FULL PROFILE
Jane believes leadership is fundamentally human. Every business is a human enterprise, and the energy of one leader changes the experience of many.
That conviction shapes how she presents. Jane builds sessions around a single powerful idea, then gives the audience the science, the story and the practical shift that makes it stick. She draws on positive psychology, applied neuroscience, emotional intelligence and character strengths research, but she wears the evidence lightly. Delegates are talking to each other within the first five minutes.
Her career began in retail and international training leadership. In her late twenties, Jane was recruited to the UK as National Training Manager for Photo Corporation, where she trained more than 50 studios in a single year and helped lift customer satisfaction by 40 per cent. She then spent a decade with The Body Shop as Learning and Development Manager, earning an Anita Award for her contribution to training and pioneering wellbeing workshops grounded in positive psychology long before the corporate world caught up.
Jane founded WunderTraining in 2012. Today, she works across corporate and government, health and pharmaceuticals, financial and professional services, education, law enforcement, manufacturing, mining and the not-for-profit sector. She is also regularly booked as a conference opener when organisers need someone who can lift the energy in the room while giving people something meaningful to think about.
Jane holds an Advanced Diploma in the Neuroscience of Leadership and a Diploma in Positive Psychology. She is a VIA Character Strengths Master Trainer and Gallup Strengths practitioner, with additional accreditation across TMS Team Management Systems, PRISM Brain Mapping and Mental Toughness.
WHY ORGANISERS BOOK JANE
60,000+ leaders and professionals developed
25 years in people and culture and VIA Character Strengths Master Trainer
2026 Real Leaders Top 60 Global Impact Speaker
SIGNATURE KEYNOTES
All keynotes are tailored to the audience and the conference theme.
Thriving Through Change
Change has stopped being an event. Jane shows how mindset shapes attitude, adaptability and performance, and gives leaders and teams a practical way to stay steady and effective when the ground keeps moving. A strong conference opener for organisations mid-restructure, merger or transformation.
The Presence Effect
Jane's signature keynote. Presence is the most underrated leadership capability there is, and it is the one people feel before anyone speaks. This session unpacks how presence builds trust, sharpens influence and sets the emotional temperature of a whole team.
The Strengths Advantage :
People do their best work when they are used well. Drawing on Jane's VIA Character Strengths mastery and her own research into thousands of Australian workforce profiles, this keynote helps audiences identify what genuinely energises them and how to deploy those strengths with judgement rather than habit.
Emotional Intelligence : Leading Yourself and Others
IQ is largely settled by adulthood. Emotional intelligence keeps developing for as long as a person is willing to work at it. Jane takes EI out of the model and into the specifics: reading a room, holding your nerve under pressure, having the conversation you have been putting off, and noticing the effect you have on people before they have to tell you.
Psychological Safety : Building High-Trust, High-Performing Teams
Google studied 180 of its own teams and found psychological safety was the strongest predictor of team effectiveness. Jane translates that research into the everyday behaviours that build a high-trust team, and the small habits that shut people down. Practical, honest, and immediately actionable.
Mindset Matters Most
Mindset sets the ceiling on what a team believes is possible. Jane shows how it shapes attitude, effort and the willingness to try again after something has not worked. Ideal for leadership conferences and organisations building a learning culture.
Live Life Forward
An uplifting close-out keynote on purpose, wellbeing and momentum. Science-based, warm, and genuinely moving. Audiences leave more courageous, connected and capable than when they arrived.
FORMATS
● Conference keynote: 45 to 60 minutes
● Extended keynote with audience interaction: 60 to 90 minutes
● Conference workshop or masterclass: 90 minutes to a full day
● Custom-designed sessions and multi-day leadership programs
WHAT CLIENTS SAY
“We wanted to start our conference with a 'wow factor'. Jane delivered this in spades.”
General Manager, Executive and Leadership Conference
“Enjoyed everything. Scope, content, energy, applicability. Leaving with real ideas.”
Anne, Hitachi Australia Executive Conference
“Could honestly listen to Jane present all day.”
IAG, Insurance Australia Group
“Inspiring, motivating and definitely worth businesses investing in.”
Kelly, State Manager, Lorna Jane
“Motivational and uplifting. A brilliant speaker.”
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