Professional Speaking
Ellie Kay - Speaker
Real stories. Practical insight. Honest conversations that shift perspective.
Using storytelling from my lived experience as a business owner, cancer survivor, BBC The Apprentice candidate and late diagnosed ADHDer, I speak about resilience, neurodiversity, imposter syndrome and reinvention.
With over 20 years leading and building businesses, I blend lived experience with commercial reality.
There is humour. There is reflection. There is challenge.
Audiences leave thinking differently and acting differently.
Popular Keynotes
Neurodiversity in the workplace
For organisations who want clarity, not confusion.
I explore how ADHD and other neurodivergent traits show up at work, using real examples from my own experience as an ADHDer, neurodiversity coach and workplace mediator.
I demonstrate how misunderstanding turns into conflict, how capable people end up in grievance or performance processes, and how small shifts in communication unlock performance.
Practical. Grounded. Immediately usable.
Works well as:
• Conference keynotes
• Leadership sessions
• Lunch and learns
• Culture and inclusion events
Impostor Syndrome in high performing environments
The capable people who secretly think they are winging it.
I unpack why imposter feelings show up more strongly in high achievers, by referencing my own personal journey of self dount.
This talk reframes self doubt as information rather than evidence of inadequacy, and gives practical tools to move forward without waiting to feel ready.
Late to the ADHD Party - my story
How Neurodiversity Shaped My Life and Career
This is more personal.
From cancer at 29 to BBC The Apprentice at 35.
From building multiple businesses to late ADHD diagnosis.
From high performance to burnout and reinvention.
I share the real impact of ADHD behind the scenes. The strengths. The self doubt. The resilience. The rejection sensitivity. The rebuild.
This keynote connects emotionally. It helps people feel seen, especially women who have spent years masking.
It opens conversations organisations often avoid.
Resilience, reframing & reinvention
Building businesses. Public rejection. Health challenges. Starting again.
Using my own personal expereince this talk explores what resilience actually looks like when life does not follow the neat plan.
Not toxic positivity. Not “just work harder”.
Real resilience. Practical mindset shifts. Perspective that lasts.
Additional Topic Ideas
I also speak on:
• Women in construction and male dominated industries
• Sales with integrity, warm and cold outreach without the second hand car energy
• Small business start ups and building authority on LinkedIn
• Cancer, perspective and redefining success