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Ciara
Lancaster

Australia's #1 Authority on Change Fatigue & Resilience

Disrupt change exhaustion, ignite new era energy for change momentum

Profile

Ciara Lancaster is a change management and modern psychology post-graduate, former Deloitte Australia Change Leader, international keynote speaker, and award-winning author of 'Reimagine Change®'.

She brings unmatched credibility and stage charisma to help teams unite and thrive in the era of accelerated workplace change. Ciara is widely recognised as the go-to expert on change fatigue and resilience for all-staff conferences and leadership forums.

Teams often fail to embrace constant change because they don't know how to start, sustain the energy and/or motivate the team around them.

Ciara's proven big-stage ability to deliver an audience transformation where people FEEL inspired and EQUIPPED with team coaching practices and personal mindset tools to better navigate continuous, intense workplace change is masterful.

Ciara's work is featured on Sky News, In The Black, Thrive Global and the AFR, to name a few.

Ciara's best-selling, award-winning book, 'Reimagine Change' sparked a movement in human sustainability, adaptability and resilience.

Ciara's diverse clientele includes businesses going through large-scale workplace change and business transformation, teams overwhelmed and overloaded by change expectations over and above their core everyday work, and cultures that are disengaged, change-fatigued and need revitalising. Get ready to unite and thrive, together!

Expertise
Talking Points

Reimagine Change®

Modern leaders must adapt and evolve to respond and thrive in business and beyond.

Discover the secrets to Reimagine Change®.
+ Activate Psychological Safety
+ Accelerate Adaptive Leadership
+ Awaken Change Optimism

Your gateway to growth during high-velocity change:
+ Australia's #1 Keynote on High Performance & Culture Change
+ Integrating reality-based coaching, neuroscience and the latest in human-centred change management.
+ Guided by Ciara Lancaster, Award-Winning Change Resilience Author & Speaker with Deloitte Leader Experience.

The Reimagine Change® Difference:
+ Modern cinematic delivery style
+ Epic culture & change research and takeaways
+ Engaging table activities + roaming mic interactivity + practical worksheet

Your audience will learn:
+ How to combat the energy villain of change fatigue
+ How to become more optimistic during change, and
+ How to support and motivate one another to sustain the journey

Your audience will leave with:
+ Renewed enthusiasm towards change
+ A new toolkit of actionable insights
+ Bonus downloadable resources

Final words of wisdom:
+ Investing in team-wide change leadership is the greatest transformation of all
+ Feel fantastic by maximising psychological safety and minimising the psychosocial hazard of 'Poor Change Management'.
+ This keynote is not the best fit for conservative, safe, boring teams
+ This keynote is perfect for fun, curious, boundary pushers
+ All content is customised via a detailed briefing call

Women in Leadership & Future of Work Panels

You can't be, what you can't see!

Representation matters more than ever on leadership panels and conference agendas. Let's celebrate diversity and disrupt the narrative together!

- Australia's leading voice on Change and resilience
- Certified Change Leader with Big 4 experience
- Well-versed in conducting 1-1 leadership interviews
- Elevate panel conversations with inclusive debate
- Experience a vibrant, researched stage presence
- Excite your audience with meet and greets

Customisation & Panels

SELF-LEADERSHIP / PEOPLE & CULTURE / FUTURE OF WORK THEMES
(45-minute bespoke customised keynotes for unique events)

A selection of key clients prefer to reach out to me months in advance to design and deliver a bespoke end-to-end keynote. This style of briefing works best with specific parameters agreed upon.

As a certified Change Leader with corporate lived-experience in the trenches of business transformation, Ciara is well-versed in conducting one-on-one interviews with team members to gather data. This data is then used to shape the on-screen narrative and is guaranteed to have your audience nodding along in agreement.

This presents a follow-up opportunity to have Ciara Lancaster switch from keynote speaker to panel host for a deeper panel discussion with key audience members. A thoughtfully prepared panel with a pre-determined structure becomes a powerful and memorable addition to any conference agenda!
Media
Feedback
Ciara Lancaster was a great addition to our global conference! She was very adaptable to our unusual circumstances and was able to help problem-solve with us to make it a great event. The content was highly relevant to the audience and very well received; we had a lot of people telling us they were interested in reading Reimagine Change after seeing her dynamic presentations. Ciara was highly professional before, during and after the event and brought a lot of positive energy and can do spirit to the whole experience. Ciara should be on everyone's shortlist for keynote speakers! IBM/Cubewise

We thoroughly enjoyed working with Ciara for our event. Her topic on resilience and overcoming change fatigue was very topical at the time of our conference (when most of Australia was in lockdown) but would be equally relevant to any time or place, as her keynote provided a sense of optimism and togetherness, and contributed to a positive message on which to end the conference week. Ciara was professional, organized, and an absolute pleasure to engage with. She was also very keen to understand our sector, to ensure her session was tailored to our audience.

Australian International Education Conference

Ciara went above and beyond to prepare for the event and tailor her presentation to our audience. She delivered a thought-provoking presentation.

Australian Accredited Certifier Conference

Ciara provided exceptional value for our community at Mental Health & Change During Challenging Times, we look forward to having her back!

