The Speaker to Ignite Your Audience

Transformational. Engaging. Leaving an Impact.

“A phenomenal leadership storytelling speaker that dives in with depth & breadth”

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What Audiences Are Saying

  • "Very inspiring and interactive session to help you identify strengths and areas of improvement in leadership skills, motivating to start working on it."

    Manager, Pharmaceutical Industry

  • "I appreciate the insights LaDawn shared about the need for intentionality in leadership with which we need to support each other in the workplace and in our personal lives. "

    Director, Financial Services

  • "Go for this training! It reminded me that Leadership takes courage and may go against popular opinions!!"

    Project Manager, Logistics Services

LaDawn Townsend has three distinct keynote options centered around her expertise to empower leaders to effectively articulate their vision, inspire their team, and drive sustainable results

Communication Complete: 
The Power Of Storytelling for Effective Leadership

Attendees will learn the power of storytelling and how to leverage their extensive resume, to be a change agent in their organization while also being an effective communicator by speaking to their audience's unspoken objections.  

Becoming a Leader of Influence: Creating a Healthy & Vibrant Work Culture that Drives Sustainable Results

Attendees will learn the power of influence, how it shapes their leadership brand to aid them in building credibility and trust with employees to create a unified team environment that works together to reach the organizations targets.

The Art of Sales Storytelling: The Secret to Consultative Selling that Accelerates the Sales Cycle & Closes Deals

Attendees will learn how to address the unspoken objections, how to identify a prospect versus a lead, simplify complex concepts into digestible word flows to engage a prospect along with building trust & reliability.

Keynote Option #1

Communication Complete: 
The Power Of Storytelling for Effective Leadership

“No story lives unless someone wants to listen.” - J.K. Rowling 

What does it mean to be a leader of influence? Leaders that master influence are viewed as having a next-generation innovative mind while being able to communicate the vision that rallies the team together to achieve the goal. This is where storytelling will be the best asset a leader can master.

Storytelling is wrapped into everything that a leader does ranging from an email update that is sent out, the weekly team meeting to communicating a critical announcement to employees leaders find themselves everyday the author of a story.

To communicate the story is one thing to have the audience listen is something entirely different. 

A survey data poll recently showed that 39% of employees feel heard by their leadership team, a number that is down 20% from the year before while in most companies over 80% of employees rely on information to come from their manager. 

Houston, we have a problem. 

The gap between managers and employees is growing wider making the need to communicate effectively a priority skill for leaders to master. Out of all the talks LaDawn Townsend delivers this engaging keynote is the most requested. In the keynote she will share her how to build strong work relationships through having a deeper understanding of your audience while leveraging the power of storytelling for effective leadership.

Key lessons

  • Understand the critical role of communication in effective leadership: Attendees will gain insights into how become extraordinary well at knowing the unspoken needs of both employees to stakeholders and serves as the foundation for building trust, fostering collaboration, and inspiring action within teams and organizations.

  • Develop advanced communication skills for leadership success: Through practical strategies and interactive exercises, attendees will learn how to enhance their communication skills to effectively articulate their vision, inspire others, and navigate complex challenges while also discovering the mindset blocks that prohibit you from being a masterful communicator.

  • Cultivate a culture of communication and collaboration: Building on the foundation of effective leadership communication, this session will empower attendees to create an environment where open dialogue, constructive feedback, and shared understanding thrive.

"An invitation to think big"

"LaDawn is an incredibly powerful speaker that visibly touches people, invites them to think big and motivates them to be authentic and not give up."

Marijn Wiersma, Director of Partnership & Innovation 2X Global

What Audiences Are Saying

  • "LaDawn Townsend is a dynamic powerhouse speaker who brings clarity, wisdom and insight that goes deeper than most business leaders I know. What I learned from her helped me 10X my business in one year."

    Founder, Professional Services

  • "LaDawn had great high-level insights and touched on great, relevant current topics. From dismantling gender stereotypes to unspoken challenges. Very engaging!"

