Kerryn Fewster Speaker Biography
Resilience and Embracing Ambiguity Expert
Kerryn Fewster has devoted her career spanning over two decades to assisting business leaders to effectively navigate workplace upheaval. Leveraging her expertise in handling change and ambiguity, she has worked with premier Australian and international corporations in the realm of transformation, leadership enhancement, coaching, and implementing culture shift strategies enabling businesses to flourish and perform.
Embracing Ambiguity
Kerryn is a leading expert in change and ambiguity and specifically how it can impact individuals in the workplace, having coached some of Australia’s leading CEOs and business leaders and worked with Australian and global businesses in the area of transformation, leadership development, coaching and embedding culture change programs fostering business growth and performance. Kerryn has extensive experience in partnering with some of Australia’s best-known organizations providing advice and support across mergers and acquisitions, change and transformation and leadership and culture. She is also the creator of The I Am®, a pioneering assessment tool measuring an individual’s tolerance for ambiguity.
Keynote Speaker
Kerryn’s experience spans a diverse range of sectors including utilities, superannuation, aged care, education, retail, health, construction and finance. She is a trusted confidant for leaders across diverse industries and is a firm believer in creating a workplace where people are committed, developed and advocates for their organization. Equipped with qualifications, accreditations and an enviable amount of experience, Kerryn’s talent for balancing straight-talking and humour ensures she adds true value to organizations. Kerryn’s facilitation style is engaging and energetic while be able to readily adapt to suit the audience.
Leading Through Change
Kerryn has conducted ground-breaking academic research with Queensland University of Technology (QUT) around leaders’ resilience and tolerance to ambiguity–an essential trait for responding to disruption and uncertainty in the workplace.
Stategic Initiatives
With strong foundations in human resource management and supported by her MBA, Kerryn brings a wealth of experience in both strategic and operational business initiatives, working directly with CEO’s and business leaders to enhance the utilisation of the people within businesses. Building rapport is a key element of successful coaching and facilitation and Kerryn has successfully worked with organisations who are either resistant to change, encountering varying challenges, requiring transitional support, or are seeking individual structured support to achieving personal goals.
Leadership
Kerryn is an expert at helping leaders embrace complex change to maximise the value it can deliver. Change within a business is inevitable, but it need not be feared. Leaders and their teams thrive when they are a part of the change, especially when they are properly equipped to navigate towards the future.
Kerryn Fewster Speaking Topics
Embracing Ambiguity:
• Embracing Ambiguity and Thriving During Change • Strategies for effective decision-making in fluid environments • Practical tools for building resilience and adaptability • Enhancing Creativity, Curiosity, and Courage in the Workplace
Leading Through Change:
• Cultivating a change-ready culture • Communication frameworks for times of transition • Coaching teams to thrive amidst new challenges
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Kerryn Fewster recently spoke at our CEO Institute Summit – “New World, New Realities” as one of our keynote speakers at Hillstone, St Lucia. Kerryn addressed the theme of the day perfectly by captivating the audience with her unique story telling style of the importance of organisations to “embrace ambiguity” in the face of organisational change. Our members commented on the effectiveness of Kerryn’s presentation and the relatability to some of the current issues that their organisations are now facing. Kerryn’s relaxed yet professional approach combining real stories with practical solutions was certainly appreciated by our members in attendance at the Summit.
- David Bull, State Director (Qld) | The CEO Institute
Earlier this year I had the pleasure of seeing Kerryn present at a business conference I was attending. Kerryn is a wonderful presenter who speaks succinctly and clearly about people’s reaction to change and ambiguity in the workplace. I knew that my team would benefit from Kerryn’s insights, especially with all the changes that our business and society are facing, and so I asked her to speak to a team of our Directors at an ALDI strategy day on the Gold Coast. What sets Kerryn apart from many change experts that I have seen in the past, is that she provides research into why people react in certain ways, as well as challenging some of the more traditional ways of looking at change. If you or your team are struggling with any form of change or ambiguity, I would highly recommend getting in touch with Kerryn.
- Bronwyn Post, Managing Director | ALDI Stores (Brendale Region)
I’ve had the pleasure of welcoming Kerryn twice to speak to our Executive MBA associates, a group of mid to senior career executives who often have high expectations. Kerryn is an incredibly powerful speaker who effortlessly marries her outstanding credibility and value-focused insights with humour and humility. She has a knack for getting to the root of the unasked questions that leaders have in relation to navigating complexity, and shares highly relevant research via great storytelling. I wouldn’t hesitate to recommend Kerryn as a keynote speaker for any occasion.
- Nadia Golenkova, Unit Coordinator (HRM) (MBA,EMBA) | Graduate School of Business
