Kate’s speaking style
Kate is described as an authentic, warm and down-to-earth keynote speaker. She shares the latest research from positive psychology and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy including tips about how these principles can be integrated into life in practical ways. Audiences comment that she’s someone who appears to embody her message.
KEYNOTE SPEAKING MELBOURNE
Mindful Leadership Workshops
Combining psychology research, mindfulness tools, therapy techniques and a series of practical exercises, this series of workshops will help you to discover a greater sense of self-awareness and your authentic style of leadership. Embrace your innate strengths, improve your communication style, overcome imposter syndrome, build courage and resilience and discover a greater sense of self-belief.
- Understand your leadership style and goals
- Discover your unique character strengths
- Connect with your ‘confident self’
- Develop a growth mindset
- Overcome imposter syndrome
- Connect with your values
- Build courage and resilience
- Discover your purpose
- Develop a five-year vision
Live & Work Mindfully
Learn how the latest mindfulness research can be applied in practical ways to help you become more present, relaxed and focused.
- Learn to be more present, focused and relaxed
- Balance the negative bias of the brain
- Choose behaviours that enhance your wellbeing
- Identify your personal values
- Build a more positive relationship with yourself and others
- Live with a greater sense of purpose
What people say
“I would urge anyone who wants to create and drive a positive and productive team culture to get you to run some corporate workshops with Kate. Thank you Kate for hosting such a brilliant workshop and creating the perfect space for my team to explore their strengths and talents and to learn about new tools to help them stay focused and grounded in such a busy work environment. The energy, knowledge and experience you bring are truly exceptional!”
Alex McDonald, Head of Audience Curation and Engagement, Bupa
“Kate delivered a fantastic session for our executive team, the session was perfectly pitched for the audience and delivered well beyond my expectations. Kate’s engaging style and ability to mesh together research and real-life practical examples really resonated with all who attended.”
Nicole Tournier, Director Planning & Resources, Strategy & Governance RMIT University
“Kate, I really appreciated you delivering such an excellent corporate workshop for our team. Your presentation ‘hit the mark’ and I received a lot of positive feedback from the Leadership Team on the quality of the presentation. Your session made it to the top of my list of “three things that went well today”!”
Neil Whiteside, Director Community Wellbeing, Brimbank City Council
“We found Kate’s insights and ideas helpful and everyone enjoyed the time to focus on themselves and to consider the priorities they had and if these should change.
Within a few weeks, almost everyone had taken some action to improve their wellbeing, productivity or relationships. This varied from enrolling in further study, starting an exercise program, joining a meditation class or simply reorganising their workspace.”
Tricia Farnes, Associate Director – Human Resources, Holmesglen Institute of TAFE
“Kate has been an integral part of our health and wellness program within Aviva. Sessions have engaged our employees and created an awareness and understanding around the importance of maintaining one’s health, both mentally and physically. Kate’s warm and understanding nature combined with her passion and enthusiasm for these topics has ensured a continued successful program for our employees.”
Cliodhna Coughlan, HR Learning & Development, Aviva Australia
“Kate, just a note to say a big thank you for the talk last night. The feedback was very positive and I think that we all took something away from it. Your style is great, with just the right balance of relaxed delivery without diminishing the importance of the material, and engaged the group throughout. I hope we can work together in the future.”
Brian Peters, Competency Executive, Terra Firma
“Thank you for a very interesting and informative session you conducted at CitiPower/Powercor today. Work-life balance sometimes seems a term that is quite hard to define, but you prompted lots of thought-starters for me. One thing I found vital – recognition that the balance can and does change frequently, depending on issues that are happening in either my work or private life. I hadn’t truly realised that before now. Thank you for putting so much of yourself into the presentation – it makes it so much more interesting.”
Executive Assistant to General Manager Human Resources & Corporate Affairs, Powercor/CitiPower
Recent clients include
Cotton On Group, Latrobe University, Holmesglen, Monash, Sensis, Grocon, Aviva, Coles Myer, Urbis, NPS Medicinewise, Moores Legal, The Victorian Bar, BHP Billiton, Macquarie Bank, NAB, Bank West, PwC, Powercor, CSR, Clemenger, CHE, George Patts, Department of Transport, Department of Human Services, Department of Sustainability & Environment, Department of Justice, Financial Ombudsman Service, Victorian Electoral Commission, TCA, Yarra Valley Water, Local Government Women’s Professional Development, Australian Red Cross, Brotherhood of St Laurence, Whitelion and Kids Under Cover.
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