    Leader, Banking Industry

  • "Engaging, energetic and concise. The information is fantastic and relatable."

    Manager, Pharmaceutical Industry

  • "So may gems, I couldn't write fast enough!"

    CEO, Supply Management

Keynote Option #2

Becoming a Leader of Influence: Creating a Healthy & Vibrant Work Culture that Drives Sustainable Results

The business marketplace is ever evolving and so are the skill sets that leaders need to do more, with often less resources. To win over stakeholders and employees alike the mastery of influence is a key for not only the career success of an individual but the longevity of an organization.

In this electrifying talk the audience will learn the keys aspects to leading with influence and gaining buy-in.

Are you looking for a speaker to transform your audiences leadership style and inspire those around them? Meet LaDawn Townsend, a dynamic and captivating keynote speaker renowned for igniting leadership potential and cultivating influence.

In this engaging and insightful keynote, LaDawn will unveil the secrets behind becoming a leader of influence. Through real-life anecdotes, interactive exercises, and proven strategies, attendees will:

  1. Understand the Power of Influence: Explore the methodology behind influence and how it shapes effective leadership.

  2. Develop Authentic Leadership: Discover the importance of authenticity in leadership and how to leverage it to inspire others.

  3. Navigate Challenging Conversations : Leaders will understand how to overcome the unspoken that deter positive change within an organization.

  4. Cultivate a Culture of Influence: Explore practical methods for fostering a culture of influence within your team or organization.

Why Choose LaDawn to speak to your audience?

  • Expertise: With a wealth of experience and knowledge, LaDawn is a trusted authority in the field of leadership and influence.

  • Engagement: Known for their dynamic speaking style and ability to captivate audiences, she ensures an interactive and memorable experience for all attendees.

  • Impact: Attendees will walk away with actionable insights and strategies that they can immediately implement to enhance their leadership journey.

What Audiences Are Saying

  • "The experience and thoughts LaDawn shared were so relatable and actionable"

    Leader, Banking Industry

  • "This session describes the non-technical skills needed for project management. Taking responsibility to lead. Ways to get to yes!"

    Project Manager

  • "She is very transparent and is powerful. touched great points such as women were competition, respect and how to be a leader and work for job which you want already."

    Leader, Financial Services

Keynote Option #3

The Art of Sales Storytelling: The Secret to Consultative Selling that Accelerates the Sales Cycle & Closes Deals

It isn’t a deal until it is closed and crosses the finish line.

Is your team struggling with closing sales? Are they identifying prospects and having, what appears to be, are all the right conversations but the needle isn’t being moved forward.

Are you having to consider downsizing your team if revenue doesn’t increase over this next fiscal year? The Art of Sales Storytelling keynote talk or interactive workshop is here to help.

Key lessons

  • Unspoken Objections: Attendees will learn how to identify and address the unspoken objection within the sales process, both before & after the presentation. When salespeople master the skill set while asking the right open-ended questions and probing that builds rapport with the prospect it will position them as a expert in the eyes of the prospect and move the sales process into the stage to close.

  • Simplifying Complex Concepts: Attendees will learn the sales storytelling fundamentals to simplify complex concepts by presenting in a narrative engaging format. The importance of simplifying complex concepts is essential to effectively communicate the value proposition and benefits in a way that resonates with the prospect so that they see what the sales professional is selling as essential. With this new skill set of simplification sales professionals will not only enhance clarity in their communication but also helps in creating a more engaging and persuasive sales pitch, leading to increased customer satisfaction and higher conversion rates.

  • Building Trust & Relatability: Attendees will learn how to communicate with transparency and relatability, fostering trust between the seller and the buyer. The closing of a sales transaction comes down to the trust and reliability between the sales professional and the prospect without this there is a lack of loyalty, and repeat business and referrals can be missed. When a sales professional has built the trust it will help to mitigate buyer skepticism and objections by having open conversations on any lingering objections.

“You Must Have LaDawn Speak at Your Event”

Amy Liposky Vincent, Managing Director eWomen West Palm Beach