose and focus.

Learning Objectives:

  • Implement evidence-based strategies to significantly boost personal energy and combat burnout, enhancing executive vitality and decision-making clarity.
  • Cultivate physiological and psychological resilience to effectively navigate constant change and high-pressure corporate environments.
  • Apply Whole Leader Health principles to build a culture of well-being that drives lasting employee engagement, innovation, and organizational profitability.
  • Reignite personal and team purpose to sustain motivation and strategic focus amidst challenges, transforming disunity into high performance.

Building a Thriving Health Culture

Driving Performance, Productivity & Talent Retention

A vibrant organizational health culture is no longer a perk—it's a strategic imperative for attracting top talent, boosting productivity, and ensuring sustainable growth. Dr. David Nico unveils how to systematically infuse Whole Leader Health™ principles into your corporate environment. This session provides actionable insights for leaders to champion well-being initiatives that translate directly into reduced absenteeism, increased engagement, and a more resilient, high-performing workforce, ultimately impacting the bottom line.

Learning Objectives:

  • Design and implement a strategic health culture roadmap that aligns personal well-being with organizational goals and values.
  • Leverage nutrition and lifestyle science to enhance employee energy, focus, and overall stress resilience, impacting daily performance.
  • Measure the tangible ROI of a healthy corporate culture, demonstrating its impact on talent attraction, retention, and profitability.
  • Equip leaders to champion well-being initiatives that foster higher levels of psychological safety, collaboration, and collective innovation.

Strategic Human Capital

Optimizing Workforce Well-Being for Competitive Advantage

In today's competitive landscape, human capital is the ultimate strategic asset. This session, grounded in Dr. David Nico's Whole Leader Health™ framework, reimagines people management by integrating well-being as a core driver of talent optimization. Leaders will gain practical coaching skills, conflict management insights, and a blueprint for cultivating shared experiences that reduce burnout, enhance workforce continuity, and strategically develop top talent to achieve sustained growth and leverage stakeholder value.

Learning Objectives:

  • Align human capital strategies with organizational vision, mission, and core values to foster a high-performing, well-being-driven workforce.
  • Apply an entrepreneurial mindset to address complex people management challenges and administrative constraints, transforming them into opportunities for growth.
  • Implement practical coaching and conflict management skills to cultivate team well-being and enhance collaborative outcomes.
  • Leverage lifestyle wellness tools to proactively combat "brain drain," reduce burnout, and significantly improve workforce continuity and strategic talent development.

Food as Medicine

Boosting Immunity & Resilience for Peak Workforce Performance

While stress is a recognized top health risk, the profound impact of diet on overall well-being, stress continuum, and immune function is often underestimated. This session, drawing from Dr. David Nico's Whole Leader Health™ framework and his expertise in holistic nutrition, reveals the protective power of food against chronic diseases that diminish energy and vitality. Discover how specific, metabolically friendly nutrients can strategically empower your teams to become more productive, achieve restorative sleep, and significantly increase their overall health span, transforming the workforce's health profile.

Learning Objectives:

  • Implement evidence-based nutritional strategies to boost overall well-being, physiological resilience, and foster a more positive and engaged workforce.
  • Understand the critical role of quality nutrition in enhancing immune support, reducing chronic disease risk, and sustaining optimal organizational health.
  • Apply advanced lifestyle therapeutics and dietary insights to measurably improve team productivity, sleep quality, and overall health span at work and home.
  • Empower employees with practical knowledge to make informed food choices that directly contribute to individual and collective peak performance and vitality.

David Nico Videos

David Nico Sample Clip
David Nico Intro

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How much does it cost to book David Nico for a speaking engagement?

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What topics does David Nico speak about?

David Nico is a keynote speaker and industry expert who speaks on a wide range of topics such as Health, Healthcare, Nutrition, Medicine, Women's Health, Human Resources, Faith & Religion, Spirituality, Men's Health, Authors, Corporate Culture, Technology and Peak Performance.

Where does David Nico travel from?

David Nico generally travels from Virginia Beach, VA, USA and can be booked for (private) corporate events, personal appearances, keynote speeches, or other performances.

Who is the agent for David Nico?

AAE Speakers Bureau has successfully secured keynote speakers like David Nico for clients worldwide since 2002. As a full-service speaker booking agency, we have access to virtually any speaker or celebrity in the world. Our agents are happy and able to submit an offer to the speaker or celebrity of your choice, letting you benefit from our reputation and long-standing relationships in the industry. Please click the Check Schedule button above and complete the form on this page including the details of your event, or call our office at 1.800.698.2536, and one of our agents will assist you to book David Nico for your next private or corporate function.

What is a full-service speaker booking agency?

