Keynote Speaker · Certified Scrum Trainer®
Lonnie Weaver-Johnson has given over 1,500 performance reviews, been fired for speaking up for her people, and delivered her keynotes around the world. She helps individuals and teams have the hard, productive conversations they have been avoiding.
Meet Lonnie
Lonnie has spent 25+ years in leadership, often in rooms where the hard conversations just were not happening. She has given over 1,500 performance reviews, been on the receiving end of a brutal one, and lost a job for speaking up for her people.
Her signature keynote, "Your Zipper Is Down: Turning Hard Feedback into Growth," has been delivered on five continents. She is a beloved speaker for organizations that want their people to stop avoiding hard feedback and start doing something with it.
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Keynotes
Lonnie speaks on what she has lived: feedback that cost her something real, resilience born from watching four generations of women refuse to quit, and leadership that puts people first.
Learning to grow from difficult feedback. Lonnie brings humor and heart to the topic most people avoid, helping audiences separate emotion from information and turn an uncomfortable conversation into real growth.
For anyone who has ever struggled with receiving hard feedback. Isn't that all of us?
Agility only works when people actually trust each other. Drawing on 25+ years as a Certified Scrum Trainer®, Lonnie shows leaders how to build teams where feedback flows and conflict gets resolved instead of avoided.
Some challenges do not just slow you down, they stop you cold. Lonnie reframes resilience not as a personality trait but as a skill anyone can build, drawing on honest, personal stories.
For anyone who has ever been held back, doubted by others, or doubted themselves.
Trusted by teams and conferences worldwide
What people say
Lonnie has a remarkable ability to connect with audiences on a personal level, fostering a sense of shared experience and inspiring enthusiasm.
She makes the hard stuff approachable. People left the session actually wanting to give and receive feedback.
Honest, funny, and deeply practical. Lonnie gave our team a shared language for the conversations we had been avoiding.
A keynote that stuck with us long after the event. Real stories, real tools, zero fluff.
Let's work together
Whether you need a keynote, a workshop, or a facilitator who keeps the room honest, Lonnie blends humor, real-world stories, and 25 years of leadership on every stage.
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