Janice Elsley is an award-winning leadership and change expert, international author, keynote speaker, and podcast host of Legacy Leaders who helps leaders navigate complexity, elevate capability, and build human-centred cultures that perform.

With more than 20 years’ experience across private, public, and ASX-listed organisations, Janice has led enterprise-wide transformation spanning culture, leadership capability, organisational development, and strategic people initiatives. She has held senior executive roles across people, culture, brand, and strategy, and is known for translating big-picture change into practical, sustainable shifts that teams can feel and measure.

Janice brings a rare depth of credibility to the stage. She holds undergraduate and postgraduate qualifications across Psychology, Neuroscience, Human Resources, Law, and Business, and has specialist training in the Neuroscience of Leadership and behaviour change. She is also a Certified Change Practitioner and a qualified Human Design Coach, allowing her to integrate evidence-based leadership science with self-awareness, decision-making alignment, and energy management.

What sets Janice apart is how she bridges science, strategy, and humanity. Her work blends neuroscience, emotional intelligence, psychological safety, systems thinking, and culture design to help leaders reduce burnout, increase trust, strengthen accountability, and create workplaces where people want to stay and thrive.

Janice is the author of Leadership Legacy, a modern framework for leaders who want to build high-performing cultures without sacrificing wellbeing, integrity, or connection. Her keynotes are known for being grounded, compelling, and immediately actionable, delivering clarity and courage in a world that asks more of leaders than ever before.

Janice’s message is clear: as AI transforms the world of work, the human side of leadership matters more than ever.

The leaders who succeed are those who can lead themselves first, regulate emotion in uncertainty, and create environments of trust and psychological safety. In doing so, they unlock adaptability, performance, and sustainable success in an AI-accelerated world.