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Wendy Addison
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Category:
Speaker
Location:
United Kingdom
Preferred Language:
English
Tags:
Businesswoman
Profile:
Wendy is an award winning, international speaker, trainer and intergovernmental and private company consultant and coach who actively bridges and links the stakeholder interest with the 'how' of openness and communication through storytelling, coaching and training.
Acknowledged as a 'Business Disruptor', Innovator and ‘Constructive non - conformer’ alongside Steve Jobs, Warren Buffet and others, Wendy brings real world experience to strategic conversations and relationships. Recognised as a Council of Europe expert, nominated for a UNODC Lifetime Outstanding Achievement Award by the OECD, her chapter on Openness for the OECD, her contribution to the UN-PRI on Speaking-Listening Up and the Warwick Business School award for her ‘outstanding contribution to Governance and Corporate Responsibility’, positions her as a Role Model and Thought and Action Leadership Coach.
Wendy founded SpeakOut SpeakUp Ltd, a storytelling consultancy, training, and coaching company in 2009 which advises Boards, provides training, lectures and coaching to empower people with the ability and skill to engage in Courageous Conversations to effect sustainable change. Wendy’s clients and engagements have spanned the globe and range from speaking at TED Tokyo, providing training for the Jordanian and Kosovan Anti-Corruption Agencies via the Council of Europe, to addressing the needs and goals of companies such as Facebook, Nationwide Bank, Mubadala, The Massy Group, The Portman Estate, Prudential, Bosch, Rio Tinto, Nammo, Santander, BP, and many others.
Prior to this Wendy, in tandem with Professor Roger Steare, the Corporate Philosopher, provided advice, and real-world coaching experiences to Boards of multi nationals globally. Her experience as a Chartered Accountant, operating as an International Group Treasurer reporting to Boards of multinational, listed organisations provided her with best operational insights and practice to guide others.
EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATIONS
Constructive Dialogue Institute – UK Partner
Stanford University Worldview – Diploma on The Social Psychology and Neuroscience of Decision Making
Berkeley College – Diploma and Affiliation for The Social Fitness for Courageous Conversations modules
Heroic Imagination Project – Diploma in Combatting the Bystander Effect
Foundational Coach Training Certificate – LifeCoach UK
Association of Corporate Treasurers South Africa – Corporate Treasury
University of Cape Town – CA (SA)
PROFESSIONAL RECOGNITON
The EU Commission and SEC – Contribution to SFDR and ESG frameworks
Council of Europe Expert on Whistleblowing
International Whistleblowing Network – Advisory Board member
African Women Against Corruption – Advisory Board member
United Nations Lifetime award nomination for Youth Activity and Engagement
The OECD – Contribution to white paper on Openness and Transparency
The UN-PRI – Contribution to white paper on Speaking-Listening Up
World Air Games - Gold Medal winner in Female Freestyle Skydiving
Acknowledged as a 'Business Disruptor', Innovator and ‘Constructive non - conformer’ alongside Steve Jobs, Warren Buffet and others, Wendy brings real world experience to strategic conversations and relationships. Recognised as a Council of Europe expert, nominated for a UNODC Lifetime Outstanding Achievement Award by the OECD, her chapter on Openness for the OECD, her contribution to the UN-PRI on Speaking-Listening Up and the Warwick Business School award for her ‘outstanding contribution to Governance and Corporate Responsibility’, positions her as a Role Model and Thought and Action Leadership Coach.
Wendy founded SpeakOut SpeakUp Ltd, a storytelling consultancy, training, and coaching company in 2009 which advises Boards, provides training, lectures and coaching to empower people with the ability and skill to engage in Courageous Conversations to effect sustainable change. Wendy’s clients and engagements have spanned the globe and range from speaking at TED Tokyo, providing training for the Jordanian and Kosovan Anti-Corruption Agencies via the Council of Europe, to addressing the needs and goals of companies such as Facebook, Nationwide Bank, Mubadala, The Massy Group, The Portman Estate, Prudential, Bosch, Rio Tinto, Nammo, Santander, BP, and many others.
Prior to this Wendy, in tandem with Professor Roger Steare, the Corporate Philosopher, provided advice, and real-world coaching experiences to Boards of multi nationals globally. Her experience as a Chartered Accountant, operating as an International Group Treasurer reporting to Boards of multinational, listed organisations provided her with best operational insights and practice to guide others.
EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATIONS
Constructive Dialogue Institute – UK Partner
Stanford University Worldview – Diploma on The Social Psychology and Neuroscience of Decision Making
Berkeley College – Diploma and Affiliation for The Social Fitness for Courageous Conversations modules
Heroic Imagination Project – Diploma in Combatting the Bystander Effect
Foundational Coach Training Certificate – LifeCoach UK
Association of Corporate Treasurers South Africa – Corporate Treasury
University of Cape Town – CA (SA)
PROFESSIONAL RECOGNITON
The EU Commission and SEC – Contribution to SFDR and ESG frameworks
Council of Europe Expert on Whistleblowing
International Whistleblowing Network – Advisory Board member
African Women Against Corruption – Advisory Board member
United Nations Lifetime award nomination for Youth Activity and Engagement
The OECD – Contribution to white paper on Openness and Transparency
The UN-PRI – Contribution to white paper on Speaking-Listening Up
World Air Games - Gold Medal winner in Female Freestyle Skydiving
Wendy is an award winning, international speaker, trainer and intergovernmental and private company consultant and coach who actively bridges and links the stakeholder interest with the 'how' of openness and communication through storytelling, coaching and training.
