Helping leaders and teams unlock 85% of their potential using PeopleEconomics®.
Leah Akoka is the creator of PeopleEconomics®, founder of Wall Street, and the practitioner who has spent 25 years proving that the gap between 65% and 85% productivity is not a talent problem. It is a belief problem.
Leah arrived in Australia at eight years old as a refugee from the USSR — four suitcases, no English. Her family settled in Melbourne. What her mother said in those first weeks rewired everything Leah would come to understand about belief and what it can do to a life.
"That moment didn't just change what I believed. It changed what I was capable of. That's the day I understood that belief is an economic force."
She started working at thirteen. At twenty, she became the first person trained in NLP at Yellow Pages — and won the CEO Award for national performance three years in a row. A near-fatal car accident at eighteen had already taught her how to rebuild from nothing. She applied that same discipline to every business she touched.
Scaling Dodo Internet from a handful of people to over 3,500 gave Leah the laboratory. What she learned there became PeopleEconomics®. Not a framework built from research alone. Built from inside the machine, under real commercial pressure, with real consequences.
Today Leah leads Wall Street HR from Melbourne, advises founders and senior leaders across Australia, and is completing her first book — PeopleEconomics®: Reframing Performance from Productivity to Potential.
A 12-outcome operating system that treats belief as a measurable commercial variable — not an HR initiative.
Each topic stands alone. Together they form a complete picture of what it takes to move a business from 65% to 85%.
Five formats. From a high-impact conference keynote to a full-day masterclass with workbooks and a 90-day action plan.
| Format | Description | Investment (ex GST) | EO Member Rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 45 to 60 Min Keynote | High-impact keynote for conferences, summits, leadership days and annual events. | $7,500 | $3,750 |
| 90 Min Strategy Session | Keynote combined with guided reflection and small-group discussion. Ideal for leadership offsites and EO events. | $10,000 | $5,000 |
| 2 to 4 Hour Intensive Workshop | Immersive, hands-on workshop applying the full PeopleEconomics® framework or focused NLP tools. Includes team diagnostics, practical exercises and group breakouts. | $14,000 | $7,000 |
| Half-Day Sales Workshop | Map your current process, uncover gaps and leave with a ready-to-use 5-stage sales system built to convert. | $12,000 | $6,000 |
| Full-Day Masterclass | Comprehensive deep dive for leadership teams ready to implement the complete methodology. Includes workbooks, assessments and a 90-day action plan. | $22,000 | $11,000 |
All prices exclude GST. Travel and accommodation at cost for events outside Melbourne. EO members receive a 50% discount across all formats as part of Leah's commitment to the EO Melbourne community.
PeopleEconomics® is not a culture program. It is a business performance strategy. These are two of the cases.
PeopleEconomics® the book is the argument Leah has been building for 25 years. It starts with a child who arrived in Australia with four suitcases and no English and was told — in the clearest possible terms — that everything was possible. It ends with a framework any leader can use on Monday morning.
The central argument is simple and inconvenient: your business is not underperforming because of your people. It is underperforming because of what your people have been led to believe about themselves and their work.
"Reads like Mindful Self-Discipline met The Power of Now — and then went to work."
Early Reader FeedbackFree resource: Download the 12-Point PeopleEconomics® Quick Audit at peopleeconomics.com.au
Leah's involvement in EO Melbourne goes well beyond membership. She is a committed contributor to the chapter's strategic direction, culture and community — and gives back through the same belief-first principles that drive her practice.
Are you getting 65 cents or 85 cents on the dollar from your wage bill?
If you can't answer that, that is the first conversation. If you can — and you know you're sitting at 65 — that is the only conversation that matters right now.
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