Ela Staniak

For over 15 years, Ela has worked closely with high-performing corporate and business decision-makers, as well as emerging leaders worldwide, across sectors such as government, media, STEM, HR, finance, banking, real estate, healthcare, mining, social housing, and construction. She is passionate about enhancing the capabilities of impact-driven leaders, supporting them in learning, implementing, and integrating tools that drive effective team leadership and organisational success.

Today, Ela aims to empower all leaders, experts, and organisations to embrace the duality of leadership - balancing Brain & Heart, Logic & Creativity, Authority & Empathy, Directness & Kindness, and People & Strategy. This integration unlocks unprecedented cultural and organisational potential, fostering integrity, trust, and aligned leadership.

One of Ela’s core purpose pillars in championing women in leadership - helping them thrive and excel in top decision-making roles - has been featured in hundreds of print and broadcast outlets, including Forbes Australia. She also delivered a 2020 TED Talk titled “Diversity & Inclusion Are Logically Impossible.”

Ela has collaborated with organisations such as NAB, Westpac, Caterpillar, BHP, PwC, IBM, Sanitarium, and McCarroll's, in partnership with Dale Carnegie, and independently. In 2024, she was recognised as one of the top 20 ‘WOW’ Dale Carnegie Trainers globally in the Voice of the Customer category.