Signature Keynote
The day the plan disappeared
After surviving the Hunter Valley bus crash, Sharyn Junkeer brings a deeply personal and practical perspective to what it means to face sudden change, rebuild after deep trauma, and find direction when the future looks nothing like the one you imagined.
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Having been gifted a second chance at life, Sharyn speaks with honesty about the responsibility, gratitude & perspective that can emerge when life forces a pivot you never would have chosen.
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Combining her lived experience as a critically injured crash survivor & background as a senior commercial leader, she helps leaders, teams and organisations understand resilience in its most honest form. The quiet discipline of taking the next step, responding to what's in front of you & finding your footing when the plan changes.
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This keynote is highly relevant for a broad audience. It invites leaders and teams to reflect on safety, responsibility, crisis response, recovery, forgiveness, gratitude & how people can be supported through change & the difficult seasons that reshape them.
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Key themes:
1. When the plan disappears
What happens when life changes without warning, and how we begin to respond when the future no longer looks like the one we had imagined.
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2. How small choices gave me a second chance
A deeply personal reflection on safety, responsibility and how decisions that seem small in the moment can change, protect or even save a life.
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3. Clarity in crisis
Why people do not always need the whole map in a moment of fear or uncertainty — they need enough clarity, calm and care to take the next step.
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4. Resilience is not a straight line
What rebuilding really looks like when progress is slow, imperfect and unseen — and why moving forward does not mean pretending everything is fine.
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5. People matter more than pressure
A reminder that behind every role, target and responsibility is a person with a life beyond work — and that strong leadership never loses sight of that.
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6. Supporting people through recovery
How patience, flexibility and trust can help good people find their feet again after trauma, illness, grief, burnout or a season that changes them.
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7. Choosing what comes next
How a forced pivot can become an invitation to reshape life with greater purpose, gratitude and intention — and how a hard chapter does not have to become the whole story.
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Each keynote can be tailored to suit your event theme, audience and desired outcomes.
After surviving the Hunter Valley bus crash, Sharyn Junkeer brings a deeply personal and practical perspective to what it means to face sudden change, rebuild after deep trauma, and find direction when the future looks nothing like the one you imagined.
Â
Having been gifted a second chance at life, Sharyn speaks with honesty about the responsibility, gratitude & perspective that can emerge when life forces a pivot you never would have chosen.
Â
Combining her lived experience as a critically injured crash survivor & background as a senior commercial leader, she helps leaders, teams and organisations understand resilience in its most honest form. The quiet discipline of taking the next step, responding to what's in front of you & finding your footing when the plan changes.
​
This keynote is highly relevant for a broad audience. It invites leaders and teams to reflect on safety, responsibility, crisis response, recovery, forgiveness, gratitude & how people can be supported through change & the difficult seasons that reshape them.
​
Key themes:
1. When the plan disappears
What happens when life changes without warning, and how we begin to respond when the future no longer looks like the one we had imagined.
​
2. How small choices gave me a second chance
A deeply personal reflection on safety, responsibility and how decisions that seem small in the moment can change, protect or even save a life.
​
3. Clarity in crisis
Why people do not always need the whole map in a moment of fear or uncertainty — they need enough clarity, calm and care to take the next step.
​
4. Resilience is not a straight line
What rebuilding really looks like when progress is slow, imperfect and unseen — and why moving forward does not mean pretending everything is fine.
​
5. People matter more than pressure
A reminder that behind every role, target and responsibility is a person with a life beyond work — and that strong leadership never loses sight of that.
​
6. Supporting people through recovery
How patience, flexibility and trust can help good people find their feet again after trauma, illness, grief, burnout or a season that changes them.
​
7. Choosing what comes next
How a forced pivot can become an invitation to reshape life with greater purpose, gratitude and intention — and how a hard chapter does not have to become the whole story.
​
Each keynote can be tailored to suit your event theme, audience and desired outcomes.