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Keynote Speaking
Motivational, research-backed keynotes for conferences, leadership offsites and corporate kick-offs — on human-centred performance, cross-cultural leadership and sharper communication across teams.
Helping leaders move from operator to conductor — growing the people around them so the business grows itself.
The VP who scaled a region 5× by growing her people — human-centred leadership, backed by commercial results.
Yvonne Januschka is a keynote speaker, executive coach and leadership advisor with 25+ years scaling businesses across the Asia-Pacific — including growing a region 5× as VP at Shutterstock.
She speaks at the intersection of commercial excellence and human leadership: performance with humanity, unity without uniformity, and the belief that when you grow your people, the business grows itself.
A short reel of Yvonne bringing many voices into one meaningful performance — the conductor's approach to leadership, in the room.
Motivational, research-backed keynotes for conferences, leadership offsites and corporate kick-offs — on human-centred performance, cross-cultural leadership and sharper communication across teams.
ICF-credentialed 1:1 and team coaching for senior leaders making the shift to leading leaders — strengths-based, candid and practical. Six- and twelve-month retainers.
Interactive leadership development workshops built on Gallup Strengths and the Leadership Circle — helping teams communicate better, navigate cross-cultural complexity and perform under pressure.
Strategic advisory, board and non-executive engagements for organisations scaling across cultures — bridging global strategy and local relevance with commercial rigour.
How to make human vitality your performance engine
Joy is not the reward for performance; it is the fuel that makes performance sustainable. Yvonne challenges leaders to rethink ROI as Return on Individual — showing how energy, permission and meaning directly shape productivity, innovation, retention and growth. Through her Pulse × Play × Purpose framework, audiences learn to design the conditions where people stop running on empty and start creating the momentum businesses need to outperform.
How to lead what AI can't automate
As AI accelerates, the leaders who win won't be the ones who simply automate faster — they'll be the ones who amplify what remains deeply human. Drawing on 25 years in technology, digital media and leadership, Yvonne shows leaders how to protect and strengthen the capabilities machines can't replace: trust, judgement, creativity, courage, context, communication and belonging — building teams that use AI without losing the human intelligence that drives real performance.
How to orchestrate individual brilliance into collective momentum
Peak performance isn't created by suppressing individuality — it's created by synchronising it. Drawing on her experience scaling a business 5×, Yvonne shows leaders how to move from operator to conductor, turning diverse strengths into shared momentum, and gives them a practical framework for building high-trust, high-performing teams where every individual knows how to contribute their best.
Yvonne Januschka is a keynote speaker, executive coach and strategic advisor who has spent her career building SaaS and technology businesses — from global names like IBM and Cisco Webex to VP APAC at Shutterstock. Her work in digital media, go-to-market strategy and cross-cultural leadership spans Australia, Singapore, Japan, South Korea, India, Indonesia, Philippines and New Zealand, where she built and led regional teams that consistently ranked among the best in the world.
It proved something most organisations still resist: human-centred leadership and commercial results aren't a trade-off — they're a multiplier. The move from operator to conductor is where it happens, when leaders stop controlling the work and start orchestrating the people who do it.
Today she leads that work through Pivot Advisory, coaching senior leaders and teams to unlock the performance that only appears when people feel genuinely seen and heard — what she calls the Return on Individual. A Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors (GAICD) and Certified Chair with a background in psychology and sociology, she also serves as a Non-Executive Director of the INSEAD Alumni Association Australia & New Zealand.
Yvonne Januschka
We are better together — and the leader's job is to prove it.
She brings a rare combination to her coaching: structured frameworks, sharp intuition, and warm, constructive challenge that makes you sit with the harder questions. Across mindset, career strategy and my businesses, the work has been genuinely transformative.
Yvonne combines practical wisdom with insight in a way that's immediately applicable — lessons that have continued to serve me long after our sessions ended. I highly recommend her to anyone looking to lead with greater impact and authenticity.
Yvonne delivers motivational, research-backed keynotes on human-centred leadership and high performance. Her signature talk, The ROI of Joy, reframes joy as a performance strategy; she also speaks on leading in an AI-shaped world (The Human Edge) and turning individual strengths into collective momentum (The I in Teams).
She coaches senior leaders and executive teams making the shift from managing teams to leading leaders. Her executive coaching is ICF-credentialed and strengths-based — drawing on Gallup Strengths and the Leadership Circle — and is offered as six- and twelve-month retainers.
Interactive leadership development workshops built on Gallup Strengths and the Leadership Circle, focused on cross-cultural leadership, team communication and performing under pressure. Workshops are tailored for leadership teams, offsites and corporate programs.
Yvonne is based in Melbourne, Australia, and works with leaders and organisations across the Asia-Pacific — including Australia, Singapore, Japan, South Korea, India, Indonesia, Philippines and New Zealand.
Enquiries go through the contact section below, or by email at hello@yvonnejanuschka.com. Share your event or team, dates and goals, and Yvonne will respond personally.
Enquiries for keynotes, executive coaching and board advisory across the Asia-Pacific and beyond.