Penny Locaso

Penny Locaso

Empowering women to lead with impact, resilience, and transformative change

Penny Locaso helps leaders do difficult things without losing themselves in the process.

A trauma-informed facilitator, acclaimed coach, and global speaker, she’s spent two decades guiding humans through complexity with equal parts clarity and compassion.

Penny’s work fuses behavioural science, leadership psychology and real-world research to reshape how we lead, focusing not just on performance, but on culture, wellbeing, and meaningful legacy.

She created the globally recognised Intentional Adaptability® framework and consults for organisations like Google, Microsoft, and the Australian Defence Force.

In an age of automation, Penny reminds us what makes leadership profoundly human, and why that still matters most.

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Penny Locaso developed the world’s first Intentional Adaptability® framework, now a global benchmark for navigating uncertainty with focus, flexibility and purpose.
She equips leaders to stay relevant in the age of AI by integrating ethical tech use with emotional intelligence and meaningful connection.
Her whitepapers and research unpack the invisible hurdles women face and offer practical tools for organisations to foster real inclusion.
Penny’s coaching and programs have been embraced by leaders at Google, Microsoft, the ADF, and top-tier institutions seeking to lead with impact that outlasts the keynote.

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Lead the hard stuff humanly
AI can automate tasks, but not humanity. This session equips leaders with the practical, human skills machines can’t replicate like empathy, adaptability, and wise compassion, so they can lead under pressure without losing themselves.
The busy = BS masterclass
Busyness has become a badge of honour, but it's killing clarity, energy, and real leadership.
Fear(less) masterclass
Fear is not the enemy, it’s fuel. Rewire your relationship with fear and lead with courage when it counts.
Proof over hype
Impact isn’t a feeling, it’s evidence. Learn how to turn real results into influence that opens doors.
Flourishing is not a luxury, it’s a necessity
Work-life boundaries for energy, presence and calm
The intentionally adaptable leader
The expert effect: Women of impact are made not born
A transformative keynote revealing how reframing your relationship with the word “expert” unlocks greater influence, visibility, and lasting impact for female leaders.
The traits women get punished for today are the leadership edge of tomorrow

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