Elyshia Toner — Strategy, Speaking & Creative Thinking
BIG-PICTURE THINKING✳REAL-WORLD DOING✳PERSONALITY INCLUDED
✳ BUSINESS STRATEGIST. CREATIVE OPERATOR. PROBLEM SOLVER.

COMPLEXITY,MEET YOURMATCH.

I’m Elyshia. I connect the dots others don’t see—between people, ideas, systems and opportunity—and turn complexity into clarity, momentum and meaningful change. Strategy, leadership and creative thinking with the sleeves-rolled-up experience to make it happen.

20+ YEARS IN BUSINESSAUSTRALIA + JAPANMBA (LEADERSHIP)
Elyshia Toner smiling in a bright green hat and pink dress
BUSINESS STRATEGY✳OPERATIONS & CHANGE✳BRAND & EXPERIENCE✳SPEAKING & IDEAS
01 / THE DIFFERENCE

I connect
the dots
others don’t see.

My strength is seeing what connects: the big picture and the detail, the people and the process, the idea and the reality.

I’ve worked across industries, countries and disciplines. That breadth isn’t a detour; it’s how I spot patterns, challenge assumptions and create solutions that make commercial and human sense.

The common thread? See differently. Think commercially. Do the work.

02 / HOW WE WORK TOGETHER

Less talk about potential.
More making it real.

Three ways I help businesses turn that “we really should…” into “we actually did.”

01 / STRATEGY & CLARITY

Find your
next move.

Get out of the noise. Find what matters, where the opportunity is and what deserves your energy next.

BUSINESS DIAGNOSTICS · GROWTH STRATEGY
PRIORITIES · DECISION SUPPORT
02 / SYSTEMS & EXECUTION

Make the
business work.

Build the structures, processes and momentum to deliver the plan — without burning everyone out.

OPERATIONS · WORKFLOWS · CHANGE
PROJECT DELIVERY · TEAM ALIGNMENT
03 / BRAND & EXPERIENCE

Make people
feel it.

Translate what makes you different into customer experiences, campaigns and partnerships people remember.

POSITIONING · CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE
CREATIVE DIRECTION · PARTNERSHIPS
YOUR BUSINESS. YOUR WAY.Strategic sprints✳Hands-on projects✳Fractional leadership✳The right long-term role
03 / EXPERIENCE, NOT JUST OPINION

I've been in the big meetings.
And in the thick of it.

Over two decades working across tourism, snow sports, retail, consumer brands and technology taught me something useful: the best ideas only count when they work in the real world.

I've led teams in Japan's mountain resorts, steered businesses through growth and change, built brands and customer experiences, and paired the experience with an MBA specialising in Leadership.

20+
years of hands-on business experience
70
team members led in Hakuba
MBA
Leadership · Deakin Dean’s Merit Award
ALSO MAKING THINGS

Podcast producer and creative collaborator on Only Friends on a Pow Day ↗ — helping turn snow-industry conversations into stories, content and community.

04 / ON STAGE & IN CONVERSATION

A different
way of seeing.
A story worth
sharing.

I speak about leadership, reinvention and the power of thinking differently. The ambitious bits, the messy bits, and what it actually takes to back yourself and make change happen.

For panels · podcasts · keynotes · conversations · event hosting

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THREE THREADS. LOTS TO TALK ABOUT.01 — 03
01

SEE DIFFERENTLY.

Creativity, unconventional thinking, curiosity and seeing possibility where others see complexity.

02

BACK YOURSELF.

Identity, confidence, resilience and the courage to reinvent a career—or a life—on your own terms.

03

DO THE WORK.

Leadership, change and turning exciting ideas into decisions, systems and real-world action.

Different perspectives. Practical takeaways. No corporate word salad.

05 / UNLYSHED — WORDS & WONDERINGS

Ideas don’t
stay quiet
around here.

I write about leadership, identity, the beautifully non-linear career, creativity and the human side of getting things done. Sometimes serious. Sometimes a little unfiltered.

UNLYSHED / AN ORIGINAL ESSAY001 / THE THINKING

Welcome inside
my brain.

I have so many articles to write flying around my brain. Several business ideas a day. A very organised to-do list that is never achievable, yet I rewrite it every day like something will change.

My husband calls me time blind. I prefer to think of it as optimism.

There's the overwhelm, the unexpected hyperfocus, and the constant tug-of-war between a head full of ideas and a day with only so many hours in it.

Writing about ADHD, work, identity and real life. Elyshia x
06 / SOUND FAMILIAR?

I'm your person when…

01You've outgrown the way things work.↗
02There's opportunity, but no clear path.↗
03Your team needs direction and momentum.↗
04You want fresh thinking with commercial sense.↗

Founder, leadership team, growing business or ambitious project — if things feel complex and the stakes are real, that's usually where I do my best work.

07 / YOUR MOVE

GOOD THINGS
START WITH
A CONVERSATION.

Got a big idea, a messy challenge, or that feeling something could work better? Tell me about it. We'll figure out the next move.

Let's make something happen ↗
Based on the Surf Coast · Consulting, senior leadership, speaking, writing & collaborations
elyshia toner✳
GOOD THINKING. BETTER DOING. © 2026 ELYSHIA TONER.
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