Acknowledged as a 'Business Disruptor', Innovator and ‘Constructive non - conformer’ alongside Steve Jobs, Warren Buffet and others, Wendy brings real world experience to strategic conversat
Acknowledged as a 'Business Disruptor', Innovator and ‘Constructive non - conformer’ alongside Steve Jobs, Warren Buffet and others, Wendy brings real world experience to strategic conversat
Synopsis:
PRESENTATIONS by WENDY ADDISON
Wendy Addison - The Conversation Whisperer - “I'm not a whistleblowing junkie, I'm addicted to courageous conversations”
1. Straight from the Horse’s Mouth – The story of South Africa’s first Corporate Whistleblower ‘South Africa’s Enron’
2. My journey from Boardroom to Street Beggar, and back
3. What do Steve Jobs and I share? ‘The Art of Breaking the Rules’
“The secret to having success…is to achieve what money can't buy”
Wendy's talk illustrates her journey of hope and justice, of courage and endurance. It covers ambition, corporate greed and skulduggery, telling the truth and alienation from a society that misguidedly applauds coveted wealth. It exposes much of what is 'wrong' in our world but more so how, by committing herself to living fearlessly, she found real value by paying a price.
5. You’re blowing it – Why Whistleblowing is always second best.
In some sense, whistleblowing exists because it brings things to light that otherwise would have remained in the shadows.But it’s always second best. Your business would be way better off if a whistleblower wasn’t the mechanism for organisational self-examination and change.
6. The Healthy Alternative to Whistleblowing
Flip the Script – Cultivate Courageous Conversations
Whistleblowing Theory and practice is about the ‘time after’, while Speaking-Listening up through the framework of Courageous Conversations is about the ‘time before’.
When people have the vocabulary, guard rails, and basic skills to investigate conflict and tell new stories, it changes everything.
7. What’s Narcissism got to do with me?
Good character can be seeded in dark places. How being brought up in a narcissistic family dynamic seeded my love for the truth.
8. Communication is a Strategy
There’s no such thing as a Diplomatic Hand Grenade. When it comes to Communication skills, there's Quality Street, and there's a One-Way Street.
Are you a good ‘Scrapper’?
Disagreement is not the Bogeyman
Cultivating Good Conflict
How to have a Healthy argument.
Jargon Monoxide removes the human from communication
Conflict is equal to sex. It’s a natural phenomenon, we need it to thrive. It has pathologies and extraordinary benefits to us as a species.
9. Whistleblowing is soooooo ‘fax machines’ – A campaign to Normalise Speaking-Listening Up
Anytime we research a group of individuals positively or negatively it not only gives a false impression of who they are and what they’ve done, it also separates them from other human beings, effectively marginalising them further.
Wendy Addison - The Conversation Whisperer - “I'm not a whistleblowing junkie, I'm addicted to courageous conversations”
1. Straight from the Horse’s Mouth – The story of South Africa’s first Corporate Whistleblower ‘South Africa’s Enron’
2. My journey from Boardroom to Street Beggar, and back
3. What do Steve Jobs and I share? ‘The Art of Breaking the Rules’
“The secret to having success…is to achieve what money can't buy”
Wendy's talk illustrates her journey of hope and justice, of courage and endurance. It covers ambition, corporate greed and skulduggery, telling the truth and alienation from a society that misguidedly applauds coveted wealth. It exposes much of what is 'wrong' in our world but more so how, by committing herself to living fearlessly, she found real value by paying a price.
5. You’re blowing it – Why Whistleblowing is always second best.
In some sense, whistleblowing exists because it brings things to light that otherwise would have remained in the shadows.But it’s always second best. Your business would be way better off if a whistleblower wasn’t the mechanism for organisational self-examination and change.
6. The Healthy Alternative to Whistleblowing
Flip the Script – Cultivate Courageous Conversations
Whistleblowing Theory and practice is about the ‘time after’, while Speaking-Listening up through the framework of Courageous Conversations is about the ‘time before’.
When people have the vocabulary, guard rails, and basic skills to investigate conflict and tell new stories, it changes everything.
7. What’s Narcissism got to do with me?
Good character can be seeded in dark places. How being brought up in a narcissistic family dynamic seeded my love for the truth.
8. Communication is a Strategy
There’s no such thing as a Diplomatic Hand Grenade. When it comes to Communication skills, there's Quality Street, and there's a One-Way Street.
Are you a good ‘Scrapper’?
Disagreement is not the Bogeyman
Cultivating Good Conflict
How to have a Healthy argument.
Jargon Monoxide removes the human from communication
Conflict is equal to sex. It’s a natural phenomenon, we need it to thrive. It has pathologies and extraordinary benefits to us as a species.
9. Whistleblowing is soooooo ‘fax machines’ – A campaign to Normalise Speaking-Listening Up
Anytime we research a group of individuals positively or negatively it not only gives a false impression of who they are and what they’ve done, it also separates them from other human beings, effectively marginalising them further.
PRESENTATIONS by WENDY ADDISON
Wendy Addison - The Conversation Whisperer - “I'm not a whistleblowing junkie, I'
Wendy Addison - The Conversation Whisperer - “I'm not a whistleblowing junkie, I'
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