Keynote Speaker • Author • Georgetown Professor • Founder, The WILD Network • Featured: New York Times, Fortune, Thinkers 50
What separates leaders who bounce back from those who stay stuck has nothing to do with talent.
Fiona Macaulay helps organizations build cultures where setbacks fuel growth, not retreat.
Fiona Macaulay has spent two decades studying what separates leaders who bounce back from those who stay stuck. Her research with 1,000+ women across 60 countries, her work convening 25,000 leaders through The WILD Network, and her own experience building and exiting a $5M company all point to the same finding: it is not talent. It is not toughness. It is a learnable set of skills.
MEET Fiona
Fiona Macaulay has spent two decades inside the rooms where ambitious leaders break down and bounce back. As founder of The WILD Network, she has convened 25,000 leaders across 115 countries.
As a Georgetown professor, she teaches what research actually says about failure and recovery. As a three-time entrepreneur who built and exited a $5M company, she has lived it herself.
Her keynotes do not just inspire. They change how people process failure, and whether they are willing to aim high again.
New Book: Aim High and Bounce Back Available Now!
Based on research with 1,000+ women across 60 countries, this is the guide for accomplished leaders who are done pretending failure does not hurt and are ready to learn what to do when it does
Join Fiona for an Upcoming Book Launch Event!
• Virtual Book Launch: March 11 @ 9-10am ET. Free and open to all. Register here.
• Houston: March 19, 4pm. Book signing @ Barnes & Noble, 5510 Wesleyan St.
• Georgetown, Washington DC: March 23 @ 11am. Book signing @ Barnes & Noble
• Washington DC: May 6, “Meet the author lunch” during the WILD Network’s 2026 in-person Leadership for Social Impact Forum. Buy your ticket here. Special offer: Use code AimHigh to receive a complimentary book, personalized for you, at the event.
READY to BRING Fiona to Your ORGANIZATION?
Whether you are planning a leadership conference, executive retreat, or team development program, Fiona delivers keynotes that change how your people think about failure, and give them a system for what to do next.
“Turns professional setbacks into strategic advantages. Brilliant.”
- Marshall Goldsmith, Thinkers 50 #1 Executive Coach, New York Times bestselling author
