Category: Change and Resilience Keynote Speakers

Michelle Ray is a Hall of Fame business keynote speaker. A sought-after international leadership and change expert. An entrepreneur, an author, and an educator.
Most importantly, Michelle is a person. A passionate, deeply caring person. A fearless leader who’s not afraid to challenge the status quo. She’s the kind of person who’ll do what it takes to help her team get outrageous results, even in a down economy.

After a successful career in media and advertising in Australia, Michelle shifted gears and accepted a leadership role at a global non-profit youth organization. She facilitated enduring partnerships between youth, entrepreneurs, and educators, preparing future generations to thrive in tomorrow’s business environment.
Michelle encountered a total contrast of leadership styles during her career, both good and bad. These experiences sparked her desire to help leaders not only master the fundamentals but also become the best versions of themselves. She seized the opportunity to venture into the speaking world and has since shared these messages with audiences around the world.

With more than 25 years of experience researching leadership, accountability, change, and workforce trends, Michelle has a deep understanding of new realities demanding the attention of leaders. Specifically, a dramatic shift in where and how we work, generational dynamics, talent shortages, and managing disruption while keeping the “human factor” of leadership top-of-mind.
A credit to her Aussie roots, Michelle engages audiences with her down-to-earth, tell-it-like-it-is style. As a respected thought leader, she has worked with some of the world’s most recognizable brands, including Microsoft, the FBI, TD Bank, PayPal, and an array of Fortune 500 companies

Keynote: Leading in Real Time : How to be Ready, Responsive, and Relevant in a Radically Changing World
Keynote : Who Moved My Future : How To Cultivate A Change Ready Mindset

World’s Foremost Authority on Rejection, Top Inspirational and Resilience Keynote, Most- Viewed TED Talk Speaker, Toastmasters Golden Gavel Winner, Bestselling Author of ‘Rejection
Proof’. One of the most-viewed TED speakers of all time, bestselling author and entrepreneur Jia Jiang has made becoming rejection-proof the ultimate superpower for success-seeking Fortune 500 audiences. His inspiring, research-based keynotes are known for laugh-out-loud stories from his fascinating life and professional journey, motivating all of us to become fearless in pursuit of our goals and dreams. And now, drawing upon his upcoming book, The Art of Achieving Ambitious Things (Simon & Schuster, May 2026), Jia reveals a breakthrough system for amplifying performance and making any objective attainable.

Keynote : Resilience Through Rejection
Keynote : The Art of Achieving Ambitious Things

After building and scaling one of the world’s most effective behavior change apps, ‘Hooked on Healthy Habits’, Mandy Gill has one of the world’s largest datasets focused on goal-setting, resilience, and maximizing positive results. Drawing on her experience, Mandy is a highly sought-after keynote speaker, and published author, helping leaders and their teams thrive in the face of uncertainty in the future of work by equipping them with strategies to navigate those inevitable challenges and detours that can often feel like failure.

Mandy shares authentic parallels between the principles she uses to succeed while climbing some of the highest peaks in Nepal and around the world, along with running hundred-plus-kilometer-ultra-trail marathons. Mandy builds a compelling case for the uncontrollable environments in extreme adventure, and the ones that we face every day—at work, at home, and in our communities. To this end, she has even undertaken work with the US Navy. As a Harvard Leadership Program graduate, and an author, Mandy is also passionate about
leveling the playing field and opening doors for women across the globe, which has twicem earned her Women of Distinction Awards. Mandy’s newest book, “Reset with Resilience: A
Guide to Greatness When Your Goals Go Sideways”, was released in January 2025.

Keynote: Reset with Resilience: Turning Setbacks Into Success
Keynote : Achieve Tomorrow’s Goals While Navigating Today’s Distractions : New Heights In
Performance While Minimizing Burnout & Friction

Garry Golden is a professionally trained futurist who is deeply passionate about the future and its potential. His insights on how to align talent development to coming industry and market transitions have been shared with and implemented by such organizations as Dell, The World Economic Forum, Goodyear, and S&P.

Garry’s unique ability lies in making complex topics and trends approachable, impressing CEOs with his incisive thinking that motivates people to embrace the future rather than fear it.

As an Adjunct Lecturer at the University of Houston, he shares his expertise on the Future of Energy and Environment. Garry’s diverse consulting projects range from utilities, transportation, and supply chains to food safety, health, financial services, and sustainable retail packaging. He holds a Futures Studies degree from the University of Houston and is a past board member of the Association of Professional Futurists (APF). Besides his professional pursuits, Garry is an aspiring collector of street art, foreseeing its significance in the year 2040.

Keynote : Unleashing the Power of Artificial Intelligence: Transforming Businesses
Keynote : How Business Leaders Can Learn from the Creator Economy
Keynote : Digital Transformation and the Future of R&D, Product Dev & More

Change is hard because it’s hard, not because you’re not doing it right. My job is to make is easier by providing practical tools to help you adapt faster and better.
I am a psychologist, so my message is based on science. I am a business owner, so my message is shaped by experience. I am the father of a child with serious genetic defects, so my message is delivered with heart.

Leading change is both science and art. Gary’s aim is to inspire you to new heights in both.
Gary Bradt is a business motivational speaker who is dedicated to helping executives and individuals adapt through the inevitable change that comes with life, because if you don’t adapt, you will be left behind. Gary has personally experienced the challenges that change brings through the various roles that he plays in both his professional and personal life. Relevant facts:

• Licensed clinical psychologist in North Carolina
• Executive Leadership Coach and Consultant for 30+ years
• Business owner and entrepreneur
• Over 300 keynotes on change and leadership worldwide
• Author of three books on change and contributor to Forbes.com

This keynote empowers audiences to:
Find the opportunity in every change
Manage themselves so they can unify and lead others
Adapt new behaviors that deliver practical results
Understand the neuroscience behind the resistance to change and how to overcome it

Keynote : Change and Win

Former professor, researcher, clinician, and registered nurse, Dr. Janet Lapp was born and raised in Québec, Canada; her PhD is from McGill University in Montreal. Over the past 30 years, she has inspired over 3,500 audiences around the world from Russia to Argentina to Hong Kong–with clients such as IBM, AT&T, Allstate, New York Life, Toyota, and Kawasaki – to adopt a mindset skilled in leading others through disruptive change. She is a dual citizen, presents in three languages, and regularly consults throughout Europe and the Americas.

A licensed clinical psychologist and author of five books, she has been admitted to the Speakers Hall of Fame, and one year was rated by Toastmasters as one of the top three speakers worldwide. She is the creator and host of the CBS series ‘Keep Well,’ and has appeared regularly on INN, ABC, CNN, and NBC affiliates.

The Ritz-Carlton team and IBM sales used her best-selling book Plant Your Feet Firmly in Mid-Air to help create their successful transformations. She is author of four other books: Dancing with Tigers, Positive Spin, Why Won’t They Listen to Me? (pack leadership), and on personal transformation: The Four Elements of Transformation. Her forthcoming business book (Wiley, 2024) highlights the disruptive leadership mindset needed to guide others through disruptive change.

A pilot and flight instructor, Janet has flown throughout South America and Africa on medical and rescue missions and she is a long time volunteer in central México for the Sinaloa indigenous

Keynote: Powering the Future: A New Mindset for Change
Keynote: How To Lead Through Disruptive Change