If you understand the mechanics of your brain, you can engineer the change in yourself and others.
Kristen Hansen is an international keynote speaker who helps leaders understand that how you lead starts with how your brain works.
With a Master’s in the Neuroscience of Leadership and more than 20 years in senior corporate and sales leadership roles, Kristen works at the intersection of brain science, leadership performance and change, helping leaders make better decisions, influence more effectively and perform at their best, especially when things feel complex or uncertain.
She is the founder of EnHansen Performance and the creator of the NeuroTREAD framework, a practical, brain-based approach that shows leaders how to Think, Regulate, Engage, Adapt and Develop not just to survive change, but to lead through it with confidence.
She also brings a refreshingly human perspective to AI, showing leaders how to use AI as a thinking partner, not a replacement — enhancing focus, strategic thinking and adaptability in a rapidly changing world.
Kristen’s sessions are engaging, interactive and grounded in everyday workplace challenges. She blends neuroscience, strategy and storytelling with her signature Australian humour and audiences consistently describe her presentations as insightful, energising and actionable.
Kristen has delivered over 750 keynotes and more than 2,500 workshops, working with 50,000+ leaders across 25 countries. Her clients include organisations such as IAG, McDonald’s, Allianz, Telstra, IBM, Westpac Group, Commonwealth Bank, Macquarie Bank, NRMA, the Department of the Prime Minister & Cabinet, and the Australian Defence Force.
She is also the author of TRACTION: The Neuroscience of Leadership and Performance, exploring how brain science underpins effective leadership, coaching and sustainable success.
And when she’s not on stage or working with leaders, you’ll likely find Kristen on the sand competing in Beach Tennis at national and international levels
Talking Points
The Neuroscience of Leadership
- Lead with the brain in mind for optimal performanceThe Neuroscience of Leadership
- Improve problem-solving and decision making
- Demonstrate strong leadership, resilience and confidence
- Generate high-performance teamwork
- Lead change effectively
- Empower and coach others
- Daily habits that kick start your cognitive and creative capability
The Neuroscience of Resilience and Wellbeing
- Why resilience is crucial for success and happinessThe Neuroscience of Resilience and Wellbeing
- How to bounce back from the regular set backs
- Habits that build resilience
- Utilise mindfulness to lengthen response times
- The benefits of 30 second circuit breaker to reset
- Brain-breaks, diet, sleep and exercise
The Neuroscience of Performance
- Techniques to optimise your cognitive and creative abilitiesThe Neuroscience of Performance
- How to have more "AHA moments"
- What causes our brain to sabotage our behaviour or to work effectively
- Perform at your optimum for longer -extend your 4 hour peak
- The myths of multitasking and how to focus
The Neuroscience of Change Leadership
- How to communicate, collaborate and commit for changeThe Neuroscience of Change Leadership
- Be the change leader that everyone follows
- How to make change leadership part of BAU
- Why our brains resist change and how to overcome it
- How to use neuroplasticity to form new habits
- Coach others through change
- The role emotion contagion, the "why's" and storytelling
The Neuroscience of Sales Effectiveness
- Build rapport and influence through emotion contagion and neuro-couplingThe Neuroscience of Sales Effectiveness
- Messaging to hit the buy button in your customers brain
- Handle objections and close the sale through effective questioning
- Consult and coach the customer for the ultimate sales approach
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Neuroleadership TREAD Presentation to Westpac, March 2014
Enhansen Performance - Recruiting With The Brain
Kristen Hansen presented on the Neuroscience of Leadership to over 150 of our people leaders. Kristen’s presentation was engaging, informative and practical. Kristen was incredibly entertain ... keep reading Westpac
Kristen is such a dynamic, engaging speaker. We felt very lucky to have her speak at our Women in IT forum. Her keynote presentation on The Neuroscience of Leadership truly resonated with our audience with many commenting on how they wanted to hear more from her. During theinformative yet entertaining session, Kristen provided the audience withinvaluable information that will help them to implement strategies to enhance their performance and strive for leadership roles within our organisation.
I thoroughly enjoyed your presentation and am hoping that some Department of Treasury and Finance staff will be able to attend one ofyour presentations.
Kristen Hansen presented at our Specialty Fashion Group Annual Leadership Conference to 85 leaders. The topic was The Neuroscience of Leadership (NeuroLeadership TREAD), and it was informative, entertaining and rich with practical strategies to lift engagement, improve decisionmaking and stress regulation, and develop and coach others. Kristen’s style was engaging, humorous and influential, and the feedback was overwhelmingly positive.
Great presenter – gave good examples to help audience relate to. Kristen is confident and open, full of energy and it was very interesting. The neuroscience was fascinating and I understand myself and my team members much more.
Kristen Hansen; dynamic, engaging and relevant. In presenting her neuroleadership session to the State Trustees managers, Kristen unlockeda response from the whole group that I've not been seen before. Every person took away strategies to help them be better leaders and they are still talking about the session months later.
I just want to say that was the most fabulous workshops I have ever attended. Somany useful tools to take away's to start using now. It was positive, empoweringand Kristen was completely engaging and relatable.