AAE Speakers Bureau is a full-service speaker booking agency, meaning we can completely manage the speaker’s or celebrity’s engagement with your organization from the time of booking your speaker through the event’s completion. We provide all of the services you need to host David Nico or any other speaker of your choice, including offer negotiation, contractual assistance, accounting and billing, and event speaker travel and logistics services. When you book a speaker with us, we manage the process of hosting a speaker for you as an extension of your team. Our goal is to give our clients peace of mind and a best-in-class service experience when booking a speaker with us.

Why is AAE Speakers Bureau different from other booking agencies?

If you’re looking for the best speaker recommendations, paired with a top-notch customer service experience, you’re in the right place. At AAE Speakers Bureau, we exclusively represent the interests of our clients - professional organizations, companies, universities, and associations. We intentionally do not represent the speakers we feature or book. That is so we can present our clients with the broadest and best performing set of speaker options in the market today, and we can make these recommendations without any obligation to promote a specific speaker over another. This is why when our agents suggest a speaker for your event, you can be assured that they are of the highest quality with a history of proven success with our other clients.


David Nico is a keynote speaker and industry expert who speaks on a wide range of topics including Health, Healthcare and Nutrition. Please contact us for live or virtual event fee details. David Nico generally travels from Virginia Beach, VA, USA and can be booked for (private) corporate events, personal appearances, keynote speeches, or other performances. Similar motivational celebrity speakers are Toby Cosgrove, Daniel Kraft, M.D. and Dr. Joel Selanikio. Contact All American Speakers for ratings, reviews, videos and information on scheduling David Nico for an upcoming event.

Speaker profile last updated by AAE Talent Team on 11/06/2025.

David Nico Speaking Topics

  • Whole Leader Health™

    The Science-Backed Blueprint for Peak Organizational Performance

    World-class leadership and sustained organizational success begin with the Whole Leader. Promoting wholeness requires addressing multiple, interconnected dimensions and domains of well-being. This powerful session unveils Dr. David Nico's proprietary Whole Leader Health™ framework, meticulously developed through his original research as a Visiting Fellow at Harvard. Participants will gain a strategic understanding of how this holistic approach directly combats system-induced stress (a significant personal, professional, and organizational cost) to drastically improve resilience, enhance engagement, and drive unprecedented levels of learning and growth across the entire company culture.

    Learning Objectives:

    • Adopt "Wholeness" as the new standard for cultivating optimal individual, team, and organizational well-being and performance.
    • Apply evidence-based strategies from the Whole Leader Health™ framework to significantly improve resilience and mitigate the costly effects of system-induced stress.
    • Lead the transformation of company culture to achieve higher levels of employee engagement, continuous learning, and sustainable organizational growth.
    • Utilize the scientific principles of Whole Leader Health™ to build a robust, high-performing enterprise, directly impacting profitability and long-term success.

  • Resilient Leadership

    Navigating High-Stakes Demands with Whole Leader Health™

    In today's demanding corporate landscape, leaders face unprecedented levels of exhaustion, challenge, and overwhelm. Dr. David Nico's Whole Leader Health™ framework offers a transformative approach to cultivate enduring resilience, shifting from burnout to breakthrough. This session provides practical, science-backed strategies for individual leaders to optimize their well-being, enabling them to inspire robust team performance, foster a healthy organizational culture, and reignite collective purpose and focus.

    Learning Objectives:

    • Implement evidence-based strategies to significantly boost personal energy and combat burnout, enhancing executive vitality and decision-making clarity.
    • Cultivate physiological and psychological resilience to effectively navigate constant change and high-pressure corporate environments.
    • Apply Whole Leader Health principles to build a culture of well-being that drives lasting employee engagement, innovation, and organizational profitability.
    • Reignite personal and team purpose to sustain motivation and strategic focus amidst challenges, transforming disunity into high performance.

  • Building a Thriving Health Culture

    Driving Performance, Productivity & Talent Retention

    A vibrant organizational health culture is no longer a perk—it's a strategic imperative for attracting top talent, boosting productivity, and ensuring sustainable growth. Dr. David Nico unveils how to systematically infuse Whole Leader Health™ principles into your corporate environment. This session provides actionable insights for leaders to champion well-being initiatives that translate directly into reduced absenteeism, increased engagement, and a more resilient, high-performing workforce, ultimately impacting the bottom line.

    Learning Objectives:

    • Design and implement a strategic health culture roadmap that aligns personal well-being with organizational goals and values.
    • Leverage nutrition and lifestyle science to enhance employee energy, focus, and overall stress resilience, impacting daily performance.
    • Measure the tangible ROI of a healthy corporate culture, demonstrating its impact on talent attraction, retention, and profitability.
    • Equip leaders to champion well-being initiatives that foster higher levels of psychological safety, collaboration, and collective innovation.

