SOUTHLAKE SPEAKS 2026 |Friday | October 23 | Noon
White Chapel Methodist Church
 
Admission is free, but tickets are required and will be available beginning September 19. A light lunch will be served. 
 

 

 

Become a Southlake Speaks Sponsor!

Southlake Speaks, a Southlake Rotary initiative, brings together local leaders, professionals, and community members for a lunch featuring thought-provoking speakers on leadership, communication, and success.

This year, we are pleased to welcome Reagan Cannon, an international keynote speaker, leadership expert, and executive coach with more than 20 years of experience leading at the highest levels of Fortune 15 companies.

As Southlake Speaks grows into an annual signature event, we're inviting local businesses and organizations to be part of its future.

Sponsorship puts your organization in front of an engaged Southlake audience while demonstrating your commitment to leadership, community, and the people who make Southlake a great place to live and work.

Several sponsorship levels are available to fit a range of businesses and budgets.Join us in making Southlake Speaks an event our community looks forward to every year.

For sponsorship information, email info@southlakerotary.org or download the Sponsorship Form.

 

 

Reagan Cannon | TRUE DELEGATION: The Busy Leader's Solution to Reclaim Time and Empower Employees
“It’s just faster if I do it myself.”
 
It’s a trap even experienced leaders fall into—only to find themselves overwhelmed while the strategic work only they can do gets pushed aside.
 
In this talk, Reagan Cannon exposes the common delegation traps of dictating and dumping and reveals why true delegation is about transferring ownership, not just work.
 
When leaders learn to let go the right way, their teams become more empowered, results improve, and leaders reclaim their time for what matters most.
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Reagan Cannon is an international keynote speaker, leadership expert, and executive coach with over 20 years of experience leading at the highest levels of Fortune 15 companies, including Amazon and AT&T.
 
As a true global thought leader, she has delivered keynotes, coached senior leaders, and conducted development workshops for thousands of people in more than 20 countries—across six continents. Reagan speaks authentically from her own corporate journey, having led teams of 10,000 employees across 34 countries and guided global executive coaching and development for thousands of leaders at Amazon.
 
She transformed her own leadership journey through S.C.A.L.E.D. Leadership Development, which she now shares through her proprietary executive leadership program. With an MBA in Business Strategy, deep global expertise, and certification as an ICF ACC executive coach, Reagan brings both strategic insight and real-world credibility to every engagement. Today, she delivers her high-impact, practical, and often humorous approach to audiences worldwide. Her most-requested keynotes address the core challenges senior leaders face—helping them lead through change and delegate with confidence.