Speaking & workshops

Stories with a business lesson and a next move.

Practical, story-led talks on growth, leadership, and building through uncertainty. For conference organizers, business communities, leadership teams, and workshop buyers who want substance audiences can use.

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Formats

Keynotes
Team workshops
Virtual sessions
Conference talks & panels
Founder and leadership conversations
Student classes

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Engaged, practical discussion alongside other voices.

Talks

Signature talks

From the Jungle to the Boardroom

What building and operating in unfamiliar environments teaches us about resourcefulness, leadership, and creating a path forward.

Best for: Entrepreneurship communities, leadership events, and women’s conferences.

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Audience takeaways

Make progress without waiting for perfect conditions.
Translate unconventional experience into useful leadership skills.
Choose a clear next step when the larger path is uncertain.

Why Growth Isn’t Always a Marketing Problem

How to investigate the business problems beneath stalled growth before investing in more activity.

Best for: Founders, business owners, and cross-functional leadership teams.

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Audience takeaways

Distinguish symptoms from underlying constraints.
Examine positioning, product, pricing, customer experience, and execution together.
Decide what needs attention before increasing marketing spend.

From Great Idea to Commercial Growth

What must happen between building something valuable and creating a business customers understand, buy from, and return to.

Best for: Startup founders, innovation teams, and product and growth leaders.

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Audience takeaways

Clarify the customer, problem, and value proposition.
Connect product decisions to positioning and a commercial model.
Identify what to test before scaling.

Scale Without Losing Yourself

How founders and leaders can build growth without becoming the permanent bottleneck.

Best for: Founder communities, leadership groups, women founders, and parent leaders.

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Audience takeaways

Recognize when progress depends too heavily on one person.
Create clearer ownership and decision-making.
Treat leadership capacity as part of business strategy.

Additional talks are available — connect with me to learn more.

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Workshops

Move from listening to working.

Workshops apply these ideas to the group’s actual challenges. The scope is agreed in advance, and participants leave with decisions, priorities, or next steps appropriate to that scope.

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Successful workshops

Find Your Next Growth Move
Review growth dimensions, distinguish symptoms from possible causes, and choose what to investigate or address first.
From Idea to Market
Define the buyer, problem, value proposition, initial offer, proof needed, and launch responsibilities.
Build for Your Next Stage
Identify what to preserve, what must change, and where decisions or handoffs break down.
Scale Beyond Yourself
Map founder dependencies, review recurring decisions, and identify responsibilities to delegate or redesign.
Design Your Community Growth Strategy
Identify why people would participate, how they connect, and how that supports retention or advocacy.
Choose Your Next Stepping Stone
Reflect on direction, identify assumptions, and design a manageable next experiment.

Ready when you are

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