Speaker, Workshop Creator, and Results-driven Certified Professional Coach (CPC)

Lisa Conners, MBA, ACC, CPC knows from experience that learning from and celebrating the ups and downs of life are the key to creating an exhilarating future! Lisa has ridden the roller-coaster of multiple professional and personal transitions and her programs reflect real-life lessons and humor from these experiences.

Lisa knows that human connection and deeper conversations are created through events that foster vulnerability, laughter, and personal discovery. With each keynote and workshop, she creates impactful, memorable events that energize attendees to return year-after-year.

Lisa openly shares the challenges that she has overcome, and the strategies she developed for optimistic resilience. Her experiences include overcoming breast cancer, initiating a divorce after 24 years of marriage, selling her children’s play facility during a recession, and thriving in multiple commercial and non-profit leadership roles.

Her programs reflect her deep understanding that every challenge strengthens our internal power, expanding our capacity to inspire and serve others. Audiences appreciate that Lisa is candid and vulnerable about her experiences, and this allows them to reflect more deeply about how to create greater impact in their lives.

Prior to founding Ever Better® Speaking and Coaching, Lisa’s 30+ year career in the DC-area included leadership roles with finance, insurance, non-profit, government contracting, financial consulting and telecom organizations. She even owned and operated a 24,000 sq. ft. children’s play facility for seven years!

As an Authorized Partner for Everything DiSC Assessments and Five Behaviors of a Cohesive Team, Lisa often incorporates assessments and research about team dynamics into her programs. She is certified through the International Coach Federation (ICF) and College of Executive Coaching and earned her Accreditation in Public Relations through the Public Relations Society of America.

Lisa holds an MBA from University of Rochester’s Simon Business School and a BA from Colgate University. She is a past Toastmasters Club President. Lisa is an active member of the Angel Capital Association and a Board Member of Citrine Angels, a ground-breaking angel investing organization dedicated to supporting early stage businesses and educating angel investors.

When she’s not speaking or working with clients, Lisa can be found playing golf with her adult son, doing Pilates or [solidcore] workouts, playing pickleball, painting furniture yellow, exploring the world, or spending time with her many family members and friends.
 

Most Popular Topics:

Women In Medicine: Elevate Your Authority, Influence, and Compensation

You’ve mastered medicine. Now it’s time to master leadership. 

Women in medicine are exceptional at saving lives. But too often, leadership roles remain frustratingly out of reach. This isn’t due to a lack of expertise. The causes are often unseen and un-discussed barriers that keep them from the influence, recognition, and pay they deserve.

This can lead to burnout, high turnover, and the loss of exceptional talent in leadership roles.

In this game-changing keynote, Lisa reveals the insider strategies that help women in medicine step into the authority and confidence that leads to greater impact.

Attendees will gain: 

• A clear understanding of the power dynamics holding them back
• Proven techniques to command authority and influence
• Actionable strategies to lead with confidence

You didn’t come this far to be underestimated. It’s time to lead. 

Masterpiece in Progress: Designing a Resilient Future After Breast Cancer

Every masterpiece starts as a blank canvas – shaped over time by bold strokes, unexpected twists and intricate details. Your journey through breast cancer and into “normal” life is no different. From the moment of discovery to treatment and beyond, every decision is a brushstroke contributing to a greater picture of resilience, growth and purpose.

Yet, in the face of uncertainty, it’s easy to see only the scars—not the masterpiece taking shape. What if you embraced each experience—every doctor’s visit, every consultation, every post-diagnosis conversation, every moment of pain and strength—as part of a unique and extraordinary creation?

In this inspiring keynote, Lisa shares how to re-frame setbacks as stepping stones, uncover the inner strength that carries you through, and take control of your story with intention and resilience. Through heartfelt storytelling about her own breast cancer experiences, interactive exercises, and real-world strategies, you’ll learn to navigate the future with confidence, embrace the beauty of imperfection, and design a future filled with purpose and joy.

Key Takeaways:

• Embrace Your Work in Progress: Recognize that your journey—every conversation, every scar, every triumph—is shaping something extraordinary.
• Re-frame Challenges as Brushstrokes: Shift your perspective to see setbacks, surgeries, and struggles as essential parts of your story.
• Uncover Your Signature Strengths: Identify the resilience, courage, and wisdom you’ve gained through your breast cancer journey.
• Turn Setbacks Into Momentum: Learn practical strategies to move forward with confidence after diagnosis and treatment.
• Design a Life You Love: Step into your role as the artist of your own future, embracing hope, healing, and new possibilities.

You are a masterpiece in progress.  Keep creating.

