Lisa Even
Transform organizational culture with Lisa Even, corporate leadership expert and bestselling author. Lisa equips leaders to create thriving teams through her Ripple Effect methodology and S.E.A. Framework, focusing on emotional intelligence and intentional leadership. Former fortune 500 leader and host of the Have Good Ripple Effect podcast.
Iowa, United States
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Formerly a healthcare operational leader at a Fortune 500 company managing a multimillion-dollar budget, Lisa now shares her expertise as a nationally recognized keynote speaker, bestselling author of Joy Is My Job, and host of the Have Good Ripple Effect podcast. Her signature S.E.A. Framework (Show up, Engage, Adapt) has guided organizations worldwide through periods of change and growth.
Lisa's approach centers on the powerful insight that culture isn't built in meetings but in everyday moments through attitudes, behaviors, and beliefs. She equips leaders to move beyond reactive management to intentional leadership, demonstrating how small actions create significant organizational impact. By focusing on emotional intelligence and purposeful presence, Lisa helps teams overcome disengagement, siloed thinking, and resistance to change that plague so many workplaces.
Audiences leave Lisa's presentations with practical strategies to assess and transform team culture, tools to bridge personality and communication differences, and techniques to foster environments where innovation flourishes. Her blend of research-backed insights, real-world experience, and actionable frameworks make conquering complex leadership challenges possible.
Book Lisa to transform your leadership approach from simply managing metrics to creating a lasting ripple effect that elevates performance, engagement, and results.
Topics, Sessions And Talks
Lisa Even explores how cultural drift, low morale, and everyday negativity quietly undermine performance, especially in fast-moving, resource-strained workplaces. She reveals how attitudes, behaviors, and beliefs shape far more than daily metrics, and how intentional leadership creates a ripple effect that strengthens trust and collaboration. With her trademark energy and clarity, Lisa equips attendees to recognise cultural blockers, reset team dynamics, and build environments where engagement becomes a natural driver of results.
Lisa Even examines how low self-awareness in leaders fuels tension, disengagement, and miscommunication, eroding even the strongest of teams. She shows how energy, expression, tone, and intention influence every interaction, and how emotional intelligence becomes a practical tool rather than an abstract ideal. Blending research with relatable storytelling, Lisa helps participants understand how they truly show up, identify unhelpful patterns, and adopt a responsible presence that transforms the way people connect, collaborate, and respond.
Lisa Even tackles the growing challenge of complacency and inconsistent performance, showing how unintentional leadership behaviours can suppress curiosity, creativity, and initiative. She encourages teams to adopt a laboratory mindset where experimentation, contribution, and safe risk-taking become everyday norms. With vivid examples and an encouraging, practical tone, Lisa helps participants understand what sparks motivation and equips them to cultivate a culture where ideas flow, ownership increases, and engagement becomes the foundation of performance.
Lisa Even addresses the misconception that enjoyment at work is optional, highlighting how busy environments, rising burnout, and shifting pressures often drain energy and connection. She shows how joy acts as a commercial advantage rather than a perk, and how simple, consistent habits can transform the workplace experience. Drawing on her signature concepts and warm humor, Lisa demonstrates how both leaders and team members can take responsibility for fostering joy, strengthening morale, creativity, and long-term retention.
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