Velera  Wilson

Velera Wilson

Award-Winning Author & Consultant

Velera Wilson

Award-Winning Author & Consultant

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Biography

Confidence, leadership, high performance, women in the workplace: Velera Wilson is a global speaker, author and consultant that addresses these topics head-on during keynotes and trainings for clients like Visa, Pfizer, Hulu, WeWork, GAP, CVS, and other industry leaders.

Velera doesn't speak theoretically—her expertise has been tested, tried and proven in the real world. With over twenty years of marketing leadership expertise, she's developed strategies and launched products for industry giants like AT&T and Fiserv, and, as a VP of Marketing, led a global team responsible for generating over 200 million in revenue annually.

It’s with this insight that she founded Positive Identity, a company that partners with organizations to develop confident, skilled contributors and thriving leaders.

A highly engaging speaker and educator, she connects with audiences at every level—from interns to senior executives—because despite being wildly ambitious, she knows all too well what has impacted her and affects many others: self-doubt.

From her award-winning book, You're Absolutely Worth It, articles and podcasts to interviews with CBS, NBC and other media outlets, Wilson delivers transformative messages that help people break through limiting beliefs, embrace change, do it scared and achieve incredible results.

Speaker Videos

Braving Change

Career success requires addressing personal pain…

Imperfect Leaders Can Build Strong Teams

Speech Topics

Rise to the Moment: Lead with Confidence. Take Decisive Action. Elevate Performance.

Equip your leaders and teams with the mindset, tools, and strategies to elevate their impact and results.

Every leader faces defining moments— the leaders who create the greatest impact aren't defined by the moments they face, but by how they respond.

In this energizing and practical keynote, Velera Wilson shares a practical, repeatable framework that helps leaders respond with confidence, make better decisions, and take meaningful action that elevates individual and team performance.

Filled with practical strategies, relatable stories, and immediately applicable tools, this keynote equips leaders to respond more intentionally in the moments that shape trust, influence, execution, and results.

Your Audience Will Leave With:

  • A framework to respond to leadership moments with greater clarity, confidence, and action

  • Strategies to move forward more decisively

  • Approaches to lead with greater ownership and influence from any seat

  • Practical tools to elevate individual and team performance

Best For Organizations Prioritizing:

  • Higher performance and stronger business results

  • Greater execution and follow-through across teams

  • Faster, more decisive action in critical moments

  • More confident and effective leaders at every level

Braving Change: Resilient through Disruption

Empower your people to stay focused, agile, and forward moving during uncertainty and change.

Change is inevitable—how leaders and teams navigate it can be the difference between thriving through disruption and being derailed by it.

In this keynote, Velera helps audiences rethink change so they can face it with greater resilience, courage and momentum. Through practical anecdotes, personal stories, and real-world insights, audiences will walk away with tools to navigate uncertainty, stay focused during the “messy middle,” and move forward with purpose.

Your Audience Will Leave With:

  • A roadmap for navigating the Four Certainties of Change™ with greater focus, resilience, and momentum

  • Practical approaches to reframe change as an opportunity for growth and courageous leadership

  • Strategies to stay focused and effective in disruption —without sacrificing wellbeing

  • Tools to create a future-focused perspective that fuels energy and drive through uncertainty

Best For Organizations and Leaders Navigating:

  • Disruption, transformation, or shifting priorities

  • Maintaining momentum and alignment during uncertainty

  • Increased complexity, pressure, and rapid change

  • Keeping teams focused, adaptable, and forward moving through disruption

Rising Together: Igniting a Culture That Drives Engagement and Innovation

Foster a workplace where connection, collaboration and trust exists, fueling new ideas and transformation.

What becomes possible in your organization when more people bring their ideas, talents, and perspectives forward?

Grounded in Velera Wilson's Workplace Confidence™ Research, this engaging keynote reveals the workplace factors that influence people to speak up, take initiative, collaborate, and contribute at their highest level.

Through powerful research, practical insights, and actionable strategies, Velera equips leaders and teams to create environments where confidence grows, engagement deepens, and collective performance thrives. The inevitable result? Innovation and growth.

Your Audience Will Leave With:

  • Research-backed insights to create a culture where people and performance thrive together

  • Actionable approaches to strengthen confidence and engagement

  • Practical strategies to foster ownership and collaboration across teams

  • A roadmap for unlocking greater contribution and collective success

Best For HR and People & Culture Leaders Prioritizing:

  • Higher employee engagement and retention

  • Stronger productivity, ownership, and contribution

  • Workplace cultures that foster trust, collaboration, and innovation

  • Leaders who create environments where people and performance thrive

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