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Humanity Works Consultancy
Keynote speaking on how to build team resilience and drive performance in times of change
Testimonial for Sharon's keynote speeches
"I highly recommend Sharon. She is a powerful speaker who tailors her message to every audience. She creates safe, engaging spaces that inspire leaders to speak up, grow, and take action.”
Nicole Goodwin, MD Events, Everywoman & AllBright
More on Sharon Parmar, Chief Heart Officer, Humanity Works Consultancy
After overcoming a life-threatening illness, ex-FTSE 100 leader Sharon Parmar learnt first hand the meaning of true resilience in times of change. She made it her mission to help leaders and teams grow stronger through change; not just survive it.
Sharon is now the Chief Heart Officer at Humanity Works Consultancy, an executive coach and keynote speaker. Her unique Resilience 2.0 approach helps teams reframe uncertainty as growth and build their adaptive capacity to sustain high performance under pressure.
Sharon’s inspiring keynotes empower teams to show up with everyday acts of courage - the small choices to grow stronger through adversity, inspire trust through psychological safety and navigate complexity with clarity. Her talks use tools from the military, Stoicism, Anti Fragility and Positive Psychology to rapidly transform team culture and performance in times of change.
Her ‘high heart and high performance’ approach to building resilient teams has seen her keynote to thousands of leaders at major conferences and corporate events including Barclays, Everywoman, Tech Forum (two years in a row), CHRN and the Barnet Leadership Conference.
Her sought-after expertise in team performance, team culture, change management and human intelligence has seen her work with HSBC, EY, Sky and Silicon Valley tech company SnapLogic.
Her thought leadership, based on 20 years of driving transformation and growth in organisations, has been showcased in HR Zone, the Institute of Leadership, and the U.S. documentary Wired for Connection. Sharon firmly believes that in today’s world, growing stronger from uncertainty isn’t optional, it’s your competitive advantage.
Keynotes on resilience, adaptive leadership, high performance team mindset and leading through change
Beyond Resilience: How Great Leaders Inspire Teams To Thrive Through Change; Not Just Survive It
A practical, high-impact keynote for leaders and teams navigating uncertainty, complexity, and pressure.
As organisations face rapid change, this keynote provides leaders with a practical blueprint on how to use uncertainty to boost team performance.
Sharon’s proven Resilience 2.0 framework, blends tools from the military, Stoicism, and Positive Psychology. Her keynote shares case studies from corporate clients on how leaders can balance the paradoxes of leading through complexity, align quickly, and accelerate team performance in times of change.
🔑 Audience Takeaways
✅ Participants gain confidence to rapidly create team alignment and accelerate performance in times of change
Leading Through Crisis: A True Story of Courageous Leadership in Uncertain Times
From Deathbed to Chief Heart Officer
As leaders grapple with challenging times, Sharon shares her heartfelt journey of overcoming a life threatening illness and demonstrates how everyday acts of courage help teams grow stronger from adversity.
Combining powerful storytelling and actionable strategies, she helps leaders and teams embrace the discomfort of adversity AND build their adaptive capacity to deliver scalable impact and innovation.
“She believes you are not defined by your challenges; you are defined by how you rise through them.”
🔑 Audience Takeaways
✨ Reframe setbacks as strategic turning points for leadership growth
✨ Lead with courage and clarity especially when the path ahead isn’t clear
📣 “For anyone navigating burnout, reinvention, or real leadership pressure, this talk is a call to evolve.”
Beyond Resilience: The Mental Habits That Help Teams Bounce Forward Rather Than Bounce Back
This resilience keynote reframes adversity as growth. Sharon shares the thinking patterns and behaviours behind anti-fragile, a mindset that helps leaders and teams turn fear into clarity and momentum.
Drawing from the military, coaching, and psychology practices, Sharon’s keynote shares practical mindset tools that leaders and teams can immediately apply to deliver innovation, stay focused, and accelerate performance.
This is more than mindset, it’s the psychological upgrade your team needs to lead in complexity without burning out.
🔑 Audience Takeaways
🧠 Mental habits that turn uncertainty into clarity and confidence
💪 Tools to make better decisions under pressure
🚀 Mindset shifts that unlock energy, creativity, and resilience, even in chaos
📣 “Challenges reveal who we are. This talk shows teams how to show up strong, focused, and fully human.”
What Makes Sharon different
Chief Heart Officer, Humanity Works Consultancy
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Fresh take on resilience - Resilience 2.0: growing stronger through challenge
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Deep leadership experience + Actionable frameworks + powerful storytelling
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Clients call her their “Chief Heart Officer” because she easily wins hearts and minds
👥 Book Sharon at Your Next Event
Whether you’re leading a company-wide offsite, executive retreat, or global conference-Sharon’s keynotes leave teams provoked, inspired, and ready to lead with bold clarity.