  • Strategic Human Capital

    Optimizing Workforce Well-Being for Competitive Advantage

    In today's competitive landscape, human capital is the ultimate strategic asset. This session, grounded in Dr. David Nico's Whole Leader Health™ framework, reimagines people management by integrating well-being as a core driver of talent optimization. Leaders will gain practical coaching skills, conflict management insights, and a blueprint for cultivating shared experiences that reduce burnout, enhance workforce continuity, and strategically develop top talent to achieve sustained growth and leverage stakeholder value.

    Learning Objectives:

    • Align human capital strategies with organizational vision, mission, and core values to foster a high-performing, well-being-driven workforce.
    • Apply an entrepreneurial mindset to address complex people management challenges and administrative constraints, transforming them into opportunities for growth.
    • Implement practical coaching and conflict management skills to cultivate team well-being and enhance collaborative outcomes.
    • Leverage lifestyle wellness tools to proactively combat "brain drain," reduce burnout, and significantly improve workforce continuity and strategic talent development.

  • Food as Medicine

    Boosting Immunity & Resilience for Peak Workforce Performance

    While stress is a recognized top health risk, the profound impact of diet on overall well-being, stress continuum, and immune function is often underestimated. This session, drawing from Dr. David Nico's Whole Leader Health™ framework and his expertise in holistic nutrition, reveals the protective power of food against chronic diseases that diminish energy and vitality. Discover how specific, metabolically friendly nutrients can strategically empower your teams to become more productive, achieve restorative sleep, and significantly increase their overall health span, transforming the workforce's health profile.

    Learning Objectives:

    • Implement evidence-based nutritional strategies to boost overall well-being, physiological resilience, and foster a more positive and engaged workforce.
    • Understand the critical role of quality nutrition in enhancing immune support, reducing chronic disease risk, and sustaining optimal organizational health.
    • Apply advanced lifestyle therapeutics and dietary insights to measurably improve team productivity, sleep quality, and overall health span at work and home.
    • Empower employees with practical knowledge to make informed food choices that directly contribute to individual and collective peak performance and vitality.

David Nico Videos

David Nico Sample Clip
David Nico Intro

David Nico News

  • How do I book David Nico to speak at my event?

    Our experienced booking agents have successfully helped clients around the world secure speakers like David Nico for speaking engagements, personal appearances, product endorsements, or corporate entertainment since 2002. Click the Check Schedule button above and complete the form on this page to check availability for David Nico, or call our office at 1.800.698.2536 to discuss your upcoming event. One of our experienced agents will be happy to help you get speaking fee information and check availability for David Nico or any other speaker of your choice.
  • How much does it cost to book David Nico for a speaking engagement?

    Speaking fees for David Nico, or any other speakers and celebrities, are determined based on a number of factors and may change without notice. For the most current speaking fee to hire David Nico, click the Check Schedule button above and complete the form on this page, or call our office at 1.800.698.2536 to speak directly with an experienced booking agent.
  • What topics does David Nico speak about?

    David Nico is a keynote speaker and industry expert who speaks on a wide range of topics such as Health, Healthcare, Nutrition, Medicine, Women's Health, Human Resources, Faith & Religion, Spirituality, Men's Health, Authors, Corporate Culture, Technology and Peak Performance.
  • Where does David Nico travel from?

    David Nico generally travels from Virginia Beach, VA, USA and can be booked for (private) corporate events, personal appearances, keynote speeches, or other performances.
  • Who is the agent for David Nico?

    AAE Speakers Bureau has successfully secured keynote speakers like David Nico for clients worldwide since 2002. As a full-service speaker booking agency, we have access to virtually any speaker or celebrity in the world. Our agents are happy and able to submit an offer to the speaker or celebrity of your choice, letting you benefit from our reputation and long-standing relationships in the industry. Please click the Check Schedule button above and complete the form on this page including the details of your event, or call our office at 1.800.698.2536, and one of our agents will assist you to book David Nico for your next private or corporate function.
  • What is a full-service speaker booking agency?

    AAE Speakers Bureau is a full-service speaker booking agency, meaning we can completely manage the speaker’s or celebrity’s engagement with your organization from the time of booking your speaker through the event’s completion. We provide all of the services you need to host David Nico or any other speaker of your choice, including offer negotiation, contractual assistance, accounting and billing, and event speaker travel and logistics services. When you book a speaker with us, we manage the process of hosting a speaker for you as an extension of your team. Our goal is to give our clients peace of mind and a best-in-class service experience when booking a speaker with us.
  • Why is AAE Speakers Bureau different from other booking agencies?

    If you’re looking for the best speaker recommendations, paired with a top-notch customer service experience, you’re in the right place. At AAE Speakers Bureau, we exclusively represent the interests of our clients - professional organizations, companies, universities, and associations. We intentionally do not represent the speakers we feature or book. That is so we can present our clients with the broadest and best performing set of speaker options in the market today, and we can make these recommendations without any obligation to promote a specific speaker over another. This is why when our agents suggest a speaker for your event, you can be assured that they are of the highest quality with a history of proven success with our other clients.
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