Roni Millard

Roni Millard Speaking Topics

• Wellbeing Without Masks

  Reclaiming Psychological Safety, Authenticity and Sustainable Performance at Work

  In high-pressure workplaces, many professionals are surviving behind masks, performing, coping and pushing through, often at the cost of their wellbeing. In this powerful and deeply human keynote, Roni Millard explores what happens when psychological safety is absent, why burnout is not a personal failure, and how workplaces can move beyond performative wellbeing to create cultures where people feel safe to show up fully.

  Drawing on lived experience, leadership insight and real-world workplace examples, this talk challenges outdated notions of resilience and strength. It offers a practical, grounded pathway to reducing burnout, restoring trust and enabling people to perform at their best without self-abandonment.

  This session is both confronting and hopeful — designed to shift mindsets and create meaningful change.

  Attendee Results:

  • Understand why psychological safety is foundational to wellbeing and performance

  • Recognize the hidden cost of masking, silence and “pushing through”

  • Learn practical ways to reduce burnout and emotional fatigue at work

  • Gain insight into leadership behaviors that build trust and safety

  • Feel empowered to show up more authentically without fear or shame

• Power Your Invincible

  Sustainable Performance Without Burnout

  In a culture that rewards overwork and relentless ambition, many high performers believe burnout is simply the price of success. In Power Your Invincible, Roni Millard challenges this belief and offers a new model for performance, one that honors ambition while protecting health, energy and identity.

  Through storytelling, evidence-informed insight and practical reflection, this keynote reframes wellbeing as a performance advantage, not a weakness. Roni shares how leaders and individuals can sustain momentum, build resilience and navigate pressure without sacrificing their physical or mental health.

  This is a motivational and empowering experience that equips audiences to pursue success with strength, clarity and longevity.

  Attendee Results:

  • Reframe wellbeing as a driver of productivity and performance

  • Understand the early warning signs of burnout and how to respond

  • Learn strategies to sustain energy, focus and motivation long-term

  • Develop healthier boundaries without losing ambition or impact

  • Leave inspired to pursue success in a way that is strong, sustainable and human

• Psychological Safety: A Performance Imperative

  Why Trust, Safety and Human Sustainability Drive Real Performance

  Psychological safety has become a buzzword in workplaces, yet many organisations still misunderstand what it truly means, why it matters, and how easily it is eroded. In this compelling and grounded keynote, Roni Millard reframes psychological safety not as a “nice-to-have”, but as a critical foundation for performance, productivity, retention and wellbeing.

  Drawing on lived experience, leadership insight and real-world workplace examples, Roni explores how fear, silence and power imbalance quietly damage individuals and cultures — and why burnout, disengagement and turnover often follow. She challenges leaders to look beyond policies and slogans, and instead focus on the everyday behaviours that either build trust or break it.

  This session offers clarity, accountability and hope, equipping leaders and teams with a practical understanding of how to create psychologically safer environments where people can think clearly, speak up and perform sustainably.

  Attendee Results:

  • Understand what psychological safety really is — and what it is not

  • Recognize how fear, silence and masking undermine performance and wellbeing

  • Learn the leadership behaviors that build trust and psychological safety

  • Identify early warning signs of psychological risk and burnout

  • Gain practical insight into creating safer, healthier and more productive workplaces

• Invisible Journeys: Women, Fertility and the Workplace

  Breaking the Silence Around Fertility, Loss and Women’s Wellbeing at Work

  For many women, fertility challenges, pregnancy loss and reproductive health struggles are lived quietly, while careers, leadership expectations and performance pressures continue uninterrupted. In this powerful and compassionate keynote, Roni Millard brings visibility to an often-unspoken reality affecting women across all industries.

  Drawing from lived experience, leadership insight and workplace wellbeing expertise, Roni explores the emotional, physical and psychological toll fertility challenges can have and why silence, stigma and lack of understanding at work compound that impact. She challenges outdated workplace norms and highlights the critical role of psychological safety, empathy and flexible leadership in supporting women through deeply personal journeys.

  This session creates space for understanding, reduces isolation, and equips leaders and organisations to respond with humanity, without compromising performance or professionalism.

  Attendee Results:

  • Understand the impact of fertility challenges and pregnancy loss on women at work

  • Recognize why silence and stigma increase burnout, disengagement and attrition

  • Learn how psychological safety supports women through complex life experiences

  • Gain insight into leadership behaviours that foster trust, dignity and compassion

  • Feel seen, validated and empowered to navigate work without self-abandonment

• When Life Meets Work: Supporting Employees Living with Cancer

  Creating Compassionate, Psychologically Safe Workplaces Without Losing Performance

  Cancer touches nearly every workplace, yet many employees navigate diagnosis, treatment and recovery in silence, unsure how to speak up or ask for support. In this powerful and practical keynote, Roni Millard brings clarity to what employees living with cancer truly need from their workplace and how leaders can respond with humanity, dignity and confidence.

  Drawing on lived experience and extensive leadership insight, Roni explores the emotional, physical and psychological realities of working through cancer, the unintended harm caused by avoidance or discomfort, and the critical role psychological safety plays in retention, recovery and performance.

  This session moves beyond sympathy and policy to focus on real-world leadership behaviors, communication and culture — helping organisations support people through illness without lowering standards or losing momentum.

  Attendee Results:

  • Understand the real impact of cancer on employees’ wellbeing, identity and performance

  • Recognize common leadership missteps that unintentionally increase harm or isolation

  • Learn how psychological safety enables openness, trust and sustainable contribution

  • Gain practical guidance on supporting employees before, during and after treatment

  • Feel more confident having compassionate, respectful conversations about serious illness at work