Create an experience with Prina Shah

Workplace Optimisation Speaker: Prina Shah is a passionate advocate for transforming workplace cultures and empowering individuals to thrive. With a compelling personal story and a wealth of professional experience, Prina brings a unique perspective to her speaking engagements.

About Prina’s Speeches, Talks, Key Note Addresses and MCing: Join Prina Shah on a transformative journey to Find (Positive) Ways to Change the Workplace and discover how you can contribute to creating healthier and more fulfilling work cultures and in turn, a better society. Together, let's make a difference and build a better world, one workplace at a time!

Prina tailors talks to suit your event theme and your organisational needs! Prina is a speaking expert hosting her own podcast called Ways to Change the Workplace where she speaks with the world's best thinkers and brings them to your ears!

Prina’s talks are interactive and engaging, she will often bring the audience in to the conversation. As a speaker, Prina captivates audiences with her authentic storytelling, vulnerability, and humour. She can share her personal journey of overcoming adversity and finding her purpose in reshaping workplaces. Prina has a strong sense of justice and a desire to represent her diverse background of being a Kenyan born Indian (Gujarati,) who was brought up in the United Kingdom and now resides in Perth, Western Australia.

As an ex General Manager of People and Culture, Prina understands the unique landscape of the world of work. She brings her wealth of experience, her background in Sociology and Social Psychology and some sass and humour to make your event stand out!  

FINDING (POSITIVE) WAYS TO CHANGE THE WORKPLACE: Prina’s personal story is about overcoming adversity. Finding her father’s body after he had choked from his final drunken bout is a compelling story to make you want to look into the internal aspects of your workplace cultures. Prina shares how the workplace impacted her father’s identity, purpose and how it not only negatively impacted on his mental health, but the ripple effect it had on her family, community and the wider society. 

Key Learnings

• How workplace culture impacts individuals, families, and society.
• Strategies for fostering inclusive and growth-oriented environments.
• Practical steps to initiate cultural change and address systemic issues.
• Encouragement to take action and advocate for positive workplace transformations.
• Inspiring attendees to challenge the status quo and advocate for positive workplace transformations.
• Promoting the idea that everyone can contribute to making the workplace a better, more fulfilling environment.

A BLUEPRINT FOR SUCCESSFUL WORKPLACE CHANGE Managing workplace change is a crucial element of the C Suite's, Leaders' and HR’s role in helping organisations to adapt and thrive in today's rapidly evolving business landscape. When done successfully, it enables companies to stay competitive, improve productivity, foster innovation, and create a positive work environment where employees feel empowered and engaged. This session brings in elements of Sociology and Social Psychology and will identify the factors that can help or hinder change and uncover the unique quirks of your organisational culture that can impact your change efforts. Prina explains how she discovered her purpose in transforming workplace cultures. She uses a combination of personal experiences and her 20+ years of professional expertise.

Key Learnings

• Apply the Ways to Change the Workplace blueprint to large or small changes.
• Understand the wider systems of your organisation that drive or hinder the changes.
• Learn how to tap into the right people for your change projects.

BUILDING YOUR PROFESSIONAL BRAND Being recognised as a decent leader, rising star or internal expert can dramatically fast track your professional success. Prina will show you how to cultivate a powerful professional reputation that enables you to not only develop yourself, but others too. 

Key Learnings

• Establish and cultivate your professional brand.
• Enable others to know, like and trust you.
• Increase your influence to your internal and external network.

WHY YOU ALWAYS NEED TO BE FINDING WAYS TO CHANGE YOUR WORKPLACE A workplace that rarely changes becomes stale, stagnant and can result in a poor organisational culture. Being recognised as an employer of choice can dramatically fast track your organisational results. Prina will show you how to create a powerful organisational culture that enables you to retain staff, attract the best talent and deliver optimal results for your stakeholders. 

Key Learnings

• Take a macro perspective on your organisational cultures.
• Test new ideas in strategic and low-risk ways.
• Reframe existing cultural issues in order to get new results.
• Learn from - and speak transparently about failure.
• Gain support for new ideas inside your organisation.

