Leah Yoneda

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CEO and Founder, Golden Ginkgo Group

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Join date: Sep 12, 2024

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Leah doesn't just talk about growth.

She changes the way professionals think about it.

With nearly 25 years of experience in accounting, legal, and financial services firms, Leah has a rare ability to translate complex growth strategies and leadership concepts into practical approaches that professionals can actually use. She has held leadership roles at leading firms and now works across the professional services industry as founder of Golden Ginkgo Group, where she serves as a fractional Chief Marketing Officer, Business Development coach, and leadership coach to firms ranging from sole proprietors to Top 100 global organizations.

Leah is known for her dynamic, engaging presentation style that blends sharp strategic insight with real-world practicality and a healthy dose of humor. She has a gift for making subjects that professionals typically find intimidating (sales, self-promotion, marketing, networking) feel approachable, relevant, and even exciting. Audiences leave her sessions not just informed, but genuinely motivated to do and think differently.

Her speaking topics span the full growth landscape for professional services: building marketing strategies that actually drive revenue, developing business development skills and confidence to win new clients, leveraging personal brand as a competitive advantage, and cultivating the leadership mindset needed to lead high-performing teams in a rapidly changing environment.

Leah has spoken for and collaborated on content with a range of professional membership organizations, multiple women’s leadership consortia, and internal firm learning and development programs. She is an entrepreneur, a thought leader, a board member, and an active voice in the professional services community.

She brings to every stage what she brings to every client engagement: clarity, energy, and the conviction that growth doesn't have to feel overwhelming; it just has to feel possible.

Posts (17)

Jul 15, 2026 ∙ 4 min

It's Not Self-Care. It's Executive Performance Management.

Say the phrase “self-care” to a room of leaders, and most of them picture time with the kids or maybe a massage. It conjures something pleasant, maybe indulgent, but definitely something optional, which means it’s the first thing to go when the week gets heavy. And yet, we talk about the oxygen mask being so critical to our daily functionality. There really should be a different name for this. Let’s use ”Executive Performance Management” instead. It more clearly speaks to how you curate your...

Jun 9, 2026 ∙ 7 min

The Season that Never Actually Ends (Sadly)

There is a moment in the calendar always waiting for. It does not have a name, but you know exactly when it is supposed to arrive (SUPPOSED to). It is the period of time after the current crunch, when the deadlines clear, the calendar finally opens up, and you can lift your head and think about the bigger things. You can pick up your dry cleaning (if we still do that), get your haircut, and make that dentist appointment. It’s also the time for focusing on growth initiatives, relationships,...

Apr 29, 2026 ∙ 5 min

Introverts Are Actually Great at Networking. So Why Does It Feel So Terrible?

There's a story a lot of introverted professionals tell about themselves, and it goes something like this: I'm just not good at networking. I hate small talk. I’m just someone who won't “work the room,” so networking will never really be my thing. The tragic irony is that many of these people are some of the best relationship builders I’ve ever met. I personally love connecting with them, and after I scratch the surface, they have a very rich, meaningful set of relationships that feed their...