Risha Grant Speaking Fee, Schedule, Bio & Contact Details

Risha Grant

Diversity & Inclusion Expert, Corporate BS Finder, International Speaker, Author and Consultant, and CEO of Risha Grant LLC

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Risha Grant

Biography

Motivated by her passion to correct societal "isms" like racism, sexism, classism and plain old stupidism, it is Risha Grant's personal mission to expose the subtleties and values of Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion while shining a light on the impacts they create.

Founder & CEO of Risha Grant LLC, an award-winning diversity consulting, communications, and speaking firm, as well as an edgy, educational and motivational speaker, author Risha Grant uses honest, humorous, and vulnerable storytelling to motivate audiences to embrace the inner tough work of Radical Acceptance while honoring diversity, equity, and inclusion without evoking feelings of judgment or assigning blame.

These audiences have included Google, Levi Strauss, Nestle Purina, Xerox, YouTube, Procter & Gamble, Discover Card Financial Services, Samsung Electronics America, U.S. Airforce, U.S. Navy, Intuit, and Harvard University, to name a few.

She's been featured in Forbes, Harvard Business Review, HR News, The Financial Times, Glamour magazine UK, Bloomberg Media, and Black Enterprise among others.

Risha has received numerous honors such as being named one of the Top 10 Most Powerful Women Leaders in HR by PeopleHum in 2021, 40 Top Women Keynote Speakers by Real Leaders, the NBA OKC Thunder Changemaker Award in 2020 among others.

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Featured Books

Be Better Than Your Bs

by Risha Grant

A book on DEI in the workplace that speaks not only to executives but to employees at all levels of a company, by award-winning diversity consultant Risha Grant.

DEI consultant and corporate speaker, Risha Grant, shares her practice of learning how to welcome and embrace people's full humanity, without BS, full stop. What's BS? It's bullshit for sure, but more specifically it's the powerful and often invisible belief systems we've been steeped in since birth--the judgment and bias we carry with us that impact our own lives and the many others we encounter every day. Risha teaches us about the inner work and the outer work we need to do to dismantle our "biasphere," and change how we see ourselves and how we interact with others. The more people are willing to acknowledge and address the biases inherent in their belief systems, the more those biases will dissipate and the better our work environments will become.

Readers will learn how to:

Recognize when your BS manifests as "isms" and phobias that follow you to work
Cure scarcity mentality, a damaging byproduct of fear
Validate other people's experiences
Become a real ally
Engage in micro efforts that can effect change on a macro level
Create an environment that fosters a sense of belonging for everybody; that is, "get in where you fit in"
Abolish groupthink and create space for diverse ideas
Design explicit feedback channels
Generate truly inclusive policies that people can trust
Spot and stop bullying (it doesn't always look the way you think it does)
Understand that equality isn't equity; the difference leads to everyone getting what they need

That's BS

by Risha Grant

Risha's approach to diversity and expert advice impressed me to say the least. She is articulate, smart and provided a practical approach to improve diversity and easily applicable resources to achieve success.

Deckers Outdoor Corp. (Ugg Boots)

Risha grant is tenacious in her approach to define and explain diversity from her audience's point of view. She is the most engaging and interesting speaker with a style of her own that will provoke audiences into learning without being aware.

Director-Employment and Diversity, Boy Scouts of America

Risha grant is a dynamic and very effective speaker. Her ability to demonstrate the value of diversity & inclusion, while providing individuals the opportunity to recognize and examine their own personal beliefs and behaviors, allows her message to truly resonate and live beyond her presentation.

Columbia Sportswear Company

She spoke to over 90 attendees for 10 different Samsung Companies across the USA and Canada. She was inspiring, funny and brutally honest. I really appreciated her ability to tell a story, willingness to share her personal experiences and insight. She was professional and personable.

Samsung, North America

We had Risha Grant in for our International event in Belfast in February 2018, and she was phenomenal. Risha absolutely crushed it, she is amazing and had an incredible impact. Thank you so much!!!

Rapid 7

We just completed her session and it was the most well received of our 3 keynotes, in my opinion. She knocked it out the park. Or, to use a basketball reference, she was draining 3's all speech long.She did a fabulous job. I truly appreciated her story-telling and transparency. It allowed our team members to connect with her.

Signet Jewelers

We loved having Risha as our Keynote Speaker for our 2020 Professionals of Color Conference. This year came with a lot of challenges, but Risha and her team made going virtual smooth. Risha's content challenged the cultural norms and we appreciated her openly speaking her truth and experiences.

Amway

Risha has such a dynamic personality that was felt even through the virtual environment (although I bet seeing her in person is even better!) and a disarming manner that made it easy for us to engage with her. If you're looking for an energetic, no BS speaker to engage your organization on some tough topics, hire Risha.

Nestle Purina Women Leaders Forum

D&I is hard work because we humans are complicated. The bottom line is, when you need an extraordinary facilitator--who is clear-eyed, compassionate, and unafraid to work on implicit bias--call Risha. She steered the conversation to illustrate the unacknowledged, unaware white privilege that was underneath many of the exchanges among the participants, yet always created an environment of safety

Harvard University

Risha Grant did an amazing job at our virtual leader offsite. She provided an entertaining, compelling and informative discussion on the power of Diversity and Inclusion. Risha left us with many tools and provocations in our own journey to be better stewards of Diversity and Inclusion. I highly recommend Risha as a speaker. Thanks to Risha for providing the highlight of our session!

Intuit, Inc.

Risha provided an excellent presentation that had record attendance - with some of the highest evaluations ever. Risha's presentation teed up a critical conversation for our membership, one that we plan on continuing. Thank you for helping make it a success.

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