IS YOUR WORKPLACE CULTURE A COGNITIVE OR EMOTIONAL ONE? (And why you need to know the difference) The workplace is evolving at a rapid pace; technology, crises, talent shortages, varying generational and cultural needs of your workforce demand a new way of working, thinking and being. Prina will show you how to cultuvate the right kind of culture to suit your specific workforce to meet the changing needs of society and your customers.

Key Learnings

• Determine whether your  culture is cognitive or emotional.
• Understand the changes you have faced and the changes you have made.
• Understand how you can create a workplace culture to suit the diversity of your workers.
• Develop a more emotional culture to suit your workforce.

THE PROBLEM WITH YOUR WORKPLACE CULTURE THAT YOU DON'T KNOW... People talk. If your workplace culture isn't the best, people are definitely talking. Have you considered how far reaching the negative press about your workplace culture is? Being recognised as an employer who genuinely values its people will enable you to stand out from the crowd. Prina will show you how to create a powerful organisational culture that can withstand bad press.

Key Learnings

• Analyse your workplace culture without spending thousands.
• Gain a new perspective on existing cultural issues in order to get new results.
• Test new ideas in strategic and low-risk ways.
• Speak transparently about the good and bad of your organisational culture.
• Make positive ways to change your workplace tailored to your situation.

• Jill Dixon, General Manager Community Services, Ability WA: 

"If you're in a leadership role and you're looking to create a positive, can-do culture in your team, increase their productivity and improve their performance Prina can help. Prina is amazing at facilitating and leading these discussions and will leave you with the tools and techniques to continue the conversation. I would encourage anyone in a leadership position to engage with Prina."

• Michael Hancock, Manager, Planning at City of Claremont: 

“Prina has undertaken team culture workshops with three separate teams I have led. Each workshop was tailored specifically to the team's unique needs. The workshops create a safe place for the team to really open up. In all instances, I have learnt much about my team members' working style as well as my own. I can then take this information to be a more effective leader. Prina also prepares a detailed report that provides further actions for the team to work on into the future. I would highly recommend all teams to undertake one of Prina’s workshops or attend a presentation.”

• Aoife Gray, Clinical Director: 

Executive coaching with Prina was engaging, thought provoking and most importantly, really interesting! Prina’s approach to something that can be misunderstood as boring and mandatory; is delivered with sass, energy and is genuinely refreshing. 

• Rebecca Waghorne, Director Communications and Engagement at Department of Planning, Lands and Heritage: 

Working with Prina has been a standout experience in my career. Her ability to get to the core of an issue and bring teams on a journey towards improvement is truly inspiring. I have been fortunate to see Prina's skills in action across a number of situations; from one-on-one coaching to cultural improvement and executive team building and speaking. I would highly recommend Prina's expertise to any organisation planning cultural optismisation, and individuals seeking to build on their leadership capabilities and to refresh or optimise their culture.

1. Customized Pre-Event Consultation: Prina will conduct a thorough pre-event consultation to align her presentation precisely with your organization's goals and challenges.

2. Post-Event Resources: To reinforce your message and to enable deep learning, Prina can provide post-event resources like presentation materials, handouts, or video recordings of the session.

3. Interactive Q&A Session: In addition to the main presentation, Prina can include an extended interactive Q&A session. This gives attendees the opportunity to engage directly with Prina, ask questions, and receive tailored information.

4. Follow-Up Webinar or Workshop: To further support the application of the concepts shared, Prina can offer a follow-up webinar or workshop. This session can delve deeper into specific topics discussed during the main presentation.

5. Access to Exclusive Content: Attendees can gain exclusive access to Prina's library of inspiring content, including articles, videos, and podcasts. This material can provide continual inspiration and reinforce the principles covered in the event.

6. Complimentary One-on-One Coaching Session with Prina Shah: As a one off bonus, one lucky individual from the audience or organization will have the exclusive opportunity to schedule a 45-minute one-on-one coaching session directly with Prina Shah herself! Whether you're attending a workshop, conference, or any event featuring Prina, this private session is an exclusive opportunity to receive expert guidance, motivation, and insights tailored specifically to your unique needs and goals. This exclusive session aims to empower individuals to find positive ways to change the workplace or themselves. Don't miss this chance to elevate your journey!