Anna Lee

Anna Lee’s presentations combine up-to-date research, humour and personal stories that speak to both the head and the heart. She’s willing to challenge people to lean out of their comfort zone, and if she can possibly manage it, she’ll have them practising new skills before they leave their seats. Whether Anna is speaking for 10 minutes or an hour, in a staff room or a convention centre, she offers audience members the opportunity to broaden their perspectives, deepen their knowledge and learn new ways of thinking and doing. Her presentations are interactive, engaging and thought-provoking, ensuring that those who speak act on her message.

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After working in the entertainment, publishing and higher education industries, started her own consultancy when her first child was 6 weeks old. Her aim: to help women take charge of their lives and careers.
With her brother Diarmid, Anna is co-director of Leed Consulting, an Adelaide-based consultancy focused on diversity and inclusion, decision-making and developing high performance cultures.
Committed to working with both women and men to achieve gender equality; key clients include the South Australian Office for the Public Sector and South Australian Police.
In addition to mitigating bias in relation to gender, Anna works with individuals and organisations to mitigate the biases that compromise decision-making, performance and wellbeing. Key clients include Bendigo Bank and Santos.
Anna is the only South Australian alumnus of Berkley’s Centre for Applied Rationality, a not for-profit dedicated to teaching rational thinking techniques that improve reasoning and decision making skills.
Current member of South Australian Premier’s Council for Women.