Dianne McGrath - Guest Keynote & Event Speaker

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Key Points for Dr Dianne McGrath

Why Dianne – and why now

Unmatched credibility: Dianne combines real-world expeditionary leadership with deep strategy, policy, and planning expertise.
Powerful takeaways: Audiences walk away with frameworks and tools they can use immediately to plan, pivot, and perform.
Future-Facing focus: As a speaker, Dianne helps organisations anticipate disruption, design forward strategies, and build internal clarity.
Inspiring and grounded: Her talks blend powerful narrative with pragmatic insights that resonate across industries and leadership levels.

Topics for Dr Dianne McGrath

Navigate the uncharted: Strategic exploration in action
- How to turn bold, long-term goals into actionable strategic plans
- Building foresight and leading when the map doesn’t exist
- Workshop option available: Trajectory PLANS — Your blueprint for bold goals in shifting conditions
Resilience by design: Leading under pressure
- Leadership lessons from the high seas: what extreme stress teaches us about mental toughness
- The “Dianne 2.0” model: self-experimentation and operational systems for sustainable high performance
- Workshop option available: Micro-Adjustments — Transform habits and mindsets for resilient leadership and better outcomes
Leadership at the edge: Innovation with purpose
- Lessons from space: how extreme missions stretch your leadership and organisation’s potential
- Bridging vision to execution at scale across all sectors
- Workshop option available: From ‘What If’ to ‘What Is’ — Innovation to extraordinary execution mindset for leaders and teams
On purpose: Unlock strategic drive
- A facilitated experience to help individuals and teams clarify their purpose, align strategy with vision, and build roadmaps for meaningful impact
- Ideal for executive offsites, leadership retreats or strategy resets
Still becoming
(Inspirational / Great Story Keynote)
Some people wait for certainty. Others commit — and become.
Dr Dianne McGrath has made bold choices that defy convention: training for a one-way Mars mission, circumnavigating the planet in a 70-foot racing yacht with 20 strangers, and turning her body into a living experiment in high performance and resilience.
But this isn’t a keynote about achievement. It’s about the courage to begin when the outcome is unknown — and the quiet, determined decision to keep showing up when the map runs out.
This keynote invites audiences into the quiet, courageous journey of showing up for big dreams — the messy middle, the broken expectations, the breakthroughs that no one claps for.
With insight, humility and humour, Dianne explores how we navigate ambiguity, lead without a roadmap, and rise to meet moments we’re not yet ready for — but choose anyway.
Facilitator: Strategic conversations that matter
With her rare combination of lived experience, deep strategic insight, and exceptional communication skills, Dianne is a trusted facilitator for high-stakes conversations and leadership panels. Whether guiding executive roundtables, moderating industry panels, or hosting purpose-driven discussions, Dianne creates clarity, momentum and meaningful outcomes in the room.
Ideal for: Conference panels, leadership forums, board retreats, innovation summits, or cross-sector dialogues requiring skilled, credible, and engaging facilitation.

Testimonials for Dr Dianne McGrath

Terrific presentation, unique story and well told and perfectly pitched.
Coleman Greig Lawyers

Dianne McGrath was engaging and thought provoking. Many people commented on why…? But we all realised we were listening to somebody who aspires to be more, and who strives to go on to inspire humanity.
ESS Support Services Worldwide

Dianne McGrath was great and everyone enjoyed her presentation and were very interested and keen to ask questions. Dianne had a great communication style and connection with the staff. Could’ve chatted on for hours at question time. Will be following Dianne’s journey through the process.
Mentone Grammar

Dianne McGrath was fantastic, both on the day of the event and leading up to it. Dianne was also extremely approachable during the briefing process, which made our job so much easier. She was incredibly engaging and spoke exceptionally well, with guests entertained from start to finish.
Maverick

An excellent presentation and summary of an inspiring journey which resonated with the team in terms of aspirations, goals, and breaking personal and professional boundaries. A truly formidable individual, whom is in many ways is already a winner.
AMP Growth Transformation Program

Dianne McGrath was a great speaker. She was engaging, knowledgeable and on brief. Feedback from attendees was very positive and they thoroughly enjoyed the presentation.
Animal Medicines Australia

An amazing person and very personable. Happy to stay and chat with delegates after her presentation. Great feedback.
Australian Hotel Associations - SA Branch

Dianne McGrath shares her intriguing journey with detail and intimacy … the audience was mesmerized.
City of Yarra

The feedback from our guests was extremely positive. Dianne stayed around for hours speaking with guests and answering questions.
Etihad Stadium Melbourne

Dianne McGrath’s willingness to tailor her content to our audience was first class.
Australian Football League

Dianne McGrath was fantastic to work with, she got in touch with me straight away to get a real sense of what we needed for our event. She had even researched our company and our values to ensure she linked her content to be relevant to our needs. She arrived early, was very patient and got engaged in our conference presentations. Dianne’s presentation itself was very thought provoking and engaging, she was incredibly candid in answering questions and a brilliant addition to our event.
Dimplecare Management

Excellent. Extremely well prepared, passionate and very personable. Spoke to the audience on topic and gave a lot of her time after the keynote session.
Geography Teachers Association of Victoria Inc.

Dianne McGrath was very inspirational and great to deal with.
Association of School Administrators VIC