Anissa Renae — Keynote Speaker

Redesigning Success

for Women

Keynotes for high-capacity women who are achieving much, carrying more , and quietly asking whether the current pace is sustainable.

Anissa Renae speaks to women in leadership who are functioning well, delivering results, and holding everything together, yet sensing that the current pace may not be sustainable.

Her work reframes exhaustion not as weakness, but as feedback. A threshold. A moment where redesign becomes necessary.

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A different question

Sustainability isn't

just environmental.

It's personal.

For decades, we have measured environmental tipping points. We track carbon. We recycle waste. We design systems for longevity.

But in business and in our homes, we rarely measure the sustainability of the women holding everything together.

High-capacity women rarely collapse dramatically.

They erode quietly.

They carry more because they can.

They solve faster because they know how.

They absorb pressure because it feels efficient.

Until competence becomes extraction.

Renae invites audiences to consider a different question:

What if exhaustion is not failure — but data?

The Flagship Keynote

The Tipping Point

When Competence Becomes Erosion

This keynote is a story-led exploration of sustainable leadership for women.

Drawing from more than 35 years of sustained small business leadership, a background in environmental science, and years evaluating sustainability through the Telstra Best of Business Awards, Anissa integrates systems thinking into the lived experience of women in leadership.

Through personal narrative and practical reflection, she reframes burnout as a sustainability threshold, and redesign as the next intelligent step.

Audiences leave with

Language for what they have been normalising
Clarity around personal sustainability thresholds
A new lens for measuring success
Practical questions for redesigning their next chapter

'If we can measure the sustainability of our planet, we can measure the sustainability of our people.'

Additional Keynotes

Sustainable Success

Designing Leadership That Doesn't Extract From You

A deeper exploration of long-term leadership design and the systems women build to support sustainable growth.

Power Without Armour

Rising Without Hardening

A conversation about strength, boundaries, and leading without self-erasure.

Grounded in experience

Designed

for longevity.

Renae's keynotes are calm, story-rich and quietly confronting. Women often leave saying they didn't realise they were ignoring this.

35+ years of sustained small business leadership
Background in environmental science
Four years as a judge — Sustainability category, Telstra Best of Business Awards
Governance and community leadership experience
Calm, intelligent, story-rich delivery

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" Women who have been evaluating organisations on long-term impact, resilience and responsible growth — and then watching those same women quietly erode at home — that tension is what this keynote holds. "

— Anissa Renae

As a four-year judge in the Sustainability category of the Telstra Best of Business Awards, Renae evaluated organisations on long-term impact, resilience and responsible growth. She brings that same systems lens to the lived experience of women in leadership.