The future of work isn’t more individual grit —

it’s Collective Resilience. And I teach leaders how to create it. 

Liz has spent more than 15 years building teams under real pressure, starting with the company she founded in Uganda and scaled into a venture-backed national brand. That work taught her the lesson at the center of her keynotes: Resilience isn't just an individual trait people grit their way into. It's also a property of the relationships around them, and leaders can build it on purpose.

That insight drives Collective Resilience™, her framework for helping organizations hold steady through change by strengthening the connections between people instead of asking individuals to toughen up alone. Forbes named Liz one of the top 20 keynote speakers in the U.S., and her message has reached more than one million leaders in over 100 countries.

She is the best-selling author of Beginner's Pluck and the forthcoming Relationally Rich (Penguin, 2028). Liz and her company have appeared on ABC's Shark Tank and Good Morning America and in Vogue, Fortune, and The Oprah Magazine. Bloomberg Businessweek named her company a social enterprise to watch, and John Maxwell named her a Top Three Transformational Leader.

  • "Liz Forkin Bohannon is everything I could ask for in a keynote speaker:"

    Engaging, informative, innovative, fun, and inspiring. Her smart and actionable content was only surpassed by her genuine humility and desire to connect with our audience.

    Joe Boyd,
    CEO of Leadercast

  • "Brave, practical, and true"

    Liz shares her magical journey for anyone brave enough (and generous enough) to want to go on the journey of a lifetime.

    Seth Godin

  • “Liz was phenomenal!"

    Her presentation sparkled with energy and optimism. Her spirit was contagious and her advice transformational.

    Mark Miller,
    CEO Lead Every Day.

  • “Liz is an amazing storyteller, communicates with passion, and shares wisdom that is applicable."

    You would be hard-pressed to find anyone more inspiring!

    Lori Hermann,
    Executive Producer of the Global Leadership Summit

  • “While Liz was still on stage, my phone was buzzing with messages from my top sales leaders"

    They were telling me that Liz is one of their favorite speakers we’ve ever had at our annual event.

    Melanie Bradshaw,
    Sr. Vice President of Global Events at Senegence

  • “Our retail leaders were touched, inspired, and MOTIVATED to action because of Liz’s words. Liz is a world-class communicator."

    Spot on and pitch perfect. Liz is as good as it gets.

    John Venhuizen,
    CEO of ACE Hardware

  • “Liz Bohannon’s story is simultaneously one of the most counterintuitive and inspirational ones I’ve heard."

    She is a world-class communicator and an even better person.

    Craig Groeschel

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Beyond Grit: The art & science of Collective Resilience™

Resilience is often treated as an individual trait: grit, toughness, the ability to push through alone. But the strongest people and organizations are built differently. They understand that resilience doesn’t only live within people. It also lives between them. In this keynote, Liz teaches her research-backed framework for getting Relationally Rich. Through stories, data, and audience interaction, she gives your people both inspiration and actionable steps to treat social health as seriously as any other measure of performance. The result: cultures of connection, interdependence, and growth that hold when pressure hits.

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Beginner’s Pluck

With no prior experience or interest in business or fashion, Liz Forkin Bohannon started a sustainable fashion company in Uganda. Over 15 years, she built it into a global brand, creating community and opportunity for thousands of artisans and female scholars across the world. In this keynote, she shares that entrepreneurial journey and Beginner’s Pluck, the framework from her best-selling book. She gives your people the inspiration and tools to reframe failure, act before they feel certain, and bring curiosity and purpose back to their life and work. 

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Let’s get plucky!

*Pluck (n.): Spirited
and determined courage.

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