Uplifting Keynotes

Hi I’m AJ…and I worry about the addiction to productivity, efficiency and quick fixes to bring about streamlined processes, quality improvement, leaner management, faster results and the seeming delusion of needing to hustle to get stuff done.

It saddens me each and every time I enter a workplace to see good people working like zombies, devoid of emotion, enjoyment or engagement, snapping at each other, suffering under a micromanager or held prisoner by some system or hierarchy put in decades before.

It doesn’t have to be this way.

Cultures can be vibrant. Work can be juicy.

We all want to enjoy our work, to feel useful, productive, like what we do matters and adds value. We all want meaningful work that allows us to use our unique strengths and talents every day.

In my view organisations are possibly the world’s most under-utilised resource for solving many human, economic and environmental challenges we face today. So I am on a mission to accelerate the evolution of more conscious cultures that enable happy, healthy employees.

If we are to avoid a global disengagement crisis we need to find a new way. I believe we need a new approach to building healthy, vibrant workplaces, a way that’s not massive and costly and impossible to do.

I believe there’s a simple science to unlocking the power of your people and your culture and all it takes is a series of 10⁰ shifts. I’d love to come and speak to your organization, conference and meeting about how you can make shift happen and make yourself, your team and your culture juicy.

Three key reasons why AJ gets hired as a speaker

Reason #1: Lasting Results

AJ’s keynotes and workshop are recognised for producing lasting results for her clients. She believes that “Inspirational stories and motivational speeches are good for a lift, but a shift is what everyone is after. As a professional speaker I deliver relevant content with loads of interaction so people can make simple shifts that produce lasting results."

Reason #2: Practical Action Steps 

For business audiences she is not an inspirational speaker, she is a transformational coach and she knows what her breath of life is for. Her philosophy is, “not to get you to sit back and clap, but to sit forward, stand up and take action right away.” She is known for always leaving her audiences with several specific things that they can implement in the days and weeks following her presentation.

Reason #3: Real World Experience

If you want a sugar-coated view of business, leadership and culture, don’t hire AJ for your next event. She is provocative, sharp and truth seeking, she won't feed you a bunch of fluff. Her business deliveries come from not only her studies but her streetwise wisdom. Her University MBA students love that she shares not only the theory but the real world truths of the business world with loads of real life examples to illustrate. Her style is open and warm yet straightforward and sharp shooting, she's to the point; and she's always keeping it real. Many business speakers don’t compare because they can’t pass the test of real experience combined with book smarts and education.

SPEAKING TOPICS

Make Shift Happen

Audience: Leaders / Executives / Managers

Do you realise the power you have in setting the tone and culture in your workplace every day? As a leader you have a unique default frequency which affects your team, its productivity and ultimately your profits. If your culture is dipping into toxicity or you want to maintain and improve it, then this keynote will help you make shift happen.

You’ll Learn

• Why so-called feel good gimmicks like table tennis tables and pizza ovens don’t work

• What the key ingredient of a vibrant culture is that provides 4 x returns on the market average

• The behaviour design hacks you can apply to make culture change a positive experience.

 Do Less. Be More.

Audience: Leaders / Executives / Managers / Employees

We think we have to make radical change, go to the latest course, or buy the latest book to reduce friction and increase flow. when all we really need is to turn inward and make some small, incremental shifts to make change permanent.

Full of tips, tools and new ways to approach what you do and how you work and live, Do Less. Be More is a bit like “Luminosity for your work habits”. As AJ reminds us, “If we think more is always the answer and hustle is the only way we’ll become dry and crispy rather than vibrant and juicy.”

What You’ll Learn

• The traps of mental autopilot and how you can start shifting your energy instantly

• How to make simple 10⁰ shifts to get 30% more productivity

• How you can stay resilient and juicy so you bring the right energy to your worklife  

 The 10 Commitments of Masterful Managers

Audience: Leaders / Executives / Managers

Today everyone wants to be a great leader, unfortunately this means that sometimes the step of becoming an awesome manager first is forgotten. The truth of the matter is that in most organisations there are more managers than leaders, especially in the middle, and they are a powerful leverage tool, the tipping point to make or break a company’s success.

What You’ll Learn

• The 10 daily commitments that will shift your managers and your bottom line forward.

• How middle managers can be your main culture carriers.

• Tapping into the most powerful vehicle for effective culture change.

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