KEYNOTES THAT create THE good
Built for teams who’ve heard it all before, Kate Gladdin’s keynotes replace forced positivity with practical tools for real-world pressure.
Most resilience talks tell people to look for the good.
Kate teaches how to use problems to build it.
When burned-out teams are told to “look on the bright side,” they don’t feel inspired. They feel dismissed. And that disconnect only increases stress. Kate’s approach is different. Instead of avoiding hard realities or smothering them in positivity, she equips audiences to interrupt reactive spiraling and respond with purpose.
Powered by her 3Rs framework (Recognize, Reflect, Redirect), teams leave feeling seen, capable, and equipped.
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Kate Gladdin’s keynotes
Kate delivers 45–60 minute keynotes designed for real life, with laughter, insight, and moments your team actually remembers.
Choose from keynote-only, keynote + Q&A, or a workshop-style breakout. Each engagement includes a pre-event consult, presentation materials, post-event resources, and optional book signing for Okay, Now What?
KEYNOTE 1
CREATE the GOOD:
A Proven Framework for Turning “now what? ” into “what’s next ” Opportunities
Layoffs. Restructures. Personal crises. When stress hits, the default advice is “look for the positives.” But resilience isn’t built by looking away. It’s built by learning how to respond strategically. Using the 3Rs framework, your team can interrupt reactive spiraling and turn problems into purposeful action.
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Recognize reactive patterns early
Why problems become purpose
Tools to redirect stress into purposeful action
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Corporate teams facing change
Leadership navigating high-stakes decisions
Organizations where "stay positive" has fallen flat
KEYNOTE 2
DELIBERATE questions, DECISIVE leadership:
How women leaders transform problems into purpose
With 44% of women reporting burnout, leaders don't need another message to "be more grateful”. Kate gets it: sometimes there genuinely ISN'T a bright side. In those moments, we may not be able to stop the flood of negative thoughts, but we can learn to respond with agency. This keynote gives leaders science-backed tools to stop spiraling and create the silver lining.
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Why forced positivity backfires and actually increases stress
The difference between reacting on autopilot and responding with agency
How to use deliberate questions to interrupt automatic spirals before they take over
Creating good outcomes through purposeful action, not wishful thinking
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Women's leadership conferences
Professional women's organizations
Leadership development programs
Audiences exhausted by "stay positive" advice
KEYNOTE 3
FROM REACTIVE to RESILIENT
How early-career leaders build the #1 skill that separates spiraling from strategic action
Your emerging leaders face constant setbacks: lost promotions, layoffs, industry shifts, personal crises. With 76% of millennials and Gen Z reporting burnout, they don't need another pep talk.
But while negative thoughts are human, spiraling doesn’t have to be the outcome. In this keynote, Kate shows emerging leaders how to respond deliberately instead of reacting automatically — building confidence based on capability, not circumstances.
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How to recognize when you're operating on autopilot
The neuroscience of building response-ability
Turning setbacks into strategic pivots
Building genuine confidence based on your capacity to respond
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Emerging leaders and young professionals
Graduate programs and leadership development initiatives
Organizations supporting early-career talent
What the decision-makers are saying
Kate Gladdin
Why teams choose
After losing her sister Nicole and her mum Julie to road tragedies twelve years apart, Kate learned firsthand what happens when there’s no bright side to “find.” That experience shaped everything she teaches — and everything she carries through the Nicole & Julie Fitzsimons Foundation: the lesson that resilience doesn’t come from forced positivity, it comes from choosing your response and creating purpose through action.
When you book her, you’re not booking a feel-good speaker. You’re giving your people language and a framework they’ll use when the pressure is high, long after the event ends.
Ready to skip the pep talk?
Your team doesn't need another hour of forced positivity. They need tools that turn problems into purpose and reactivity into strategic action.