FOR CHAMBERS, ASSOCIATIONS, BUSINESS & ORGANIZATIONS

The best sessions don't end with applause.

They change what happens Monday morning.

Every keynote, workshop, and training session is built around one goal: giving your audience practical ideas they can immediately apply to their teams, leadership, and business.

Whether you're planning a conference, chamber event, leadership retreat, or Lunch & Learn, every session is customized to your audience and built around practical ideas people can use immediately.

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What organizations can expect

Practical

Your audience leaves with ideas they can put to work immediately.

Interactive

Discussion, participation, and real conversations—not another lecture.

Customized

Built around your audience, your goals, and your event.

Real-world

Everything we teach has been tested in real businesses.

MEET THE SPEAKERS

Experience earned in the real world.
Not from a textbook.

Leslie Liondas, CPA

Co-Founder, NexPath Coaching, LLC

Leslie Liondas, CPA built and leads her own accounting firm while helping hundreds of business owners navigate growth, operations, and leadership. Having lived through the challenges of an owner-dependent business herself, she now helps business owners build teams, systems, and businesses that continue moving forward without relying on one person.

CPA • Accounting Firm Owner • Maxwell Certified Speaker • 35+ Years Leading Teams

Lynn Brannan

Co-Founder, NexPath Coaching, LLC

Lynn Brannan has spent her career leading people where communication wasn't optional and getting it wrong had real consequences. Today, she helps leaders build stronger communication, accountability, and trust so their teams solve problems, take ownership, and move businesses forward.

Maxwell Certified Speaker • DISC Consultant • Working Genius Facilitator

Why real business experience matters.

Every framework we teach has been tested inside real businesses not developed in a classroom. We've worked alongside business owners as they navigated growth, hiring, communication, pricing, operations, and leadership. That perspective changes every session we deliver.

Speaking formats

Built for every audience and setting.

Conference Keynotes

Kick off or close your event with practical ideas people remember.

Leadership Retreats

Facilitated discussions that create alignment and action.

Lunch & Learns

Practical development that fits into a busy workday.

Virtual Sessions

High-energy training that keeps remote audiences engaged.

Speaking topics

Sessions built around the problems

your audience is actually facing.

Why We Work Better Together

Leslie Liondas, CPA · Either speaker

Three truths about teams that transcend titles, industries, and roles. This interactive session uses Maxwell's Laws of Teamwork to show every person in the room regardless of their title how they contribute to something bigger. Engaging, reflective, and deeply human.

Key takeaway: You don't need a title to lead. You just need to show up.

Delivered for: Washington County Chamber of Commerce

The Human Side of Teamwork

Leslie Liondas, CPA · Either speaker

How significance, belonging, and contribution drive engagement, collaboration, and connection on any team. Using Maxwell's Laws of Teamwork, leaders learn how to align people with their strengths, create a sense of belonging, and build a culture where everyone feels valued and motivated to contribute.

Key takeaway: Practical tools to strengthen team cohesion and increase engagement without micromanagement.

Delivered for: Brenham HR Roundtable

Friction-Free Communication

Lynn Brannan

In a world where people are talking more but understanding less, leaders pay the price through repeated conversations, rising frustration, and breakdowns in trust. Drawing from decades of high-pressure communication experience, Lynn gives leaders a simple, actionable framework to replace assumption with understanding.

Key takeaway: Reduce miscommunication, improve clarity, and strengthen relationships without changing who you are as a leader.

Delivered for: Digital Bookkeeper Association

Getting Your Business to Run Without You

Leslie Liondas, CPA

You didn't start your business to feel trapped by it, but that's exactly where so many owners find themselves. This session helps business owners shift from overworked operator to strategic leader, reclaim their time, and build a business that can actually run without them. Based on real-world experience and concepts from Clockwork by Mike Michalowicz.

Key takeaway: Four practical ways to shift your time toward work that actually grows the business — starting this week.

Delivered for: Gulf Coast SBDC

From Silos to Strategy

Lynn Brannan

Leading across multiple teams requires more than managing tasks it requires strategic clarity. This session equips leaders with practical tools to align teams around the bigger picture, reduce cross-team friction, and enable better decision making without micromanagement.

Key takeaway: A practical framework for connecting strategy to daily work so every team member understands how their role contributes to the bigger picture.

Delivered for: Houston Society of CPA's

Don't see exactly what you're looking for?

Additional topics are available for both general business and accounting audiences. Every session can also be customized to your organization's specific challenges, industry, and goals.

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Speaking for Accounting Audiences

Lynn and Leslie speak exclusively for CPA societies, bookkeeper associations, and accounting organizations. View their dedicated topic menu.

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Organizations We've Worked With

Gulf Coast SBDC

NATP

Digital Bookeeper Association

Texas Society of CPAs

City of Brenham HR Roundtable

Washington County Chamber of Commerce

Houston Society of CPAs

Massachusetts Society of CPAs

What event organizers say

From the people who booked us.

★★★★★

"We spent time beforehand to tailor the presentation in a meaningful way and it definitely hit home. There was engagement, many aha moments, and the audience left with tools they could implement right away."

Teresa Rosales

Economic & Development Director

★★★★★

"Lynn & Leslie recently spoke to our team on trust and communication. Their message was well received with a delivery style that really got the message home. I can't say enough about what they are doing to improve culture and teamwork."

Edward Smith

Manager, Rehabilitation Services

★★★★★

"Lynn delivered a webinar on Maxwell DISC that was engaging, clear, and immediately practical. She broke down communication in a way that really clicked for our audience. The feedback afterward was overwhelmingly positive. I would absolutely recommend her to any organization that wants to improve communication."

Jaime Rodriguez

CEO & Owner, Bookkeepers.com

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