Let's uncover the gold in every leader, team and business.
Leona Watson knows what it takes to succeed in both the Corporate and Entrepreneurial worlds, having run $50M budgets with Microsoft UK plus her own company, Cheeky Food Events, for 17 years before selling.
She developed resilience at a young age after her Father passed away. His business fell into bankruptcy, but rather than quit, her mother rebuilt and managed the swag of debt.
These tough years served her well, developing the drive needed to navigate the highs and lows of Leadership, hosting over 3000 Workshops, Keynotes, and Corporate Training sessions.
Leona's accolades include winning the Australian Businesswomen’s Award for Outstanding Business Growth and being featured in Australia’s Top 50 Influential Female Entrepreneurs.
A regular speaker at the CEO Institute, with an average score of 9.7/10, she challenges their members with her extensive Neuroscience, Facilitation & Research skills.
Leona is a rare combination of fun, warmth and “Tough-Love”. She believes the best leaders can stay the most uncomfortable for the longest - and still smile. And that she can help uncover the ‘gold’ within EVERY organization, inspiring audiences to ditch their comfort zones and step up to be the “Leaders They Always Wanted for Themselves”.
Her unique blend of corporate know-how, emotional intelligence, entrepreneurial grit and infectious energy, connects effortlessly with audiences, from CEOs to Emerging Leaders, Entrepreneurs, EAs, Franchisees and Women’s groups.
A masterful storyteller, Leona's presentations make her an engaging and dynamic Speaker and MC.
Sharing her epic successes (and failures!), Leona empowers audiences with the practical skills and belief that they can connect with the best of themselves and each other, to achieve even more.
With a passion for adventure, Leona competes in triathlons (so slow!), ocean swimming, kayaks in Antarctica, plus cycles in Provence in search of the perfect Rose.
Talking Points
Inspirational Self-Leadership
From "Chaos to Connected" Teams.Inspirational Self-Leadership
- Leona shares insights from overseeing 2,500 team workshops and 80,000 colleagues striving to connect with each other and the company values.
- Leona ignites the inner belief within teams, that they CAN lead themselves and each other to deliver the kind of results they can all feel proud of. Together.
KEY OUTCOME: How to create & be integral to the Team everyone wants to be part of!
"Step Up, connect, take action and feel crazy levels of pride as a Team".
Unwavering Leadership & Growth
From "Rocky to Resilient" Leaders of your own business or career.Unwavering Leadership & Growth
"Secret Entrepreneur's Business"!
- Leona exposes and normalises what's rarely disclosed: The dizzy highs, crushing lows and emotional, often-lonely, rollercoaster ride of entrepreneurship. Including being entrepreneurial within a large company.
- Leona learnt first-hand that each specific growth spurt of her business, demanded new leadership, influence and business skills.
- The version of "You" that nailed your first 2 employees, will get in the way of nailing 10, 100 and 1000 staff. Letting go is HARD!
- Leona shares the tips, hilarious (and often cringe-worthy) stuff-ups, wins and hard-earned lessons to grow a business, manage staff, make $$$, stay sane and sell.
KEY OUTCOME: How to Lead through the crazy, different phases your business (or career) will demand of you.
Transformational Leadership
“From Uncomfortable to Unwavering Leadership”.Transformational Leadership
As a regular Speaker at the CEO Institute, Leona delivers insights and truth-bombs that challenge even the most experienced
Leaders… with a smile!
- Leona encourages Leaders, franchisees and entrepreneurs to lean into being 'uncomfortable' and to seek out the tough questions, conversations & situations, to uplevel themselves, their teams, clients and their results.
- Create the inner belief and toolkit needed for today’s modern leaders to inspire others to follow, whether staff or clients.
KEY OUTCOME: How to become the Leader you always wanted for yourself - with the results to match!
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Speaker - Leona Watson - Engaging and Energising Teams and Leaders for 20 years. Helping CEOs, Learning & Development Managers, People & Culture Managers and Team Leaders reconnect with their teams, so the team members enthusiastically re-connect with each other. The ultimate goal is to create re-energised, more engaged teams who 'get stuff done'. As they feel good about the results, they're self-motivated to repeat the same postitive actions and behaviours that created those results for the team and company. Everyone wins! Neuroscience 101! Plus they're just happier which helps move the Wellness agenda along. Leona can deliver Keynote Speaking at conferences, facilitate workshops and Coach Executive Teams and Managers. It's the micro actions and the commitment to creating fun, inspiring and energising workplaces, that will make the difference in retaining the staff to create the teams everyone wants to be part of. And I don't just mean throwing bean bags and pinball machines in the staff room. Also as an Entrepreneur and Coach, she helps Executives and Leaders get rid of the roadblocks and identify the kick-but opportunities waiting for them and their teams and companies. Cheers!Leona Watson | Leading to Create Resilient Teams
Leona Watson | Influence Skills to Double your Results
Leona Watson | Mini-Moments to Develop Trust
For 15 years, Leona has been an inspirational partner of Google and supporter of Aussie SMBs. Her practical, but fun, approach connects with business owners and their teams, to grow and insp ... keep reading Google
9.7/10! One of our highest Speaker Scores and just one reason why I keep inviting Leona back. An exceptional Keynote Speaker and Facilitator, she engages and captivates groups of very busy, C Suite Executives encouraging thought-provoking, often challenging discussions. Members leave re-energised, focussed and with invaluable tools to enhance their Leadership skills. Her professionalism, expertise, and ability to connect with different audiences make her a true asset to any conference or training program.
In one word 'WOW'. Leona facilitated our one-day training and MC’d our 2 day conference for Executive Assistants in PNG. Highly recommend.
Leona’s 'Letting go…to Grow' was eye-opening, masterful storytelling! Leona challenged, inspired and enabled our group of Entrepreneurs and CEOs to understand how 'letting go' is necessary to become the CEOs and Leaders they need to be for their careers and the growth of their business. The group gave excellent feedback on this dynamic and brilliant speaker! She even weaved in her own personal business wins and failures.
Our female business owners were completely engaged & captivated by Leona's thought-provoking insights, such as 'fall in love with your customers, not your service', and 'milestones matter most'’. Leona was so good the audience didn't want to leave!
