Growth and change are the ingredients that make life sweet, rich and vibrant.
Dr Gemma Munro is an award-winning, transformative speaker and leadership coach, with a PhD in performance psychology and a knack for sparking rapid and easeful change. For over two decades, Gemma has worked with leaders and changemakers across the globe to help them reconnect with their purpose, spark their clarity, lift their courage and lead with energy.
Gemma has ignited change in workplaces across the planet and inspired over 77,000 people worldwide. She has spoken to global and national audiences at Google, Amazon, Qantas, Vodafone, PayPal and the NHS in London, and her keynote at Google headquarters in Silicon Valley was live-streamed to every Google office on the planet.
A two-time Telstra Businesswoman of the Year finalist, Gemma has been called ‘a human alarm-clock’, ‘a lightning bolt of love’ and ‘a cross between a switched-on psychologist and a fairy godmother.’
As a classically trained singer, she has performed in Westminster Abbey, Radio City Music Hall and, somewhat heart-stoppingly, to 53,000 screaming fans as a backing vocalist for the Rolling Stones.
Gemma is the co-host of The Oyster Sisters podcast and was the Founder of Inkling, known for its work across Australia, Asia and the UK in rapidly lifting the percentage of women at the leadership level. Before that, she was a tremendously serious management consultant and a recovering academic, having completed her PhD at a relatively young and impressionable age. She lives on five acres in the Adelaide Hills with her husband Ben Barnett and their exceptionally loving, occasionally exhausting and usually hungry blended tribe of three teenagers and a farm dog called Lucie.
Talking Points
Lead with Joy
The science and art of rapid, easeful and - (yes, it's possible) -joyful transformationLead with Joy
• Manage yourself through change with enthusiasm and skill
• Lead through uncertainty with grace
• Learn to see change as an opportunity, not a threat
At some point in your life, you’ve probably found yourself wanting to change but unable to make it last - it's as if you have one foot on the accelerator and the other on the brake. Or perhaps you’re undergoing a transformation program at work, and as much as you’re told to get excited, all you can think is "I'm so done with change!"
In this keynote, you'll learn how to manage your very understandable tendencies to shy away from change or to self-sabotage when faced with a need to transform. You’ll learn the seven tools Gemma has taught globally to help leaders navigate transformation with enthusiasm and ease, and to embrace change as an opportunity, not a threat.
Whether you want to transform your mindset, behaviours or results, or just navigate change and uncertainty with more skill, you’ll leave with the tools to manage change easily and well.
Peaceful Peak Performance
How to move from chaos to calm, exhaustion to energy and reasonable results to peak performancePeaceful Peak Performance
• Hop off the hamster wheel of stress and chaos
• Shift from functioning to flourishing
• Uplift performance AND peace
A typical day in the life of many leaders? Wake up, feel tired, drink coffee, check emails, feel overwhelmed, drink more coffee, attend back-to-back meetings, put out a fire, answer 3 of 78 new emails, deal with a people issue that could be an opportunity but just feels like another fire to put out, crave alcohol or sugar, attend a meeting, look at missed calls, roll eyes, play phone tag, eat sugar, feel fried, scroll phone, get home, drink wine, watch TV, go to bed, sleep fitfully, wake up ... then rinse, lather, repeat.
It’s time to get off the hamster wheel of stress and overwhelm. It’s time to stop feeling fried, burned out or done like a dinner. It's time to amplify your peace, your energy levels and your results.
In this keynote, Dr Gemma Munro shares the three shifts and seven tools that have seen over 10,000 leaders move from frazzled and burned out to energised and inspired, while also igniting their performance, purpose and peace.
The Courage to Shine
How to quieten your fears, doubts and self-sabotage, then harness the courage to fulfil your potential.The Courage to Shine
• Let go of imposter syndrome
• Soften self-sabotage
• Be in your zone of genius
Every single person has a bright spark within them made up of their unique gifts, preferences and purpose. And every single person - even the most outwardly successful - has fears, doubts and self-sabotaging behaviours that get in the way of them shining their light.
It doesn’t make us bad, stupid or lazy. It makes us human. We are simply wired that way.
