Janet Lapp
Janet Lapp

Dr. Janet Lapp, CSP CPAE

Rapid Change Management Specialist

Speaking Topics

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  • Change Management
  • Leadership
  • Accountability
  • Corporate Culture
  • Motivation
  • Personal Growth
  • Healthcare
  • Customer Service

Travels From

  • CA

Fee Range

  • $10,001 - $20,000

Janet Lapp

Janet Lapp's Key Accomplishments Include . . .
One of North America's most in-demand presenters, Dr. Janet Lapp is a specialist in areas of fast personal and cultural change. Well known to audiences around the world for her challenging, in-your-face ideas and her endless humor, energy and ability to connect with audiences, Dr. Lapp's presentations outline bold, innovative strategies and practical guidelines for excelling in rapidly changing, intensely competitive times.

You captured everyone from the moment you walked onstage. Thank you for an exciting program and a compelling message. It was exactly what we needed.

- Molson Canada

Dr. Janet Lapp is a licensed clinical psychologist, internationally known speaker, author, and creator/host of the award-winning CBS series Keep Well. As editor of the FastChange Letter and author of three best-selling books: Dancing with Tigers, Plant your Feet Firmly in Mid-Air, and Positive Spin™ Janet Lapp has received critical acclaim for her forward-looking ideas.

A former professor, researcher, clinician, and registered nurse, Janet Lapp was born and raised in Canada. She received her Ph.D. from McGill University in Montreal. Dr. Lapp has received many academic honors, and in 1998 was inducted into the Speakers Hall of Fame (the "Oscar" of Professional Speaking), an honor held by fewer than 100 professional speakers worldwide. Dr. Lapp has also been rated by Toastmasters as one of the "top three speakers worldwide."

Janet Lapp translates her clinical and academic knowledge into down-to-earth, humorous but powerful messages that heal, inspire and encourage. Dr. Lapp believes it's never too late, nothing is impossible and there are no excuses

More About Dr. Janet Lapp
Janet Lapp is a flight instructor and award-winning race pilot. She has flown solo across the Kalahari Desert in Africa and is believed to be the only person to ever "waterski" the Zambesi River in her airplane. As a skilled commercial, instrument-rated pilot, Janet Lapp often flies to many of her engagements, allowing her to land at airports often closer to your meeting venue that are impossible for larger jets … and cutting down the stress, tedium, and time of commercial travel. With around 20 years of flying experience, she has piloted an aircraft through some of the most beautiful and threatening areas of the world from Africa to South America.

Janet Lapp is a member of LIGA, "The Flying Doctors of Mercy," who each month travel to Mexico to work with the medical needs of the people of Sinaloa, one of the poorest regions of Mexico. She encourages donations and volunteers sign-ups.

For healthcare audiences, Dr. Janet Lapp's own poignant personal story, and her powerful and humorous anecdotes, connect with, move and inspire others. Dr. Lapp's role is to give hope to the world of healthcare, and remind them of their intense intrinsic value. This she does, to thousands of people annually in audiences around the world.

Corporate audiences also respect Janet Lapp's development of a multi-million dollar consulting firm and the success she has had in leadership positions herself, and in developing some of the finest leaders in North America.


Suggested Keynote Programs
  • Leading at the Edge of Change
  • Plant Your Feet Firmly in Mid Air
  • Guild in One Hand, Briefcase in the Other
  • Psychology of Great Customer Experience
  • How to Take Risks and Win Under Pressure
What People Are Saying

"Dr. Janet Lapp reshapes the vision of what is possible. She has a profound effect on the attitudes and actions of virtually everyone who hears her."

--- Sun Microsystems

"Refreshing, humorous, serious, thought-provoking, appropriately 'intense', one of the best if not the best, we have seen in our whole IBM careers."

--- IBM Canada

"We had nothing but positive feedback from both our brokers and sales associates Your presentation was exceptionally inspirational, informative, upbeat and humorous, and certainly well received by our group. You are a true professional and it was a pleasure working with you."

--- Re/Max Ontario

"Thank you for your outstanding presentation at the Bell Sales Kickoff. The standing ovation you received from Bell 's 1,000 sales professionals speaks for itself. Your message stirred souls! You were fabulous."

--- Bell Canada

"Your personally tailored presentation was the best that I have ever seen by a professional speaker. In sum, your message was exactly what was needed, and the leadership guidelines you gave us were right on."

--- Pfizer