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Norliza Pavlakos

Golden Gavel winner helps Fortune 500 teams overcome impossible odds using proven crisis-to-victory strategies

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When Fortune 500 companies and women's organizations need teams that deliver breakthrough results under extreme pressure, they book Norliza Pavlakos. As a Golden Gavel recipient and Top 10 global female speaker, she reveals through powerful storytelling how your organization's greatest obstacles become your most powerful competitive weapons.

From surviving homelessness and a near-fatal abduction to not just surviving but thriving by building multiple successful enterprises including Australia's first Miss India International pageant, a thriving restaurant business, a 5-location tailoring operation serving prestigious clients like Australian Open and Marriott Hotels, and My Mind Hub, a healthcare platform used by doctors across Australia to connect patients with mental health specialists, Norliza provides the proven frameworks that transform crisis into competitive advantage. 

 

Her audiences at Microsoft, Dell, Qatar Airways, Emirates, and women's leadership conferences don't just feel inspired. They develop the unbreakable mindset that creates sustained peak performance when others panic, struggle, or give up.

 

With a 4.9/5 audience rating and global recognition, Norliza doesn't deliver temporary motivation. She equips your teams with the mental frameworks that turn pressure into profit, setbacks into strategic wins, and challenges into lasting competitive advantages.

Perfect for corporate events, women's conferences, leadership summits, or any organization facing market disruption and needing breakthrough performance during uncertainty.

 

Book the speaker who proves that surviving the impossible makes achieving the extraordinary inevitable.

Speaking Topics

Conviction: The Mindset That Builds Teams Who Never Quit

Keynote 01Conviction: The Mindset That Builds Teams Who Never Quit

Format: 45-60 minute keynote + Q&A

    This Program Is Ideal For:

  • High-pressure industries requiring unshakeable mental strength
  • Sales teams facing relentless targets and market turbulence
  • Leadership conferences focused on building resilient cultures
  • Organizations where giving up is not an option
  • Teams needing to perform when everything goes wrong

    Attendees Will Gain:

  • The moment when "impossible" becomes just another word
  • How true conviction transforms ordinary teams into unstoppable forces
  • The decision-making clarity that emerges from life-or-death situations
  • What it feels like to lead with unbreakable confidence during chaos

Through riveting storytelling from her book "Conviction" and harrowing survival experiences, Norliza takes your teams inside the mindset that refuses to quit. They'll witness how conviction is forged in the crucible of adversity and leave knowing they possess the same unbreakable spirit that creates breakthrough performance against impossible odds.


The Pressure-Proof Leader: How To Turn Your Toughest Challenges Into Your Greatest Competitive Advantage

Keynote 02

Format: 45-60 minute keynote + Q&A

    This Program Is Ideal For:

  • Executive leadership teams facing major transitions
  • High-performing sales organizations under market pressure
  • Companies navigating disruption, downsizing, or rapid growth
  • Leadership conferences focused on resilience and performance
  • Organizations where burnout is impacting bottom-line results

    Attendees Will Gain:

  • The mindset shifts that create breakthrough performance under pressure
  • How to reframe any crisis as a competitive opportunity
  • The leadership approach that builds resilient, high-performing teams
  • Proven strategies for turning obstacles into organizational advantages

Through powerful storytelling, Norliza reveals how she transformed homelessness into global recognition and personal trauma into a healthcare technology platform serving medical professionals nationwide. Your teams will be inspired to see challenges differently and equipped with the mindset to turn pressure into peak performance.


From Homeless To Global Impact: Leading When Everything Changes

Keynote 03From Homeless to Global Impact: Leading When Everything Changes

Format: 45-60 minute keynote + Q&A

    This Program Is Ideal For:

  • Women's leadership conferences and empowerment events
  • Mental health awareness summits and workplace wellness programs
  • Diversity, equity, and inclusion corporate initiatives
  • Entrepreneurship forums focused on overcoming barriers
  • Annual conferences needing inspirational yet practical content

    Attendees Will Gain:

  • Why your worst circumstances contain your greatest opportunities
  • The mindset patterns that separate those who survive from those who soar
  • How authentic vulnerability becomes unstoppable strength in leadership
  • Practical frameworks for rewriting any narrative into a success story

This historically unique transformation story provides teams with living proof that no starting point is too low for extraordinary achievement, while delivering actionable strategies for personal and professional breakthrough.

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Testimonials

We were very pleased to have founder of Positive Breakthroughs, Liza Pavlakos as our keynote speaker. Our learning session was extremely informative and Liza Pavlakos' presentation was inspirational....

Liza’s representation is insightful, actionable and authentic.

The Coco Cola Company

We had amazing feedback from the session. Liza Pavlakos was truly inspiring.

Just Eat Takeaway

Liza was ranked the highest rated keynote speaker for the entire event.

Columbia University

Liza is an outstanding speaker. Her story inspires us to change for the betterment of our families, our teams and our clients.

Zurich

Liza is a phenomenal speaker. Her keynote is actionable and life-changing. She inspires transformation.

The Oberoi Hotels

She makes her audience see their future with possibilities. She left our audience captivated.

The Ritz Carlton

Liza has the power to transform change in others.

Qatar Airways

The session Liza delivered was highly empowering and riveting.

Versace Palazzo
  • What is your favorite quote? The same resilience that survives crisis is what creates unstoppable success.
  • Are there any moments that stand out as having a significant impact on your career? From surviving a near-fatal situation to building multiple businesses and earning the Golden Gavel, now inspiring Fortune 500 teams to turn their biggest challenges into competitive advantage
  • Outside of your profession do you have any hobbies/interests? When I'm not inspiring Fortune 500 teams, I find joy in cooking, transforming simple ingredients into nourishing meals, much like how I help organizations transform challenges into competitiv
  • Who do you look up to as a mentor and why? Sometimes your greatest teachers come from unexpected places. My ex-husband taught me that hard work doesn't negotiate with circumstances, it just gets things done.
  • Is there anything else we should know about you? I've learned to enjoy my own company , whether dining solo at restaurants or catching a movie alone. After surviving the unthinkable, I discovered that being comfortable with yourself is the

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