Michelle Ray

Keynote Speaker | Vancouver, British Columbia

Leadership, Management
Change | Workplace Culture and Influence Expert

Michelle Ray's Expertise: Adaptability & Agility, Burnout Prevention, Business & Corporate, Change Management, Employee Engagement, Employee Management, Employee Retention, HR & Corporate Culture and Peak Performance.

Michelle Ray

About Speaker Michelle Ray

Michelle Ray is a global authority on real-time leadership, change and accountability. As a sought-after international business keynote speaker, author & educator, Michelle demonstrates a deep understanding of the emotional impact of change, uncertainty, and the need for real-time leadership. She helps organizations outpace disruption, embrace change, and take ownership, so they can move out of reactivity and respond to new workplace realities. For more than 3 decades, Michelle is renowned for her captivating, energizing, dynamic presentation style and her ability to instantly engage any audience.

Michelle Ray: 2026 Speaker Demo Video

Michelle Ray: 2026 Speaker Demo Video

Michelle Ray: Business Keynote Speaker 2020 Demo Video: It Starts Wit

Michelle Ray: Business Keynote Speaker 2020 Demo Video: It Starts Wit

Transformational Leadership: Inspirational Motivation: Michelle Ray

Transformational Leadership: Inspirational Motivation: Michelle Ray

Michelle Ray: Leadership Starts with Me: Harness the Power of Persona

Michelle Ray: Leadership Starts with Me: Harness the Power of Persona

Michelle Ray Biography

Michelle Ray is a global authority on real-time leadership, change, and accountability. As an international business speaker, author, and educator, Michelle Ray demonstrates a deep understanding of the emotional impact of change, uncertainty, and the need for real-time leadership. She helps organizations outpace disruption, embrace change, and take ownership so they can move out of reactivity and respond to new workplace realities. For more than three decades, Michelle Ray has been recognized for her captivating, energizing, and dynamic presentation style along with her ability to engage audiences across industries and sectors.

Michelle Ray challenges leaders to step up confidently and take ownership, make bold decisions, prioritize a people-centred approach, and ensure readiness for the future. Originally from Australia and now based in Vancouver, Michelle Ray brings a global perspective shaped by experience working across industries, cultures, and continents. Her professional background includes senior leadership roles in media, advertising, corporate leadership, and the not-for-profit sector where she built partnerships between business, education, and emerging talent. These experiences navigating growth, disruption, and uncertainty continue to shape Michelle Ray’s perspective on leadership, courage, authenticity, and accountability.

Michelle Ray’s work focuses on helping leaders be bold in the face of change, be real in how they lead and connect with others and be ready to respond in real time to shifting expectations. Her leadership insights resonate with leaders at every level because they are grounded in practical realities and focused on actionable strategies that organizations can implement immediately. Michelle Ray addresses the challenges leaders face as organizations navigate digital transformation, workforce expectations, remote work, generational shifts, and organizational change.

As a trusted advisor to some of the world’s most recognizable brands, Michelle Ray has worked with corporations, government organizations, associations, and educational institutions of all sizes. Her expertise in leadership, accountability, workplace culture, and navigating uncertainty has positioned Michelle Ray as a respected voice on organizational leadership and future readiness. Her insights and commentary have been featured by major media outlets including Forbes, Huffington Post, CBC, and Global News.

Michelle Ray holds elite professional distinctions including induction into the Canadian Speakers Hall of Fame and the Certified Speaking Professional designation, credentials earned by only a small percentage of professional speakers globally. These honors reflect Michelle Ray’s long-standing contribution to leadership education, professional speaking, and executive development.

Known for her warmth, dynamic delivery, and direct communication style, Michelle Ray creates engaging experiences that encourage audiences to think critically about leadership and accountability. Her presentations combine practical leadership insights with real-world experiences that support organizations navigating disruption, uncertainty, and rapid change. Michelle Ray leaves audiences prepared to take meaningful action, strengthen leadership capability, and respond with greater confidence in an evolving business environment.

Michelle Ray Topic Presentations

Michelle Ray From Vancouver, British Columbia, 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.

Real Time Leadership: How to Be Ready, Responsive and Relevant in a Radically Changing World

Leadership, It Starts with Me: Harness the Power of Personal Leadership

No More Drama: Ditch the Dysfunction and Engage Your Workplace

Retain the Best, Confront the Rest: How to Shake up Your Organization in the War for Talent

Elevate Your Influence: How to Increase Your Leverage, Strengthen Your Impact and Energize Your Business Relationships

Staying Power, Success Strategies for Resilient Leadership: Rethink, Respond, Rebound, Three Essential Strategies for Success

Who Moved My Future: Demystifying the Fear of Change

Books
Michelle Ray
  • Leading in Real Time: How to Drive Success in a Radically Changing
Podcasts
Michelle Ray
  • Leading in Real Time: How to Drive Success in a Radically Changing World
  • The Mindset of Successful Consulting Leaders with Michelle Ray
Articles
Michelle Ray
  • 5 Books to Empower the Next Wave of Business Leaders
  • Leadership Advice Gets Reframed for the Pandemic Era in These Three Books by Women

Michelle Ray Speaking Testimonials

"We recently had the pleasure of having Michelle Ray speak at our quarterly team meeting for our dental company. Her energy and enthusiasm for her work are abundantly clear in her presentations. She took the time to sit down with us in advance to discuss topics that were most important for us and make sure to focus on them. Michelle also made the topics very relevant to our industry which made it easier for our team to understand and conceptualize. We highly recommend Michelle Ray and would not hesitate to have her back.  "

Jen Mackinnon

Managing Director
Inspire Dental Group

"Michelle crafted a customized educational session for our Chapter Meeting that incorporated inspiring stories, interactive elements, and great takeaways for leadership from within and banishing drama from the workplace. She was an absolute joy to work with and the response from the attendees was overwhelmingly positive and enthusiastic. The board was very happy with the session and I’m glad we achieved our goal with the tight turnaround. I would recommend Michelle to any group looking for a dynamic, high-energy educational session.  "

Jenny Stanfield

Director of Education & Events
PCMA Canada West

"Michelle, it was a true privilege. The insights were invaluable. Thank you for helping us grow an already remarkable leadership team!  "

Matt Dunfee

President
Global Sales and Customer Operations EMC2

"We can’t thank you enough, Michelle! I have heard nothing but positive comments about your presentation! If you ever need a recommendation, please let me know.  "

Maureen Metz

Vice-President
Marketing Metz Culinary Management

"The positive energy that you brought into that room was infectious and your energetic presentation style and sense of humor had our attendees laughing, (and almost crying at one point) and nodding in agreement!  "

Karen Johnston

CMP
Canadian Payroll Association, Pacific Region

"Michelle takes the time to really understand her audience and frame her remarks in a manner that is meaningful and specific to them. Our team came away from her keynote speech feeling heard and understood.  "

Tim Manning

Regional VP, Commercial Financial Services
Royal Bank of Canada

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