Your story is a masterpiece in the making—one of strength, survival, and endless possibility. Whether you are still in treatment, adjusting to life after cancer, or defining what’s next, this keynote will inspire you to keep creating with courage, resilience, and hope.

You are a masterpiece!
 

Generative Power: Amplifying Your Strength, Influence, and Success with Each Interaction

Your power isn’t defined by what happens to you—it’s shaped by the growth you choose to cultivate from every experience. In this transformative keynote, Lisa reveals how every interaction—personal or professional—holds the potential to strengthen your inner power, expand your resilience, and elevate your confidence.

Just as artificial intelligence (AI) evolves through continuous learning, you too can harness each interaction to fuel personal and professional growth. Through compelling storytelling, interactive reflection, and actionable strategies, Lisa will empower you to turn everyday encounters into opportunities for clarity, reinvention, and success.

Whether you’re seeking direction, transformation, or a renewed sense of purpose, this keynote will challenge you to expand what’s possible and take control of your future.

Key Takeaways: 

• The Power of Creation: Recognize how every choice, challenge, and action contributes to creating something greater in your life.
• Shift from Reactive to Generative: Make a mental shift from reacting to circumstances to actively shaping your outcomes.
• Unlock Personal and Professional Growth: Develop a generative mindset that fuels progress, resilience, and impact.
• Design Your Future With Intention: Create actionable strategies to shape a fulfilling future on your own terms.
• Cultivate Generative Relationships: Build connections that amplify your potential and create opportunities for mutual success.

Are you motivated to generate greater internal power? Join me, to learn how.  

Ignite Culture Transformation with Everything DiSC®

Unlock Potential. Strengthen Teams. Elevate Performance. 

Success isn’t just about strategies – it’s about people. Yet, miscommunication, personality clashes, and disengagement can hold individuals and teams back from achieving their full potential.

In this high-energy, interactive keynote, Lisa will guide attendees through a powerful self-discovery experience that fuels stronger relationships, deeper conversations, and a memorable event.

By combining DiSC self-assessments with flexible facilitation and the Catalyst™ platform, learners will experience breakthrough moments that inspire lasting behavior change.

Each person has a unique DiSC style—no one style is better or worse than the next. When these differences are assessed and harnessed, better communication and healthier cultures become possible. When people know themselves and others better, they flourish as their true selves. And leaders gain invaluable information about how to create even greater impact.

What to Expect: 

• Pre-Event DiSC Assessment: Each participant completes a personalized online assessment, revealing key insights about their communication style and workplace interactions.
• Comprehensive, Personalized Report: A deep dive into strengths, challenges, stressors, and strategies for creating better relationships, based on assessment results..
• Live, Engaging Experience: Lisa’s expert facilitation transforms DiSC insights into actionable strategies for immediate impact.

Attendees Will Walk Away With: 

• Elevated emotional intelligence for more effective collaboration
• Proven leadership strategies to inspire and influence with confidence
• Tools to maximize individual and team performance
• A roadmap to build a culture of trust, connection, and engagement
• The satisfaction that comes with finally feeling understood

Let’s transform your attendees’ experience by creating deeper human connection rooted in behavioral insights. 

Masterpiece in Progress: Designing a Resilient Future 

Every masterpiece starts as a blank canvas – shaped over time by bold strokes, unexpected twists and intricate details. Your life is no different. Every challenge, setback, and triumph is a brushstroke, contributing to a greater picture of resilience, growth, and purpose.

But when faced with adversity or change, it’s easy to see only uncertainty – not a masterpiece in the making. What if, instead, you embraced every challenge as part of your unique and powerful creation?

In this inspiring keynote, Lisa shares how to re-frame setbacks as stepping stones, uncover the strengths already within you, and take control of your narrative with intention and resilience. Through engaging storytelling, interactive exercises, and real-world strategies, you’ll learn to navigate uncertainty, embrace imperfection, and design a future that excites and empowers you.

Key Takeaways:

• Embrace Your Work in Progress: Recognize that every struggle and success contributes to a greater masterpiece.
• Reframe Challenges as Brushstrokes: Shift your mindset to see setbacks as essential parts of your unique story.
• Uncover Your Signature Strengths: Identify the skills, resilience, and purpose that set you apart.
• Turn Setbacks Into Momentum: Learn practical strategies to navigate adversity and move forward with confidence.
• Design a Life You Love: Step into your role as the artist of your own story, shaping a future that reflects your vision and purpose.

Your life experiences are your greatest masterpiece, one that is ever evolving. Whether you’re navigating uncertainty, seeking clarity, or redefining what’s possible, this keynote will ignite your creativity, inspire resilience, and empower you to create something extraordinary.

You are a masterpiece in progress. Keep creating.