Keynotes, panels and executive masterclasses.
Talks and masterclasses for conferences, board days and universities, drawing on clinical, academic and governance experience to open up conversations about leadership, governance and ageing.
Five talks for boards, universities and sector audiences.
Each topic can be delivered as a keynote (30–45 minutes), a panel contribution, or an extended executive masterclass (half or full day). Talks are always tailored to the audience.
Unravelling what makes good leaders, and what does not.
A candid look at the qualities that distinguish good senior leaders from those who struggle, and what the evidence, and lived experience, tell us organisations often get wrong.
How we appoint senior leaders, and how we should.
Why appointing senior leaders in universities, health services and aged care is harder than it looks, and how boards and executives can approach it with more rigour and less risk.
Governance in an ageing sector, what boards should be asking now.
The governance questions aged-care, health and higher-education boards should be asking in 2026 and beyond, and the ones that are often missed.
Psychosocial risk is a board-level issue.
How the psychosocial evidence base, and Australia's regulatory response, is reshaping director oversight, executive behaviour and workplace culture.
A new generation of ageing, from decline narrative to capability.
Why "healthy ageing" is not enough: reframing later life as a workforce, learning and design question with implications well beyond the aged-care sector.
Speaking formats.
Conference keynote
A 30–45 minute address, briefed against the conference theme and audience, with room for on-stage Q&A or an interviewer-led format.
Board day contribution
A shorter, more discussion-oriented session for board strategy days, chairs' forums, and executive-committee retreats.
Executive masterclass
A half- or full-day intensive for university, health-service or aged-care leadership teams, combining talk, structured discussion and applied exercises.
A partial list of past engagements.
Claire has spoken at academic conferences, professional-body events and sector forums across Ireland, the Middle East, the United Kingdom, Europe and Australia.
Recent audiences have included aged-care provider leadership teams, university councils and executive groups, professional colleges of nursing and psychology, and cross-sector forums on workforce and ageing.
What to expect.
Careful briefing
A short pre-event call, a written brief, and, where useful, a preparatory conversation with the conference chair or organising committee.
Prepared for the audience
Talks are written for the specific audience, not delivered off the shelf. Interviewer-led formats, on-stage Q&A and panel roles all welcome.
Follow-through
Slide handouts, short written summaries and follow-up notes for attendees can be prepared where organisers want them.
Considering an invitation?
Get in touch with the event, date, audience and topic in mind, Claire will respond personally to every speaking enquiry.