Change Management Institute

It was great having Ciara join us at our recent company update. Her content was expansive and in particular, her pointers around celebrating experimentation, encouraging our people to take risks and fail, and to challenge each other to ensure we don't repeat what might have worked in the past was particularly powerful and relevant for our business.

Shopper Media Group

Our team found Ciara's virtual session really insightful. Her delivery via video highlights, research and business storytelling brilliantly validated the emotions our team have been feeling through so much change. All of the feedback gathered after the session was consistently positive. Ciara also provided a variety of valuable post-event resources to further embed the concepts showcased. Highly recommend connecting with Ciara!

Citibank Australia

Highly engaging and perfectly pitched. Ciara's opening keynote was received exceptionally well. It was a fabulously energising in-person session. Thank you for sharing your change expertise and commercial lens with our Victorian Leadership Team. Allowing us to feel uncomfortable together and to reimagine change with a positive mindset. We have a real appreciation for this collaboration.

Hays Recruitment

Thanks once again for your outstanding contribution to the success of our Dell Client Solutions Series. The feedback that I received has been extremely positive with the panel being called out as a highlight, and that was in a large part due to your valuable insights and wisdom. Thank you for the role that you played in making the day a success.

Dell Technologies

Ciara was brilliantreally fantastic! She was right on the message and achieved all of the desired outcomes from our briefing. The culture and change messaging was very motivational.

JLL

Ciara's closing keynote was hugely successful! The company-wide feedback was very positive after witnessing the energy, enthusiasm and engagement in the room stay super high right to the end of the day. Her content on 'Change Resilience Readiness' was a welcomed shift after a full day of product-specific content. Our team found her session really beneficial with several inspiring takeaways. We loved having Ciara join us for our conference and you will too." You could feel the energy of introspection buzz around the room. I feel very fortunate to have had the chance to hear you in person today. And I'm excited to read through the bonus content over the weekend.

Cashrewards

Very high standards. Very high energy. Very easy to deal with. If you are questioning whether to bring in Ciara to virtually keynote to your team. The short answer is do it! Leading up to the session, Ciara completed a thorough briefing to understand the challenges of our team and pin point what would be personally meaningful to them. Ciara then brought the topic to life via an engaging mixture of media, industry terminology and in our case, references to our internal wellbeing initiatives. Feedback from across the team was that it was very well received, as were the very generous selection of resources. Thank you, Ciara!

Monash Health

Applause is the test of any performer's ability, and Ciara's were loud. Not only a crowd-pleaser but a professional from our first email, through to briefing calls, and her time on-site and on stage. Ciara gave the closing keynote speaker at one of our 3-day conference, and as required, she held our delegates' interest and enthusiasm to the bell. Feedback from our attendees was that it was captivating, relatable and pertinent. We look forward to reconnecting with Ciara for future conferences. Brilliantly delivered and such an important part of the event. The human side of business propels everything and understanding what drives, impacts and challenges people is paramount to success. Lots of great insights and takeaways.

iMedia Comexposium

If you are looking for a sophisticated keynote related to change, disruption and the future of work, Ciara Lancaster knows how to engage senior leaders and executive teams. You'll experience real stories and real insights that will challenge your audience to sit-up, expand their thinking and show-up in more useful ways that drive momentum. It was very well received and the themes aligned well with our deep focus on team culture.

RX Global Australia

Ciara cuts to the chase on the complexities and challenges of change very quickly. She challenged us to broaden our awareness and adaptivity towards workplace change and resilience at our national retreat. Her opening keynote was on-brief and helped to set the tone for the day, with follow-up presenters easily tying back to key messages such as future of work skills and trends in change leadership expectations. Thank you for generously sharing your professional insights with our team Ciara.

Hopgood Ganim Lawyers

Ciara's keynote shined a light on the complex topic of constant change in the workplace. Our team enjoyed comparing her real-world challenges to theirs and were curious to dive into insights into adaptive leadership. It was a credible and timely message! Thank you for joining us Ciara.

Toll Logistics

The team really enjoyed all the insights and learnings in what is a key topic, especially after the unprecedented year of change.

Pepper Financial Services

Ciara was energetic, engaging, informative and connected on a personal level with the audience following the event. I would highly recommend Ciara to other event organisers.

Cessnock City Council

Ciara is an amazing speaker with easy to digest advice! Thanks for bringing the energy you bring to our 5 state forum tour. We are already hearing good news stories from our teams implementing the personal changes shared in the keynote.

Commonwealth Bank of Australia

Ciara was energetic, engaging and connected on a personal level with the audience following the event. I would highly recommend Ciara to other event organisers. 10/10.

Resilience NSW

Ciara's session on change resilience was excellent. Thank you for closing Day 1 on such a high! Survey feedback showed that 90% of our delegates rated the session as excellent.

ALPMA

Ciara's opening keynote left an incredibly uplifting impact on our leaders. She was a stand-out for both our audience and our event planners!

McGrath

Such a powerful way to wrap up Day 1, sharing insights on leadership, change and connection. Amazing to have Ciara there, she was fabulous!

Fernwood

Ciara is an incredibly engaging and very energetic speaker. The combination of responsiveness, research and table discussions reinforced the excellent change leadership messages.

Westpac
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