Keynote Speaker

The secrets to going from challenged teenager to high performing CEO! Caroline was born in Ireland, and at the age of 13, her parents immigrated to Australia. She grew up with a severely alcoholic mother. The eldest of three siblings, she looked after the family from a young age. At school, Caroline struggled to fit in. At 16 Caroline ended up in a youth hostel. This saved Caroline’s life. Caroline vowed that she would never end up like her mother, and fought mediocrity her whole life. She doesn’t believe in the “glass ceiling” keeping women from top jobs. In this inspirational presentation, Caroline shares her tips on what it takes to build a c-suite career and developing a highly successful business.

As a woman who led in male dominated industries, Caroline is passionate about creating pathways for women leaders to step up, take a seat at the table and own it. Caroline draws on her experience of overcoming adversity, her diverse background in business and mentoring to harness the essence of being a confident, courageous and resilient leader who is both decisive and determined to lead with passion and purpose. Leaders with confidence, courage and resilience can make and stand behind difficult decisions, and they thrive under pressure. In this keynote, Caroline shares her insights from mentoring leaders, teams and groups within organisations. Resulting in improved engagement, empowered leadership, fostering collaboration, encouraging innovation, promoting accountability, resulting in a ‘culture of courage’ for improved performance and results.

Caroline delivers a compelling keynote which outlines the key differences between leadership and management. No matter what the goals are in your business. Whether it's improving your sales, inspiring transformation, improving your culture, or promoting innovation. Someone has to lead. Leadership has nothing to do with your title or your position in the business. It’s about how you inspire others and what you do to change things for the better. Caroline believes the definition of a leader is someone who has followers. A tribe of people who respect and admire them. Leaders are those who empower others, inspire others to achieve their goals. True leaders create more leaders. All individuals have the potential to lead and in this keynote, Caroline will show you how.

Imagine a successful leader! We are presuming a reserved unassuming introvert was not what you imagined. All because studies have proven that the majority of executives in leadership positions display extroverted personality traits. Yet, that does not mean that extroverts are better leaders than introverts. Introvert leaders are more likely to listen to what their teams have to say. Pro-actively setting their team up for success. They have an ability to empower others. As a self-confessed introvert, Caroline is passionate about sharing the unique skills that have served her well as an accomplished introvert leader. You don't need to be an extrovert to be a great leader.

With over 20 years’ experience in the business world. Caroline is an expert in helping businesses to grow and increase revenue through driving a strong vision and strategy. Her method focuses on developing lasting, engaging connections with staff and clients. Caroline believes that culture eats strategy for breakfast. In this presentation Caroline shares her practical 7 step method, to increase sales, retain staff and have clients rave about you. She will show you how to capitalise on your existing assets. Her ideas are practical, easy to implement and make lots of sense. Without your clients and staff you don’t have a business.