In this keynote, Gemma will share the five main ways we can stop dimming and start shining our light. Audiences will leave with eight practical, evidence-based and fun tools that have helped tens of thousands around the world to let go of imposter syndrome, stop self-sabotage in its tracks, and achieve a level of success, spark and courage they hadn’t thought possible.
Brighter Leaders
The science of joyful, high-impact leadership in the midst of change and uncertainty.Brighter Leaders
• Unstick where you’re stuck
• Navigate uncertainty with clarity and calm
• Reignite energy, motivation and momentum - in you and your team
Change and uncertainty aren’t going anywhere. But burnout, disengagement and “just getting through it” are optional, not inevitable.
In this session, performance psychologist and leadership expert Dr Gemma Munro draws on two decades of experience - and her work with tens of thousands of leaders and senior teams globally - to show what actually works when the pressure is on.
Blending science with practical, immediately usable tools, she equips leaders to stop grinding through change and start leading it with clarity, energy and genuine momentum. Because the most effective leaders don’t treat joy as a luxury. They use it as a strategic advantage.
You’ll learn how to:
• Break free from the patterns that keep you stuck, flat or second-guessing
• Stay grounded, focused and decisive in uncertainty
• Lead from your “mastery zone” - where energy, clarity and impact come together
• Lift the emotional tone, ownership and performance of your team
Whether you’re leading transformation, navigating complexity or simply done with the old, heavy way of operating, you’ll leave with a clear, practical way to lead with more energy, more influence, and far greater impact.
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Gemma is a brilliant speaker! She is very genuine and engaging. She is a wonderful storyteller. Such wonderful energy and generosity of spirit, and so refreshingly real, fun and informative. Amazing, engaging, insightful, basically the most helpful speaker I could have hoped to hear.
I really enjoyed this session; I found it insightful and inspirational. Dr Munro was a wonderful speaker and her charisma and easygoing nature captured the audience. Her message really resonated with me and I left the session feeling invigorated and excited. This has been one of the best sessions I can remember.
Funny, authentic, and honest a fantastic leader and role model. I loved the real-life examples and backed-up research facts. Few people present thoughts and ideas as openly and relevantly as Gemma does. She is charismatic and relatable.
Gemma is sunshine and inspiration rolled into a package of fearless courage. She inspires people to accept their gifts and be the best that they can be.
Gemma is a great speaker. She engages the room very well and gives a lot of thought-provoking examples and gold nuggets throughout. Watching her conduct a session is a masterclass in itself.
The wonderful Dr Gemma Munro makes everything seem possible. I now believe I can do anything I put my mind to.
Some of the boldest decisions I've made are down to this incredible woman. In her expert hands, Gemma sensitively guides you to be courageous, authentic and able to lean into discomfort. She is clear, empathetic and engaging. She is also inspiring, funny, knowledgeable and full of humanity.
Dr Gemma Munro is engaging, entertaining, highly personable and knowledgeable. She is professional and fun, inclusive and welcoming, with high energy, an engaging style and relatable story-telling.
Brilliant she is extremely personable and obviously knows her stuff! She kept me engaged the whole time (not an easy task for most!) Gemma has so much energy, knowledge, passion and genuine care. Authentic, approachable, dynamic, sensational!
Dr Gemma Munro is like a lightning bolt of love. She will prepare you for your next big leap in life and career.
Some of the boldest decisions I’ve made are down to this incredible woman. In her expert hands, Gemma sensitively guides you to be courageous, authentic and able to lean into discomfort. She is clear, empathetic and engaging. She is also inspiring, funny, knowledgeable and full of humanity.
A BIG fun keynote from Dr Gemma Munro - we were thoroughly entertained, educated and enthused by her insightful presentation. The energy in the room was electric! We’re still buzzing a week later!
Well, I have a crush on Dr Gemma’s brain. Even after listening to her a million times, I would still learn something new. She puts energy, enthusiasm, wit and fun into her keynotes.
Something happened to me when Gemma spoke. It was both a breakdown and breakthrough. I left feeling completely exposed, vulnerable and light as a feather. The mask finally came down. And boy was it wonderful. Liberating!
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