Future of Work expert and best-selling author — Top 5 Australia, Top 20 US for Careers leadership voice
Kellie Tomney is an internationally recognised Future of Work expert, best-selling author, and business leadership voice ranked in the Top 5 in Australia and Top 20 in the US for Careers. With a background in award-winning corporate strategy and transformation, she has empowered thousands of leaders and businesses worldwide to navigate a rapidly evolving world of work. She has been featured in Forbes, CEO Weekly, the Australian Financial Review, and Valiant CEO, and her clients span technology, finance, energy, media, government, and professional services.
Kellie's approach — encapsulated in her trademarked Future FITT framework — cuts through the noise of disruption to focus on what she argues actually matters: being Future Smart, Investing in What Matters, Transformative, and Trusted. She addresses the specific pressures that make leadership feel unsustainable right now: AI anxiety, escalating mental and physical health demands, the load on individual leaders, and the difficulty of generating sustained growth amid constant change. Her work is practical and structured rather than broadly motivational — she delivers blueprints, strategies, and tools that audiences can apply immediately.
Kellie suits conferences and leadership events where audiences are feeling the weight of the current moment and need to leave with genuine direction — not just energy. Her three Future FITT keynote programmes address organisations, people, and leaders respectively, making her versatile across different audience compositions. She has been described by clients as a 'growth catalyst', 'a true leader', and 'a powerful speaker with an energising presence'.
Kellie Tomney is a keynote speaker based in Queensland who speaks on business strategy, change management and innovation. Book through Executive Speakers Australia.
In the new world, confidence is the accelerator for sustained growth
We are amongst a confidence crisis. Global confidence, business confidence, leadership, employee and self confidence have plummeted. The World of Work has changed forever. Employees are fearing they will become obsolete and organisations worldwide are grappling with low growth, low engagement and low productivity. Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning is seen as a threat to people’s jobs and it’s challenging people’s confidence in their work, in what to purchase and which brands, leaders and organisations to trust. This new world requires us to work in ways we haven’t ever worked before. It requires us to step into the unknown, uncertain, unpredictable through stress and anxiety to be future-ready. We need confidence to create, innovate and to perform at our best like never before.
Kellie equips your attendees versus overloading them. She delivers a customised blueprint for how any organisation can accelerate growth.
Your audience will learn:
• The 1 thing everyone wants to know.
• The 7 most common myths of confidence.
• How to unlock 50-95% more confidence in your existing people to increase innovation, engagement, performance and new growth.
• Their confidence code level.
• The 3 cornerstones to cracking the confidence code in the new world.
• How to increase your confidence code setpoint™.
How can you ensure your workforce is ready for what's next?
Work and life pressures are high. Mental and physical health issues, anxiety about AI and the future, and stress are escalating.
In this compelling keynote, Kellie will inspire attendees about the future and help them embrace the challenges and get excited about the future opportunities. She cuts through the overwhelm and noise to focus on what really matters.
Organisations are needing new solutions to power their people for sustained performance in this next frontier.
Your audience will learn:
• The global trends influencing us and our choices.
• Why futureproofing you benefits us all in this new world.
• How to take the anxiety and stress out of ‘what’s next’ to fuel positive personal professional and organisational growth.
• The opportunities to seize in the future of work.
• The 3 futureproofing keys to success that unlock personalised unique value and fulfilment in this increasingly artificial new world.
World class organisations futureproof growth by leveraging everyone's leadership potential
Leadership has become overwhelming and exhausting. The ‘load’ on existing leaders is not sustainable. The global, local and organisational challenges just keep coming, making it harder to generate new and sustained business growth.
Kellie explores how every level of organisation can be excited and inspired to lead and accelerate growth. In this presentation Kellie will outline how to grow your business sustainably in this new, unpredictable, unknown, uncertain world whilst spreading the ‘leadership load’.
Your audience will learn:
• How to unlock, create and engage leaders in all levels of the organisation for superpowered growth.
• Why leadership in world class organisations is up to everyone.
• How to inspire innovation to accelerate super-high sustained performance.
• The secrets to building bridges across silos in an organisation.
• The 3 proven strategies that any leader can implement immediately for growth.
• How to lead with confidence through constant change.
In this keynote Kellie outlines a customised blueprint for how anyone can be a more confident, balanced and future-ready leader, super powering sustained organisational performance.
How you can create cures to 'where is my next promotion' dissatisfaction and lift engagement for higher performance
We are in a new world of work. Employees views on work and life have shifted, and have changed careers forever. Along with multi-level disruptions, continual uncertainty, AI and increasing complexity, we are required to think differently when it comes to career planning and performance.
Now is the time to transform the frustration to futureproofing. Employees worldwide have reported lower engagement because they can’t see a career path with their organisation and career conversations are awkward and ‘old world’.
Kellie illuminates new ways forward (career progression isn’t always about promotion!) for how any person can love their work and how organisations can create excitement and enjoy engagement at higher levels than ever before.
Your audience will learn:
• The new rules of careers and how to maximise career fulfillment at any stage.
• The 5 trends you need to know in the new world of work.
• Understanding the future of work and careers.
• The truth bombs that your future self and organisation will thank you for.
• The 3 keys to unlocking amplified positive impact and performance in your career and organisation.
Kellie is such an authentic keynote speaker, and incredibly generous with her journey and insights. A really thought provoking session with real take-aways for our Executive, Leadership & general audience!General Manager, Conferences & Large Scale Events, IQPC, Australasian Shared Services & Outsourcing Network Australasia
Your grab starts at the beginning. You command the stage by your presence & the way you carry yourself. That’s the grab. You are just so energetic on the stage & are a wonderful speaker. I refer to your Keynote as a “toolbox” session - you give us takeaways, provoke our reflection & trigger a different way of thinking. I’ve seen the value from you & I’ve booked your speaking multiple times - you command it with your presence, energy & takeaways. I have every confidence you are going to be fabulous & resonate with the next audience as much as you have done for us.Australasian Policing & Law Enforcement Agencies
Kellie Tomney has been speaking for us since 2017 for various audiences in ASX Listed Companies Leadership Summits, APAC Leadership Summits, National Leadership & Management Summits, Women in Finance & Accounting Leadership, Retail & FMCG Leadership, Transport & Infrastructure Leadership, Public Sector Government Leadership etc. Over the years it’s been in person Keynotes, Expert Commentary Sessions & virtual Keynotes, Masterclasses & Workshops, she is an awesome presenter! We always get amazing feedback from her sessions & is one of the first speakers that come to mind for who to book.Liquid Learning, Global Conferences, Training & Professional Development
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