Colleen Davis
While bringing hope and joy to the audience, Colleen addresses heavy subjects such as burnout, regenerative leadership in healthcare and other industries in a way that is light and leaves the audience engaged and happy.
Each stage of life has helped Colleen become the speaker she is:
Colleen started out as a Registered Nurse in South Africa and became an independent school nurse. After working with quirky kids in an independent school setting, she moved on to Learning and Development in healthcare (private hospital setting) where, after facing toxic leadership and the effect this had on the team, she devoted time to becoming a coach and expert in developing leaders. This was done in a setting of post apartheid South Africa where learning and development was affected by the previous regime's policies designed to disempower the indigenous communities. While she was doing this, she was raising kids, getting her blackbelt in Karate and fighting cancer.
Her focus is to empower and engage people in the audience, to reignite their passion, purpose and bring back joy into the workspace.
Her current interests are in regenerative leadership - looking at how our extractive, mechanised worldviews have brought about burnout and other modern maladies into the workspace. How shifting back to focusing on the regenerative way nature works, in diversity and relationships within ecosystems brings about sustainable success.
Her focus is getting back to human-based leadership where success comes from community and the collective Ubuntu versus the individualistic approach which brings about isolation and sabotage of self.
As a Certified John Maxwell leadership Coach, Speaker and Trainer - and a Certified Positive Intelligence Coach, she is able to bring this in to her talks, deepening on what the audience outcome is calling for.
As a strong, spiritual Christian, Colleen is able to speak to a religious audience and bring God into the talk in an effortless way that touches hearts and changes lives. When speaking to a non-spiritual audience, she doesn't speak overtly about God, but her deep compassion is evident to the audience.
Each stage of life has helped Colleen become the speaker she is:
Colleen started out as a Registered Nurse in South Africa and became an independent school nurse. After working with quirky kids in an independent school setting, she moved on to Learning and Development in healthcare (private hospital setting) where, after facing toxic leadership and the effect this had on the team, she devoted time to becoming a coach and expert in developing leaders. This was done in a setting of post apartheid South Africa where learning and development was affected by the previous regime's policies designed to disempower the indigenous communities. While she was doing this, she was raising kids, getting her blackbelt in Karate and fighting cancer.
Her focus is to empower and engage people in the audience, to reignite their passion, purpose and bring back joy into the workspace.
Her current interests are in regenerative leadership - looking at how our extractive, mechanised worldviews have brought about burnout and other modern maladies into the workspace. How shifting back to focusing on the regenerative way nature works, in diversity and relationships within ecosystems brings about sustainable success.
Her focus is getting back to human-based leadership where success comes from community and the collective Ubuntu versus the individualistic approach which brings about isolation and sabotage of self.
As a Certified John Maxwell leadership Coach, Speaker and Trainer - and a Certified Positive Intelligence Coach, she is able to bring this in to her talks, deepening on what the audience outcome is calling for.
As a strong, spiritual Christian, Colleen is able to speak to a religious audience and bring God into the talk in an effortless way that touches hearts and changes lives. When speaking to a non-spiritual audience, she doesn't speak overtly about God, but her deep compassion is evident to the audience.
From Burnout to Belonging: Leading Regeneratively in a Depleted World (REGENERATIVE LEADERSHIP)
Format: 60–90 minute keynote or half-day workshop
This program is perfect for:
• Senior leaders navigating complexity, change and exhaustion
• Organisations wanting to shift from extractive performance to sustainable leadership
The audience will leave with:
• A clear understanding of regenerative leadership and why it is essential now
• Practical ways to restore energy,...
BRINGING JOY BACK INTO LEADERSHIP: The Courage to Enjoy Leadership Again
Format: 45–60 minute keynote, lunch-and-learn or half day workshop
This program is perfect for:
• Leaders who feel tired, disillusioned or disconnected from their work
• Women leaders carrying invisible emotional and relational labour
The audience will leave with:
• Permission to reclaim joy without guilt
• Tools to reconnect to meaning, energy and purpose in...
QUIETENING THE INNER CRITIC: The Voice Inside Your Head Is Not the Boss
Format: 60–90 minute workshop, lunch-and-learn or half-day workshop
This program is perfect for:
• High-performing professionals battling self-doubt and overthinking
• Women leaders experiencing imposter syndrome or perfectionism
The audience will leave with:
• Awareness of how the inner critic undermines confidence and leadership presence
• Simple, repeatable tools to quiet...
Conversations That Build — Not Break — Teams (From Tension to TRUST)
Format: half-day to full Day workshop/ team breakaway.
This program is perfect for:
• Teams experiencing misunderstanding, tension or disengagement
• Leaders managing hybrid, cross-functional or diverse teams
The audience will leave with:
• Insight into how communication breaks down under pressure
• Practical tools to speak with clarity, listen deeply and build...
The Slow Burn: Recognising Burnout Before Breakdown
Format: 60–90 minute keynote or workshop
This program is perfect for:
• Leaders and professionals operating in high-pressure, high-expectation environments
• Organisations noticing fatigue, disengagement, emotional withdrawal or rising turnover
The audience will leave with:
• The ability to recognise early, often invisible signs of burnout in themselves and others
•...
Leading with Grace, Strength and Conviction
Format: 60–90 minute keynote or faith-based leadership workshop
This program is perfect for:
• Christian women in leadership roles
• Faith-based organisations and women’s leadership forums
The audience will leave with:
• Clarity on what Godly leadership looks like in modern workplaces
• Confidence to lead with grace, courage and spiritual authority
