Are you looking for a speaker that does more than just inspire?

Are you looking for a speaker that motivates long-term behavioral change?

I speak about how the old way of doing things just doesn’t cut it anymore, that employees aren’t drones to be managed, that creativity is essential to productivity (as well as innovation) and explore our brave new world of work.

There’s nothing like the thrill of speaking to, and connecting with, an audience. I deliver high-impact, motivating and thought-provoking presentations, workshop and courses for entrepreneurs, students, and progressive professionals.

Topics I love to speak on include:

Women, money, power, identity

Women’s struggles in business are unique and evolving. Part of these challenges are systemic, including lack of access to affordable childcare and adequate parental leave payment, and other parts of are personal and psychological. Women have had a very short history in the workforce. Our identity influences where and how we work, how much we earn, how we advocate for our needs, and the real impact that we have in the world. 

Working with one’s psychology, examining our beliefs, fears, attitudes and identity, isn’t easy, and it isn’t enough. It doesn’t excuse or exclude the work that desperately needs doing on the systems and cultural and subcultural factors that have a very real, enduring effect on our circumstances. But all change starts with dissatisfaction for the current status quo. To create a new world of women at work, we need to explore these things openly and fearlessly.

Unconventional careers

Change is the only constant in life (and work). Working for yourself is not a risky, renegade or unusual decision any more. Creative people don’t have to struggle. Success doesn’t have to mean a publicly listed company, or a glamorous tech start-up. Forging your unconventional career requires key attitudes. Skills can be taught but the right attitude is imperative.
For those who don’t follow conventional paths into the workforce, how can we navigate through our options? For those who’ve found themselves in a conventional career and then lost their mojo, how do you figure out what next?

Say something worth listening to and do something worth talking about

Marketing is easy. But creating cut-through? You need to say something worth listening to, or risk becoming the elevator music of the internet. The brave new world of business demands transparency, adaptability, collaboration, empathy and creativity. Social media has had an enduring influence on business that permeates far beyond particular channels, technologies and features. Brands must embrace this new collaborative environment if they are to thrive.

Hustle needs heart needs hustle

Too often, business is an either/or equation. Either you work for love, devotion and passion, or you work for money. Either you’re committed to 70 hour work-weeks, or you’re busy at the beach, with a little hobby business on the side. This simplistic view is not reflected in the complex make-up of self-employed Australians.

Heart without hustle lacks the funds to be sustainable, while hustle without heart ignores the human element and quickly burns itself out. How can we combine both –  humanising business so that it becomes more powerful and effective, tapping into empathy and creativity to make marketing far more relevant, valuable and compelling, and using our values to guide our business decision.

Book me

I’m represented by Speaking Out agency. To find out more about booking me, contact Speaking Out.