Nicole Johnston
Thirty years running billion-dollar businesses inside P&G, Hershey, and Kimberly-Clark taught Nicole the rules that actually get women promoted. Now she teaches those rules on stage.
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Three talks. One throughline.
Every talk is built on the same idea: the rules that hold people back are rarely written down. Nicole names them, then hands the room a way to change them.
Change the Game
Names the unwritten norms still deciding who gets heard, who gets promoted, and who gets left out, then hands leaders a concrete way to rewrite them.
Mental Fitness for Organizations
Using the Positive Intelligence model, shows teams how to catch self-sabotaging patterns in real time and replace them with habits that hold up under pressure.
Why Noisy Women Make History
Makes the case, backed by three decades inside corporate leadership, for why the women who speak up and disrupt quietly-held norms are the ones who move history forward.
Hands-on follow-through
For teams who want to move past naming the problem and into fixing it.
Change the Game
Teams and leaders identify the specific rules, habits, and blind spots inside their own organization that are slowing growth, and leave with a concrete plan to reshape them.
Mental Fitness
A deep, practical session on catching negative mental habits in real time and replacing them with solution-oriented responses, including small-group breakouts by Saboteur type.
From the boardroom to the stage
Nicole Johnston spent thirty years in senior Sales and Marketing roles at Procter & Gamble, Hershey, and Kimberly-Clark, running businesses worth over a billion dollars. She launched new markets, built global teams, and made the kind of decisions that show up on a P&L.
She also watched talented women get passed over for promotions they'd earned, not for lack of skill, but because nobody had told them the unwritten rules of how advancement actually works inside a large organization.
Nicole founded innatePOWER® to close that gap. She coaches mid-career women through the exact strategies she used to rise inside corporate structures, using the Positive Intelligence framework to work on both mindset and action. She's a TEDx speaker, the author of Taboo Topics: Things Women Should Talk About, But Don't, and the host of a monthly webinar on the Three Unspoken Rules of Promotion.
Audiences leave with something to use on Monday morning, not just something they felt good about on Thursday night.
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What people say after working with Nicole
“Nicole was the keynote speaker for the Tippie Women Summit at the University of Iowa. Our audience was mixed, ranging from undergraduate students to professional women, and all found value in her presentation. She is enlightening, engaging, and approachable. The audience LOVED her. As an event planner, Nicole was a dream to work with: prompt responses, professional manner, and great willingness to work through the details of any event.”
“Nicole is warm, direct, and deeply credible. She creates the kind of safety in a conversation where listeners feel seen before they feel challenged. If you are looking for a speaker who moves women from overlooked to undeniable, Nicole Johnston is the person to bring into the room.”
“Nicole doesn't just inspire but gives concrete language, tools, and perspective shifts you can immediately apply inside an organization. I highly recommend her as a speaker, trainer, and advisor.”
“What stood out to me was her ability to articulate complex workplace dynamics in a way that was both practical and thought provoking. She created several moments that challenged the way I think about influence and leadership in the workplace.”
“Her insights on authentic leadership and women's empowerment were exceptional. She combines business acumen with genuine compassion.”
“Nicole's talk on Taboo Topics was insightful, engaging, and truly empowering. She created a safe, welcoming space to explore sensitive subjects and provided clear, compassionate, and practical guidance on how to approach them. Truly inspiring!”
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Tell Nicole about your event and audience. You'll hear back within two business days with availability and a proposal built around your goals.
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