Performance coach, MC and bestselling author of The Shake Up on behaviour change that sticks.
Candice Harvey works as a performance coach, facilitator, keynote speaker and MC, with more than twenty years in HR, leadership and people performance roles across Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States. That career is the source of her material: two decades inside organisations watching what makes teams perform and — more usefully — what quietly stops them.
She is the bestselling author of The Shake Up and hosts The Shake Up Podcast, where she works through mindset, behaviour change, self-awareness and performance. Harvey's distinguishing move is to pair genuine behavioural insight with humour and warmth, so that the uncomfortable part of the conversation actually happens. Her sessions deal in excuses, avoidance and the goals people have not got to yet, and they end with participants holding something specific — their own objective, and a method for reaching it — rather than a general sense of motivation.
Across workshops, conferences, leadership sessions and corporate events, Harvey moves a room into action and leaves organisations with stronger connection, better conversations and behaviour change that outlasts the day. As an MC she brings the same energy to hosting, moderating panels and keeping an event feeling human. For conferences and team days that need to produce something beyond a good feeling on the day, she is a direct and practical choice.
Candice Harvey is a keynote speaker based in Queensland who speaks on inspiration, mental health & wellbeing and motivation. Book through Executive Speakers Australia.
This session eliminates excuses and will give participants the inspiration and motivation to achieve what they're more than capable of achieving (but haven't achieved yet) in the workplace. NOT DONE YET simplifies how to get what you want, by teaching a process that removes obstacles before they even occur.
Participants walk away with their own big important goal, and a bulletproof way to achieve it. (Imagine everyone in your team having THAT!)
Key take aways:
* How to ensure the remainder of the year is exceptional - by teaching participants how to simplify (and get clear) on exactly what they need to focus on (as well as realising small changes that may need to be made).
* Learning the 3-step process to remove obstacles before they even occur, resulting in participants having no choice but to throw their excuses in the bin.
* Creating their ideal year ahead, with participants walking away busting for Monday, and with a bulletproof way to achieve whatever they want to achieve.
Research has found that happiness doesn’t necessarily follow success. In fact, it’s just the opposite - Happiness leads to Success.
HAPPINESS FIRST provides participants with an overall reality check - a deep dive into who they’re currently being, and more importantly who they want to be. This session focuses on recreating a happier working environment that delivers outstanding long-term benefits and will help retain your valuable staff.
Key take aways:
* A deep dive into who participants are currently being, and more importantly who they want to be (both in and out of work).
* Understanding the 3 components of Happiness, which are the foundation of well-being - to identify which components they are nailing and which components need more time and attention.
* Providing the team with a mindset shake up by learning how to choose better thoughts in order to make the remainder of 2023 their best year yet.
For people experiencing "busy" - CHAOS TO CALM provides participants with the three crucial steps to get them out of overwhelm and into order. Participants will also learn what "not to do" when life and work feels chaotic and exhausting - which they can apply in both their personal and professional lives.
After this session teams will walk away knowing how to "Keep Calm" and able to be the most productive they have ever been.
Key take aways:
* Bringing awareness to what each participant brings - what their individual strong points are, and what they have achieved so far this year (get ready to flex those celebratory muscles!).
* Resetting boundaries for the remainder of the year - and realising the difference that small changes can make for decreasing (and often eliminating) stress in the workplace.
* The Three Steps required when wanting to move from Chaos to Calm - getting crystal clear on what needs your time and what really doesn't.
This session provides participants with a serious shakeup - as growth doesn't come from staying comfortable. Participants will become clear on WHY uncomfortable is crucial, and why staying comfortable is not an option for business/life success. This session goes through 2 x (SERIOUSLY FUN) team activities that will get hearts racing and have the team working better together as a result.
DISCOMFORT IS KEY ends with a CHALLENGE that goes into the following week - where employees will be required to stretch themselves and practice getting uncomfortable, by connecting better with each other.
Key take aways:
* The importance of getting uncomfortable and the difference it makes to life in and out of the workplace.
* The impact of getting outside of your comfort zone.
* A challenge that goes into the following week – to work out that uncomfortable muscle and prove to yourself what you’re capable of.
This workshop provides participants with a fresh start, that will have them realising the difference they can individually make, as well as get them excited for what's to come. After REBOOT, RESET & REFOCUS- new ways of thinking, self-responsibility, inspiration, motivation - the team will walk away with the energy to get out there and contribute to making THIS YEAR the businesses best year yet.
Key take aways:
* What would make 2023 their best year yet - giving participants the opportunity to get clear on what their intentions are for the new year.
* Digging into self-responsibility and the role they play in the workplace (not to be mistaken for their PD - we will be focusing on their individual impact and value they have at work).
* Creating NEW STANDARDS for the new year, with participants walking away busting for 2023 to officially get going.
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-minute changes, cancellations, convention centre issues, speaker adjustments and run sheet changes with calm confidence and ease. She kept the program moving, supported the speakers and brought warmth and energy to the room. Highly recommended.Interim CEO — RMIA
I could not recommend Candice enough! She excels as a person, an MC, a public speaker & beyond (I'm assuming). Candice MC'd my organisation's conference last week & absolutely crushed it. Delegates could not stop telling me how much they enjoyed listening to her on stage & so many of them quietly asked her how she is such a vibrant & confident public speaker, that we asked Candice to put together an impromptu session on that very topic. A session which was at capacity in seconds! I will absolutely be working with Candice again & again. She is the perfect way to elevate your next event.Marketing Director — RMIA
Candice has the ability to engage with the audience on their level. She is knowledgeable, funny, inciteful, fearless, and above all else engaging. Her workshop flowed well and got everyone talking, laughing and really thinking.UQ Sport
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