Kristen Hansen

Kristen was very engaging and the anecdotal feedback received from delegates was overwhelmingly positive.
Australian Rehabilitation Providers Association

Kristen Hansen was an excellent speaker. I really enjoyed her delivery and content, particularly her analogies.
I enjoyed it, particularly Kristen, as it brought back memories of a previous role and colleagues. It was great meeting some key people in the public sector and I found all speakers excellent. I look forward to the next one.
Office for the Public-Sector Conference – The Neuroscience of Leadership
Teamgage

Great variety in presenters, really enjoyed each of the sections especially Kristen Hansen's perspective of the Neuroscience and how it can be applied to performance management.
City of Charles Sturt

Kristen Hansen’s presentation was engaging, entertaining and highly educational. Our membership community of established business leaders had only exceptional feedback and would love to hear from Kristen again in the future.
CUB

I worked with Kristen Hansen recently and she presented an intricate and thought-provoking session on “Neuroscience of Talent Management and Leadership” at the 3rd Annual Global HR Excellence Conference 2014, Singapore. The session was very well received and it gave the audience an in-depth understanding on how to manage talent and capabilities from a HR perspective. Kudos to the excellent sharing and I do hope to work with you in the near future!
3rd Annual Global HR Excellence Conference, Singapore
Conference Producer 
Marcus Evans Management Consulting, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Kristen Hansen presented on the Neuroscience of Leadership to over 150 of our people leaders. Kristen’s presentation was engaging, informative and practical. Kristen was incredibly entertaining and full of energy. She was able to make complex theory simple and easy to understand whilst also applying it practically for our leaders to take back and use with their teams. The feedback from our people leaders has been exceptional with many stating that they have been able to apply much of what Kristen presented.
Westpac Group Annual Leadership Conference
Head of HR, AFS Multibrand
Westpac Group

Kristen Hansen presented at our Specialty Fashion Group Annual Leadership Conference to 85 leaders. The topic was The Neuroscience of Leadership (NeuroLeadership TREAD) and it was informative, entertaining and rich with practical strategies to lift engagement, improve decision making and stress regulation as well as develop and coach others. Kristen’s style was engaging, humorous and influential and the feedback was overwhelmingly positive. We really benefited from understanding more about how the brain works and how we can be better leaders as a result. What impressed us was that she was able to relate to many different levels of management in the room all at the one time keeping pace with the fast thinkers and bringing those along who needed more assistance. During all of this she never lost the audience’s attention. Neuroleadership presentation at the Specialty Fashion Group Leadership Conference. Such was her impact, people are still referring to the material presented and using it in the daily work life (and personal lives).
Neuroleadership presentation at the Specialty Fashion Group Leadership Conference
CEO
Specialty Fashion Group

Kristen Hansen; dynamic, engaging and relevant. In presenting her neuroleadership session to the State Trustees managers, Kristen unlocked a response from the whole group that I’ve not been seen before. Every person took away strategies to help them be better leaders and they are still talking about the session months later.
Neuroleadership Presentation at State Trustees Leadership Conference
General Manager
Strategy, Innovation & Transformation

Many thanks for the great presentation last week at Clifton’s – thoroughly enjoyed it and look forward to hearing you speak again in the future!
Neuroleadership Presentation Clifton’s Masterclass
Audit Change Manager
Deloitte

“Confident, open”; “Full of energy, very interesting”
Average of 4.7 out of 5 (5=Excellent) regarding Presentation Style
Average of 4.6 out of 5 (5=Extremely) regarding Usefulness of Understanding the Brain
Neuroleadership and Resilience presentation at Google
Wollondilly Shire Council Leadership Conference, 2013

Thank you for your presentation at our Executive / Manager Workshop, it was excellent! As you are aware, I believe that this field offers the prospect of substantial improvement in organisational (and personal) performance. Your presentation conveyed this potential in a very effective and informative way. As the workshop continued the following day, the concepts you outlined where repeatedly raised and discussed by a range of Managers. One of the key outcomes of our workshop is to consider ways in which we can utilise this field in our organisation.
Deputy General Manager
Wollondilly Shire Council

