Catherine is an international speaker and facilitator on Leadership, Growth and Change, committed to helping people enhance their personal and professional success by discovering their own magnificence. Very inspirational.

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In her corporate life, Catherine cut her teeth in one of the most challenging environments in the business world, building and managing teams of outstanding performers in the competitive financial services industry. Her history has been one of building businesses from the ground up, in senior national sales and marketing management roles.

For the last 15 years Catherine has run her own successful business consultancy, and has been in demand internationally as a speaker, facilitator and seminar leader. Her organisational skills have been honed by national and international leadership of professional organisations, including the National Speakers Association of Australia. Catherine is currently the global President of the International Federation for Professional Speakers.

Her post-graduate qualifications are in social ecology and ethical leadership. The story of her own life's challenges is powerful and motivational - her empowerment of others has been recognised by the highest awards from her peers - and she is continually asked back by her clients.

Catherine has an amazing ability to bring out the best in people, to turn around individual and team performance, and to stimulate positive change. Her track record speaks for itself.

On the platform her audiences describe her as 'terrific... major impact... enthusiasm and wit... professional and intelligent... an absolute joy.'

Other testimonials include:

"Best ever…..impressed with the take home value that attendees commented on."

"You have a unique ability to present your message in a manner that is readily understood and retained by your audience. The results are on the board. Thank you!"

"Catherine would be the most refreshing woman speaker I have ever heard. Catherine shot from the hip, played it straight and delivered a lot."

"Catherine's presentation was a high point within our conference. Catherine spoke with sincerity, enthusiasm and wit, keeping attention pivoted upon her message. We were delighted with the content and relevance of her talk.."

Catherine's presentation topics and content are themed and customised for your conference, designed around your requests from her current topics including:

Frequently requested presentations from Catherine Palin-Brinkworth

Managing Chaos
If you've experienced any change or disruption over the last few months, you'll know what this presentation is based on! Concepts around chaos and complexity are presented in a real life context, with warmth and inspiration. Attitudes and ideas for practical change management, and powerful awareness of the core issues behind resistance to change, combine to provide relevant usable strategies which will help you and your organisation to navigate the shifting landscape of the world we all live in. A passionate and provocative presentation, which creates real change in attitudes to change!

Creating Your Future
The only way to predict the future is to invent it' said management guru Peter Drucker. But no matter how clear an organisation is in its vision, mission and strategic objectives - often the individuals who make it happen are a little blurry! For us to seriously contribute to the larger goal with any level of motivation - and thereby to reach our own dreams and objectives - we need to have thought through our own plans and commitments. Future success starts with vision, strategic planning and practical action plans, both at the organisational level and individually. Approach those processes with confidence and collaboration, and the team will win. A message for senior management, teams and individuals on how to create the future they want for themselves.

Leading Change
Leadership is not necessarily an anointed position - it's a chosen state for anyone who wants to excel, to guide and inspire others. It is essential to understand the qualities, attitudes and skills of outstanding leaders - and how to develop them. Powerful leadership is about imagining, inspiring, influencing and implementing positive change. Envisioning potentials, exploring possibilities, and moving people to positive action. Leadership styles themselves have changed - the old ways don't work with today's teams. Leading into tomorrow needs a quantum shift in thought and behaviour.

This presentation includes a practical leadership model based on Catherine's graduate research and practical experience, and insists that everyone claim personal leadership, with the power and responsibility for creating improvements in their community and workplace. Great content for those moving into leadership roles, or for executives making the journey from traditional management into transformational leadership. And for anyone wanting to make a difference.

The Inspired Organisation
In every successful team, whether in business, sport or community, there's a special 'something' that makes it work. Catherine's research has identified the components of that 'something' - specific attitudes, values, deliberate diversity, cultural awareness, openness, integrity and commitment are a few. Great team spirit is like mercury - hard to pin down, fast moving, and takes off when the heat's on! This keynote delivers inspirational philosophies and practical processes to bring your team to a new consciousness of their individual and collective potential, by tapping in to their own magnificence, and acknowledging that hidden dimension we call 'soul'. They will leave with a renewed awareness of the value of their contribution and the importance of their commitment.

Get Up and Grow!
An inspirational presentation which talks about life's challenges with warmth and humour, and with ideas on how to benefit from them. Filled with suggestions and attitudes for optimism and confidence, the content includes a formula for growth which creates major impact. Specially tailored for each group, this address has never failed to move audiences of all ages and levels of experience. People leave challenged and inspired to begin a new.

Her clients have included, amongst many others:
Century 21 Real Estate PricewaterhouseCoopers Sheridan Australia
AMP Society Toyota Motor Corporation IMAX Panasonic
Heritage Office NSW Lend Lease Corporation UTAG Travel
RAMS Home Loans Resource Finance Corporation St George Bank
Reserve Bank of Australia Wella Australia Express Data
John Fairfax Holdings Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu FH Faulding