Disrupt change exhaustion, ignite new era energy for change momentum
Ciara Lancaster is an accredited change leadership expert, a global authority on change fatigue and resilience, and Australia’s only main-stage speaker with real-world experience leading workplace change and transformation at Deloitte. Ciara proudly collaborates with CommBank, Westpac, Dell, Hays, McGrath, ASX, ServiceNow, and the Aged Care Commissioner, to name a few. Ciara is one of only four Australian women to speak at the Million Dollar Round Table (MDRT®) global conference, and in 2025, Ciara was hand-picked by the United Nations to present virtually to 23 countries on uncertainty through disruption.
After leading teams of 500+ through change management, business transformation, and digital innovation at Deloitte Australia, Ciara wrote and owns the topic of change fatigue and resilience in the #1 best-selling book Reimagine Change. Ciara’s thought leadership appears in The Financial Review, Sky News, In The Black, Women’s Agenda, and CEOWorld Magazine.
Known for magnetic stage presence, Ciara meets audiences where they are through emotional resonance, then wins attention and engagement by guiding them toward signature shifts forward. In a workplace defined by escalating pressure, competing commitments, and change exhaustion, teams are calling out for something real: clarity they can trust, tools they can use tomorrow, and practical guidance that reignites hope and momentum.
Ciara’s ideal audience is leaders exhausted from carrying the load, yet determined to make their teams change-fit for the year ahead. Ciara’s mission is to energise and equip people with grounded, immediately usable coaching strategies that elevate organisational-wide change resilience and align with the transformation roadmap.
Book Ciara Lancaster, main-stage speaker, to help your leaders unite and thrive amidst nonstop change. Ciara brings insider experience, practical tools teams can use immediately, and playful moments that spark connection and leave the room smiling. Let’s Reimagine Change®.
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Ciara Lancaster's Signature Keynote
Teams are tired of future-of-work fantasies. Cue the eye-rolls. Leaders and teams are grappling with the future of now, juggling the heaviest wave of workplace change in history. Ciara Lancaster flips the script. With battle scars from leading large-scale change initiatives and transformation at Deloitte, she equips organisations to turn overwhelm into opportunity. Through specialised change resilience and coaching skills, she empowers people to be future-fit and aligned with your epic transformation roadmap.
The Reimagine Change® keynote will challenge you to:
Reset your mindset to overcome change fatigue and thrive through always-on change.
Apply human skills that kill drama, energise people, and accelerate projects.
Use foresight to map a pathway forward when change lands in your lap
Why This Matters:
The pace of change is unrelenting. Teams without change-fit skills face burnout, disengagement, and stalled transformation.
CEOs need all-hands strategies that protect people, accelerate projects, and inspire sustainable change momentum.
? Ciara delivers reality-based coaching grounded in change leadership, neuroscience and inspirational stage-craft.
Expect practical tools, energising strategies, and the spark you need to reignite your team’s change journey. Your audience leaves change-fit, resilient, and ready to contribute and succeed in the modern era of workplace change.
*Yes! Every keynote is joyfully customised after our speaker briefing video call. I'd be honoured to speak at your conference.
Women in Leadership & Future of Work Panels
Ciara brings a powerful voice to conversations on gender equity and workplace evolution. Her perspective combines lived experience with practical strategies for creating inclusive, future-ready organisations. Ciara champions visibility and representation, inspiring audiences with the principle that “You can’t be what you can’t see”. She offers actionable insights for leaders committed to driving diversity, resilience, and adaptability in a rapidly changing world.
Women in Leadership & Future of Work Panels
Customisation & Panels
Ciara offers tailored Keynotes and panel contributions across high-impact themes, including:Customisation & Panels
Change Leadership – Strategies for leading transformation with confidence
Self-Leadership – Building resilience and adaptability in uncertain times
People & Culture – Creating connected, change-ready teams
Future of Work – Preparing leaders and organisations for what’s next
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Ciara Lancaster | Global Authority on Change Fatigue & Resilience | Saxton Speakers
iara Lancaster brings to life her signature keynote Reimagine Change – a powerful blend of adaptive leadership strategies, emotional intelligence, and practical tools for thriving through transformation. Ciara is a high-impact presenter who captivates corporate audiences with relatable insights, proven frameworks like the ABC model, and a fresh perspective on navigating uncertainty. Whether you’re planning a leadership summit, company offsite or industry conference, Ciara’s content resonates with teams facing disruption and needing to build resilience and adaptability.Reimagine Change® - Ciara Lancaster - My Why
Australia's change and resilience keynote speaker transforming teams from change fatigued to re-energised. Ciara Lancaster's expert topics are resilience building, mindset for change and self-leadership success strategies. Keynotes are underpinned by psychology, neuroscience and change management. Visit www.reimaginechange.com Human skills are THE competitive advantage in the decade of disruption, the post-pandemic world and the future of work. Ciara Lancaster, a former Change Manager at Deloitte Australia, combines stories, science and simple strategies from the stage to inspire a future-ready mindset reset. Most importantly, in a world dominated by celebrity, Ciara brings authenticity, vulnerability and relatedness that the audience comments on time and time again.Ciara Lancaster | In the Saxton Studio with Farah Parkinson
Ciara Lancaster sat down with Farah in the Saxton Studio to delve deeper into the fascinating art of change fatigue and resilience.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 co ... keep reading 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.
Ciara went above and beyond to prepare for the event and tailor her presentation to our audience. She delivered a thought-provoking presentation.
Ciara provided exceptional value for our community at Mental Health & Change During Challenging Times, we look forward to having her back!
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.
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!
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.
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.
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.
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.
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!
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.
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.
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.
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.
The team really enjoyed all the insights and learnings in what is a key topic, especially after the unprecedented year of change.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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!
Such a powerful way to wrap up Day 1, sharing insights on leadership, change and connection. Amazing to have Ciara there, she was fabulous!
Ciara is an incredibly engaging and very energetic speaker. The combination of responsiveness, research and table discussions reinforced the excellent change leadership messages.
