Everyone needs a shake up from time to time.
Candice Harvey is the woman you call when your people, leaders, or entire organisation need a serious shake up - the kind that creates real action, real energy, and real results.
Known as a people shaker, Candice has spent 20+ years working inside the very environments she now helps transform. From senior HR roles across Australia, the UK and the USA, to the workshop rooms, conference stages and leadership offsites she now owns - she has seen every version of what happens when people are stuck, flat, or quietly checked out. More importantly, she knows exactly how to change it.
After years watching the same pattern repeat - smart people, clear intentions, and very little follow through - Candice made a pivotal career shift. In 2018 she left corporate HR to build a business around a single obsession: helping people move from awareness to actual behaviour change. Not just knowing better. Doing better.
Today Candice delivers high impact keynotes, workshops and facilitation for organisations across Australia - working with teams and leaders who are ready to perform at a higher level, communicate more effectively, and show up differently to the way they currently do. Her sessions are known for being direct, practical, energising and impossible to sit through passively.
She is the #1 Amazon Bestselling Author of The Shake Up book and host of The Shake Up Podcast - one of Australia's leading podcasts on performance, mindset and working life - with a loyal and growing community of listeners who tune in every week for honest, no-fluff conversations that actually move the needle.
Candice is eDISC certified, specialises in strengths-based leadership and team performance, and has worked with individuals and teams across industries including mining, healthcare, retail, financial services, government and professional services.
She is the speaker your audience Googles on the way out. The facilitator your team quotes three months later. And the voice that makes people realise that the shake up they needed was closer than they thought.
Talking Points
Energy is Everything
Because time management is useless if you're exhausted.Energy is Everything
You don't need more hours in the day - you need more energy in the hours you've got.
This keynote is for teams and leaders who are feeling flat, busy, or running on autopilot. Candice unpacks why energy is contagious, how to fuel it on purpose, and the simple shifts that transform productivity, collaboration, and culture.
Expect practical tools, a few laughs, and the kind of "aha" moments that stick long after the event ends.
Perfect for: Teams feeling flat, leaders managing burnout, anyone running on empty.
Not Done Yet
When everyone else is coasting, you're just getting started.Not Done Yet
Momentum beats motivation - every single time. This keynote is for organisations that refuse to coast, settle, or lose steam when it matters most. I challenge audiences to reset, refocus, and push past the point where most people give up.
With a blend of strategy, humour, and real talk, I show how to finish strong, keep standards high, and create lasting progress- in business and in life.
Most importantly, you’ll walk away with a clear strategy that teaches you how to be one of those people who actually achieve what they say they will.
Perfect for: End-of-year events, mid-year resets, anytime motivation dips.
Discomfort is Key
If it feels uncomfortable, you're probably in exactly the right place. Nothing grows in the comfort zone - except boredom.Discomfort is Key
In this keynote, I reframe discomfort as the ultimate growth strategy. I help audiences understand why the very things we avoid are often the gateway to better results, stronger
leadership, and more fulfilment at work.
Equal parts inspiring and practical, this session will leave people fired up to take bolder action and lean into the stuff that really moves the needle.
Perfect for: Leadership summits, change initiatives, teams playing it too safe.
MC
Candice is not a script reading MC. She shows up having done her homework - on the event, the audience, the speakers and the brief - and then she reads the room and works with what's in it. Her role as MC goes beyond introducing speakers and managing run sheets. She sets the tone, shakes up the energy and creates the kind of atmosphere where people lean in rather than check their phones. MC
Conferences, award nights, gala dinners, leadership summits - Candice has MCed them all, and organisers consistently say the same thing: she made the whole day better. Mic drop.
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Workshop Testimonial - Candice Harvey
Workshop - Discomfort is Key
Candice Harvey was an outstanding Master of Ceremonies for the RMIA Conference 2026 in Canberra. She was professional, engaging and clearly understood our member base. Candice handled last-m ... keep reading RMIA
I’ve been to many workshops, but it’s rare to see everyone engage so fully and meaningfully the way they did in Candice’s session. Getting total commitment from a group like she does it’s a real skill, and Candice has it.
I first saw Candice at a workshop/luncheon and was blown away! I knew I had to book her for an upcoming corporate event as our keynote speaker/motivator / and bring the vibe gal - for an International Women's Day Luncheon with 350 guests - She did not disappoint on all levels- an absolute joy that is not only a great speaker, motivator etc, she is fun, professional and super easy to work with - months later and we are still getting compliments of a great event with the best speaker they have ever seen! Only drawback - How do we top what she brought to the table! Eagerly searching for other events we can have her at! I cannot recommend booking Candice enough - and while I'm at it - buy her book - you won't be disappointed in that either.
