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Inspire Momentum.
Shift Mindsets.

Scale What Matters.

Maja Kazazic is a keynote speaker, war survivor, and business strategist who helps leaders and teams rise through challenge, build lasting momentum, and scale performance without burning out.

For audiences ready to:

  • Rebuild after adversity or organizational fatigue

  • Lead through pressure and change

  • Scale with clarity, alignment, and purpose
     

Clients include:
Healthcare systems, global finance firms, DEI conferences, pharma companies, SaaS leaders, real estate brokerages, and professional associations.

“Maja didn’t just inspire us—she gave us language and tools we still use months later.”
— Director of L&D, Global HealthTech Brand

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Who Maja Serves

Clients

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Signature Keynotes

Scale Up Blueprint™ 
The 7 Essential Building Blocks for Unstoppable Business, Leadership, and Life

 

Focus: Business growth, leadership, reinvention, momentum

Summary: This keynote blends Maja’s personal journey—from surviving a grenade blast in war-torn Bosnia to building a tech company—with the practical tools leaders need to scale under pressure. 
 

Audience Fit: Executive teams, entrepreneurs, corporate offsites, high-growth teams, sales organizations, and leadership retreats seeking a fresh, actionable approach to scaling performance and purpose.


Rooted In: Maja’s bestselling book Scale Up Blueprint™ and 20+ years of experience helping organizations grow under pressure

Audience Outcomes:

  • Shift from survival mode to sustainable scale

  • Reframe setbacks as strategic data

  • Build team clarity, ownership, and daily traction

  • Replace burnout with structured momentum

Perspective is Power 
Redefining Positivity After Trauma and Change

Focus: Mindset, emotional resilience, wellbeing, reframing


Summary: In this deeply personal and transformative keynote, Maja unpacks how perspective—not perfection—is the true engine of resilience. Drawing from her journey of physical and emotional rebuilding after losing her leg in a war zone, she teaches audiences how to reframe adversity into growth, without bypassing the truth of what hurts.

 

Audience Fit: Leadership, Women in leadership, HR conferences, employee resource groups, DEI and wellness events, and organizations navigating change or post-crisis rebuilding.


Rooted In: Maja’s story of trauma recovery, reinvention, and her ability to blend emotional truth with high-impact tools.


Audience Outcomes:

  • Reframe adversity into leverageable growth opportunities

  • Move from forced positivity to authentic optimism that endures

  • Incorporate meaningful daily practices that foster emotional clarity and resilience

  • Cultivate mental flexibility and presence under pressure

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Leading From the Inside Out
Building Strong Cultures Through Vulnerability and Grit

Focus: Leadership, company culture, DEI, emotional intelligence


Summary: True leadership isn’t about being unshakable—it’s about being real. In this keynote, Maja shows how leaders who lead from the inside out create psychological safety, deep trust, and sustainable performance. With a balance of moving storytelling and practical takeaways, this talk helps organizations build cultures that thrive through change. 

Audience Fit: HR executives, leadership development programs, DEI initiatives, future-of-work summits, and corporate audiences seeking human-centered growth strategies.


Rooted In: Maja’s trauma-informed leadership experience, her corporate scaling expertise, and deep impact in forging trust-driven teams.

Audience Outcomes:

  • Understand how vulnerability fosters trust, connection, and loyalty

  • Inspire high performance through emotional intelligence, not authority alone

  • Strengthen team cohesion and psychological safety as drivers of innovation

  • Build leadership routines rooted in authenticity, purpose, and grit

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Optional Customizations 

Maja regularly customizes keynotes for:

  • Executive offsites

  • Women in leadership summits

  • DEI and HR transformation events

  • Sales team retreats

  • Industry-specific leadership forums
     

Workshop Add-On Available:
90-minute breakout or half-day workshop: Putting the Scale Up Blueprint™ into Action

Watch Maja in Action

What Makes
Maja Different

She’s not just a speaker.
Maja is a war survivor, amputee, global business founder, and trauma-informed strategist. Her message isn’t theory—it’s been lived, tested, and scaled in high-stakes environments.

Why event planners trust Maja:

  • High emotional resonance without ever feeling performative

  • Crystal-clear framework that audiences remember and apply

  • Visual storytelling and grounded delivery that sticks

  • Consistently high audience scores and planner rebooks

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Bring Maja to Your Stage

Let’s create a moment your audience won’t forget—and a message they’ll keep scaling with.

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