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
Two talks, one throughline: honesty that actually works. Feedback people can use, and the leadership that makes teams deliver.
Turning hard feedback into growth. Lonnie brings humor and heart to the conversation most people avoid, so audiences can separate emotion from information and actually do something with it.
For anyone who has ever struggled with hard feedback. Isn't that all of us?
Agility only works when people 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.
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.
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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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