about us
At 50:50 Voices, we are dedicated to empowering women of colour by providing them with a platform to express their perspectives and ideas. We recognize the immense value of their insights and are committed to addressing the imbalance prevalent in leadership roles. Our ultimate aspiration is to foster an environment where individuals, regardless of gender or background, have equal opportunities in the economy and society.
Empowering Women of Colour through Speaker Conferences
At 50:50 Voices, we are dedicated to empowering women of colour by providing dynamic speaker conferences that ignite passion and vision, fostering a supportive community for women of all ages to thrive and excel.
Passionate Training for Women of Colour
50:50 Voices, commits to offering specialised training programs that harness the passion and ability of women of colour, creating a vision for wellness, success through a strong, supportive community of diverse women from all walks of life.
Building a Visionary Community for Women of Colour
Our mission is to build a visionary community where women of colour can connect, grow, and inspire through impactful speaker conferences, comprehensive training, and unwavering support for women of all ages.
our team
Co-Founder & Chair
Dr. Dame Neslyn Watson-Druée has an extensive background in nursing and the National Health Service (NHS). Throughout her career, she has held various positions, including nurse, midwife, health visitor, health promotion officer, deputy director of nurse education, and non-executive director in the NHS. Notably, she served as the Chair of NHS Kingston for a decade.
Dr. Dame Neslyn Watson-Druée is also a business psychologist and an accredited executive coach, primarily working with senior civil servants within the UK Government. In 1993, she played a pivotal role in laying the foundation for Leadership Development within the NHS by piloting Leadership, Career, and Personal Development for NHS staff. Her work formed the basis for the NHS Breakthrough Programme and later the establishment of the current NHS Leadership Academy.
In addition to her coaching practice, She has a diverse portfolio career, including roles as a patron to media organisations, trustee, leadership development consultant, and public speaker. Within her coaching practice, she focuses on high performance, appreciative inquiry, and emotional intelligence.
She holds numerous certifications and licences, including the Qualified European Test User Certificate (level 2) for Work and Organisational Assessment. She is also licensed to deliver various assessment tools, such as Lumina Spark, Lumina Leader, SDI, MBTI, Orpheus, Benchmarks, CPI, FIRO-B, Margerison McCann: TMP, TWP, QO2, and Linking Skills. Additionally, she possesses expertise in Situational Leadership, Negotiating Skills, and Influencing Skills profiles from MLR.
Co-Founder & CEO
Althea Grant is a dynamic and naturally talented professional speaker and keynote speaker, dedicated to helping others radically change their lives through speech. Drawing from personal experiences of overcoming systematic abuse and transforming adversity into a successful legal career and fulfilling life, she demonstrates that adversities are mere events in life and need not define us or shape our perspectives.
With extensive expertise in Family Law, Althea Grant is also an inspired coach. The journey as a speaker dates back to early childhood, reputedly starting to walk, cheekily talk at 6 or 8 months, and continuing to speak passionately ever since.
After a period of illness following a bereavement, Althea Grant sought ways to contribute more to the community. This led to attending a public speaking course in July 2012 at Andy Harrington’s Public Speakers University. At the end of the course, several attendees were chosen to demonstrate their newfound skills, and she was among them.
The rest, as they say, is history. Taking the stage to share Althea Grant’s story resulted in an overwhelming response, impressing Andy Harrington who immediately took her on as his first public speaking protégé. Within two months of completing the course, she was one of the speakers at the National Achievers Congress (NAC) at ExCel London, sharing the stage with notable figures such as Anthony Robbins, Donald Trump, Lord Sebastian Coe, and Andy Harrington.
2012, the year of the London Olympics, saw her as the warm-up act for Seb Coe. Since then, she has spoken on numerous stages in London and internationally, inspiring audiences with a powerful message of resilience and transformation.
Member Of Advisory Board
Motivational speaker Les Brown was born Leslie Calvin Brown on February 17, 1945, in Miami, Florida. After giving birth to Brown and his twin brother, Wes, on the floor of an abandoned building, Brown’s biological mother gave her sons up for adoption when they were six weeks old to Mrs. Mamie Brown. When he was in fifth grade, Brown was forced back a grade by the school’s principal after being disruptive in class. Brown’s demotion subsequently led him to being placed in special education classes and labelled as mentally retarded. As an adolescent, Brown attended Booker T. Washington High School where he was influenced by a speech and drama instructor who encouraged him to pursue a career in radio broadcasting.
After graduating from high school and briefly working for the Department of Sanitation, Brown worked as an errand boy for a Miami Beach radio station. At the station, Brown observed the disc jockeys with hopes of one day becoming an on-air personality. His break came when one of the disc jockeys became inebriated. Brown stood in for him and then was hired as a disc jockey. In the late 1960s, Brown moved to Columbus, Ohio, to work for WVKO Radio, where he became active in the community. Brown’s political activism in Columbus won him a seat with the 29th House District of the Ohio State Legislature. In his first year, Brown passed more legislation than any other freshman representative in Ohio State legislative history. In his third term, Brown served as chair of the Human Resources Committee.
In 1981, Brown left the Ohio State House of Representatives to care for his ailing mother back in Florida. While in Miami, he continued to focus on social issues by developing a youth centre training program. In 1986, Brown entered the public speaking arena on a full time basis and formed Les Brown Enterprises, Inc. In 1989, Brown received the National Speakers Association’s highest award, the Council of Peers Award of Excellence (CPAE). In 1990, Brown recorded the Emmy Award-winning series of speeches entitled You Deserve, which became the lead fundraising program of its kind for pledges to PBS stations nationwide. In 1991, Toastmasters International selected Brown as one of the world’s best speakers and awarded him the Golden Gavel Award.
Brown ranks amongst the nation’s leading authorities in understanding and stimulating human potential; he is a featured guest on many radio broadcasting stations and is often hired by professional corporations to teach and inspire new levels of achievement.