I wanted to take the opportunity to provide you with some feedback on the recent workshop you ran at our Station Officers Conference. I was lucky enough to have taken one of your courses as a manager and I was able to identify with what you were saying instantly. I had always felt that when confronted with a stressful or difficult situation that it was always best to think before responding. The Neuroleadership lectures not only supported this intuition but gave me the science and underpinning knowledge on how to utilise that instinct to achieve the best outcome, for both myself and others. Neuroleadership TREAD and the Thinking component was what resonated most with me and the rest of my team. Realising and everyone did, why the Amygdala has such an impact on people responses and the overpowering influences it has on the Pre Frontal Cortex. The simple explanations and examples resonated with everyone and they become aware of why some people respond the way they do in particular situations. Knowing how to anticipate how someone may respond and giving them an opportunity to process the issue rather than making them feel obligated to respond straight away. Having already undertaken a course with Enhansen I appreciated the adaptation that was undertaken to deliver a tailored course to Station Officers rather than Senior Managers. The team was tremendous to work with and appreciated the unpredictability of emergency services crew availability verses our obligations to service delivery. I liked it so much that I secured funding to run the course. My Station Officers believed that it was the best course that we had ever put on for them. Of the 30 frontline managers that participated in the course they all had overwhelming positive feedback for both the content and the presenter. They also indicated that it is something that should be made available to all staff but especially the Station Officers and above. Given the changes that we were going through at the time it was considered and still is considered a phenomenal course. The neuroscience behind the responses to change and how to best accommodate that is something that all leaders will benefit from. Kristen is an engaging presenter and was really well received by the managers, especially the passion for the subject. This was an incredibly empowering course and would recommend to anyone to undertake and definitely provide for developing their leaders.
NSW Ambulance Station Managers Conference
Superintendent, Zone Manager, North Coast Sector,
Ambulance Service of NSW

This was by far the best and most useful session of the whole conference. It was great to have an expert present a good mix of theory and practice. I would recommend something like this session in the future.
I enjoyed this seminar the most out of those I attended – Kristen was hilarious and so intelligent I loved her entire presentation and could’ve listened to her all day! This session was very relevant to my work and my own personal life.
The best session of the conference. A terrific speaker who was able to take the science, relate it to a relevant field for the audience in a manner that was easily understood. Fantastic.
Outstanding! Loads of great information presented interestingly and very practically – I would recommend her as a keynote speaker for next year. The information was fascinating and applicable at graduate and management level. GREAT STUFF!!
Fantastic session, providing great insight into thinking behaviours and habits and how they relate in the work place, also great value for providing techniques into how we can break these habits. One of my favourite sessions of the week.
Australian Graduate Employers Conference

Many thanks for the great presentation last week at Clifton’s – thoroughly enjoyed it and look forward to hearing you speak again in the future!
Audit Change Manager
Deloitte

Kristen Hansen presented on the Neuroscience of Leadership to over 150 of our people leaders. Kristen’s presentation was engaging, informative and practical. Kristen was incredibly entertaining and full of energy. She was able to make complex theory simple and easy to understand whilst also applying it practically for our leaders to take back and use with their teams. The feedback from our people leaders has been exceptional with many stating that they have been able to apply much of what Kristen presented.
Head of HR
AFS Multibrand, Westpac Group

The Neuroscience was fantastic for understand more about the mind to better interact with and develop staff.
National Sales Manager
Sony 

Kristen Hansen’s presentation on how to approach staff to get the best out of them was powerful. She struck just the right balance of science, humour and pragmatic suggestions. Understanding how to approach difficult conversations can be a lifetime’s work, so having the frame of neuroscience in which to practice this provides for a very practical and useful approach.
Executive Director, Strategic Policy
Government of South Australia

Kristen Hansen gave us a fascinating insight into this emerging science and gave particular focus on ensuring employees work to their fullest potential by ensuring they are in a ‘reward state’.  Ms Hansen was passionate and engaging and the general consensus of the audience was that they would have like more time to explore the concepts she presented to us.
Deputy Commissioner
South Australia Police

