Georgia Henry

Georgia Henry GAICD

Founder + CEO I Director I Certified Chair I Culture + Leadership Specialist | Speaker

Travels from Brisbane, Australia

Georgia Henry is a passionate people and business leader who uses her global experience to support Directors, CEOs, Executives and Business Owners to optimise their organisation effectiveness through culture and leadership and turn the potential of individuals into high performance.

Georgia is the Founder and CEO of HENRY REED, a specialist culture and leadership consulting and advisory business that partners with organisations and people leaders to drive positive culture change for meaningful and measurable impact.

As a culture expert, with global knowledge and more than 30 years of experience in organisation culture, leadership, organisational design and human resources, Georgia understands how important the human experience of work is to the success of any business and is an advocate for the positive impact of culture on organisation and individual success.

Having recognised the significant opportunities available to businesses of all sizes and structures, Georgia helps leaders to understand and utilise culture as a strategic lever to optimise organisation effectiveness, while highlighting the important role people play in an organisation’s ability to achieve financial and non-financial results, mitigate risks and create competitive advantage.

Georgia’s passion and commitment to positively influence organisations and individuals through transformational culture and leadership impact is contagious, and her reputation as a trusted culture and leadership specialist and thought leader is recognised by organisations and professional associations.

Georgia Henry is a proactive member of the Corporate, NFP and Public Sector executive community, and as an engaging speaker and facilitator she presents thought-provoking presentations tailored to the culture and leadership needs and interests of a particular audience.

Georgia’s presentations inspire, entertain and demystify culture and leadership elements that create risk or have the potential to improve organisation performance. Her presentations are engaging and relevant to the experiences of employees from the coalface to the boardroom.

CONTACT GEORGIA

Connect with Georgia to enquire about in-person and virtual speaking opportunities.

0414 808 060 I Georgia@henryreed.com.au

Speaker Topics

Culture as a strategic lever for organisation success
Culture as the connection between organisation potential and performance
Removing risks through culture and leadership
Rethinking leadership - The changing nature of leadership
And more…

Speaking Styles

Keynote Speaker
Event Presenter
Workshop Facilitator
Panel Expert and Moderator
Round Table Expert and Discussion Leader
Solo and Co-Presenter
In-person and Virtual Events

Speaking Events
+ Industry Presentations

Global MegaTrends Summit,
In person + Virtual Think Tanks
Women Connect Australia, Round Table Presentation
Women in Regulation Leadership Summit, Interactive Seminar
Mental Health and Wellbeing Forum, ACA, Keynote
Resource Industry Network National Conference, Keynote + Breakout Sessions
Family Business Australia Forum, Presentation
Qsuper, Keynote
Cancer Council, Keynote
The Spotlight Series JPP Talent Solutions, Podcast

Testimonials

"Organisational culture is one of those topics that is often spoken about but rarely leveraged effectively. What I value the most about Georgia's approach is that it is grounded in research and incredibly practical - for both business owners and employees. When Georgia speaks about culture, across the room you can see heads nodding and shoulders relaxing as participants become deeply engaged in the content. Georgia uses her deep knowledge and experience to make organisational culture strategies relatable and actionable for businesses of any size.“

Jan Easton
Advisory Board Centre, COO

“Georgia generously shared her expertise on “Managing Client Expectations and Dealing with Bad Behaviour”. She outlined a simple framework and process to have difficult conversations and was able to translate that to relatable industry specific scenarios. Georgia’s presentation style was engaging, and we received positive responses from attendees on the usefulness of the content.”

Justine Ebzery
Architects Mental Wellbeing Forum, Chair

"Conference feedback has been overwhelmingly positive and 80.4% of attendees agree or strongly agree that Georgia’s Breakout Sessions met their expectations and provided good learnings around culture and leadership."

Sonia Andersen

Resource Industry Network Conference

“Georgia’s facilitation and presentation has been nothing short of excellent, professional, and insightful."

Debra Jakes
GGA Board Director
Girl Guides Queensland

“Georgia’s seminar on Removing Risks Through Leadership And Culture received a great satisfaction rating of 83% from attendees who appreciated learning about the key drivers of culture change and how behaviours determine culture.”

Shannon Kotthoff
Women in Regulation Leadership Summit

More About Georgia

Georgia Henry is a graduate member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD), a Certified Chair with the Advisory Board Centre, a certified GENOS International practitioner, an industry mentor, a published thought leader and keynote speaker.
Georgia developed a proprietary Model of Organisational Effectiveness to guide improvements in organisational effectiveness through culture and leadership. This bespoke model simplifies the many elements of organisation culture and is used to educate boards, executives, leaders, and employees on their role in culture, highlighting the impact of their behaviours on organisation success. This model guides HENRY REED’s unique human-centric approach to culture and leadership.
Georgia has contributed to the success of national and multinational organisations as an Executive, Advisor and Director and has held executive and board positions for global, national, and local organisations across diverse industries, including FMCG, Consumer Electronics, Agribusiness, Manufacturing, Hospitality, Elite Sporting Organisations, Performing Arts, Disability Support Services, Professional Services and Member organisations.
Georgia was a finalist in the 2022 Australian Women’s Small Business Champion Awards, Woman Icon category. HENRY REED was also recognised as a finalist in Business Consultancy (2022 & 2023), Business Growth, and Business Services categories of the Australian Small Business Champion Awards and Australian Women’s Small Business Champion Awards in 2022.
Georgia was featured in the 2022 Femeconomy Ezine - Female Leader Conversations celebrating female business owners and is a passionate supporter of women in business.

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