As an experienced leadership expert, Mette Johansson (MBA, CSP, GSF, PCC) combines years of practical experience with sound consulting expertise. After more than 15 years in management positions at multinational corporations, she founded MetaMind – a consulting firm with offices in Singapore and Dubai.

MetaMind’s core focus is on the holistic transformation of leadership, corporate culture and employee engagement. The company pursues an integrative approach that takes into account organizational systems and processes as well as individual competencies and mindsets. The aim is to optimally align vision, strategy, culture and leadership behavior.

“We need leaders who have the confidence to lead in every situation.”

As a sought-after speaker, Mette Johansson shares her expertise on authentic and inspiring leadership at international conferences, companies and business schools. Her client portfolio includes well-known companies such as Citibank, Airbnb, Microsoft, UPS, Pfizer and CapitaLand. Her outstanding achievements have been recognized with numerous awards, including the AmCham HERo Award, the Asia Women Icon Award, HRM Asia Silver and Bronze, the Golden Door-REX Karmaveer Medal and the Best Leadership Development Company award from APAC Insider.

Mette Johansson Lecture topics

• Authentic Leadership

In today’s world, characterised by unprecedented uncertainty and volatility, new challenges are constantly arising. We have weathered pandemics, faced escalating geopolitical tensions and endured ongoing supply chain disruptions.

• How can we lead effectively in such a complex and dynamic environment?
• How can we adapt to changing realities?
• How can we inspire others to follow us, whatever comes next?

Traditional leadership models are no longer enough. Conventional leadership advice falls short in our reshaped world order. Instead, we need a new approach to leadership based on authenticity and purpose. This approach empowers us to be our true selves and lead from within by providing us with a guiding star that reflects our core values, purpose and vision.

Authentic leadership sets the stage for an engaged and productive workforce by fostering a positive work environment.

Leaders who embody authenticity are better able to focus on and inspire vision to ensure team commitment to long-term strategic goals. In this presentation, Mette Johansson will share the principles and practices of authentic leadership and how they can help you navigate any situation with confidence and grace. She will help you discover your own North Star and use it as a reference point for your decisions and actions. You will hear examples of authentic leaders who have overcome adversity and achieved remarkable results by following their North Star.

Engage with Mette for a fresh perspective that challenges conventional leadership models. Her insights will motivate you to reshape your leadership style, reflect on your unique skills and principles, and set both you and your organisation up for success.

• Inspirational Leadership

Are you inspired? Who and what inspires you?

We seek inspiration through meaning and purpose, and once we find it, we are ready to inspire others. Inspirational leaders are effective leaders because of their magnetism and ability to get others to follow a vision. However, there are many surprising daily leadership habits, beyond gravitas and magnetism, that will inspire others.

In this talk, Mette Johansson will share the keys to inspiring others and developing the mindset to unleash enthusiasm and passion.

• Inclusive Leadership

In today’s business world, leadership is synonymous with inclusion; being an inclusive leader is no longer optional. Inclusion is a financial, moral and professional imperative.

In this presentation, Mette Johansson will share strategies on how to lead with inclusion and create an inclusive culture.

Mette Johansson’s talks on inclusion can be adapted to focus more on our biases and how to overcome them, on inclusive behaviour, on the business case for inclusion, on engaging diverse identity groups, on creating allies and more.

• Narratives – the stories that hold women back in the workplace

They exist in every organisation – myths that gain life and truth through telling and retelling. ‘Women are too emotional’, ‘Women can’t work together’ and ‘We hire the best person for the job, regardless of gender’.

We like to think that we are rational beings, but our brains are often lazy. Instead of questioning contradictory facts, we accept many stories at face value. With humour and professionalism, Mette Johansson challenges the myths in the workplace, as she outlines in her book Narratives – The Stories That Hold Women Back at Work, published internationally by Penguin Random House in 2024.

In addition to her corporate work, Mette Johansson is the founder and driving force behind KeyNote – Women Speakers, a non-profit organisation dedicated to bringing diversity to the world’s speaking stages. Her work is regularly featured in the media, including Harper’s Bazaar, Channel News Asia and the Straits Times in Singapore.

Having lived in 11 countries outside her native Denmark, Mette Johansson is a global citizen who speaks several languages. She currently spends her time in Dubai and Singapore, travelling the world.