As a speaker, I bring honest conversations, practical tools, and emotional intelligence strategies to audiences who want to lead with calm confidence. My talks help women navigate pressure, shift limiting beliefs, and strengthen the emotional resilience needed for today’s workplace.
I speak at conferences, corporate events, leadership summits, retreats, and women’s empowerment gatherings across North America.
My sessions go beyond motivation. I combine storytelling, lived experience, and emotional intelligence training to create practical, actionable insights. Leaders walk away with tools they can use immediately in their work, their teams, and their personal lives.
You can expect:
My goal is simple: give people the internal tools to stop performing leadership and start practicing it.
A practical keynote on how leaders can regulate emotions, communicate clearly, and stay composed under pressure.
Perfect for organizations navigating change, rapid growth, or team overwhelm.
A structured, story-driven session that gives audiences a repeatable model for self-leadership. Attendees leave with a personal H.E.A.L. snapshot, a clear picture of where they are and what to work on first.
A powerful talk for women who carry heavy expectations, mental load, and emotional responsibility.
This keynote offers practical strategies for clarity, boundaries, and resilience.
A session focused on how leaders can interrupt overwhelm, restore clarity, and lead without burning out.
Ideal for teams facing high pressure, turnover, or emotional exhaustion.
A mindset-focused keynote that helps leaders identify and release beliefs that hold them back from perfectionism to people-pleasing to self-doubt.
This session creates breakthrough moments that shift how women show up at work and at home.
A keynote on how leaders create trust, safety, and purpose-driven team culture through emotional intelligence, communication, and self-awareness.
Virtual and in-person options available.
I specialize in speaking to groups that want meaningful, relatable, and emotionally intelligent leadership development.
I regularly speak at:
Whether the audience is 25 or 2,500 people, the message remains clear:
Every talk ends with one message: You already have the authority. It’s time to stop waiting for permission.
Makini Smith is an executive leadership coach, emotional intelligence trainer, podcaster, and 8-time author. She helps women leaders strengthen emotional intelligence, overcome limiting beliefs, and lead with confidence and composure.
Makini has been featured on Times Square billboards, trained by the late Bob Proctor, and recognized as the host of a top 1.5% global podcast. She speaks across the globe on emotional intelligence, resilience, self-leadership, and women’s empowerment.
