Elysia Hegarty | SpeakerHub

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As Associate Director at the Future of Work Institute (Cpl Group), an award-winning consultancy and President of Future Work.World Ireland, Elysia helps leaders reimagine how people and organisations thrive together. With 20+ years’ experience across HR, wellness, and employee experience, she partners with organisations to design inclusive, human-centred strategies, diagnostics that uncover what really drives engagement, workshops and talks that spark change. She is passionate about designing work that works for neurodiverse leaders, working parents and the people behind the job title with wellness at its core.

As President of Future Work World network Ireland and co-host of the Future Work World Podcast Elysia is passionate about bringing future focused conversations forward. She frequently speaks and writes on the future of work, neurodiverse leadership and employee wellbeing topics and MC's at industry conferences and senior leadership events having been featured in Silicon Republic, FinTech Times and Institute of Directors. She also authored and contributed to numerous whitepapers on topics of workplace wellness, future of work and attraction and retention of talent. Contact Elysia below to book one of her signature talks, MC your next event or to contribute to a publication.

Known for her honest, grounder delivery and a unique blend of strategic insight and experience, Elysia brings clarity to complex challenges in leadership, wellness and the future of work. She speaks with warmth, emotional depth and splash of humour to take audiences on a journey through story telling and action. Whether addressing senior leaders, individual contributors or emerging changemakers, her sessions are engaging, thought provoking and full of practical take ways.

Let’s collaborate: elysia.hegarty@cpl.ie for speaking, strategy, or advisory.

Current position (1)

Associate Director

Cpl's Future of Work Institute

Presentations

Presentations (6)

Workplace Wellness: Time to get Strategic

Workplace wellbeing initiatives often start with good intentions but fall short of measurable impact. In this talk, Elysia makes a powerful case for embedding wellness into organisational strategy thats rooted in data, leadership buy-in, and cultural change. She unpacks her proprietary diagnostic model and shares real-world examples of how strategic wellness drives retention, engagement, and business results.

Wellness Centred Leadership

Leaders are under pressure like never before, tasked with driving results while supporting wellbeing and inclusion. Elysia draws on years of consulting and personal insight to explore what it takes to lead in a way that promotes sustainable performance, for you and your team. Rich with stories, this session equips leaders to model resilience, set boundaries, and create cultures where people thrive.

Help! My Career is Ruining My Health

In this deeply personal and highly practical talk, Elysia shares her experience of burnout at the peak of her career and how it mirrors broader systemic challenges in today’s workplaces. She explores the intersection of stress, hybrid work, and emerging technologies, and why both leaders and individuals must co-create healthier models of work. Expect storytelling, science, and strategic insights.

Neurodiversity at Work: A Hidden Advantage

In this honest and empowering session, Elysia explores how neurodivergent traits like divergent thinking, hyperfocus, and pattern recognition can drive innovation and resilience in the workplace. She shares personal insights living with ADHD in her late 30's, research, and strategies for inclusive leadership that recognises and supports neurodiverse talent.

The Future of Work Is Human: Lessons from the Frontlines

Drawing on insights from her role as Associate Director at the Future of Work Institute and co-host of the Future Work.World podcast, Elysia breaks down the real trends shaping the future of work. From AI to psychological safety and how to design work models that truly support people.

Culture by Design: Creating Workplaces People Want to Stay In

In a world of talent shortages and high turnover, culture is your competitive edge! In this talk, Elysia unpacks the building blocks of cultures that retain great people such as trust, wellbeing, flexibility, and meaning and offers actionable strategies for designing cultures from the inside out.