Tell the truth early
People can move through hard change when leaders name what is real, what is unknown, and what still belongs to the team.
About Maya
Courage is something we can practice
Maya Rhodes turns the psychology of change into honest stories, memorable language, and practical choices leaders can use the very next day.
About Maya
A voice for everyone asked to lead before they feel ready
Maya Rhodes spent fifteen years inside fast-moving organizations, guiding teams through mergers, reinventions, and the quiet fear that change brings. She learned that the leaders who thrive are not the ones with the best plan — they are the ones with the most courage.
Today she brings that hard-won clarity to stages around the world, blending research, story, and disarming honesty into keynotes audiences talk about for years.
- Former Head of People & Culture at two high-growth companies
- MSc in Organizational Psychology and published researcher on change resilience
- Author of “The Courage to Change”, translated into 11 languages
- Trusted advisor to leadership teams across 28 countries
Behind the work
Research in the room. Humanity at the center.
Every talk begins with listening: to leaders, to the language inside the culture, and to the pressure people are carrying but rarely naming. Maya then builds a story that makes that reality feel both seen and workable.
Make courage practical
Bravery becomes useful when it is translated into a next conversation, a clearer decision, or one visible behavior.
Leave language behind
The best keynote does not end at applause. It gives people words they can carry into Monday morning.
The bestselling book
The Courage to Change
Part field guide, part rallying cry — Maya’s book distills a decade of research and hundreds of leadership conversations into a playbook for anyone navigating transformation. Now translated into 11 languages.
“The rare business book you finish and immediately hand to your entire team.”Read Maya’s latest ideas →
01
Imagination is a strategy
The organizations that win the future are the ones rehearsing it now. Maya shows leaders how to make room for possibility inside real constraints.
02
Trust is a technology
Trust is not a soft value — it is infrastructure. Learn the repeatable behaviors that compound it, and the moments that quietly spend it.
03
Change is a skill
Nobody is simply “good with change.” It is trained like a muscle: through reps, reflection, and the courage to stay in the room when it gets hard.
Work with Maya
A keynote shaped around your people, not pulled from a shelf
Tell us who will be in the room and what needs to change. Maya’s studio will shape the right keynote and format around your moment.