Empowering
the Education Industry to Boldly Move Forward

Transforming Education: Forge a Culture of Resilience, Visionary Leadership, and Shared Alignment with Keynote Speaker Sara Schulting Kranz.

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Sara has mastered a formula that works. We are all living in precarious times, and it’s important to stay grounded while always being challenged to soar. This is what Sara Schulting Kranz is able to do… produce life-changing keynotes with enthusiastic ease.”

—BONNIE SOLLOWAY
Writer and Producer

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Take a
Transformative
Journey

with Sara Schulting Kranz
Change & Resilience Expert, Speaker & Consultant on 5-Stages of Change, Best-Selling Author, Leadership Retreat Guide, and Elite Adventurer

A keynote from Sara is an invitation for everyone in the room:

  • To go deeper into their challenges so they can leverage adversity.
  • To cultivate higher levels of resilience, trust, and leadership.
  • And to become a culture of agile, healthy, productive employees emboldened by their challenges rather than left feeling overwhelmed.

Sara's magnetic energy, inspiring stories, and astounding images from the Grand Canyon draw audiences into a dynamic journey through her effective 5-step framework for navigating change. Using the canyon as a metaphor, they discover how to embrace the opportunities in their challenges, and leave eager and able to drive a productive, growth-focused culture and achieve lasting success in their work and lives.

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Keynote One: Resilience
Bravely Moving
Forward

Keynote One

Bravely Moving
Forward

Unlocking Resilience in the Face of Change

More than a motivational talk, this keynote is an experiential journey of walking through our change. Using the Grand Canyon as a metaphor, we descend into and ascend out of the Five Stages of Change, a proven framework that helps individuals and organizations understand how people experience change, and how to move through it with intention.

Sara shares actionable strategies to not only recognize where you or your team are in the change process, but also how to take clear, courageous steps toward progress.

By weaving together inspiring stories (i.e. guiding a female blind paralympian through the Grand Canyon), inspiring drone footage, research-backed insights, and hands-on takeaways, Sara empowers audiences to reframe setbacks as growth opportunities.

Together, we learn how to lead through uncertainty, and create momentum in a positive direction.

  • Understand the Five Stages of Change and how they impact individuals and teams navigating transitions.
  • Apply practical resilience strategies to maintain focus, confidence, and energy during times of disruption.
  • Develop a forward-focused mindset that enables bold decision-making and positive momentum in uncertain environments.

*This keynote is highly customizable. It is especially suited to topics like resilience, mindset, strategic alignment, and creating a precision-focused culture.

Keynote Two: Leadership
Inspiring
Change

Keynote Two

Inspiring
Change

Through A New Era of Leadership

This inspiring keynote takes leaders on an experiential journey across the Grand Canyon as we explore the Five Stages of Change, a powerful metaphor for transformation. Just as the canyon challenges even the most seasoned adventurers, today’s fast-changing world tests every leader’s courage, adaptability, and mindset. 

This experience helps leaders recognize what it takes to move from the familiar terrain of command-and-control leadership to the uncharted depths of empathy-driven, and purpose-oriented leadership. 

As leaders descend into the Canyon (ie: change), they confront uncertainty, stretch old assumptions, and uncover the deeper layers of purpose and trust that fuel resilience. Emerging on the far rim, they gain a renewed perspective. One that empowers them to inspire innovation, navigate complexity with agility, and lead their teams through any terrain.

Key Leadership Takeaways: 

  • Emotional Intelligence: Understand how to authentically connect with people, enhancing trust, collaboration, and motivation in teams.
  • Growth Mindset: Foster continuous learning, adaptability, and creative problem-solving as core leadership traits.
  • Vision and Action: Discover how aligning leadership actions with a clear, inspiring purpose drives engagement and meaningful change.
Keynote Three
Igniting Women’s Resilience

Keynote Three

Beyond the
Edge

Igniting Women’s Resilience in Times of Change and Challenge

This powerful keynote invites women to step into their own Grand Canyon of change; a vast, awe-inspiring space between where they are and where they want to be. In both life and leadership, the path forward is rarely straight or smooth. When plans unravel, expectations shift, or adversity strikes, resilience is not about just bouncing back. It’s about bravely moving forward with courage, clarity, and conviction.

Blending inspirational storytelling with practical tools, this keynote introduces audiences to the Five Stages of Change, a proven framework that helps women recognize where they are in their own journey and how to move through each phase with intention.

Through a mix of personal and client experiences, research, and tangible takeaways, Sara empowers women to reframe their setbacks as springboards, cultivate adaptability, and lead themselves and others through change with confidence and grace.

  • Identify and move through the Five Stages of Change with greater clarity and self-awareness. Understand how change influences our emotional and behavioral responses during transitions.
  • Reframe adversity as an opportunity for growth, innovation, and leadership.
  • Strengthen resilience, confidence, and adaptability amid personal and professional disruption.

Pre &
Post-Event Videos

Filmed in Nature.
Made for You.

Sara will prepare your audience for their journey together with a short series of customized videos to spark interest and inspire contemplation before the event. She’ll also create personalized follow-up videos to help educators, administrators, and students apply what they’ve learned in the keynote to their daily work. (And she’ll record each one from a paddle-board or other outdoor location.)

Continue the Journey

Corporate Leadership
Retreats

Empower your teams in the education industry to boldly move forward together with a life-changing, customized retreat. Sara will guide educators, administrators, and school leaders through beautiful scenery and in-depth coaching to develop a higher level of leadership, trust, and teamwork - helping them create a stronger, more resilient learning community.

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Focused on problem-solving, resilience, mindset, and personal leadership, this highly-unique experience has been a game-changer in our training. This is a must for anyone looking to strengthen their bond, enhance cohesion, and drive performance as a team.”

—MARKO PINTARIC
USC Head Water Polo Coach

Let's Stay
Connected

Join me on LinkedIn, YouTube, Facebook, and Instagram for inspiration and tools to move forward in your life and business (and to see some pretty great shots of nature).

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