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LaDawn Townsend offers keynote presentations focused on the challenges leaders face when growth stalls, transformation loses momentum, or organizations struggle to execute strategy. Her sessions provide executives with practical frameworks to build alignment, strengthen decision-making, and lead change that delivers lasting results.
When Change Doesn’t Stick: Why Good Ideas Fail Inside Great Organizations
Great organizations don't struggle because of a lack of good ideas—they struggle because those ideas never become embedded in the way people think, decide, and operate. In this keynote, LaDawn reveals why even well-funded, well-intentioned transformations lose momentum and shares the leadership principles that help change gain trust, adoption, and lasting impact.
Pressure Tested Process: 3 Keys to Make or Break an Operating System in 2027
In this keynote, LaDawn Townsend introduces the Pressure Tested Process, a practical framework that helps senior leaders evaluate whether the way their organization is designed to work can withstand growth, complexity, cross-functional demands, and constant change. Through real-world examples and executive-level insights, attendees will learn the three critical elements that determine whether an operating system accelerates execution or quietly creates friction, empowering leaders to design organizations that improve both the customer experience and the employee experience while positioning their business for the future.
Roadblocks & Guardrails: How to Lead Forward During Times of Disruption
In leadership, headlines celebrate breakthrough successes as if they unfolded exactly as planned. Strategies appear flawless. Products seem destined for adoption. Political campaigns look inevitable. The reality is different. Behind every success are decisions that missed the mark, ideas that failed to gain traction, products the market rejected, and initiatives that never earned the support they needed. Every setback leaves clues. In this keynote, LaDawn reveals how leaders can examine past failures—not as reasons to look backward, but as the roadblocks and guardrails that shape future success.
“LaDawn was truly remarkable. Her energy and insightful perspectives not only captivated our attendees but also set an enthusiastic tone for the entire conference. She was an absolute delight to work with.”
Lisa Allen, Director of Events
SGC Horizon/Women in Residential+Commercial Construction Conference
What Audiences Are Saying
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"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
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"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
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"Go for this training! It reminded me that Leadership takes courage and may go against popular opinions!!"
Project Manager, Logistics Services
"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