Before they leave the room,
your audience will start
leading differently.
When people think differently about who they are and what they’re capable of, they lead differently. That identity shift is the heart of Lisa Conners’ research-based, interactive keynotes.
It’s the key to expanding leadership, navigating AI with confidence, and building a culture that expands for what’s next. Lisa’s sessions are always:
Customized to your event.
Interactive by design.
Lasting impact.
“When Lisa stepped onto the stage, something shifted in the room. She creates an atmosphere that’s engaging, genuine, and full of laughter and insight. She delivered an impactful keynote experience, tailored specifically for our audience. Lisa has this rare ability to blend leadership principles with vulnerable storytelling and just the right touch of humor.”
- Bryan Myers, President and CEO, [solidcore]
client Testimonials
“Thank you again for leading such a rich and thought-provoking virtual discussion, The Generative Leader™: Expanding Human Impact in an AI World.
Your session gave members both a helpful model and a meaningful way to reflect on their identity, leadership, and role in expanding human impact as AI continues to reshape work. Participants especially valued the interactivity, personal stories, and the framework's practicality. The discussion and chat reflected deep engagement. You model the spirit of a champion learner so well, sharing generously, thinking deeply, and offering practical, research-informed ideas that help others become more effective, more human-centered, and confident leaders.”
- Non-profit Consortium Client
Signature Keynotes
Name Yourself: Evolve Your Identity. Expand Your Impact.
In this keynote, your audience names the leadership identity their next level requires and starts leading from it before they leave the room.
Too many talented people lead from an outdated version of their capabilities. They updated their résumé, but not their self-definition. They defer in rooms where they should lead. They wait for permission that has always been theirs to grant. They wonder why they aren't making the impact they could but don't know what to change.
Name it. Claim it. Lead from it.
The Generative leader: Expanding Human Impact in an AI World
Your people aren’t just wondering what AI will do to their work. They're asking what it means for their worth. AI is not only disrupting work; it's disrupting professional identity. This can cause technically sound AI initiatives underperform, and the uncertainty seeps into the culture.
In this keynote, Lisa gives leaders her four-step framework, Acknowledge, Assess, Align, Amplify, for addressing the full human impact of change on each person, each team, and the organization.
AI is the technology. People are the strategy.
The Power to Innovate: Name, Claim, and Create What’s Next
Your culture helped create today's success. Is it ready to create what's next? Innovation stays an initiative until it becomes part of who your people believe they are together. In this keynote, Lisa guides leaders and teams through a strengths-based framework for making curiosity, experimentation, and contribution part of how the organization works every day.
Masterpiece in Progress: Designing a Resilient Future
An uplifting keynote that helps audiences reframe challenges as essential parts of their personal masterpiece. Through storytelling and practical reflection, participants learn to embrace uncertainty, tap into their inner strength, and design a future rooted in purpose, resilience, and self-leadership.
You are a masterpiece!
Connect with Lisa
Lisa Conners expands leadership impact
in an AI-disrupted world.
Through keynotes, executive coaching, and leadership development programs, Lisa guides leaders and organizations to evolve who they are, elevate how they lead, and strengthen what they create together. Her work is grounded in a powerful premise: people act from who they believe they are.
With more than 30 years of experience across finance, telecommunications, healthcare, hospitality, consulting, and nonprofit organizations, Lisa brings a real-world lens to her work. Through her experiences navigating breast cancer, divorce during COVID, and the sale of her business during a recession, Lisa deepened her understanding of resilience, mindset, and what it actually takes to name and claim an evolved identity.
Lisa serves on the boards of the National Speakers Association DC Chapter and Citrine Angels, an organization dedicated to expanding investment opportunities for all. Lisa earned her MBA from the University of Rochester's Simon Business School and BA from Colgate University. She achieved her Accreditation in Public Relations from the PRSA and is a certified Executive Coach through the International Coaching Federation (ICF).