Donna Brighton

Keynotes to inspire

Brilliant Breakthroughs

with actionable insights on
Culture, Change and Leadership

Donna Brighton

Keynotes to inspire

Brilliant Breakthroughs

with actionable insights on
Culture, Change and Leadership

My Perspective

As a culture change strategist and business author, I’ve seen the words culture change, change and leadership defined numerous ways over the years. Is leadership fueled by charisma and positive thinking? Pinstripes and red power ties? Decisiveness? Is it all about the situation? Is it meant only for the chosen few who rise to the top? Or, is there a different story?

With over two decades of executive coaching, speaking, and (most importantly!) real-life, in-the-trenches business experience, I have a radically different view. I believe that leadership is about action, not title, tenure, or position. Change is a force to be reckoned with, and culture is a leverage point that costs nothing but changes the game completely.

My Unique Approach

You’ve probably sat through a lot of conferences, workshops and corporate events.

Have you noticed that most of the glossy speeches that get audiences hyped up don’t leave any lasting impact when the conference buzz fizzles out?
Or do you ever wonder why we pay so much to hire a speaker and pay his/her travel expenses when they’re going to deliver the exact speech that they gave to every audience for the last year (or more) and we might as well just watch a video recording?

I’ve been on all sides of these kinds of events, from planning to presenting, attending to facilitating. I know the effort, time and expense involved. So I make it my goal to maximize the benefit to your organization by using my experience and expertise to address the topics most relevant to your group.

Whether a corporate event or a conference, a seminar, summit or even a simple meeting, I customize my presentation to ensure that your attendees will get tremendous value and lasting impact from our time together.

If all you need is 45 minutes of energizing business-themed entertainment, there are a lot of great options out there. But if your time is better spent on a thoughtfully designed presentation that addresses the issues that are unique to your organization, I invite you to download and fill out the worksheet below and send it back to me. I’ll use the information you give me about your event and your organization to help make your event the best it can be.

Let's Talk!

Some Favorite Topics:

It's Your Time to Thrive in 2025

Insights from neuroscience, habit formation and the science of success are the basis of my Brilliant Breakthrough framework. Key takeaways include:

Your habits define your destiny
Your words create your world
The one-word secret to true productivity

Creating a Culture of Celebration!

Explore the joyful side of culture-shaping practices that deliver incredible results. Key takeaways include:

The power of celebration
Maintaining motivation
How to build resilience by experiencing joy

Your Leadership Voice

Increase your effectiveness and influence by improving the clarity and strength of your leadership voice. Participants will:

Evaluate the clarity and strength of their voice
Create a personal leadership definition
Discover the importance of developing their Leadership GPS

Questions that Inspire Change

Ensure that you are heard and that the questions you ask inspire insight that leads to lasting change. Key takeaways include:

Clarifying the role of a leader
The neuroscience of questions
How to have a co-creating conversation

Testimonials

" Authentic, trustworthy, bottomless benefits. Donna is a conduit. She can take where you are and link you with whatever else you need for the next step. ”

" Donna acts as a catalyst to make things effective. She can say hard things that don't alienate people and keep things moving quickly. Donna keeps it real and never blows smoke up your skirt. "

" Donna is strategic and is able to simplify the message. She offers a foundation for her perspective. She has a deep knowledge that creates high impact. "

" Donna has a great gift...she can take very complex things and make them simple to understand...so after you hear her speak you can immediately put them into action. "

See Me in Action

Speaker Resources

Download and fill out this worksheet so that I can customize the presentation for your audience and make your event the best it can be.