Cassandra Worthy

Inspire top talent to thrive in the face of merger, acquisition, and other significant disruption like COVID-19 by hearing lessons learned of the world's leading expert on Change Enthusiasm®

Expert on

  • Resilience
  • Leadership
  • Corporate Culture
  • Diversity Equity Inclusion (DEI)
  • Women in Business
  • Change

Fee Range

$40,000–$50,000

Travels from

GA, US

Biography

With contagious energy that radiates throughout every room she steps into, Cassandra Worthy is the world’s truly DISRUPTIVE thought-leader on CHANGE that companies need to build organizational resilience and adaptability. During times of major shift such as merger, acquisition, organizational restructure, new systems integration, and disruptive innovation delivery RARELY do businesses ever face the tumultuous emotional landscape of the organization head-on. Only 10% of successful change adoption is about know-how…the other 90% is squarely centered on an organization’s motivation and willingness to embrace the change. Without addressing the emotions standing in the way of motivation, any transformation journey is stopped in its tracks. This is where Cassandra steps in. She has created and cultivated the unique strategy of Change Enthusiasm® which is arming individuals around the world with the means to harness the power of emotion, a resource in infinite supply, to embrace and accelerate change and transformation journeys. Cassandra’s message nurtures highly resilient and adaptable organizations beginning at the heart of the individual.

Cassandra’s client base spans the Fortune 500 all over the world including Procter & Gamble, Allstate, Jones Lang LaSalle, Centene Corporation, Johnson & Johnson, the Association of Change Management Professionals, and SnapChat.  Cassandra invigorates and inspires organizations, C-suite executives, and business associations alike going through significant change, transformation, and/or innovation journeys.  Cassandra’s customized keynote and/or workshop programs motivates the workforce to embrace Change Enthusiasm® and subsequently become self-actualized in working towards a change vision.  In her leadership presentations, she is not only sharing this unique strategy of Change Enthusiasm® but also 10+ years of M&A experience distilled down into 5 critical leadership traits required to lead with exception during high-stress times of change and transformation.

Cassandra is Founder and CEO of a well-respected, boutique consulting firm Change Enthusiasm Global.  She is a two-time TEDx speaker, sharing her message of harnessing the power of emotion to grow through change with millions all around the world.

 

 

Speaker Videos

MASTERING THE CHEMISTRY OF CHANGE: EMPOWERMENT TO ALLOW YOUR INNER ROCK STAR TO SHINE

Format: ​45 – 60 minute keynote

In her highest demanded keynote, Cassandra Worthy, chemical engineer and world-leading expert on Change Enthusiasm®, shares her experiences as a Fortune 500 manager in the consumer packaged goods industry struggling in the face of Merger & Acquisition. Thriving through the struggle, she created the strategy of Change Enthusiasm that now enables her audience’s unique signature of resilience, adaptability and perseverance. The message within this keynote inspires what we know rests within: the ability to deliver rock-star business results.  When practiced, this strategy will have anyone excited for every change challenge ahead.

This program is perfect for:

  • ​Organizations either stepping into or in the middle of significant change (eg merger, acquisition, restructure, etc.)
  • Businesses with stalled or declining performance and/or employee engagement
  • New businesses / start-ups
  • Organizations experiencing high attrition rates of diverse top talent

Attending leaders and top talent will leave with:

  • Tried and true strategies to thrive in the face of stressful and frustrating change
  • Inspired perspective that managing and championing significant shift is entirely possible and even enjoyable
  • The energy and motivation to take the first step to higher impact business results

C.H.A.N.G.E. TRAITS®: EXPLORING THE UNDERBELLY OF EXCEPTIONAL LEADERSHIP

Format: ​60 minute keynote

Rapid change is impacting nearly every industry vertical, re-shaping, re-forming, and ultimately disrupting ‘business as usual’. With this comes workforce strain, stress, and frustration. Today more than ever industry needs people who fully understand, embrace, and exemplify the softer skills of leadership. With energy that could light up an entire city grid, Cassandra Worthy captivates audiences with her stories and unique perspective on what it really means to effectively lead THROUGH change. In this keynote, she’s not only bringing her world-renown strategy of Change Enthusiasm® but coupling it with a distillation of more than a decade worth of multi-billion dollar acquisition leadership lessons. Her teachings, refreshingly, are not the one-size-fits-all type. Rather, grounded in simple principles, they will inspire authentic leadership of each and every individual who practices them.

This program is perfect for:

  • Organizations within industries undergoing significant shifts with need for passionate, inspired leadership
  • C-Suite executives seeking fresh, honest perspective  through the employee’s lens to learn how best to inspire their workforce during high strain, high stress times
  • Organizations hungry for a NEW TAKE on how to effectively lead in the face of today’s rapidly changing industrial landscape

 Attendees will leave buzzing with:

  • ​New perspective on the soft skills (C.H.A.N.G.E Traits®) required to effectively lead through major change
  • A heightened self-awareness of their current leadership effectiveness paired with an actionable tool to increase effectiveness
  • Invigoration to lead through ANY change challenge faced and the motivation to allow their inner rock star to shine

ENGINEERING A RESILIENT AND INCLUSIVE CULTURE

Description:  The keynote addresses how to instill a mindset of resilience into the very core your cultural fabric and how to leverage inclusion as a tool to win with your employees, shareholders, customers, and clients.  It contains practical tools to nurture high-level workforce AND customer engagement.

This program is perfect for Executives and Leaders:

  • Responsible for creating and nurturing a diverse and inclusive culture with equal access to the resources and tools for individual career success.
  • Going through significant industry, market, or business disruption while charged to deliver breakthrough profitability and business growth.
  • Seeking to embody and inspire resiliency throughout their teams and organizations.
  • ire resiliency throughout their teams and organizations.

The audience will leave with:

  • A resilience mindset that will enable growth through any change, transformation, or disruption.
  • A practical application to leverage inclusion as a tool for success with their teams, customers, and shareholders.
  • Inspired perspective why inclusion is everyone’s responsibility.
Resilience Audience Activity Educational / Informative
 

STEM FOUNDATION = INFINITE POSSIBILITIES: BUILDING A DIVERSE PIPELINE OF STEM TALENT

Format: ​30 – 45 minute keynoteThis program is perfect for:

  • ​Universities/Schools/Organizations looking to paint of picture for their student body of what STEM degrees can do in industry
  • Universities/Schools/Organizations who want to inform students to the work required to be successful in STEM
  • Universities/Schools/Organizations who want to be part of building diversity into the world’s STEM-driven industries

Attendees will leave with:

  • ​Inspired perspective to what a career in STEM could actually look like
  • Information regarding what it takes to be successful in a STEM-driven industry
  • Inspiration to the infinite possibilities a STEM education affords

​I was one of VERY few black, female chemical engineering majors at my school.  The decision to pursue STEM has been the cornerstone of my career, and one I recognize was the ONLY choice for me. But the reality is a significant portion of the engineering and advanced manufacturing workforce will soon retire and the growth percentage of young workers is not keeping pace.  And the rate of minorities pursuing STEM degrees is even more stalled. So I’m telling my story to inspire a robust pipeline of diverse STEM talent.