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Cost
From $1500 plus GST
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Duration
1 Hour Training plus
1/2 hour of Questions & Discussion
Course Location
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Motivational Speaker:
Inspire your group with a story of Triumph over Adversity, which leads to transforming Challenges into Opportunities.
As an inspirational keynote speaker, Kathryn MacMillan delivers engaging talks on resilience, leadership mindset, and overcoming challenges that motivate audiences to see setbacks as opportunities. Ideal for corporate events, conferences, and business seminars, participants walk away with practical strategies to stay motivated, embrace change, and achieve their potential.
Resilience Lessons. How to adapt when plans go off track.
Mindset Shifts. Reframing setbacks as growth opportunities.
Real-World Stories. Engaging, relatable experiences that inspire.
Practical Motivation. Strategies to maintain energy and drive in daily work.
Overcoming Barriers. Tools for dealing with fear, change, and uncertainty.
Audience Connection. Inspiring people to see their potential and take action.
What You’ll Learn from This Motivational Speaker
Discover proven resilience techniques to adapt when plans go off track. Audiences across Sydney, NSW, and Australia learn how to bounce back stronger and stay motivated through uncertainty.
Learn how to spot opportunities where others see roadblocks and gain the confidence to break through barriers. Perfect for women in leadership, emerging leaders, and ambitious professionals in Australia, this session focuses on building courage, seizing growth, and breaking limits.
Kathryn shares authentic and relatable stories that motivate people to see challenges in a new light. Her talks connect deeply with audiences across industries — from start-ups and small business owners to large organisations.
Walk away with simple yet powerful strategies to maintain energy, focus, and drive in daily work. These tools are designed to help individuals and teams stay productive even when pressure builds.
Gain practical tools for dealing with fear, uncertainty, and resistance to change. This is especially valuable for individuals facing challenges, workplaces facing transformation, or organisations looking to develop more opportunities.
As a motivational keynote speaker, Kathryn inspires people to overcome their adversity, see their potential and take action. Whether it’s in Sydney, Melbourne, or anywhere in Australia, audiences leave energised, empowered, and ready to achieve more.
If you have a specific situation around which to build resilience, advise us and we will weave that intent through the presentation – can be fully customised for your intent & purpose!
Your Presenter
Kathryn MacMillan MHRM&IR, MRSCA CAHRI – CEO, CIRCLE Recruitment & HR
Kathryn MacMillan is the founder and Managing Director of CIRCLE Recruitment & HR. She holds a Master’s Degree in Human Resource Management & Industrial Relations from Sydney University, is an Accredited Recruitment Professional with the Recruitment Consulting Services Association (MRCSA), and a certified professional member of Australian Human Resource Institute (CAHRI).
Ranked first at Sydney University 2017, in Management Consulting, first in 2018 in HRM and IR in Action, in 2019 Kathryn was the winner of the prestigious Kingsley Laffer Memorial Award for Industrial Relations from the University.
Her academic knowledge coupled with years of experience and ability to engage an audience, makes Kathryn a highly skilled and sought after speaker and trainer.
As seen on ABC TV, heard on Radio National and chosen guest Speaker for many associations including University of Wollongong, Government Business events, Bizness Babes program, NSW TAFE, Councils, RCSA, Business Business Business, Australian Association of Accounting Technicians, Business and Industry Conferences and The Institute of Chartered Accountants, Kathryn inspires and informs the audience with her engaging appeal and professional knowledge.
“Ask any business group what is the area they most struggle with and their response is invariably – people! People are really tricky to deal with – they change, they hide their true feelings and they hold their own perceptions of the truth…
… Human Resources & Industrial Relations is an area that can lead to dry presentations with bored attendees, therefore it’s really important that when presenting HR, IR or people skills, that I use all of mine to ensure that the presentation is engaging! I guess that’s why I have been called the ‘People Whisperer’. I can ‘whisper’ and get results from individuals or your team.”
Kathryn MacMillan
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What Attendees say About Kathryn?
Q: What one thing did you like best about this conference?
Kathryn MacMillan’s ‘can do’ attitude
- Inspiration from speakers eg. Kathryn
- Kathryn MacMillan’s ‘life story’
- CIRCLE inspirational talk
- Inspirational speakers were fabulous, especially Kathryn
“Kathryn’s extensive experience in recruitment, growing a successful business and marketing is highly evident throughout her presentations. Several attendees from the array of presentations Kathryn has completed for us have expressed nothing but positive feedback, marking her highly in our feedback forms and offering words such as “motivational”, “fantastic speaker” and “knowledgeable” to name a few. Kathryn leaves quite an impact on the attendees, speaking very well and keeping the attendees captivated the entire time. Her experience in business and her communication skills were very much at an outstanding level noted prominently in our evaluation as well as noticed by myself.”
Natalie Angelone National Marketing Manager AAT Australia
“Kathryn’s ‘Opening Doors’ presentation was both stimulating and entertaining. By stepping us through her own experiences, together with some down to earth common sense, and a dose of positive attitude, her story encourages you to re-evaluate the obstacles life presents you with, and recognise that solutions lie within every challenge. As the keynote speaker at our Small Business Graduation, I can highly recommend Kathryn to anyone wanting to be inspired. We were left with the feeling that life’s doors can lead to opportunities if we choose to see them that way.”
Chrissy Crust NSW Project Co-Ordinator Bizness Babes
“I have worked with Kathryn on a number of occasions over the past three years. In that time Kathryn has done numerous presentations to business audiences and is always extremely engaging and professional. Kathryn’s presentations are well received and contain practical tips for businesses as well as being inspirational. Personally I find Kathryn a pleasure to work with as she is reliable and professional and very passionate about her business as well as very generous with her knowledge and networks.”
Year first hired: 2008 (hired more than once) Top Qualities: Great Results, Personable, High Integrity