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Jaime Burnell Dexus
"Sonia is a passionate, genuine, authentic, generous and caring leader, coach, mentor and I’m now proud to be part of her tribe ???? I am truly inspired to be the best leader I can be by focusing on my strengths. The guidance, support and the all important listening ear is really appreciated. Thank you. Highly recommended."
Katherine Drew
"Sonia completely rewired my internal voice. She encouraged and cultivated a deep and clear understanding of my own strengths and emotions, and opened my eyes on how these affected my every day life. She helped me recalibrate my own personal values, and be proud of what I stand for. She helped me interpret my professional relationships, and gave endless and invaluable advice on how these could be made stronger. She is always a voice of calm and reason when the world seems to be exactly the opposite, and I would encourage anyone to spend some time with her."
Jonathan King
Sonia is one of the best leadership coaches and advisors.
Sonia has a wealth of experience working on-on-one with emerging leaders, women in business, SME’s right through to CEOs of multi-national organisations and start-up enterprises. She have advised and coached 1000’s of leaders to success over the past decade. Her work, research and as an award-winning author and advisor, Sonia will bring out the best in your with amazing results and transformation.
She has grown great leaders!
Sonia has helped thousands of good leaders become great leaders; progressing their leadership journey to become the best version of themselves and in turn, inspire others to join them.
For more than 25 years, Sonia has been on the front lines of Human Resources, Leadership and People and Culture. She has held leadership positions worldwide. Through experience, research and study, Sonia has come to realise what it takes to be a truly courageous leader.
Practical Guidance And Tools
She doesn’t just teach theory. She will give you the tools, skills, guidance and empowerment to bring out greatness in you.
Proven Expertise And Dedication
As a specialist in leadership, neuroscience and culture and current CEO of a successful leadership development firm, Sonia McDonald has proven expertise and she is dedicated to your success.
Courage, Commitment And Change
Sonia will bring out that inner courage and leadership in all aspects of your life and she is committed to your success. When she works with you one on one, as a team or at your next conference she will empower the change you want to be.
What's Involved
- Monthly 60-90 Minutes Sessions Online or Face to Face
- Leadership Toolkit
- Leadership Journal
- Online Program
- Leadership 360
- Leadership Diagnostic
- LeadershipHQ Membership
- HBR Membership
- Weekly Check-In's and Accountability
- Sonia's Books
- Customised Resources
- Member's prices to events
- Leadership Planner
- Goal Setting
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Sonia only works with a limited number of people at any given time to maintain her commitment to being the best she can be. If you want to work with Sonia, please contact her and her team as soon as you can to avoid missing an opportunity to work with her or her team of world class coaches. Please note Sonia's monthly retainer starts from $1,000 a month depending of the coaching engagement, level and time commitment and your ROI will be transformational.
Sonia is an energetic, empathic and relatable speaker, who engages her audience. I very much enjoyed listening to her.
How many breakfast speakers have you Rocking it at 7am? Sonia certainly has you engaged from the moment she takes to the stage. Her engaging communication style has you believing in yourself and ensuring you have the right team around you.
We engaged Sonia as a presenter for a career development seminar. We found her style professional, engaging and warm and feedback from our team was incredibly positive. Thanks Sonia, we look forward to having you back again!
We invited Sonia to speak at our Women’s Conference in 2019, and we still have attendees talking about ‘the lollypop presentation’ – it was very well received. Sonia is warm, kind and an incredibly engaging speaker. She is highly professional and great to work with. We look forward to having her back again soon.
I recently attended an event that Sonia was speaking at. I must admit I don’t normally take too much away from short seminars, but I found Sonia’s content relevant, relatable, and interesting. I left with renewed positivity and ideas on improving myself. Thank you Sonia!!
I attended a Victoria Park function for Sonia’s “Just Rock it” talk. I was very inspired by how we should be kind to ourselves, don’t be too harsh on ourselves as we are all human, we all have our strengthens and weaknesses. One quote Sonia mentioned in her talk has been used by me on…
Sonia is an outstanding motivational speaker who inspires her audience to be inclusive and balanced leaders and you always leave wanting to hear more. Thankfully she also has wonderful books to support your journey to not only outstanding leadership, but courage and growth.
Sonia spoke at our company’s annual International Women’s Day event 2022 and all our team and our guests absolutely loved her presentation. We have received feedback from many people that Sonia was inspiring and created a great positive energy in the room. Sonia really understood our company’s core values and tailored the presentation to our…
Thank you so much Sonia! Your keynote speech was wonderful. You exceeded our expectations. I deeply appreciate you sharing your wisdom, passion, and generosity with our students. It was also so meaningful that you took the time to reinforce the LEAD model. Your courage compass is fantastic. I look forward to spending more time with your book. I hope…
Sonia is one of the best leadership coaches and experts in leadership development in Australia. She practices a brand of leadership with courage and kindness which is needed in this country more and more…she’s also one of the most engaging keynote speakers on leadership.
Sonia held the 300 attendee audiences attention the whole time. She energised them, she made them laugh, she made them think. I would recommend anyone looking for a speaker to empower their staff – Sonia should be your choice. She exudes energy and positivity and leaves you feeling like you can do anything. She is…
Sonia is a superstar! I love her insights and the initiatives she’s at the forefront of in the leadership space.
I am so grateful for Sonia for the learning I have had from her Leadership HQ sessions. The sessions have created influential results in my leadership, and I am more confident in my style and approach to leading. I shared my vision with Sonia and she has coached me on how to successfully execute that…
Sonia is a passionate, genuine, authentic, generous and caring leader, coach, mentor and I’m now proud to be part of her tribe. I am truly inspired to be the best leader I can be by focusing on my strengths. The guidance, support and the all important listening ear is really appreciated. Thank you. Highly recommended.
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Start With Great Leadership.
Start with the end in mind. Greatness. Courage. Leadership. Success.
Discover with Sonia’s Leadership Planner how to start that journey to Great Leadership.