Joanna Barclay

Keynote Speaker | Ottawa, Ontario

Corporate Culture Change Expert and Mindful Conscious Leadership Consultant

Joanna Barclay Expertise Adaptability & Agility, Business & Corporate, Business Growth, Business Leadership, Business Management, Change Management, Employee Retention, Entrepreneurship and Excellence & Success.

Joanna Barclay

About Joanna Barclay

Joanna Barclay is a global leadership expert, organizational culture consultant, and author specializing in conscious leadership, values driven culture, and business transformation. She brings more than thirty five years of experience supporting large scale organizational change across public, private, and non profit sectors. Her career includes fifteen years in the information technology industry advising leadership teams on technology driven transformation, followed by two decades as a certified professional facilitator and culture change consultant. Joanna Barclay is the author of Conscious Culture: How to Build a High Performing Workplace through Values, Ethics and Leadership and holds advanced certifications in professional facilitation, participatory leadership, and values based cultural assessment.

Joanna Barclay Videos

Joanna Barclay Keynote Speaker Profile

Joanna Barclay | Get Connected | Speakers Bureau of Canada

Joanna Barclay | Conscious Culture Book Testimonial Rob Wright | Speak

Rcaf Video Testimonial for Cultural Transformation Course

Joanna Barclay | Keynote Speaker | Speakers Bureau of Canada

Joanna Barclay Interviews & Podcasts

Here's the Winning Attitude That Makes the Biggest Organizations Thriv

How to Build a High Performing Workplace Through Values, Ethics and Le

JOANNA BARCLAY BIOGRAPHY

Joanna Barclay is a recognized authority on conscious leadership, organizational culture, and values based transformation. Her work supports leaders seeking sustainable performance through alignment between people, values, and strategy.

With more than thirty five years of experience, Joanna Barclay has guided organizations through periods of significant cultural and operational change. Her consulting and facilitation work spans public, private, and non profit sectors.

The early phase of Joanna Barclay’s career was spent in the information technology industry, where she worked closely with executive teams implementing large scale technology initiatives. This experience informed her understanding of how systems, structure, and leadership behaviors influence transformation outcomes.

For the past twenty years, Joanna Barclay has worked as a certified professional facilitator and organizational culture change consultant. She partners with leadership teams to assess culture, clarify values, and design participatory change processes.

Joanna Barclay is known for giving people a meaningful voice during periods of organizational change. Her facilitation approach supports trust, accountability, and cross functional collaboration.

Her client experience includes large Canadian federal government departments, multinational corporations, and non profit associations. Joanna Barclay has supported organizations navigating growth, restructuring, leadership transitions, and cultural renewal.

International experience is a core component of Joanna Barclay’s professional background. She lived and worked in Singapore for five years, supporting leadership teams across Asia and speaking at international conferences on conscious leadership through values.

Joanna Barclay is the author of Conscious Culture: How to Build a High Performing Workplace through Values, Ethics and Leadership. The book reflects her extensive experience facilitating organizational transformation and provides practical guidance for leaders.

Her professional credentials include certification as a Professional Facilitator and certification in participatory facilitation methodologies and cultural assessment tools. Joanna Barclay applies these frameworks to support structured, inclusive decision making.

She is a graduate of the National Training Laboratory Organizational Development program and holds a degree in Management of Information Sciences from the University of Ottawa. Her academic training supports an integrated approach to leadership, culture, and organizational systems.

Joanna Barclay works with senior leaders to clarify purpose, strengthen values alignment, and improve collaboration across teams. Her work emphasizes practical application and measurable cultural outcomes.

She is frequently engaged as a global speaker, addressing audiences on conscious leadership, cultural transformation, and values driven performance. Joanna Barclay also contributes as a media columnist on leadership and workplace culture topics.

Clients engage Joanna Barclay for her depth of experience, structured facilitation, and ability to guide complex conversations with clarity and discipline. Her work supports leaders committed to long term organizational effectiveness.

Joanna Barclay Topic Presentations

Joanna Barclay Ottawa, Ontario, Canada delivers keynote presentations, workshops, fireside chats, moderated Q&A, and other presentation formats on a wide variety of topics. Each presentation is unique, customized and tailored for audiences, industries, conferences and event formats.

Get Connected: A Values-driven Approach to Change Management

How to Build a Thriving Workplace Culture: Become an Employer of Choice to Attract, Engage, and Retain Top Talent

Embracing Agility and Resilience : In Times of Disruptive Change

Conscious Leadership Through Values: Igniting Passion and Inspiration with “share of Heart”

Happiness in the Workplace: The “heartbeat” of Excellence: Employee Engagement in the 21st Century

Relationship Awareness for a Healthy Workplace

Cultural Transformation (2-day Course) : How to Build a High Performing Workplace Culture

Joanna Barclay Books & Articles

Conscious Culture
Conscious

How to Build a High-Performing Workplace through values, Ethics, and Leadership

Joanna Barclay Speaking Testimonials

"An excellent talk by Joanna Barclay to our top 100 leaders from Volvo Group Trucks Asia & JVs. The leaders had a valuable session building values-based leadership to drive a high-performing culture and promote high team engagement thereby leading to positive business results and contributing to customer success."

Christina Lu

Senior Vice President, HR & Communication
Volvo Group Trucks Asia & JVs

"We worked with Joanna Barclay on Morrison & Foerster’s (MoFo’s) inaugural event for women in the legal industry in Singapore. We chose Joanna as our guest speaker because at MoFo we share her passion for “Conscious Values-Based Leadership” believing that it not only builds a positive and cohesive workplace culture but also delivers better results to the bottom line. Joanna’s presentation and the panel discussion that followed were engaging and inspirational. Her knowledge about culture and leadership is impressive and her messages convincing – even for an audience of skeptical, analytical lawyers. We were given practical ideas and actions to take away to further develop our..."

Yemi Tépé and Shirin Tang

Partners
Morrison & Foerster (Singapore) LLP

"Thank you for your inspirational speech on ‘The Power of Love and Awakening the Heart of Leadership Potential’ during our offsite. The topic was truly inspirational, and presented in an innovative way that everyone could understand and practice in daily life. Your knowledge about culture and leadership, inspiring leaders with powerful new ideas were impressive."

N.Selvam

Senior Director PSAE, Global Technology Services
EQUINIX

"Relationship Awareness for a Healthy Workplace was a perfect way to wrap up our conference."

Lori Arpin

VP Communications
General Motors, Asia Pacific

"Joanna’s Relationship Awareness for a Healthy Workplace workshop was the best workshop I have attended in years if not ever!"

John Bertorelli

Manager
Department of Fisheries and Oceans, Canada

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