Cassandra Worthy

Top Change and Transformation Speaker, Creator and World’s Leading Expert of Change Enthusiasm®, Founder & CEO of Change Enthusiasm® Global, Bestselling Author

A former Fortune 100 Innovation Leader and chemical engineer, Cassandra rose to prominence after navigating a multi-billion-dollar corporate acquisition early in her career — an experience that sparked the creation of her groundbreaking Change Enthusiasm® framework. Rather than becoming another statistic during organizational upheaval, she developed a repeatable strategy to convert fear, frustration, and uncertainty into growth and performance. Today, Cassandra partners with global brands including Google, Microsoft, Procter & Gamble, Bank of America, Delta Air Lines, and Mercedes-Benz to “disrupt change as usual.” Her work empowers organizations to transform emotional resistance into measurable resilience. She is a two-time TEDx speaker spreading her message to millions around the world. Through her high-energy keynotes and leadership programs, Cassandra equips leaders with the emotional agility required to thrive in an era defined by AI acceleration, disruption, and constant reinvention.

  • Cassandra Worthy Keynote Speaker Fee Fee range is for U.S. events, depending on location and organization type

    $50,001 and above

  • Languages Spoken

    English

  • Travels From

    Georgia, USA

  • Cassandra Worthy Keynote Speaker Fee Fee range is for U.S. events, depending on location and organization type

    $50,001 and above

  • Languages Spoken

    English

  • Travels From

    Georgia, USA

Suggested Keynote Speaker Programs

Mastering the Chemistry of Change: Empowerment to allow your inner rock star to shine 

In her highest demanded keynote, Cassandra Worthy, chemical engineer and world-leading expert on Change Enthusiasm®, shares her experiences as a Fortune 500 ...

In her highest demanded keynote, Cassandra Worthy, chemical engineer and world-leading expert on Change Enthusiasm®, shares her experiences as a Fortune 500 Innovation manager in the CPG industry struggling in the face of a multi-billion dollar acquisition. Thriving through the struggle, she created the strategy of Change Enthusiasm®, that now enables her audience’s unique signature of resilience, adaptability, and perseverance. The message within this keynote inspires what we know rests within: the ability to deliver rock star results in the face of our biggest emotional challenges. When practiced, this strategy will enable anyone to become excited for every change challenge faced. 

Attending leaders and top talent leave with: 

  • A tried and true strategy to thrive in the face of stressful and frustrating change
  • Inspired perspective that managing and championing significant shift is entirely possible and even enjoyable
  • The energy and motivation to take the first step to higher

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Exploring the Underbelly of Exceptional Leadership: The softer skills required to effectively lead through change

Rapid change is impacting nearly every industry vertical, re- shaping, re-forming, and ultimately disrupting ‘business as usual’. With this comes workforce strain, stress, and frustration. Today more than ever industry needs people who fully...

Rapid change is impacting nearly every industry vertical, re- shaping, re-forming, and ultimately disrupting ‘business as usual’. With this comes workforce strain, stress, and frustration. Today more than ever industry needs people who fully understand, embrace, and exemplify the softer skills of leadership. With energy that could light up an entire city grid, Cassandra Worthy captivates audiences with her stories and unique perspective on what it really means to effectively lead THROUGH change. 

Attending leaders and top talent leave with: 

  • New perspective on the soft skills required to effectively lead through change
  • A heightened self-awareness of their current leadership effectiveness and the guidance to take the right next step to improve
  • Invigoration to more effectively lead through ANY change challenge faced

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C.H.A.N.G.E. Traits ®: Exploring the critical skills for inspired leadership through change

This keynote distills down 15 years of Cassandra Worthy’s Corporate M&A experience into the critical skills that will empower leaders to create and sustain growth through change. This program is perfect for: ...

This keynote distills down 15 years of Cassandra Worthy’s Corporate M&A experience into the critical skills that will empower leaders to create and sustain growth through change.

This program is perfect for:

  • Executives and leaders responsible for inspiring and empowering their teams and organizations through change.
  • Change management professionals responsible for leading change effectively and successfully throughout their respective organizations.
  • Human Resources and organizational leaders responsible for building workforce resilience, productivity, and engagement through change.

The audience will leave with:

  • A new perspective on the soft skills required to effectively lead through change.
  • A practical framework to quantify your strengths and areas of growth when addressing, working and leading through change.
  • An instantly-applicable action plan that empowers them to improve critical leadership behaviors to effectively lead change movements.

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Engineering a Resilient and Inclusive Culture: Practical Tools to Nurture High-Level Workforce and Customer Engagement

In this keynote, Cassandra Worthy addresses how to instill a mindset of resilience into the very core your cultural fabric and how to leverage inclusion as a tool to win with your employees, shareholders, customers, and clients. ...

In this keynote, Cassandra Worthy addresses how to instill a mindset of resilience into the very core your cultural fabric and how to leverage inclusion as a tool to win with your employees, shareholders, customers, and clients.

This program is perfect for Executives and Leaders:

  • Responsible for creating and nurturing a diverse and inclusive culture with equal access to the resources and tools for individual career success.
  • Going through significant industry, market, or business disruption while charged to deliver breakthrough profitability and business growth.
  • Seeking to embody and inspire resiliency throughout their teams and organizations.

