Sara Schulting Kranz
- Change and resilience expert who helps people thrive through uncertainty
- Bestselling author and elite adventurer with a powerful personal story
- Proven framework for building resilience, connection, collaboration, and growth
Sara Schulting Kranz Speaker Biography
In a world of increasingly constant changes and challenges, many of us are looking for a way to be more resilient so we can survive through them. But what if instead of just surviving our problems, we could embrace them and learn to thrive from them? Our greatest opportunities for growth lie in our challenges.. You can’t have one without the other.
Sara Schulting Kranz has experienced this truth firsthand. Facing complex PTSD and trauma after a life-altering event, she looked fear, adversity, and her changing life in the eye, and decided to boldly move forward. She navigated through her anger, grief, and mental health while climbing 14,000 ft mountains and paddling 4 miles out to sea with whales and dolphins.
Along the way, she realized that the steps she had taken to transform her life in the midst of uncertainty could help others bravely navigate and lean into the gifts that come with change. Now as a change and resilience expert, keynote speaker and consultant, bestselling author, elite adventurer, and sought-after retreat organizer, she helps people and organizations thrive through change and discover all they can achieve when they boldly move forward.
Sara has mastered how to turn difficult challenges into our greatest growth. She guides people and organizations to focus on their true north and blaze trails in collaboration, innovation, and growth mindset. As they learn to forge through resistance, they develop a deeper sense of belonging, connection, and meaning–to who they are, how they work, and how they live.
Distilled from 32 years of deep personal development, research, and coaching, Sara’s 5 key components to navigating change provides a powerful framework for moving from uncertainty to sure-ity, and from fear to the next, right step. She has empowered thousands of people, from teenagers to athletes to executives of Fortune 500 companies, with the mindset and skills to boldly move forward within their organizations, teams, and at home.
Sara has been interviewed on nationally syndicated TV and The Dr’s., and has shared her story in news stations across the country. Her book and work has been featured in print across the world. When not on stage or in workshops, Sara teaches how to boldly move forward while guiding clients through hiking, kayaking, and coaching retreats in the Grand Canyon, Alaska, and Colorado.
Born and raised in a small farming village in Wisconsin, Sara now resides in California raising her sons.
Her biggest commitment in life is supporting her sons’ dreams, watching them play water polo at USC-University of Southern California and basketball in high school.
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Speech Topics
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.
Key points:
- 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.
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 points:
- 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.
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.
Key points:
- 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.
