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It's Time to Disrupt the Disruption
Leading the New Paradigm of Work
The commence of this decade has proved one certainty – there is no certainty. The pandemic showed itself to be a black swan – an unseeable anomaly that has changed the way we conduct ourselves as a society, as people and as businesses. But, as Charles Darwin famously noted, “It is not the strongest of species that survive, nor the most intelligent; it is the one most adaptable to change.”
The business disruption the world over was rife: upending industries, creating tailwinds and forcing entrepreneurs to rapidly adapt to the new normal. Pauline explains the ways your business can pivot and adapt to business disruption, starting with the most important foundation in your business - you.
As a working CEO herself, Pauline has been right there in the trenches for two decades. Since 2020, she has pivoted multiple businesses to not only survive during the uncertainty of the global pandemic, but to thrive. As Pauline says, “Business development cannot happen without business disruption first”.
Read lessSecrets of The Red Lantern
An intimate dinner and conversation with Pauline at Red Lantern.
Pauline Nguyen's highly acclaimed restaurant The Red Lantern offers progressive business leaders a vast swathe of practical takeaways and invaluable networking. Pauline sheds light on new concepts and shares insights from operating the most awarded Vietnamese restaurant in the world.
The Secrets of the Red Lantern is a collaborative event where high achievers come together, break bread and tell tales. But this isn’t your regular networking event – Pauline masterfully facilitates and coaches along the way. Each session is crafted by Pauline to bespoke fit your team's needs.
Read lessThe Four Pivotal Components of Evolving Leadership
Diversity & Inclusion, Vulnerable Leadership, Self Mastery, Self Leadership.
A broad and dynamic keynote, in this powerful experience Pauline explains four of the most pivotal components in becoming a successful leader. This isn’t your regular business coaching speech - dive into deep, controversial and complex topics, distilled eloquently for execution today.
Pauline explains the importance of self-mastery, required before mastering anything else in life. Drawing on learnings from running the world’s most awarded Vietnamese restaurant, Red Lantern, she imparts why true leaders hold others accountable whilst being ‘compassionately assertive’. That those who want to be part of the new future of leaders must walk the walk, not just talk the talk.
From her experience coming to Australia as a refugee and eventually garnering accolades including being one of Australia’s Top 50 Influential Female Entrepreneurs, and worldwide recognition as one of 200 Women Who Will Change the Way You View the World, Pauline explains why the greatest leaders of our time lead with diversity and inclusion not as just social responsibilities, but as powerful weapons for business. Find out why The Huffington Post described Pauline as “the most grounded spiritual entrepreneur on the planet”.
Read lessThe Red Lantern Story
Through the mastery of her story telling, Pauline will take you on a delicious and tumultuous journey of how and why Red Lantern, after 21 years in business, still holds the mantle of ‘The Most Awarded Vietnamese Restaurant in the World’ in what is a truly challenging, fickle and competitive industry. Find out what it takes to sustain a business for more than two decades with Calm Courage, Resonating Resilience and Tacit Grit to do what needs to be done for yourself and your people.
Read lessThe Warchest of a Modern Leader
How to be a smarter, faster, happier and more grounded human in the era of total disruption.
For the life of a modern entrepreneur, the highly competitive business environment is a battlefield. And as a resolute, strong and prepared as you are as a warrior, without an adequate war chest, you don‘t stand a chance against your competition.
Pauline explains the necessity in our day and age to utilise The War Chest of a Modern Leader in entrepreneurial battle. The War Chest of a Modern Leader is full of powerfully practical and sustainable ways we can not only improve as leaders, but also win the entrepreneurial battle against our adversaries.
Read lessThe Way of The Spiritual Entrepreneur
The 7 Secrets to Becoming Fearless, Stress Free and Unshakable in Business and in Life.
It’s time to disrupt the disruption. For the life of the modern conscious leader, the highly competitive business environment can be a battlefield. Having worked with, coached and facilitated entrepreneurs, startups, small businesses, corporate executives and leaders from all walks of life, Pauline has seen many incredibly gifted, driven, passionate and purposeful leaders fraying at the edges diseased and dis-eased. Sure, they may boast that they have a lot of money in the bank but they are spiritually bankrupt and are struggling to find joy, purpose, satisfaction, happiness and harmony. At an organizational level they are burned out, stressed out and frazzled. In this riveting keynote, Pauline speaks to The Way of Spiritual Entrepreneur and why ‘The Way’ ultimately presents a radically new and meaningful paradigm that enhances and enriches everyone who embraces it. Especially if the goal is to build and sustain vibrant, creative and profitable organizations with engaged, energised, inspired and productive teams over the long run.
Read lessPauline Nguyen
From War-Torn Beginnings to Global Impact, A Journey of Fearless Leadership, Resilience, and Self-Mastery
Pauline Nguyen is not just a powerhouse speaker, best-selling author, and award-winning entrepreneur, she is a force of nature. Her story is one of breathtaking resilience and transformational leadership. Escaping war-torn Vietnam as a toddler and surviving a harrowing year in a Thai refugee camp, Pauline arrived in Australia only to face years of physical and emotional abuse. Today, she calls that trauma her training,the crucible that forged her into one of Australia’s most dynamic and impactful voices in business and personal development.
Pauline is the co-founder of Red Lantern, the most awarded Vietnamese restaurant in the world, and the winner of the Telstra Business Award for Medium Business. Her critically acclaimed memoir, Secrets of the Red Lantern, became an international bestseller and earned her the Debut Writer of the Year award at the Australian Book Industry Awards. She followed this with The Way of the Spiritual Entrepreneur, which won Best Entrepreneurship and Small Business Book of the Year, solidifying her reputation as a thought leader who doesn’t just talk about success, but lives it too.
Her impact goes far beyond business. Named one of Australia’s Top 50 Most Influential Female Entrepreneurs and recognised globally in Blackwell and Hobday’s ‘200 Women Who Will Change the Way You See the World’, Pauline is impossible to pigeonhole. A highly sought-after keynote speaker and transformational coach, she is known for her unique integration of Western business strategy and Eastern spirituality. Her teachings draw on a comprehensive toolkit including Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Meta Neuro-Linguistic Programming, modern-day shamanism, breath mastery, meditation, and movement intelligence, helping individuals and teams hack their biochemistry, overcome fear, and rewire their emotional architecture for long-term, authentic success.
Described by The Huffington Post as “the most grounded spiritual entrepreneur on the planet”, Pauline doesn’t offer surface-level inspiration, she delivers deep, cellular change. She’s transformed thousands of lives through her live keynotes, immersive workshops, intimate mentoring, and energetic facilitation, both in-person and online.
Her electrifying presence and storytelling prowess were further recognised when her first appearance in theatre, The Serpent’s Table, became a crowd and critic favourite at the 2014 Sydney Festival. Whether speaking to corporate audiences, entrepreneurs, or creatives, Pauline brings a rare mix of stagecraft, soul, and science, that never fail to engage and amaze audiences.
Pauline Nguyen is living proof that success isn’t about avoiding hardship, it’s about mastering yourself in the face of it. Her mission? To awaken others to their own power, align their lives with purpose, and lead from a place of fearlessness, clarity, and grace.