While there are many top female business keynote speakers, these women are among our favorites. They have overcome adversity and obstacles to deliver their unique brand of insight and perspective to the corporate world, and now engage global business audiences on a wide range of topics
Bethenny Frankel is a businesswoman ahead of the curve, who has always identified and capitalized on business opportunities. She was runner up on Martha Stewart’s The Apprentice, a star on the Real Housewives of New York, the founder of Skinnygirl, and virtually created the low-calorie cocktail category. She is also a five-time New York Times bestselling author. Bethenny speaks on the topics of leadership, branding, and work-life balance for female business moguls.
Cisco Chief Technology & Strategy Officer Padmasree Warrior is charged with aligning technology development and corporate strategy to enable Cisco to anticipate, shape, and lead major market transitions. Prior to Cisco, Padmasree was executive vice president and CTO of Motorola. Forbes has named her one of the “The World’s 100 Most Powerful Women” for two years running.
Kim Scott is the co-founder and CEO of Radical Candor, Inc which builds software tools for managers.Known for her ability to generate billions of dollars in revenue from millions of small customers while keeping her team happy and margins high, her unofficial title was High Priestess of the Long Tail. She is also the author of Radical Candor: How To Be a Kickass Boss without Losing your Humanity. As a top female business keynote speaker, Kim speaks on the topics of leadership, human resources (HR), and communication.
Joan is the Founder and President of Why Millennials Matter, an international keynote speaker, consultant on career and leadership trends. Why Millennials Matter is a training, research and consulting agency based in New York City that focuses on raising awareness to employers about the value of investing in their future workforce. Joan has over 13 years of corporate management experience working in the roles of sales, marketing, organizational effectiveness, training and development at Eli Lilly, Forest Laboratories and Actavis (now Allergan).
Juliet Funt is the CEO of WhiteSpace at Work, a training and consulting firm that helps organizations, their leaders and employees flip the norms of business in order to reclaim their creativity, productivity and engagement. Juliet helps attendees learn the pivotal difference between activity and productivity. She teaches them a streamlined method for personal process improvement – leading to more creativity and engagement.WhiteSpace can change the negative patterns and behaviors that prevent them from achieving optimum results. As a top female business speaker, Juliet speaks on topics like corporate culture, focus and productivity, and creativity.
Dambisa Moyo is a global economist and author who analyzes the macroeconomy and international affairs. Dambisa Moyo serves on the boards of Barclays Bank, the financial services group, SABMiller, the global brewer, and Barrick Gold, the global miner. She was an economist at Goldman Sachs and a consultant to the World Bank in Washington, D.C.She is a four-time New York Times bestsellers author of Dead Aid: Why Aid is Not Working, How the West Was Lost: Fifty Years of Economic Folly and the Stark Choices Ahead, and others. This top female business keynote speaker, speaks on global shifts in economics, politics, and business, global resources, and emerging global markets.
Patty McCord is a top female business keynote speaker. She served as Chief Talent Officer of Netflix for fourteen years and helped create the Netflix Culture Deck. Sheryl Sandberg called Patty’s Netflix Culture Deck “the most important document to come out of Silicon Valley.” Her background includes staffing, diversity, communications, and international human resources. Her book, “Powerful. Teams, Leaders and the Culture of Freedom and Responsibility” was recently published in the fall of 2017.
Jamie Naughton is the Chief of Staff and Speaker of the House at Zappos. She works directly with CEO Tony Hsieh, focusing on the culture for which the company has become known. Her role is essential in creating and driving the architecture of the dynamic culture as well as focusing on culture R&D to ensure Zappos.com always stays relevant to both the employees and their customers. She speaks on culture, branding, and engaging both customers and employees.
Sara Blakely is the founder and CEO of Spanx. She came up with the concept when she wanted footless bodyshaping pantyhose to wear with her cream-colored pants and open-toed shoes, but she couldn’t find them anywhere. Frustrated consumer turned entrepreneur, Blakely took $5,000 in savings and began her adventure in the $2 billion male-dominated hosiery industry. Sara Blakely’s SPANX revitalized an industry in a 10-year slump. Her SPANX footless pantyhose even captured the attention of Oprah and landed on Oprah’s “Favorite Things” list. All of this makes her one of our favorite female business keynote speakers.
Polly Labarre is a founding member of Fast Company Magazine. A top female business speaker, Polly helps make organizations more resilient, innovative and inspiring–and to embolden and equip leaders at every level to make a meaningful impact. She also co-authored the bestselling book Mavericks at Work: Why the Most Original Minds in Business Win which has been published in 16 languages. She speaks on leadership, innovation, and cultural and organizational change.
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