What if work wasn’t the problem - but one of the most powerful solutions to human wellbeing?
Dr Kat Page is on a mission to change the world of work - and she’s inviting you to help build what comes next.
An organisational psychologist and author of the forthcoming book Good Work: Transforming Your Work from the Inside Out (Wiley, 2026), Kat challenges leaders to rethink how work is designed so people can thrive while delivering sustainable performance.
As both a trusted leadership advisor and Adjunct Professor, Kat brings over two decades of research and real-world insight across industries including healthcare, mining, finance, retail and government. Her work spans resilience, psychological safety, leadership, high performance and work design - translating complex science into practical shifts leaders can apply immediately.
But this work didn’t begin in a boardroom.
Growing up as the daughter of two police officers, Kat saw firsthand how work can both hold people together and quietly break them. That early awareness shaped a lifelong commitment to ensuring work becomes a force for health, dignity and sustainable performance.
Kat doesn’t deliver presentations - she changes the way people see themselves and work.
Through powerful, and often playful, storytelling, sharp insight and practical frameworks, she helps audiences recognise the pressures shaping their workplaces and the leadership choices that can transform them. Leaders leave with a new lens for designing work that supports both people and performance.
There is laughter. There are moments of recognition. There are uncomfortable truths - handled with care. And there is possibility.
Audiences leave clear, brave and ready to lead work differently.
Talking Points
Permission to be Human
This presentation explores the concept of giving oneself and others the "permission to be human," emphasising the importance of accepting imperfections and fostering authenticity.Permission to be Human
It delves into psychological theories supporting self-compassion and its benefits for mental health, including reduced anxiety and stress.
Practical strategies such as mindfulness and cognitive restructuring will be discussed to help integrate these principles into daily life, promoting a culture of acceptance and compassion.
Master of Ceremonies
As a Master of Ceremonies, Kat brings an eclectic and finely tuned blend of skills that will ensure an event runs seamlessly and leaves a lasting impression on attendees. Master of Ceremonies
A trained psychologist, Kat’s deep understanding of human dynamics allows for a profound connection with the audience and speakers, creating an engaged and open atmosphere.
Deeply curious about people and ideas, Kat will often make connections in unexpected and insightful ways, ensuring every introduction and interaction has impact. An experienced leadership coach and facilitator, Kat brings charisma and credibility to the stage, handling surprises with ease and humour.
Good Work: What if Work Was the Solution to Wellbeing?
For too long we’ve treated work as the cause of burnout and wellbeing as something we fix outside of it. This keynote challenges that assumption and shows how designing Good Work - with the right balance of meaning, autonomy, connection and challenge - can drive both wellbeing and performance.Good Work: What if Work Was the Solution to Wellbeing?
It examines the implications of this perception for workplace culture and leadership, emphasising the need for leaders to create a safe environment where stress can be openly discussed without stigma and with a focus on the work-based causes of stress.
By addressing how these gendered perceptions of stress impact both men and women, the presentation offers strategies for leaders to foster a more supportive and inclusive atmosphere, encouraging honest conversations about stress and well-being with the goal of creating more mentally healthy workplaces.
Psychosocial Safety: Balancing Load, Latitude & Leadership
Psychosocial risk is now a leadership and legal priority, but real change comes from redesigning how work actually happens. This session introduces a practical framework - Load, Latitude and Leadership - to help organisations create safer, healthier and higher-performing workplaces.Psychosocial Safety: Balancing Load, Latitude & Leadership
Key Takeaways:
- Mental health, psychosocial safety, and well-being in organisations, from early awareness to contemporary best practices.
- The historical context of workplace mental health, highlighting key milestones and shifting attitudes towards employee well-being.
- The integration of psychosocial safety measures, emphasising their importance in creating supportive work environments.
- Examine current trends and future directions.
- Actionable insights for organisations to foster a culture that prioritises mental health and well-being, ensuring a sustainable and productive workforce.
The Performance Paradox: Slowing Down to Speed Up
In a world of constant urgency, pushing harder often undermines the very capabilities performance depends on. Drawing on neuroscience and leadership research, this keynote shows why strategic pauses, recovery and reflection are essential for sustained high performance.The Performance Paradox: Slowing Down to Speed Up
Key Takeaways:
-Explore the biological and psychological mechanisms behind recovery processes, highlighting the importance of rest, relaxation, and active recovery strategies.
- How effective well-being practices can improve cognitive function, emotional resilience, and overall productivity.
- Equip individuals and organisations with the tools to optimise mental health and sustain high performance with evidence-based insights and practical techniques.
Beyond Burnout: Fix Work, Not the Worker
Burnout is often framed as a resilience problem, but the evidence points to something deeper. This session reframes burnout as a work, relationships, and systems issue and shows how leaders can reduce strain and unlock performance by fixing the system - not the person.
Beyond Burnout: Fix Work, Not the Worker
Change Agility: Adaptive Leadership in Uncertain Time
Change is accelerating, yet the human brain is wired to resist uncertainty and threat. This keynote explores the science of change and equips leaders with practical strategies to build adaptability, clarity and resilience in their teams.
Change Agility: Adaptive Leadership in Uncertain Time
Radical Humanity: Leading in the Age of AI
As AI transforms the workplace, the uniquely human capabilities of leadership matter more than ever. This keynote explores how leaders can practice Radical Humanity—amplifying judgement, empathy, meaning and ethical decision-making in an increasingly automated world.