The Neuroleadership lectures not only supported this intuition but gave me the science and underpinning knowledge on how to utilise that instinct to achieve the best outcome, for both myself and others. Neuroleadership TREAD and the Thinking component was what resonated most with me and the rest of my team. Realising and everyone did, why the Amygdala has such an impact on people responses and the overpowering influences it has on the Pre Frontal Cortex. The simple explanations and examples resonated with everyone and they become aware of why some people respond the way they do in particular situations. Knowing how to anticipate how someone may respond and giving them an opportunity to process the issue rather than making them feel obligated to respond straight away. This was an incredibly empowering course and would recommend to anyone to undertake and definitely provide for developing their leaders.
Superintendent, Zone Manager, North Coast Sector
Ambulance Service of New South Wales

I thoroughly enjoyed your presentation and am hoping that some Department of Treasury and Finance staff will be able to attend one of the presentations you are doing on the 18th.
Revenue Director, Department of  Treasury and Finance
Government of South Australia
 
I thoroughly enjoyed your presentation – and I’m using elements of it on a daily basis!
Vice President for Intercollegiate Athletics & Campus Recreation

Kristen Hansen was an exceptional facilitator, and I am a hard assessor. She has a great knowledge of the subject matter, presents in a professional and easy-going manner, and responds stunningly well to all manner of questions. Her acting without notice was also fantastic. Don’t lose her from your team.
Peter McCleary
Managing Director

Kristen Hansen was an awesome facilitator. I would recommend her to any company.
Team Leader
Orica

The presentation on the neuroscience of emotional intelligence was a powerful experience for my sales team. You got them thinking about how they can be more resilient, effective and connected with their customers – great result.
General Manager
Sales & Marketing, Rockend

Engaging and passionate, the highlight of the day. Very important for leadership development programs. Absolutely amazing presentation. So engaging and interesting. Fantastic topic and fantastic presenter style. This is a very interesting topic and makes so much sense. Excellent presentation. Would like to have her present again and expand on her topic.
Australian Human Resources Forum
Townsville, QLD

I worked with Kristen Hansen recently and she presented an intricate and thought-provoking session on “Neuroscience of Talent Management and Leadership” at the 3rd Annual Global HR Excellence Conference 2014, Singapore. The session was very well received and it gave the audience an in-depth understanding on how to manage talent and capabilities from a HR perspective. Kudos to the excellent sharing and I do hope to work with you in the near future!
Conference Producer at Marcus Evans
Management Consulting, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Kristen Hansen presented at our Specialty Fashion Group Annual Leadership Conference to 85 leaders. The topic was The Neuroscience of Leadership (NeuroLeadership TREAD) and it was informative, entertaining and rich with practical strategies to lift engagement, improve decision making and stress regulation as well as develop and coach others. Kristen’s style was engaging, humorous and influential and the feedback was overwhelmingly positive. We really benefited from understanding more about how the brain works and how we can be better leaders as a result. What impressed us was that she was able to relate to many different levels of management in the room all at the one time keeping pace with the fast thinkers and bringing those along who needed more assistance. During all of this she never lost the audience’s attention. Such was her impact, people are still referring to the material presented and using it in the daily work life (and personal lives).
CEO
Specialty Fashion Group

Kristen Hansen; dynamic, engaging and relevant. In presenting her neuroleadership session to the State Trustees managers, Kristen unlocked a response from the whole group that I’ve not been seen before. Every person took away strategies to help them be better leaders and they are still talking about the session months later.
General Manager
Strategy, Innovation & Transformation

Thank you for your presentation at our Executive / Manager Workshop, it was excellent! As you are aware, I believe that this field offers the prospect of substantial improvement in organisational (and personal) performance. Your presentation conveyed this potential in a very effective and informative way. As the workshop continued the following day, the concepts you outlined where repeatedly raised and discussed by a range of Managers. One of the key outcomes of our workshop is to consider ways in which we can utilise this field in our organisation.
Deputy General Manager
Wollondilly Shire Council