Keynote Speaker
Moderator
Leadership Trainer
Women Confidence Mentor
…and Founder of “Let’s Just Be Imperfect, Ladies”
Welcome to “Let’s Just Be Imperfect, Ladies”
Leadership starts with being authentic. That’s why I founded “Let’s Just Be Imperfect, Ladies” with a message to all powerful ladies out there: “You don’t need to become stronger, tougher or more courageous in order to “make it" in your career. You are already strong.”
What the world needs now are leaders who lead with empathy, courage, and authenticity. Women who feel safe to show up fully as themselves - in their very own, feminine leadership style, rather than ‘fitting in’. And men who are open to be allies in creating workplaces where everyone can thrive.
Let’s work together for more authentic leadership.
Leadership Keynote Speech
Make your event empower a new generation of leaders.
Be it for a speech that empowers your staff to be authentic leaders or for a panel on women empowerment and diversity: As your keynote speaker, I will inspire your leadership team, your staff or your online audience to change perspective and to open up to new paths forward.
Moderator
Your event host for international conferences, interviews and panel debates with high-level leaders in German, English and French.
I bring warmth, professionalism and 15+ years of event experience to global stages. Let’s work together to make your guests shine and leave your audience inspired with that “Wow, what an event!” feeling.
Leadership Workshops
Lead the change by empowering the women in your organisation to step into their full potential as women leaders - and male leaders to show the way as inclusive leaders.
This is more than just classic “women empowerment”: rather than teaching women how to “survive” in alpha-dominated work cultures by becoming ‘tougher‘ and ‘stronger‘ to succeed, Helene’s authentic women leadership trainings are designed to remind women of the powerful leadership qualities that they already have - their empathy, their sensitivity and their authenticity in the workplace. For male leaders, Helene shares her experience as the “only woman in the room” in her “Male Allyship” Trainings.
1-1 Leadership Mentoring
Say “hi” to the powerful woman who is already inside you.
In the 1:1 mentoring, I accompany women in high-pressure jobs for 3 months so that they can unlock their full potential & their calling by finding their space as a powerful and confident woman in the corridors of power. I accompany them trough career transitions, through exhaustion and I give them concrete tools to remain confident from within - be it for their leadership skills or their Public Speaking Confidence.
Hi, I am Helene.
I am a Keynote Speaker, Event host and Leadership Mentor who has created "Let's Just Be Imperfect, Ladies" in 2020 after my 10-year career as senior communication advisor at the European Commission.
As a young woman in high-level positions I tried to "fit in" for a long time: I tried to become stronger, tougher and more assertive. In short: less young, less female. But I failed. I had a burnout. In the process I realised that only by being "me", and not by trying to "be someone" will I become a true leader with her authentic feminine strengths.
So here I am today: I've created my own mentoring business to inspire women to be true to themselves in their full female potential and create their own definition of authentic success.
And I advise male and female leaders in power positions who have a genuine interest in creating work environments that allow both men and women to fulfill their full potential and to contribute with their unique perspective - because when women can be themselves, many men will also feel less pressure to conform to “alpha” power structures.
I look forward to working together with you as your inspiring Keynote Speaker, event host or Leadership trainer and mentor.
“Many work structures are simply not designed for female strengths and not welcoming for diversity and authenticity. My message after 10 years of being “the young woman” in senior jobs myself: when we stop fixing women and start fixing work cultures together with the leaders who are currently at the top, we will change power structures and our economy to welcome more diverse voices and perspectives.”
Where I gave speeches and workshops recently
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Oxford Union Society
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![European Commission]()
European Commission
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![SHE Conference Oslo]()
SHE Conference
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![GIZ - Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit]()
German Agency for International Cooperation // Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ)
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![Diageo]()
Diageo
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![AmCham EU - Speaking for American Business in Europe]()
AmCham EU - American Chamber of Commerce to the European Union
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![Forschungszentrum Jülich]()
Forschungszentrum Jülich
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![LSE Alumni Association Belgium]()
London School of Economics - LSE Alumni Association Belgium
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![EWMD]()
European Women's Management Development
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![Wegate]()
WEgate - European Gateway for Women’s Entrepreneurship
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![Mollie]()
Mollie
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![Linklaters]()
Linklaters | Global Law Firm | Global Lawyers
Watch Helene speak:
In this Keynote Speech held at the SHE Conference in Helsinki in spring 2022, I explain why there is a “misunderstanding” on women empowerment.
Upcoming speeches and events
Tuesday 7 October, Munich
Inspirational Leadership Keynote Speech & Leadership Workshop for Women “The Only Woman in the Room”
for the #sheleads forum in Munich, 7-8 October 2025
(internal event)
Friday, 7 November, Brussels
Keynote Speaker at a Women Leadership Breakfast: "Let’s Just Be Imperfect, Ladies: How women re-write leadership" (internal event)
Saturday 8 November, Berlin
Full-Day Women Leadership Workshop: “The authentic, feminine power in networking – networking with confidence and poise in male-dominated spaces”
For the Women Empowerment programme of a political organisation in Berlin (internal event)
Tuesday 18 November, online
Women Leadership Workshop: “Breakthrough: Turning Inner Limits into Strategic Confidence and Growth - Transform internal roadblocks into stepping stones for success” for an in-house Women Leadership programme at an international corporation (internal event)
Tuesday, 2 December 2025, Brussels
Moderator of the Gender Equality Index Conference by the European Agency for Gender Equality (EIGE)
Event link
“Public Speaking Confidence Workshop for Women” at Oxford Union Society, Oxford, June 2023
Let’s just be imperfect, ladies.
…and let’s change what is “normal” in our work places.
Explore Helene’s services
Keynote Speeches
Moderator
Leadership Workshops for Women
Male Allyship Workshops
1-1 Authentic Leadership Mentoring & Coaching
1-1 ”Shine On Stage” Public Speaking Mentoring