Speaking

Helping founders, leaders, and fractional professionals build resilient, future-proof businesses, without losing themselves in the process.

If you’re looking for a speaker who blends real experience with real talk, that’s where I come in.
I don’t teach theory, I teach what I’ve lived.

From a decade of running multiple businesses, building brands from scratch, supporting high-level leaders behind the scenes, launching Fractional Link, and writing The ‘I’ in Resilience, I bring practical, emotionally intelligent insight that helps audiences rethink how they work, lead, and thrive.

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My sessions are designed to:
✔ Give clarity in the chaos
✔ Build resilience without burnout
✔ Challenge outdated ways of doing business
✔ Empower people to take meaningful action (not add more noise)
✔ Leave audiences feeling seen, understood and capable of more than they realised

Whether it’s a conference keynote, a workshop, or a fireside chat, my goal is always the same:
to offer guidance that lands, sticks, and genuinely changes how people show up.

Signature Talks

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  • DesA powerful session based on my book. This talk explores:

    • Why resilience isn’t about “pushing through”

    • How comparison, pressure, and survival-mode thinking sabotage success

    • The emotional patterns that silently dictate decisions

    • How to build strength that feels sustainable — not punishing

    • What real, grounded resilience looks like in business and life

    Perfect for: business owners, leaders, and anyone navigating intense seasons.cription text goes here

  • For founders and leaders who want to show up, but keep getting stuck.
    In this talk I cover:

    • The fear of judgement and why it hits differently for business owners

    • How to build a visibility system that doesn’t rely on willpower

    • Practical, low-friction ways to become known for the right things

    • The internal stories that stop us from being seen — and how to rewrite them

    Ideal for: marketing events, personal branding spaces, female entrepreneurship communities.

  • Based on my work with high-level Fractional Directors and the creation of Fractional Link. This session breaks down:

    • What credibility truly looks like in 2026 and beyond

    • Why some highly skilled leaders stay invisible

    • How to build trust quickly and sustainably

    • The difference between reputation, brand, authority and noise

    • The simple “everyday actions” that create real industry presence

    Perfect for: leadership teams, Fractional practitioners, consultants and independent professionals.

  • Pulling from data, trends and lived experience (and yes — the Fractional Link benchmark report), I explore:

    • Why the fractional market has exploded

    • How economic shifts will reshape how businesses hire strategic support

    • What future-ready fractional leaders need to prioritise

    • Portfolio-career burnout: prevention and recovery

    • The credibility and community gap — and the solution

    Great for: industry events, professional bodies, emerging leaders.

  • One of my most requested talks, I cover:

    • The link between trauma, triggers and business behaviour

    • Why so many founders unintentionally self-sabotage

    • How to create a business model that supports your actual capacity

    • Systems, boundaries and leadership structures that protect wellbeing

    Especially impactful for: wellness events, women in business, coaching conferences.

A highlight video of a talk given by Danielle Thompson about resilience in visibility

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