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Cassandra Worthy          

Founder & CEO of Change Enthusiasm Global, Change Leadership Expert, Author

With her engaging presence and authoritative insights, Cassandra Worthy has established herself as a global leader on the topic of Change Enthusiasm®, a concept she developed to help individuals and organizations thrive through periods of significant change. Her approach seeks to address the emotional components of change, which are often overlooked but crucial for successful transformation. She argues that 90% of successful change adoption hinges not just on know-how, but on the motivation and willingness to embrace change.

As the Founder & CEO of Change Enthusiasm Global, Worthy has cultivated a client list that includes major corporations such as Procter & Gamble, Allstate, Jones Lang LaSalle, Centene Corporation, ConferenceDirect, and WeWork. Her tailor-made keynote speeches and workshops are specifically designed to inspire not only C-suite executives but also entire organizations, motivating them to adopt Change Enthusiasm® and transform their approach to significant shifts like mergers, acquisitions, and market disruptions.

Worthy brings a rich background to her role as a change leader, with over 15 years in Corporate M&A and a tenure as a Fortune 500 chemical engineer and manager in the consumer-packaged goods industry. This experience informs her in-depth and actionable keynotes, where she shares vital leadership traits essential for navigating high-stress environments effectively. Her book, "Change Enthusiasm: How to Harness the Power of Emotion for Leadership and Success," further expands on these concepts, providing readers with a practical guide to cultivating resilience and adaptability. Worthy's dynamic speaking engagements, including her TEDxPearlStreet talk titled "What If?", underscore her ability to connect with diverse audiences, instilling in them the tools and mindset needed to lead and succeed amidst continual change.

Speech Topics

Master the Chemistry of Change: Uncover Your Inner Change Enthusiasm®

The Change Enthusiasm® strategy presented in this keynote empowers the audience to self-assess their change emotions and redirect anxiety and fears into moments of opportunity.

This program is perfect for leaders and teams:

  • Embarking upon or going through significant change or disruption such as merger, acquisition, or restructure.
  • Constantly challenged and stressed by having to grow the business with less time, fewer resources.
  • Dealing with the complexity and frustrations of changing the way they work through digital transformation, new software integration, and/or new business practices.

The audience will leave with:

  • An inspired perspective that managing and championing significant shift is entirely possible and even enjoyable.
  • Steps to cultivate a growth mindset to thrive in the face of stressful and frustrating change.
  • The education, energy, and motivation to take the first step to be becoming a Change Enthusiast.

C.H.A.N.G.E. Traits ®: Exploring the critical skills for inspired leadership through change

This keynote distills down 15 years of Cassandra’s Corporate M&A experience into the critical skills that will empower leaders to create and sustain growth through change.

This program is perfect for:

  • Executives and leaders responsible for inspiring and empowering their teams and organizations through change.
  • Change management professionals responsible for leading change effectively and successfully throughout their respective organizations.
  • Human Resources and organizational leaders responsible for building workforce resilience, productivity, and engagement through change.

The audience will leave with:

  • A new perspective on the soft skills required to effectively lead through change.
  • A practical framework to quantify your strengths and areas of growth when addressing, working and leading through change.
  • An instantly-applicable action plan that empowers them to improve critical leadership behaviors to effectively lead change movements.

Engineering a Resilient and Inclusive Culture: Practical Tools to Nurture High-Level Workforce and Customer Engagement

The keynote addresses how to instill a mindset of resilience into the very core your cultural fabric and how to leverage inclusion as a tool to win with your employees, shareholders, customers, and clients.

This program is perfect for Executives and Leaders:

  • Responsible for creating and nurturing a diverse and inclusive culture with equal access to the resources and tools for individual career success.
  • Going through significant industry, market, or business disruption while charged to deliver breakthrough profitability and business growth.
  • Seeking to embody and inspire resiliency throughout their teams and organizations.

The audience will leave with:

  • A resilience mindset that will enable growth through any change, transformation, or disruption.
  • A practical application to leverage inclusion as a tool for success with their teams, customers, and shareholders.
  • Inspired perspective why inclusion is everyone’s responsibility.

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