The audience will leave with:

  • A resilience mindset that will enable growth through any change, transformation, or disruption.
  • A practical application to leverage inclusion as a tool for success with their teams, customers, and shareholders.
  • Inspired perspective why inclusion is everyone’s responsibility.

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About Keynote Speaker Cassandra Worthy

As Founder & CEO of Change Enthusiasm Global, Cassandra has built a global leadership development and consulting company dedicated to transforming the emotional experience of change inside the world’s most influential organizations. Her proprietary Change Enthusiasm® framework challenges traditional change management models by addressing what most strategies ignore: the human emotional response that determines whether transformation succeeds or fails.

A former Fortune 100 Innovation Leader and trained chemical engineer, Cassandra spent over a decade leading through mergers, acquisitions, restructures, and market disruptions — including a multi-billion-dollar acquisition early in her career that nearly drove her to resign. Instead, she made a radical choice: to view emotional discomfort not as a threat, but as a signal of opportunity. That decision became the foundation of Change Enthusiasm®.

Today, her client portfolio spans global powerhouses including Google, Microsoft, Procter & Gamble, Bank of America, Delta Air Lines, Merck, Coca-Cola, and Mercedes-Benz. She works with executives navigating AI integration, digital transformation, cultural reinvention, and high-stakes growth initiatives — equipping them with the emotional agility required to sustain performance in volatile environments.

Her work goes beyond motivation. It is a practical leadership methodology grounded in neuroscience, emotional intelligence, and behavioral activation. As a two-time TEDx speaker, her message has reached millions worldwide.

Organizations that embrace Change Enthusiasm® don’t merely survive disruption — they harness it as competitive advantage.

In a world accelerating faster than ever before, Cassandra Worthy is leading a global movement to ensure humanity keeps pace.

Testimonials

“I watched Cassandra give a presentation as part of the International Institute of Learning’s Professional Development Virtual summit. It was wonderful and I took great notes and even made a one-page reference document for myself. Read More

Lauren Kapler

Acquisition Integration Program Director, LapCorp

“I purchased Cassandra’s book after seeing her speak at our company’s virtual conference. Her energy was just as amazing as her message! Read More

Brittany Martin

Innovation Manager

“Cassandra’s message really hit home hearing her name those change emotions, and give us the choice to actively work towards using those emotions as fuel. I just started my job last Monday, so I’ve been feeling all the feels! Read More

Rachel Zook Brimer

Associate Customer Care Representative, Appfolio

“Cassandra gave such great talk during our Annual Kick-off Virtual event! I love the energy she brought – it was a great reminder to myself to bring that energy to my calls. I loved her messaging on viewing feelings of anger & frustration as opportunities. It resonated so much with me.”

Iris Campbell

Software Innovation Account Executive

“Thank you for your energy and your wisdom, I’ll be sure to take these learnings into 2021 as I lead a team through the inevitable changes that come our way.”

Nancy Hall

Manager of Customer Success at AppFolio

“I had the privilege to attend Ms. Worthy’s presentation at a leadership conference. Cassandra knocked it out of the park, the grounds, the neighborhood… she crushed it! I would ENTHUSIASTICALLY recommend Cassandra to any group needing a change management nudge.”

Elis Lowe

HR Director, Calpis USA

“Cassandra Worthy spoke at our Annual Partner Meeting for 900 people. Her message on managing change was a big hit. Her energy and enthusiasm was contagious. I highly recommend her.”

Larry Hanson

CMO, ConferenceDirect

“Cassandra’s keynote at our Annual Partner Meeting was a welcome high-energy edition to our General Session.   Her passion and real-world examples resonated with the audience. Read More

J.J. Wills

Senior Vice President, Marketing Programs & Business Development at ConferenceDirect

“We truly enjoyed Cassandra at our annual JLL conference! She is engaging, professional, and has a wonderful energy level. Her messaging around the emotional part of change and how to drive the positive outcomes is spot on. She was an excellent keynote speaker!”

Morgan Junia

Director, Supply Chain Management & Procurement at Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL)

“I LOVED our keynote speaker Cassandra Worthy! Throughout her presentation, I would say that the overall engagement was through the roof. Personally, I found myself engaged from start to finish because she was able to use energy and humor in order to be relatable. Read More

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Leadership Conference Attendee

Program Manager at Allstate

“Cassandra’s energy is palpable from the moment she enters a room. As an organization focusing on change across people, processes and systems, her background and presentation were in perfect alignment with our message.”

Deanna Hensley

VP of Customer Success at Institute of Process Excellence

“The Change Enthusiast movement is revolutionary because it takes something subjective and innate – our feelings – and provides a framework to transform these visceral emotions into an objective action plan.”

Daniel Soffin

Innovation Manager at Procter & Gamble

“Cassandra kicked off our annual Industrial Intelligence Conference with a ton of energy. Her unique background in business, leadership and science really clicked with our attendees. I appreciate the time she took before our conference to learn about our company and prepare for the big event.”

Jeremy Boren

Brand Manager at GrayMatter

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