When communication is unclear, inconsistent or avoided, performance dips, relationships strain, and trust erodes. High-performance communication is the key to stronger teams, trusted leaders, and healthier culture.
Meet Elly
Elly helps leaders become more influential by strengthening communication - so they can lead with more clarity, connection, and confidence.
With a career that spans law enforcement, leadership, and business, Elly’s expertise in human communication, trust psychology, and credible leadership runs deep. She’s spent over 25 years helping people navigate high-stakes conversations, and communicate with insight, courage, and impact.
“Effective communication sits at the core of connected relationships, trusted leadership, and healthy workplace cultures. It’s what turns friction into progress, hesitation into clarity, and pressure into opportunity”.
Whether it’s through a keynote, workshop or coaching session, Elly delivers practical tools and powerful insights that shift communication instantly. She helps people find the clarity and confidence to say what needs to be said - and say it in a way that gets results.
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Why High-Performance Communication Matters
The most influential leaders aren’t just great at strategy - they’re great at communication. They know how to adjust, connect, and lead with influence and intention. They know when to speak, when to listen, and how to navigate tension without losing trust.
Elly’s work helps leaders develop the critical communication habits that build:
Safety – so people feel secure to speak up, share ideas, or raise concerns
Connection – so relationships deepen, and teams collaborate with less friction
Performance – so goals are met with clarity, not confusion
Wellbeing – because better communication means less stress, tension and guesswork
Culture – where honesty, empathy and accountability become the norm
When communication is effective, everything improves. Investing in your leaders’ communication skills isn’t just valuable - it’s a performance advantage that pays off at every level.
Popular Keynote Topics
Every event is different and requires consideration of the theme, the audience and the impact. Elly draws from extensive content to shape the right solution for your event, promising to leave insights that stick. She is driven by a passion for seeing people shift thinking and consider new perspectives that result in better outcomes.
The Communication Advantage: How high-performance communication builds influential leaders.
Trust Is the Foundation - Because when trust is strong, everything just works better.
The Wonder Woman Effect - Empowering professional women to lead, speak, and live with truth, trust, and courage.
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Interesting topics + great delivery = engaged audience
Some of Elly's Clients...
"I had the privilege of hearing Elly speak at the SCA Australasian Conference in Hobart in May 2025, and her impact was immediate and lasting. Elly’s session on Truth Intelligence and Trust Wisdom was one of the most powerful I’ve experienced in my professional career.
She has a remarkable ability to guide people and teams into deeper self-awareness and stronger connection, all through the lens of truth, trust, and courageous communication. One statement in particular has stayed with me: “The most powerful teams and connected relationships share one invisible foundation: the ability to create environments where truth can flourish and trust can thrive.”
That insight perfectly encapsulates what Elly brings to every room she enters – a focus on creating safe, honest, and empowering spaces. I took her message back to my team in New Zealand, and it has reinforced the core values we work hard to live by every day.
Elly is not only a gifted speaker but also a catalyst for meaningful change in leadership and workplace culture. I wholeheartedly recommend her to any organisation looking to foster deeper trust, stronger teams, and a more authentic culture".
Anita Reinecke
President & Board Member | Strata Community Association New Zealand (SCA (NZ))
President & Board Member | Strata Community Association New Zealand (SCA (NZ))
“In a world driven by data and technology, our greatest advantage is still human - the ability to build trust through real connection.”
Elly Johnson
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Designed for professionals who conduct high-stakes interviews and interactions, Perceptive Interviewing® teaches skills to uncover more truthful and more useful information to make more informed decisions.
Previous attendees include; HR Professionals, Intelligence Analysts, Security Case Officers, C-Suite, Psychologists, Managers, Recruitment Officers, Security Vetting Personnel, Managing Directors, Hiring Managers, Business Services, IT Personnel, Investigators, Consultants, Law Enforcement Officers, Business Owners, Employment Consultants…and more.
Elly is based in Australia and speaks globally. In person or virtual events.
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I know how important it is to find the right speaker or facilitator for your event - someone who connects with your audience and creates a message that lasts long after the applause fades.
Through my keynotes and workshops, I help people think differently about truth, trust, and human connection - and what really drives strong, safe, high-performing teams.
I’d love to talk with you about what you’re planning and how I can help make it meaningful, memorable, and impactful.
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