To transform is to transmute pain to power.
Yemi Penn is a global thought leader on empowerment and resilience.
An Engineer by profession, Yemi is a champion and tireless advocate for equality and equity in STEM fields. As an Entrepreneur and Mindset Coach, she is an advocate for self-empowerment and resilience as tools to get organisations back on track with wellness and productivity.
Yemi is a force to be reckoned with and has inspired audiences across Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States, where she recently delivered her first TED talk at TEDxOcala in Florida.
Current Work:
Yemi is a sought-after speaker and facilitator on the topic of Wellness and she recently facilitated the Lucy mentor program for University Technology Sydney. Yemi focuses on traditional and more modern neuro linguistic methods of transformation to achieve goals. She is an investor for the Women's Business School, Australia, and is a supporter of the 2020 Ausmumpreneur Awards.
Yemi has worked with companies across the Engineering sector on large projects such as Crossrail, High Speed Two and Sydney Metro in various roles; underpinning her work with clarity and inclusion.
Previous Experience:
Speaker: Yemi has spoken at ANSTO, Australia for International Women’s Day 2020, focusing on resilience and the need for change in STEM.
She also represented Australia at the Web Summit in Lisbon, Portugal, forming part of the Female Founders Mission group and spoke at the Women’s Economic Forum in London.
Media: As a serial entrepreneur Yemi has been featured in a number of worldwide media outlets sharing her story and tips for people to change theirs. This includes entrepreneur.com, australiannews.com, Refinery29, MI Woman, The Sun UK, Pleasures magazine UK and more.
Talking Points
Leadership and Diversity in STEM
Science, Technology and Engineering undoubtedly play a big role in the future of planet earth and human evolution. To repeat the atrocities of centuries past by not including diverse reasoning would mean we go back in history. Yemi Penn explains the importance and critical nature of building not just diverse teams and leaders in STEM but how to keep them.Leadership and Diversity in STEM
Who this is for: - Senior leaders, executive, HR and board member
3 Key Takeaways:
- Understanding why diversity is needed in STEM
- How retention of diversity improves welfare and bottom line
- Artificial intelligence (AI) vs Emotional Intelligence (EI)
Shame and Trauma Resilience
Our resilience blueprint is individual to us, meaning our specific distressing events is what creates resiliency in us and the approach we take to get through it is what builds our blueprint. Yemi Penn is the leading thought leader on Trauma in Australia, she leads individuals and organisations through their pain points using her bespoke ‘pain to power’ mapping tool to empower people through their transformation. Shame and Trauma Resilience
Who this is for: - All levels within an organisation, managers and leaders, in particular, working under intense pressure.
3 Key Takeaways:
- Shame is linked to trauma and one of the most useless emotions
- Resilient Blueprint - ‘Pain to Power’ mapping
- Event + Response = Outcome
- Less sick days = more revenue
How to be an Ally :To build a Just, Equal, Diverse & Inclusive (J.E.D.I) world.
We live in an ‘isms’ era and so to do our part in creating a Just, Equal, Diverse and Inclusive world, Yemi shares the art of Liminal thinking, which puts you at the threshold of understanding something society has ‘other’d’ and what it looks like to be a conscious rather than surface allyHow to be an Ally :To build a Just, Equal, Diverse & Inclusive (J.E.D.I) world.
Who this is for: - Executives, Senior Leaders, Charity and Not-for-Profit organisations, Media organisation
3 Key Takeaways:
- The Alibaba secret to thriving and becoming a billion-dollar company on allyship
- Deconstructing belief systems
- How to be anti-racist
Video
Yemi Penn | Speaker Reel | Saxton Speakers
Yemi Penn is a global thought leader on empowerment and resilience. An Engineer by proYemi Penn is a global thought leader on empowerment and resilience. An Engineer by profession, Yemi is a champion and tireless advocate for equality and equity in STEM fields. As an Entrepreneur and Mindset Coach, she is an advocate for self-empowerment and resilience as tools to get organisations back on track with wellness and productivity. Yemi is a force to be reckoned with and has inspired audiences across Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States, where she recently delivered her first TED talk at TEDxOcala in Florida.Yemi Penn - Mindset Transformation Coach | Saxton Speakers
Yemi Penn is a global thought leader on empowerment and resilience. An Engineer by proYemi Penn is a global thought leader on empowerment and resilience. An Engineer by profession, Yemi is a champion and tireless advocate for equality and equity in STEM fields. As an Entrepreneur and Mindset Coach, she is an advocate for self-empowerment and resilience as tools to get organisations back on track with wellness and productivity. Yemi is a force to be reckoned with and has inspired audiences across Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States, where she recently delivered her first TED talk at TEDxOcala in Florida.F45 Global Leadership Conference | Yemi Penn | Saxton Speakers
Yemi Penn is a global thought leader on empowerment and resilience. An Engineer by profession, Yemi is a champion and tireless advocate for equality and equity in STEM fields. As an Entrepreneur and Mindset Coach, she is an advocate for self-empowerment and resilience as tools to get organisations back on track with wellness and productivity. Yemi is a force to be reckoned with and has inspired audiences across Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States, where she recently delivered her first TED talk at TEDxOcala in Florida.Do we choose the experience our trauma teaches us? | Yemi Penn | TEDxOcala
This talk dares humanity to acknowledge its individual trauma at the same time, detaching itself from a victim story. Guiding the collective to transmute its pain to power and be the change the world so desperately needs. Born in the UK, childhood in Nigeria, stint in Okinawa Japan and now living in Sydney, Australia, Yemi can be described as a citizen of the world! She is an Engineer by profession, an Entrepreneur by Passion and a Transformation Mindset Coach by mission; Yemi is dedicated to guiding others in unlocking their untapped potential. An introvert at heart having only recently found her ‘voice’, she is making up for lost time! Having authored her first book and podcast titled, ‘Did You Get the Memo?’ Yemi has featured in numerous publications in the U.K, Africa and Australia. Yemi run’s 3 businesses whilst parenting her two children in Sydney, Australia. One being her Engineering Management consultancy, an F45 Fitness studio in Brixton, London and her Transformation company under her brand of Yemi Penn. With qualifications ranging from project management to neurolinguistic programming, and methods taught to her personally by Jack Canfield and Tony Robbins, Yemi helps transmute pain to power.Yemi Penn interview with Jack Canfield | Saxton Speakers
As part of Jack Canfield's 'Talking About Success' series, he interviews Yemi Penn. Discussing her journey and dedication to raise the vibration around trauma and the healing of it.Audio
Yemi facilitated an extremely complex and challenging symposium over 2 days of multiple sessions with several stakeholders to help us achieve concrete outcomes and action plans that we wante ... keep reading University of Technology Sydney
