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As a trusted workplace expert, author, and speaker, Roxanne Calder’s insights have been featured across top-tier media outlets and platforms. Her expertise in leadership, workplace dynamics, and career empowerment inspires action and drives meaningful change.

Media Features

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Harvard Business Review

A 100-Day Plan for Your First Job Out of College

Fast Company

Face facts: Fragility exists—even in your workplace

The CEO Magazine

What employees are looking for in 2025

Forbes

5 keys to finding the right next job for you

Harvard Business Review

What College Students Need to Succeed in the Corporate World

Fast Company

How to make office gossip your ally

The Sydney Morning Herald

An insider’s guide on the best ways to impress a recruiter

Yahoo Finance

Work-from-home warning as video exposes ‘chaos’ of return-to-office mandates: ‘Deal with it’

News.com.au

‘Difficult’: Trend getting Gen Zers fired

Acuity Magazine

How to become more employable

Dynamic Business

How do you keep your best employees from walking out the door?

HR Leader

Pay transparency effects not as ‘clear-cut’ as we think

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Books by Roxanne Calder

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Earning Power: Breaking Barriers and Building Wealth for Women

A transformative book focused on helping women take control of their financial future. Earning Power offers tools, strategies, and encouragement for women to overcome barriers, build confidence, and create sustainable wealth. Roxanne’s candid advice and actionable steps inspire readers to shift mindsets, break through limitations, and realise their full earning potential.

Book cover of "Earning Power" by Roxanne Calder. The gradient pink and orange background highlights bold white title text. Subtext reads "Breaking Barriers and Building Wealth for Women." Featuring insights on mentoring, the top displays a quote from Helen McCabe.
3D-rendered book cover titled "Employable" by Roxanne Calder. A large, illuminated number 7 glows brightly with the subtitle "Attributes to Assure Your Working Future" in yellow text against a blue background, offering insights akin to expert corporate coaching for your career.

Employable: 7 Attributes to Assure Your Working Future

In this empowering guide, Roxanne provides practical strategies to future-proof your career and build resilience in today’s ever-evolving workforce. Drawing on over 25 years of experience, she shares actionable insights on how to stay relevant, adaptable, and employable in a competitive job market. Employable has been translated into Vietnamese and is sold internationally.

"Every challenge in the workplace is a human challenge. Turnover, burnout, stalled growth, these aren’t just business problems, they’re relational ones. The solution isn’t in policies alone, but in how we listen, lead, and create meaning together."

Roxanne Calder

Keynote Topics That Drive Impact and Growth

Roxanne’s presentations tackle today’s workforce challenges and arm audiences with practical tools to thrive. Each talk is tailored to meet the unique needs of your organisation and audience, with popular topics including:

Leadership Development: Creating Impactful Leaders

Leadership isn’t about authority, its about impact. This keynote equips professionals at all levels with the mindset and skills to lead with clarity, confidence, and conviction, whether stepping into leadership for the first time or refining their influence in executive roles.

Breaking Imposter Syndrome: Rewriting the Narrative

Self-doubt is universal, but it shouldn’t be a career roadblock. This session challenges outdated beliefs about confidence, helping professionals redefine success, break free from toxic perfectionism, and step into leadership with authenticity and conviction. 

Closing the Gender Pay Gap: Moving from Awareness to Action

This is not just a women’s issue, it’s an economic one. This keynote cuts through the noise around gender pay equity, offering organisations a blueprint for real change, from practical negotiation strategies to leadership-driven accountability.

Creating Workplaces That Work: The Power of Inclusive Culture

Diversity without inclusion is just optics. This keynote explores how companies can go beyond policies and cultivate cultures where diverse teams thrive, women are empowered, and leadership is redefined by inclusion, not just representation.

Emotional Intelligence (EQ): The Ultimate Leadership Edge

This keynote explores strengthening trust, collaboration, and meaningful professional relationships through empathy and self-awareness, enhancing team performance and helping women leaders navigate complex dynamics.

Hybrid Work Success: Thriving in Flexible Environments

This keynote helps professionals and leaders navigate hybrid work dynamics, digital collaboration, and shifting workplace expectations while ensuring productivity, balance, and connection

Thriving in Male-Dominated Industries: Strategies for Success

For professionals navigating spaces where they’re in the minority, this keynote provides a roadmap for breaking barriers, commanding respect, and advancing without compromise, turning industry norms into opportunities rather than obstacles.

Self-Advocacy & Confidence: Unlocking Your Own Potential

Many professionals, especially women, underestimate their own capabilities, waiting for ‘enough experience’ before stepping up. This session unpacks where real confidence comes from, how to self-advocate effectively, and what it takes to stop seeking permission and start owning success.

Career Mobility: Owning Your Path & Making Strategic Moves

This keynote helps professionals define their career paths, overcome challenges, and take bold steps forward, equipping women to rise and thrive at every level. 

The First 100 Days: Setting the Stage for Success

Whether stepping into a new leadership position, transitioning industries, or entering the workforce, this keynote provides a proven framework for making an impact quickly, building credibility, and setting the stage for long-term success.

Media Bio & Headshot

Roxanne Calder is a workplace expert, keynote speaker, and author with over 25 years of global experience in recruitment, HR, and coaching. As the Founder and Managing Director of EST10, one of Australia’s leading boutique recruitment firms, Roxanne has built a career on helping organisations thrive and professionals excel.

Roxanne’s books, Employable: 7 Attributes to Assure Your Working Future and Earning Power: Breaking Barriers and Building Wealth for Women, have inspired readers worldwide to take charge of their careers. Her insights have been featured in prominent publications, including Harvard Business Review, Fast Company, and Yahoo Finance.

Known for her engaging and approachable style, Roxanne speaks on topics ranging from leadership and workplace culture to career clarity and self-advocacy, delivering actionable strategies and inspiring meaningful change.

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