Radical Humanity: Leading in the Age of AI
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How to break the cycle of overcommitment and burnout, with Dr Kathryn Page
Why do so many high-performing women end up exhausted, overextended, and questioning whether it’s all worth it? What if we could instead design work in such a way that it was good for us? In this episode, EVEN Co-Founder Dr Nora Koslowski sits down with Psychologist Dr Kathryn Page, author of Good Work: Transforming Your Work From the Inside Out, to unpack how we can redesign our work and our relationship to it. This is a grounded, research-backed conversation about what it actually takes to create work that feels meaningful, energising and sustainable. Kat shares insights from her work on wellbeing, alongside honest reflections on burnout, emotional load, and the hidden patterns that keep many women stuck in cycles of over-functioning. Nora and Kat explore: What “good work” really means and why it matters more than ever The link between fulfilment, meaning and how work is designed Why high-performing women are especially at risk of burnout The subtle ways we overextend and how to notice when it’s happening What you can do if you're leading others and want to create an environment where others feel good about work. If you’ve ever found yourself thinking “I just need to push a bit harder” or wondering why success doesn’t always feel as good as it should, this episode is for you.How to Find Your Purpose and Thrive in Uncertain Times with Dr. Kat Page
Dr. Kathryn Page and host Alena Bennett as they explore the depths of purpose, well-being, and the future of work. Discover how embracing discomfort, community, and values can transform leadership and organizational culture. Dr Kathryn (Kat) Page is an organisational psychologist, Leadership Partner at ByMany, Adjunct Professor of Management and Leadership at Swinburne Unniversity, and author of Good Work: Transforming Your Work from the Inside Out. She holds a Doctorate in Organisational Psychology and completed postdoctoral research at the University of Melbourne, exploring the relationship between work and mental health through a public health lens. Kat has worked with leaders across industries—from healthcare and mining to finance and retail—helping them navigate pressure, complexity and change. Her work is grounded in a simple but powerful idea: what if work could be part of the solution to our wellbeing, not the problem? Blending science, story and real-world experience, Kathryn brings a deeply human perspective to leadership—focusing on how we create work that enables people to perform, belong and thrive.Human-Centred Work in the Age of AI (with Dr Kat Page) - Ep. 295
Are you interested in creating a fulfilling workplace? Well, join us and our awesome guest; Dr. Kat Page to chat about that and more. In this episode, we dive into her new book, "Good Work: Transforming Your Work from the Inside Out," where she explores what makes work good for us and how to foster environments that prioritise well-being and productivity. Dr Kat Page is an organisational psychologist, researcher and leadership advisor focused on one central question: what makes work good for us? Over the past two decades, she has worked with leaders and teams across industries and geographies, from hospital wards and boardrooms to mining sites in the Andes and universities in Saudi Arabia. She is the author of Good Work: Transforming Your Work from the Inside Out (Wiley), which reframes burnout as a systems problem rather than a personal failing. Based in Melbourne, Dr Kat is a sought-after speaker on leadership, wellbeing, culture and the future of work. Her book is out now online and in all good bookstores.EFFORT RECOVERY In The Third Space - with Dr Kathryn Page | Virtual
A ROADMAP to Psych Health & Safety - with Dr Kathryn Page
Kat led our workshop on building psychological safety in teams with finesse and insight. Kat invested heavily in the preparation, understanding the business context and goals for our team. K ... keep reading Everyday Banking
Having Kat speak at our National Retail Banking roadshow event was an absolute game-changer. Charismatic and articulate, Kat captivated our audience from the moment she took the stage. Kat’s ability to present evidence-based insights while making complex ideas simple and accessible is truly unparalleled. What stood out the most was her talent for engaging the audience, making everyone feel involved and inspired. Her expertise in making wellbeing science practical for everyday use has left a lasting impact on our team. We can't recommend Kat highly enough!
Dr Kat Page co-designed and facilitated our high potential leaders workshop with skill and presence. Kat brought an authentic and charismatic energy to the room, making everyone feel comfortable and engaged from the start. Her evidence-based approach ensured that our discussions were grounded in solid research, while she excelled at making complex leadership concepts easy to understand and apply. The way Kat engaged the participants was outstanding, encouraging active involvement and meaningful contributions. Kat’s ability to translate leadership theory into practical strategies was particularly impactful. We are incredibility grateful for Kat’s facilitation and highly recommend her!
We engaged Kat to speak at our inaugural ‘Psych Health and Safety Conference’. We chose her because of her experience in the subject matter (organisational psychology and workplace mental health), and her professional, yet candid style. Kat did an amazing job in two segments as an interviewer, then as a panellist of esteemed workplace mental health experts. She was highly engaging, with the blend of professionalism and humour to resonate with the audience. Feedback on Kat’s segments have been terrific and we can’t wait to have her back at our next conference in 2025.
Dr Kat Page delivered an engaging session on creating thriving workplaces with our leadership group. Her evidence-based approach gave our leaders practical, applicable insights on how to optimise both their own wellbeing and performance as well as that of their teams. Kat is a compelling storyteller who combines deep research and data with thought-provoking discussions, leaving the group energised and equipped with tangible actions to take. Any organisation serious about making good work a competitive advantage would do well to have Kat in the room.
Dr Kat Page doesn’t just speak to an audience - she connects with them. From the outset, she invested time understanding our leaders, our context, and where we truly were as a company. That insight shaped everything that followed. Her session was inspiring, incisive, and incredibly engaging, blending front-line stories from high-performing teams with practical frameworks we could actually use. Kat has a gift for making complex psychological concepts feel accessible and relevant - especially in the moments that matter most, when conversations are difficult and stakes are high. Authentic, humorous, and deeply human, she captivated the room, cut through the noise, and left our people feeling both inspired and confident to take action.
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