Elaine Allison is an International speaker and author of The Velvet Hammer, PowHERful Leadership Lessons for Women Who Don t Golf. She has enthralled audiences from coast to coast in both the United States and Canada with her lively presentations and affable style.

Elaine began honing her insights into the differences between how men and women work, lead and succeed early in her career. She was one of Canada ‘s first female prison guards in an all -male- maximum security prison at the age of nineteen. Elaine had a crash course in understanding how we interact with each other, as her life virtually depended on it! She began to truly observe how we each dealt with conflict, leadership and power, themes she has built into The Velvet Hammer PowHERful Leadership Lessons for Women Who Don't Golf

Aside from her early career mentioned, Elaine has taught children with behavioral problems in a special education program; managed over 1400 unionized flight attendants handling issues at 35,000 ft. while in the airline industry; and successfully handled the day to day challenges of various large corporations as a manager and then as a senior executive. She learned how damaging some behaviors and choices can be, and her book and topics, provide answers.

Elaine's hands on experience, real life stories and illustrations of what leaders encounter daily, helps audiences consider all their options and apply immediate solutions. As a Mother and busy professional, Elaine has successfully handled many of the same challenges we all face balancing personal and professional lives.

She has several articles printed in industry publications, has had featured articles written and published about her work in the Globe & Mail, Houston Chronicle, Milwaukee Journal, New York Albany Times, plus ever city paper across Canada. She is a popular talk show host and been interviewed on over 100 radio shows and seen on ABC World News in New York (twice), Global TV and many talk shows on SHAW, Rogers, Access and OMNI.

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