Tania DeSa, keynote speaker, celebrating

Own Your Difference™

To innovate through change

To collaborate with purpose

To thrive in a complex world

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Tania inspires at:

Samsung, Google, Atlassian, Abbott, BMO, Meta, Trimble, Ecolab, Loblaws, Intel, Enbridge, Johnson & Johnson, American Express, Bell, Scotiabank, CN, RBC Royal Bank, Colas, Yale, Munich Re, Capital One, University of Toronto, Canada Life, PVH and more.

About Tania

Tania brings a unique blend of lived experience, global insights, and actionable strategies to help leaders build deeply connected, innovative, and high-performing teams that people rave about. It's time to go from disconnected to deeply engaged.

Employees today feel disengaged, isolated and disconnected, leading to a lack of innovation, stagnant growth and a high turnover of top talent. Tania knows the challenge of feeling unseen in the workplace – often being the youngest, the only woman, and the only person of color in management meetings.

Having inspired in 29 countries, delivered impactful TEDx talks, and worked with global giants like Google, Amex, Johnson & Johnson and Intel, Tania’s expertise is as diverse as her background. Her transformative keynotes harness these experiences to inspire leaders to own their differences as strengths.

Tania’s contagious energy, courageous storytelling, and proven strategies turn workplace disconnection into cultures of trust, innovation, and impact, leaving teams feeling empowered, equipped and energized.

15 YRSof keynote speaking and empowering leaders
29countries spoken in
10K+people activated and inspired

Connection makes all
the difference

Workplace statistics: 85% of employees are not engaged; $8.8T cost of disengagement; 23% higher profitability when employees are engaged; 50% higher retention when employees feel connected to peers and leaders; 30% higher productivity; 56% higher retention when companies prioritize belonging.

Source: Gallup; BetterUp

“It is always great to feel Tania’s presence, power and impact. I was motivated to think about how to make the change I want to see in my own life and career.”

- Soledad Alborno, Senior Product Manager

“Tania’s keynote was amazing and I am inspired to make an impact. The energy she created in the room was unique - it is not everyday that you feel appreciated and valued.”

- Reena Joseph, Senior Product Manager

“I always leave Tania’s leadership sessions with tremendous insight into how to influence, lead, share stories and strengthen connection. I consider her a valuable part of my personal BOD.”

- Lakecia Gunter, Vice President Programmable Solutions Group

“A huge THANK YOU for an absolutely incredible keynote presentation Tania! You left me with some fantastic tools that I can use immediately.”

- Loreena Percy, Senior Sales Manager

“Participants left feeling empowered, motivated and inspired. It was so easy to work together on the company-wide event and I appreciate your energy and enthusiasm throughout.”

- Marne Braddock, Inclusion & Diversity Manager

More Than a Keynote

Tania believes in co-creating every engagement with clients to deliver a unique end-to-end experience, including:

Connecting the Content

A pre-event client call to dive into your vision, objectives and understand the audience's needs.

Customization

Tailoring the content to connect to business strategy and culture, ensuring messages are relevant and resonate with your teams.

An Interactive Experience

Integration of audience participation tools and elements to boost connection, energy and active learning in the room.
An on-stage survey to measure real-time engagement, helping attendees feel seen and heard.