Lisa E. K.
Speaker, author, consultant at The True Stories Merchant
Civic and Social Organization
Education: College Graduate, Bachelor's Degree in Foreign Languages
Los Angeles, CA, USA
Biography
A modern Renaissance woman with an international background and multiple areas of expertise, Lisa E. Kirkwood is a Heroes Extraordinaire Award Winner for Cultural Diversity and the winner of the Diversity Champion Award from Wells Fargo. She is also the author of the programs and upcoming books Higher Dimensions of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, and You’ve Got the Power!
In addition, Lisa E. Kirkwood is an advocate of equality and empowerment, of environmental causes, holistic medicine, and spirituality.
With a wide media presence, she has been a speaker on numerous platforms like YouTube, Apple Podcasts, IHeart Radio, iTunes, Spotify, and many others.
Passion
Diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI); women's leadership and empowerment
Featured Video
I am willing to travel
More than 100 miles
When it comes to payments
I generally get paid for speaking but make exceptions
Topics
Best Story
In my home country of Romania, anything diverse is revered, foreigners are highly regarded, and exotic cultures are welcome. It is this place of love and acceptance that I teach diversity from. The best cultural connector between Romanians and foreigners seems to be the story of Dracula and the vampire myth. Although it did not originate in Transylvania, Romania, it was publicized by a foreign author and Romanians were quick to adopt this imported myth as a way to bridge cultures and connect with people around the world.
Origin Story
I've been a great storyteller since childhood and I quickly realized that stories connect people on a deep personal level, regardless of their background or circumstances. Later on, I began to speak in the corporate environment and during the pandemic I pivoted from the banking industry I was in, to speaking opportunities and thus I started my consulting business.
Example talks
Ages and Generations at the Workplace
Integrating and Leveraging Various Backgrounds, Communication Styles, and Skillsets to Build Efficient Teams. In this day and age of strife and conflict, significant age-related disparities, and lack of mutual understanding between generations based on people’s personal values, our audience will greatly benefit from this webinar that sheds light on important topics such as age discrimination and derived workplace issues by analyzing them from multiple perspectives, and offering clear, practical solutions to not only address past occurrences, but also deal in an effective manner with potential incidents while increasing proactivity, self-confidence, resilience, and personal empowerment.
Gender Discrimination, Sexual Harassment, and the "Me Too" Movement
In this day and age of strife and conflict, significant gender gap disparities, and lack of mutual understanding between men and women, our audience will greatly benefit from this webinar that sheds light on important topics such as gender-related issues like discrimination and harassment, by analyzing them from multiple perspectives and offering clear, practical solutions to not only deal in an effective manner with past occurrences, but also prevent future incidents of such types, while increasing proactivity, self-confidence, resilience, and personal empowerment.