Keynote speaking & Events
Her keynotes combine business strategy, behavioural psychology and nearly two decades of experience helping founders build businesses that create more freedom, more profit and far less pressure.
Transform the way your audience thinks about leadership, growth and success
Successful founders don’t need another productivity hack.
They don’t need another funnel.
And they definitely don’t need to work harder.
Drawing on the ideas from The Rebellious Leader, Mills Gray challenges the invisible rules ambitious women have been taught about business—and replaces them with a way of leading that creates more profit, more freedom and far less pressure.
Audiences leave thinking differently, making better decisions and questioning beliefs they didn’t even realise they were carrying.
Because the biggest bottleneck in business is rarely strategy.
It’s the founder.
Whether speaking to entrepreneurs, leadership teams or female founders, Mills combines business strategy, behavioural psychology and nearly two decades of experience helping women build businesses that don’t rely on them.
What audiences walk away with
Rather than another notebook full of tactics, audiences leave with a completely different lens through which to see their business.
They’ll discover how to:
- Stop being the operating system their business depends on.
- Recognise the invisible beliefs keeping them overworking and under-leading.
- Build a business that creates freedom instead of demanding more sacrifice.
- Make bigger decisions with greater confidence.
- Lead from intention rather than pressure.
“Loved listening to Mills, she was fab – and one of the best things was that it was super useful without being overwhelming and giving me a load of jobs to do. I will def be redoing my lead magnet..”
Sara Southgate
Naturopath & Health Coach
Popular Speaking Topics
The Rebellious Leader: Why The biggest thing holding you business back isn’t strategy
Most successful founders don’t have a business problem.
They have an identity problem.
This keynote explores why smart, ambitious women continue to overwork, over-deliver and over-complicate businesses that should already feel easier—and what happens when they finally step into true leadership.
Perfect for leadership conferences, founder events and women’s business networks.
Stop Becoming the Operating System
Why businesses become dependent on brilliant founders and how to break the cycle.
Your audience will discover:
- Why founder dependency quietly limits growth.
- The difference between being indispensable and being effective.
- How to create businesses that grow without requiring more of you.
- Practical ways to reclaim capacity without sacrificing results.
Selling Without the Ick
Why buying decisions have far less to do with price than most people think.
Drawing on psychology, NLP and years of consulting, this talk completely reframes sales.
Your audience will learn:
- Why objections aren’t usually about money.
- The psychology behind trust and decision making.
- How confident businesses create confident buyers.
- Why authentic selling feels easier than persuasion.
Your Business Doesn’t Need Another Strategy
The hidden psychology behind inconsistent growth.
Most businesses don’t stall because they lack information.
They stall because founders stop trusting themselves.
This keynote explores:
- Identity lag after success.
- Why constant tweaking creates inconsistency.
- The emotional patterns behind overthinking.
- How sustainable growth comes from clarity—not complexity.
Why audiences love Mills
Mills has a rare ability to combine practical business strategy with deep insight into human behaviour. Her talks are warm, funny and refreshingly honest and packed with moments that make audiences stop, laugh, nod and completely rethink the way they approach leadership.