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Lisa Walden

Revolutionize your workplace culture and bridge generational divides with Lisa Walden, workplace culture strategist and generational expert. Lisa equips organizations with research-driven insights to foster human-centered environments and improve cross-generational collaboration, partnering with industry leaders including Anthropic, BMW, Siemens, and HP.

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Lisa Walden, Speaker | Workplace Culture Expert
Lisa Walden

Lisa Walden

Salt Lake City, United States

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$11k–25k

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Lisa Walden's biography

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  • Consultant helping organizations create thriving work environments
  • Global future of work researcher trusted by major brands
  • Co-founder of Good Company Consulting and culture strategist
Lisa Walden transforms workplace culture through research-driven insights that bridge generational divides and foster human-centered environments. As co-founder of Good Company Consulting, she partners with organizations to create thriving workplaces where people and strategy coexist harmoniously. Lisa is the co-author of Managing Millennials For Dummies and The Future of Work is Human, with her expertise demonstrated in collaborations with industry leaders including Anthropic, BMW, Siemens, and HP. Her work spans generational sociology and workplace trend analysis across diverse industries. Organizations facing retention challenges, communication barriers, and burnout benefit from Lisa's practical approach to workplace transformation. She helps leaders navigate generational differences, implement effective communication strategies, and build psychologically safe environments where innovation flourishes. Her research into workplace trends provides actionable insights for organizations adapting to rapidly changing employee expectations. Lisa's blend of research, humor, and actionable advice empowers attendees to implement immediate positive changes. Book Lisa Walden to transform your workplace culture from merely functional to genuinely inspiring where people thrive and business results follow.

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Topics, sessions and talks

Navigating Today's Workplace Trends
In this session, Lisa Walden decodes the fast-moving language of modern work and what it reveals about deeper shifts in employee mindset and organizational culture. From social media-driven trends to generational expectations, it unpacks what is really happening beneath the buzzwords. Emerging behaviors are connected to unmet needs and changing values, offering a practical way to transform cultural tension into engagement, alignment, and meaningful organizational change.
Communication That Connects
Lisa Walden tackles one of the most common sources of workplace frustration by examining how modern communication styles collide across platforms and personalities. It unpacks unspoken etiquette, messaging mishaps, and emotional subtext in everyday interactions. Through practical tools and relatable examples, Lisa shows how intention, awareness, and empathy transform feedback, virtual meetings, email, and difficult conversations into opportunities for clarity, connection, and stronger working relationships.
GEN Z 101: Adapting Leadership For Next-Gen Talent
Lisa Walden draws on proprietary research and real-world insights into how Gen Z is reshaping workplace norms, expectations, and leadership dynamics. She explores what drives this generation’s approach to work, why their behaviors often seem contradictory to older leaders, and where friction commonly arises. With a balanced and practical approach, common frustrations are reframed into leadership opportunities that strengthen culture and future-proof organizations.

Why we recommend booking Lisa

Lisa Walden transforms workplace cultures by bridging generational divides with research-driven insights, empowering organizations like Anthropic, BMW, and HP to create environments where people thrive and innovation flourishes. Book this workplace culture expert and co-author of Managing Millennials for Dummies to give your team practical tools for cross-generational collaboration and communication strategies that drive engagement and retention.

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Testimonials

Lisa Walden was a terrific speaker – she really took the time to explore our workplace culture, the concerns and needs of our personnel, and the specific challenges we face in advance of the presentation to ensure that her words would have the greatest impact on our internal audience. She was unfailingly attentive, energetic, and creative in her approach and her ideas. Our team is very receptive to new perspectives, but it can be hard for someone on the outside to pierce our bubble and speak our language. Lisa was able to do this and light a fire for future change in our organization.

Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco

Lisa was definitely one of the highlights of our conference and closed out the event on the perfect note!! She was a pleasure to work with and we couldn’t be happier with the outcome.

Home Care Association of New York State

Thank you so much for participating in our conference this week. Your presentation was excellent and it was wonderful working with you. Reviews coming in from the event have been terrific, and thanks again for being a part of our virtual event this year! We will definitely keep you in mind for future events. Thanks again for speaking for us this year at our 50th anniversary event.

Executive Director, National Safety Council of Northern New England

Featured Projects

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