Tanyika Mayhew Butler
Disruptor of High Functioning Survival Mode Keynote Speaker | Author | Creator of No More UGLY Wins™

Helping leaders see what everyone else has normalized—because the biggest threats to performance are rarely the loudest ones. 

About Tanyika Mayhew Butler 

Most people know how to measure success.

Few people know how to measure what success is costing them.

For years, Tanyika Mayhew Butler looked successful from the outside. She built an award-winning career in education, led teams, earned advanced degrees, raised a family, and became known for helping others navigate complex challenges.

Then came the applause.

In 2015, while accepting one of the highest honors of her career, she realized something that changed the direction of her life. The recognition was real. The achievement was real.

But so was the exhaustion.

She had already stepped back from responsibilities, searched for better balance, and done everything she believed would prevent burnout.

Yet nothing changed.

That moment led her to ask a question that would shape the next decade of her work:

What if burnout isn't the problem?

That question led Tanyika to uncover the hidden performance patterns that quietly exhaust high achievers long before burnout becomes visible.

Today, she helps leaders see what everyone else has normalized. Through her keynote, No More UGLY Wins™, she challenges organizations to stop treating burnout as the diagnosis and start identifying the patterns that create it—helping leaders build sustainable, repeatable success before burnout, turnover, and disengagement become the cost of winning.

Her message is simple:

The Success Was Real.
The Cost Was Real Too.

Be Excellent. Not Exhausted.™

 How Tanyika Helps Organizations 

• Keynote Speaking
• Executive Workshops
• Leadership Experiences