Meet Louise Thomas
Founder of Positive Work Ways® – Brain-based Leadership
Louise Thomas is the founder of Positive Work Ways®, a practical brain-friendly leadership approach exploring how pressure, communication, environment, and internal state influence workplace culture, performance, and decision-making.
Through keynote speaking, leadership sessions, and organisational learning experiences, Louise helps leaders and organisations better understand what shapes behaviour under pressure — and how small shifts in communication, leadership, and environment can create significant cultural impact.
Her work combines leadership insight, workforce development, psychology, lived experience, and the research and practice behind Positive Work Ways® to create highly relatable, memorable, and actionable conversations for modern workplaces.
Rather than focusing only on behaviour itself, Louise explores the conditions shaping behaviour in the first place.
Using the memorable Positive Work Ways® framework of the Radar, Filing Cabinet, and Pharmacist, audiences gain a practical understanding of how pressure changes thinking, communication, relationships, and performance — and what leaders can do differently.
Louise left school at 16 before later pursuing lifelong learning while working full time, completing qualifications across leadership, therapy, organisational development, and psychology, including a Masters in the Psychology and Neuroscience of Mental Health.
Her work has contributed to large-scale leadership and workforce learning initiatives focused on communication, resilience, psychological safety, leadership development, and workplace culture.
What Audiences Take Away
Practical tools leaders can use immediately to foster brain-friendly change in their teams. Science-backed insights are delivered in plain English, making them accessible for all. Memorable metaphors and visuals that stick help reinforce key concepts during leadership events aimed at enhancing workplace culture. A powerful lived story connects both head and heart, providing a chance to engage with the ideas behind the book Positive Work Ways®.
