Leadership is an attitude and mindset.
Sonia creates an empowering experience for her audience. Her high-energy, honesty and humour paired with actionable and practical advice, leaves her audience with the skills, drive and confidence to take courageous action and inspire great leadership.
Whether it’s a conference, a networking breakfast, a team building day or an annual event, Sonia customises the keynote or workshop with topics including leadership, courage, kindness, culture and women empowerment to make your next event one that your audience will talk about for months to come.
With a focus on the latest research in neuroscience combined with a story telling approach, Sonia's keynote topics help you discover the power of leading with courage, kindness, impact and purpose.
Talking Points
Leadership is an Attitude
This powerful keynote is based on Sonia’s cutting-edge book Leadership Attitude, which explores why leadership is not defined by a role or a title. Discover the keys to a leadership attitude and learn how you can be a leader through your attitude, values, actions, mindset and behaviour. This keynote has been transformational for thousands of leaders worldwide, leaving the audience inspired to be the leader they want to be.
Leadership is an Attitude
Just Rock It!
This high-energy and inspiring keynote based on Sonia’s second book, Just Rock It! has become a life-changer for many people. Discover how to embrace fear to lead with confidence, courage and conviction. Sonia empowers her audience to shine and stand tall and be the impact they want to be, leaving the room wanting to rock their life and leadership.
Just Rock It!
First Comes Courage
Leadership starts within. This is the premise of the book and keynote First Comes Courage. Sonia will take your audience through the virtues and keys to courageous leadership and how to embrace the First Comes Courage methodology and compass. You will discover the keys to leading with courage through the lens of kindness, purpose, impact and resilience.
First Comes Courage
Courageous Mindsets: Unleashing Leadership Potential
Sonia blends neuroscience and leadership to unveil the science of courage. Learn how to overcome fear and cultivate bold leadership through practical strategies and inspiring insights.
Courageous Mindsets: Unleashing Leadership Potential
Future First Leadership: Honing New Leaders
Sonia provides actionable insights andFuture First Leadership: Honing New Leaders
guidance for new leaders embarking on their
leadership journey, emphasizing adaptability,
courage, and empathy.
Five Pillars of High Performance Teams: Safety, Connection, Clarity, Ownership, Performance
Sonia reveals the five pillars of high performance teams, guiding leaders to foster trust, collaboration, and accountability. Learn how to propel your team towards peak performance and collective success.
Five Pillars of High Performance Teams: Safety, Connection, Clarity, Ownership, Performance
The Leadership Triangle: A Framework for Excellence
Explore Sonia's Leadership Triangle—a roadmap for extraordinary leadership. Discover how to embody integrity, humility, and purpose, igniting positive change within yourself and your organization.
The Leadership Triangle: A Framework for Excellence
Leadership Balance: Balancing Success and Well-Being
Sonia delves into the vital link between well-being and leadership. Gain practical strategies to prioritise self-care, resilience, and mental health, fostering environments where individuals thrive personally and professionally.
Leadership Balance: Balancing Success and Well-Being
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Sonia McDonald | Speaker Reel
Sonia McDonald believes we should lead with kindness, from the heart, doing rather than telling, and is known for her mantra 'Just lead'. As an experienced leader, Sonia can facilitate meetings, assist teams in navigating the challenges of growth. She works with organsiations dealing with change management issues and will guide your people as they develop their leadership capacity.Sonia McDonald Speaker's Reel
Sonia McDonald is the CEO and founder of LeadershipHQ and Sonia McDonald Inc. Sonia is a leading keynote speaker, leadership coach, expert and facilitator. She believes we should lead with kindness and courage, from the heart, doing rather than telling and is known for her mantra 'just lead'. She leads by example in all these areas and through her one on one practical coaching, leadership training for teams and organisations encourages others to do the same. Sonia has helped hundreds of people on their leadership journey to become the best version of themselves and in turn, inspire and bring out the best in others. Also she and her team have worked and partnered with a number of businesses and companies for over a decade build great leadership teams and cultures. For more than 25 years, Sonia has been on the front lines of Human Resources, Leadership and People and Culture. She has held leadership positions worldwide and through experience, research and study come to realise what it takes to be a truly great leader. Sonia has an ability to speak bravely and authentically about her own development as a leader, personal and career challenges in a way which resonates with her audience. She is recognised as a LinkedIn influencer and has become an in-demand keynote speaker, starts important conversations. She is an award-winning published author of Leadership Attitude and Just Rock It! and writes regularly for publications such as The Australian, HRD Magazine, Smart Healthy Women and Women's Business Media. Sonia has become recognised for her commentary around the topic of leadership, championing the up and coming leaders of tomorrow, advocating for women in business as well as building leaders in small business. She is also passionate about Teenage Mental Health and founded a social enterprise called Tea form Teens. Keynote Topics for 2019 Sonia will give you peace of mind when booking a speaker. She is a proven world-class professional speakeSonia is an enthusiastic speaker who communicates complex concepts in an entertaining and engaging manner. Her depth of knowledge and understanding of leadership is exemplified in the detail ... keep reading La'Quar
Sonia held the 300 attendee audiences attention the whole time. She energised them, she made them laugh, she made them think. I would recommend anyone looking for a speaker to empower their staff - Sonia should be your choice. She exudes energy and positivity and leaves you feeling like you can do anything. She is incredible.
Sonia was so motivating and encouraging, and I left the room feeling like I really could accomplish anything that I set my mind to. I believe that Sonia has the potential to influence leaders at every stage of their journey, and as I progress through my professional career I always find that Sonia has unique content to help me along my personal development as a leader in my field."
Sonia facilitated the Women in Mantra leadership workshop for us on International Women's Day. Her passion and energy left our Team Members feeling inspired to achieve leadership roles at Mantra Group, and they have already set up local networking groups and put measurable goals in place.
Sonia is an outstanding motivational speaker who inspires her audience to be inclusive and balanced leaders and you always leave wanting to hear more. Thankfully she also has wonderful books to support your journey to not only outstanding leadership, but courage and growth.
Sonia spoke at our company's annual International Women's Day event 2022 and all our team and our guests absolutely loved her presentation. We have received feedback from many people that Sonia was inspiring and created a great positive energy in the room. Sonia really understood our company's core values and tailored the presentation to our needs. This has been one of the best industry events we have hosted and having Sonia as a speaker definitely played a role in this success.
We engaged Sonia as a presenter for a career development seminar. We found her style professional, engaging and warm and feedback from our team was incredibly positive. Thanks Sonia, we look forward to having you back again!
