Kieran Flanagan

Kieran Flanagan is an internationally award-winning leader and speaker on communications and brand building - through positioning, persuasion, innovation, experience design and the power of taking a stand.

Kieran is also the creative mind behind both Australia’s most successful product launch and the world’s most successful brand resurrection.

She has delivered leadership development and communication strategies for global tech giants, team building retreats for big pharma, engineering firms and financial powerhouses, as well as brand workshops for entrepreneurs and small businesses.

The author of four books on engagement, influence, trends and the future of skills, and the co-host of “A Show Called BrandIn’” for LinkedIn, Kieran is a bundle of energy who helps her audiences and clients laugh while they learn powerful tools to attract, engage and energise their clients, customers, collaborators and communities.

Rated a “Top 25 C-Suite Speaker to Watch” by Meetings & Conventions USA, she has worked with the UN in Asia, global corporations like Coca-Cola and Unilever and high-performance teams in organisations such as EY, HP and The NSW Government—equipping them to connect, engage and stand out with impact!

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Your Communication, Connection & Character

NOTE: Kieran customises every keynote around the goals and needs of her clients.

Kieran’s current presentations are based on the research, tools and frameworks used in Dan & Kieran’s upcoming book, The Younique Advantage, Kieran reveals how: Being yourself. Being authentic. Being human (not perfect), is actually your unique superpower and the key to amplifying your influence.

People like to say, “Just be yourself,” like it’s as easy as ordering a coffee. But which self? The confident self on stage, or the self that ugly-cries in the car after harsh feedback?

The truth is, we spend so much energy trying to look right that we forget how to be real.

In The Younique Advantage, Kieran’s new book with business partner Dan Gregory, she explains that success really isn’t about fixing yourself, it’s about aligning, integrating and liberating yourself. Because the future doesn’t belong to the most polished, it belongs to the most human (take note AI!).

When you stop dimming your light to fit in, you rediscover your unique creativity and courage, you build connection. You stop performing perfect as an act and start practicing authenticity as a measure of character, which, ironically, lifts your performance too.

In a world obsessed with algorithms, your humanity really is the unfair advantage.

Key Takeaways in Kieran’s Presentations:

1. Elevate your Communication

Persuasion is ultimately a game of values alignment and engagement. So let’s develop a pitch and presentation style that amplifies you while using a communications framework that speaks to everyone in the room.

2. Increase your Connection

Connection is your competitive edge. People buy people before ideas, but only when they feel seen, important and understood. Our success, therefore, is defined by our ability to communicate compellingly and connect people to our ideas, our leadership and each other.

3. Amplify your Character

Visibility is vulnerability rewarded. Your brand is what people say about you when you’re not in the room. The world doesn’t need another “perfect” personal brand, it needs you to be someone who actually walk their talk and practices Story Doing! It’s time to shift our thinking from push to pull, and from big claims to bold character.

Kieran delivers deep dive presentations, keynotes & workshops as well as panels, debates & facilitation

BRAND

Positioning | Profile | Personal Brand

Unleash your Younique

Playing small does nothing for you… or the world. In a culture chasing the next big thing, leaders and high performers must decide: build it, or be it. In this energetic and practical presentation, Kieran shows you how to turn your unique perspective into a powerful brand, take a stand that matters, and draw the right people to you and your work.

COMMUNICATION

Pitching | Persuasion | Presentation Skills

The Communication Equation

Influence isn’t about information, it’s about creating a unique emotional connection. This session rewires how leaders and teams sell ideas, shift behaviours, and win hearts (so minds willingly follow). Kieran arms you with tools to own the room - including The Communication Sequence, the 4 Humours, and a fresh framework for transforming information into engagement.

INSIGHTS

Debates | Panels | Facilitation

Intelligence & Interactivity

Whether she’s providing expert commentary on a panel, facilitating a complicated conversation, or the captain of a great debate, Kieran brings brains and banter in equal measure. She mixes insights with entertainment so that learning sticks. If you need a voice to ignite dialogue, challenge assumptions and make your event the place to be, Kieran is the one you want on the mic.

Kieran on stage and screen

Let’s work together. Drop us a line (or two):

“Greatest virtual presentation I have ever seen. Kieran, you rock!”

— MEETINGS & EVENTS AUSTRALIA

“A mix of Edward de Bono and Melissa McCarthy.”

— THOUGHT LEADERS GLOBAL

“An extraordinary ability to solve highly complicated and political problems.”

— UNITED NATIONS, SINGAPORE

“Kieran facilitated a highly engaging, entertaining and thought-provoking workshop around entrepreneurship, risk-taking and decision making within a highly regulated environment.”

— BAYER

“Kieran’s opening keynote established the spirit of the conferece from the outset. Embracing the theme in an engaging, relevant and lively presentation. She was the perfect choice.”

— AUSTRALIA COUNCIL FOR THE ARTS

“Comedy relief from down under with a huge helping of #knowledge.”

— iMEDIA, USA

“I learned a huge amount and the team feedback has been incredibly positive”

— CA TECHNOLOGIES, ASIA PACIFIC

“We’ve had amazing feedback - Very grateful!”

— XERO

“Delegates were literally buzzing through the hours of workshops that followed and we were able to achieve the directions we required to take us forward.”

— TOURISM & EVENTS QUEENSLAND

“Kieran’s presentation was a breath of fresh air. She is a ball of energy, totally engaging, brilliant use of humour, super visuals and great delivery, but above all she was totally on message with great content. They loved her.”

— ROTARY INTERNATIONAL

“In 12 years of running SWB, Kieran is the first speaker to receive a 100% approval rating from all delegates!”

— SWB, AUSTRALIA

“Kieran delivered riveting speeches that kept a diverse audience engaged and wanting more.”

— NAVITAS, MALAYSIA

“Kieran’s deep insight, cutting humour and ability to convey complex messages to our audience were the stand out features of her keynote. It’s great to work with stage professionals who deliver.”

— NATIONAL SPEAKERS ASSOCIATION, AUSTRALIA