Lachie Smart
World record pilot and CEO Lachie Smart inspires organizations to break barriers, bridge generations, and achieve bold goals with fearless leadership.
Why book Lachie Smart for your next event
- Gain proven strategies to bridge generational gaps, empowering leaders to transform diversity into collaboration and innovation.
- Unlock practical tools for developing future-ready leaders who thrive in complex, fast-changing environments.
- CEO who successfully led a MedTech company through the COVID-19 pandemic, sharing real-world lessons in adaptive leadership.
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Fearless Leadership for a Multigenerational Workforce
World record pilot and CEO, this award-winning adventurer inspires organizations to achieve the impossible. From circumnavigating the globe at 18 to leading in MedTech, he proves bold goals are within reach. His keynotes equip businesses to harness generational diversity, bridge leadership gaps, and build unstoppable teams, trusted by brands like McDonald’s, Salesforce, and Colgate-Palmolive. Book him to transform challenges into opportunities and ignite lasting success.
Keynote Speaker Lachie Smart is a world record pilot, award-winning adventurer, and successful CEO who has inspired organizations across the globe. At just 18, he became the youngest person to fly solo around the world in a single engine aircraft, a journey requiring 2.5 years of planning, 54 days of flying, and the resilience to overcome storms, international challenges, and half a million dollars of fundraising. This remarkable achievement laid the foundation for his lifelong expertise in leadership, adaptability, and goal achievement.
Today, Lachie is CEO of Smartline Medical, where he successfully guided the company through the complexities of the MedTech industry and the global COVID-19 pandemic. His leadership experience, combined with his adventurous spirit, gives him a unique perspective on how organizations can thrive in the face of uncertainty and complexity.
Lachie’s keynotes focus on bridging generational divides in leadership, helping businesses transform generational differences into powerful assets. His clients including McDonald’s, Salesforce, Colgate-Palmolive, and QBE trust him to equip their leaders with practical tools to build resilient, collaborative, and high performing teams.
When you book Lachie Smart for your event, you gain more than a speaker. You gain a catalyst for change who shows that with the right mindset and leadership approach, even the boldest goals are achievable.
Keynotes
Keynote by Lachie Smart:
Vinyl to Virtual: Unlocking Multigenerational Synergy in the Workplace
Have you ever found yourself explaining TikTok to someone who thinks "tweeting" involves birds, or sharing why you believe the 80s was an unforgettable era? For the first time in history, we have FIVE distinct generations in the workplace simultaneously, each with our own unique lens shaped by the context of our experiences. Technology, culture, and communication evolve rapidly, and these differing contexts influence how each generation sees and interacts with the world. In this high-energy (and hilarious) session, Lachie dives into what makes generations tick. Explore how differences in values, entitlement, communication, and resilience can lead to friction—but also how they can drive innovation and engagement. Discover how to bridge the gaps, harness diverse perspectives, and turn generational differences into performance boosters.
Key Takeaways
The tool for understanding different generational perspectives
Technique to de-risking entitlement whilst retaining creativity
Communication strategies to bridge generational gaps
Leveraging the unique strengths of each generation to build resilience
Culture that boosts loyalty and engagement
Keynote by Lachie Smart:
Leaders of Tomorrow: Empowering Emerging Leaders with VESPA
The Future Leaders Keynote is an engaging and impactful presentation delivered by Lachie Smart, a record-breaking pilot, MedTech CEO and leadership development speaker. In this keynote, Lachie introduces emerging leaders to the VESPA Framework, a simple yet powerful system for developing vision, direction, and energy as a leader. Through captivating stories backed by real-world data, Lachie breaks down the complexities of leadership into actionable steps, inspiring the audience to clarify their values and goals, build strategic plans, and embrace essential skills like fostering a positive culture, effective communication, and responsible use of technology. Designed to energize and empower, this keynote leaves future leaders equipped with practical takeaways and the confidence to lead with impact.
Key Takeaways
Purpose-driven leadership through understanding values.
Developing inspiring visions.
Setting relevant, achievable goals.
Mastering effective planning processes.
Building resilient, motivated teams.
Keynote by Lachie Smart:
Navigating Tomorrow: Strategies for Managing Millennial, Gen Z, and Gen Alpha Talent
This session is tailored for those managing, leading, and developing emerging talent, focusing on strategies to harness the strengths of a multigenerational workforce. Each new generation is different, but technology has exploded these differences to unprecedented levels. Though Millennials, Gen Z, and Gen Alpha seem radically different from previous generations, they are incredibly effective when managed well. Lachie Smart, who flew solo around the world to inspire and equip young people, is uniquely qualified to guide this process. Drawing on this experience and his role as CEO of a MedTech company, Lachie delivers practical strategies for fostering collaboration and communication, dealing with entitlement, and creating a resilient workplace culture.
Key Takeaways
Understanding the distinct values and work styles of Millennials, Gen Z, and Gen Alpha.
Enhancing communication across generational lines.
Cultivating resilience within younger teams.
Leadership Pipeline: Develop future-ready leaders aligned with company goals.
Retention and Engagement: Invests in talent, reducing turnover and increasing loyalty.