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Key Points for Winitha Bonney OAM

  • With over 20 years of C-Suite experience across North America and Australia, Winitha Bonney OAM brings a wealth of expertise in leading transformational projects and managing billions of dollars. A recipient of the prestigious Order of Australia Medal, she is a globally recognised leader and speaker who drives impactful change.
  • As one of the world’s foremost thought leaders on inclusion, Winitha’s speaking engagements empower audiences to embrace change and lead with accountability. Since 2008, her energetic, relatable, and thought-provoking presentations have inspired countless individuals and organisations to harness the power of friction for growth.
  • A former innovation consultant to tech giants, Winitha combines her business acumen with a deep passion for motivation. She equips teams and leaders with the tools to challenge the status quo, solve complex problems, and develop the agency needed to succeed in today’s ever-evolving world.
  • Known for her unique ability to connect with all audiences, Winitha is your biggest supporter, helping you achieve maximum success. Her two books, with a third on the way, further cement her as an inspiring authority in leadership and change, blending kindness, energy, and commercial insight into everything she does.

Topics for Winitha Bonney OAM

  • Leverage The Gap™ - Close the gaps that are costing your organisation millions and unlock the performance that's already inside your people.
    The problem
    You have the strategy, the tools, and the technology. But ownership is missing, change is resisted, connection is fraying, burnout is building, and critical thinking is being outsourced to AI. These aren't personality
    problems, they're performance gaps. And they're costing you millions.
    The solution
    Leverage The Gap™ targets the five critical gaps inside The Performance Framework™. Zero fluff, zero recycled content, just practical, sciencebacked tools your people will use on Monday morning, bespoke to your
    organisation and audience.
    Learning Outcomes
    • Identify the five performance gaps and their real commercial cost.
    • Build a high-ownership culture where people act without being told to.
    • Lead through change and uncertainty with clarity and confidence. 
    • Rebuild trust and connection in hybrid, high-pressure teams.
    • Replace burnout culture with a sustainable high-performance model.

  • The Thinking Gap - Reclaim your capacity to think, question, and lead in an AI-driven world.
    The Problem
    AI is creating noise and your teams are accepting outputs without questioning them. The critical thinking that drives innovation is being outsourced to a chatbot.
    The Solution
    An empowering and practical framework that gives your people back the confidence to critically analyse, question, and act, so AI amplifies their thinking rather than replacing it.
    Learning Outcomes
    • Understand how AI is reshaping critical thinking and what to do about it.
    • Apply a practical framework for questioning AI outputs and making better strategic and innovative decisions.
    • Build the habit of thinking independently before reaching for a prompt.
    • Lead teams that use AI as a tool for amplification, not a substitute for thought, experience and expertise. 
    • Leave with one clear action to implement on Monday morning.Show up! Visionary leadership that changes the game and rewrites the rules
  • The Ownership Gap - Build a team where people act boldly without waiting to be told to.
    The Problem
    Effort is high but accountability is low. Your people are waiting for instructions instead of taking the initiative that drives real results.
    The Solution
    A clear, practical framework for building a high-ownership culture where people take bold initiative, own their outcomes, and steer the ship.
    Learning Outcomes
    • Identify the difference between effort and ownership and why it matters strategically and for high performance. 
    • Apply the Ownership Framework to build accountability without micromanagement. 
    • Develop the mindset of a high-initiative leader at every level. 
    • Create a team culture where people act without being told to. 
    • Leave with one clear action to implement on Monday morning

  • The Change Gap - Turn change from a challenge into your organisation's greatest competitive advantage.
    The Problem 
    Your teams are navigating constant change and they're exhausted. They need practical tools to lead through uncertainty and change with confidence, not just survive it.
    The Solution
    Practical, uplifting tools to lead through uncertainty and transform change from a challenge into momentum, results and innovation for the organisation and for every individual in the room.
    Learning Outcomes
    • Understand why change fatigue happens and how to overcome it strategically. 
    • Apply a framework for leading through uncertainty and change with clarity and confidence. 
    • Reframe change as a competitive advantage rather than a threat. 
    • Build the skills to lead others through change, not just survive it yourself. 
    • Leave with one clear action to implement on Monday morning.Back yourself: How to take your spot in the world

  • The Connection Gap - Rebuild the genuine human connection that drives trust, collaboration, and extraordinary performance.
    The Problem
    In a high-pressure, hybrid world, genuine human connection is fraying. Trust is eroding, collaboration and innovation is dropping, and people aren't showing up fully for each other.
    The Solution
    Strategies to rebuild deep, genuine trust and create a culture where people perform and innovate because they genuinely care about each other, the organisational mission and the work they do together.
    Learning Outcomes
    • Identify the human deficit in your organisation and its impact on performance. 
    • Apply strategies to rebuild genuine trust in hybrid and high pressure environments. 
    • Create the conditions for authentic collaboration, innovation and psychological safety. 
    • Build a culture where people show up fully for the work, the organisational mission and each other. 
    • Leave with one clear action to implement on Monday morning.

  • The Resilience Gap - Build a team that performs at their best: sustainably, powerfully, and without burning out.
    The Problem
    Your people are running on empty. Burnout isn't a personal failure; it's a systemic challenge. You need a sustainable performance model that goes beyond telling people to switch emails off after 5pm.
    The Solution
    A sustainable performance model that replaces burnout culture with high-output, high-wellbeing ways of working, so your people thrive, not just survive.
    Learning Outcomes
    • Understand the systemic causes of burnout and how to address them. 
    • Apply a sustainable performance model that maintains output, performance and results without sacrificing wellbeing. 
    • Build personal resilience strategies that work in the real world.
    • Create team norms that support sustainable high performance. 
    • Leave with one clear action to implement on Monday morning.

 

Testimonials for Winitha Bonney OAM

Thank you Winitha for a really relevant and informative session. It was really well received and was great to see all of the engagement at the end.
Accenture
Thank you Winitha, it was an excellent session!
Xero
The comments after we wrapped echoed more of the same - people loved hearing from you, and could have continued for much longer!
Medibank
Your session today was the best I have attended in recent memory. Thank you for making it so practical and real.
Ernst and Young