wani iris manly,esq.
keynote speaking

Wani Iris Manly, Esq. is simply a gifted speaker. Described as being “carried by a star-presence, that certain "je ne sais quoi” that so enthralls crowds and individuals,”Wani delivers unforgettable keynotes. She is the perfect balance of inspiration, high energy, practical, entertaining, fun, impactful and results-oriented. 

As a natural speaker, Wani thrives off the energy of the audience blending deep, real-world experience of being a successful entrepreneur, attorney, and author and life experiences with a magnetic stage presence to help audiences take action. Every talk she gives is customized to drive the biggest possible impact, combining engaging stories, gorgeous visuals, and practical techniques that push audiences to get fired up, shift to get the results they want.  

Having nearly two decades of corporate and business law experience including serving as in-house legal counsel to Fortune 500 companies, as well public corporations, Wani understands what corporations and business need to drive better outcomes. And it starts with corporate leadership and culture.  With her expertise of understanding corporations, coupled with inspiration, captivating stage presence and performance, along with a high-touch / high-service focus, Wani will deliver extraordinary value at your next corporate meeting or event.

KEYNOTES

Description:

Change is the name of the game for staying relevant and sustainability in this new and fast changing world. Yet us humans, we grossly fear change. We are deathly afraid of it.  Infact at the end of 2021, Google Trends shows that people googled the “fear of Covid” and the “fear of change” at alarming and rivaling rates. That is how much we fear change. We fear it equally as death. We resist and avoid it at all costs, even though change is the one and only constant  in life. 

Even under the best of circumstances, change is a disruptive force and for many, it’s a trigger for stress, fear, and anxiety. If not carefully managed, it can destroy morale in a company, decrease productivity, and wreak havoc on a team and an organization. To successfully lead through change however, leaders within organizations must learn to manage their own response first, then support others as they navigate through it themselves. Additionally, as a leader, you must also learn to identify and advocate for necessary change, in order to stop any resistance to change  from your team.

 With the Covid-19 Pandemic ushering in a new and fast and changing world, we however have no choice but to stop resisting change, and instead lead with change. At every level, we are being forced to evolve at the risk of our very own survival and ability to thrive, to stay relevant.

The audience will leave with:

• That it isn’t change that makes us irrelevant; it is our failure to embrace it, work with it, and exploit the new avenues  it opens for us. That failure is what makes us irrelevant.

• Why humans are biologically hardwired to resist change—and how to effectively manage that instinct in yourself.

• How to stop resisting change and instead lead with change.

• The 4 stages of change and how to determine which one people are in and provide the right support for each.

• Learn the one mindset shift to make amidst any change that sets your team up  for success.

• How to rally your team behind major change initiatives by showing them gifts present in every opportunity of change that is positive, and gain support.

Description:

The success of an organization depends on its people and not purely on financial capital.  Yet when human resource departments of organizations are recruiting candidates to contribute to then contribute to the success of the company, what is often looked at are indicators on paper that reality has shown does not always equate to success--- Educational background, educational attainment, and experience. 

Yet what is often overlooked on paper and during the interview but is a better indicator of a candidate’s success to the company is the candidate’s mindset. Having an entrepreneurial mindset, which is more indicative of a candidate or employee’s future performance – further high performance. 

During this powerful keynote, Wani breaks down why it is so essential to an organization’s success for its employees to have an employee mindset as this is what leads to high performance and using her experience as a successful entrepreneur for 14 years, and how companies can develop the entrepreneurial mindset of its employees for the employee’s high performance and the overall success of the company.

The audience will leave with:

• Knowing what the entrepreneurial mindset for employees is, and why this is important for your company.

• How companies can develop the entrepreneurial mindset of its employees.

• How leaders can lead employees towards having an entrepreneurial mindset. 

• The 7 characteristics of an entrepreneurial mindset. 

Description:

During this keynote that earned Wani the award of Best Speaker Award, Wani candidly takes you down the path of entrepreneurship and shows you how it’s a crash course in personal development and the MBA you never took. Told from the perspective of being an entrepreneur for 14 years and as a corporate and business lawyer for 20 years advising strictly CEOs, start-ups and entrepreneurs, Wani prepares you for the difficulties of the journey, and the mindset shifts and embodiment you need to make to be successful.

 The audience will leave with:  

• Being an entrepreneur is not about the outcome of the business, but who you are becoming in the process as you build the business.

• The 3 mindset shifts you need to make to keep from being a 10-year overnight success story.

• Success does not happen by accident. You must plan for it, ie. You’re not going to make a million dollars by winging it.  

• Treat your business like a real business from Day 1 and it will become the best and most profitable business you’ve ever had. 

Description:

The principles Wani gained from making a bold and audacious move to Paris--- a city where she knew no one, not one word of French including, "Bonjour," without having a plan A, B, or C and with less than $500 in her bank account, that resulted in her becoming a successful two-time bestselling author, global speaker, and ultimately creating a dream-filled beyond her imagination.

During this powerful keynote, Wani outlines the 8 principals necessary for anyone going through stuckness, stagnation, life crisis to embrace, and take action to instead live an extraordinary life.

From this keynote, you will be inspired and motivated, learn how to build your courage muscle, step out of your comfort zone, transcend what is truly possible for you to create not only a life you love but a life of inspiration that sets your soul on fire. Wani delivers this powerful message with passion, humor, inspiration and motivation, while providing you with real life stores and anecdotes of what it took for her to create the life she has now.

The audience will leave with:

• The 8 principals necessary to create and live the life you really want.

• How to step into the main character energy and become the star of your own movie of life, to create a life you absolutely love.

• How to move through stuckness, staganation and any mid-life crisiss.

• The mindset shift needed to have the audacity to create an extraordinary life.

Descritpion:

The Mental Health crisis we’re facing in this country, and even globally, is a national and international emergency, especially for our youth. It is such that 1 in every three persons is experiencing some form of mental health challenge If don’t get a grip on this problem, it will continue to dominate the headlines, and we will continue to lose ourselves, lose our loved ones, and our humanity.  To successfully solve this emergency, we must learn to take a holistic approach to the problem, instead of just the externals and the clinical side. Additionally, we must also look at our internal beliefs of how we feel about ourselves, the lack of self-love we have about ourselves that is the internal source of the problem.

The audience will leave with session:

• Why our conditional programming of seeking love outside ourselves sets up later on in life for all sorts of problems, including the mental health crisis —and how to effectively reverse this broken love paradigm.

• The three reasons why self-love is so critically important to solving the mental health crisis, as supported by science-based evidence.

• How to re-wire your brain to start loving yourself now.

• How to change your dominate feelings and emotions to love to change your body’s entirely molecular state to create a more positive self-image, better experience with life, and actually heal ourselves.

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