Helping Good People
Do Hard Things
in Tough Times

Change is happening faster than we can keep up with, and challenges often seem bigger than we can handle. This can erode clarity, alignment, and action.

But it doesn’t have to.

I help leaders and teams strengthen capacity, conviction, and collaboration so they can achieve the results they want.

I do this through Staying Power workshops, a Savor the World keynote, leadership coaching, and communications advisory partnerships.

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Ways to Work Together

Savor the World Keynote

When the world feels heavy, our capacity shrinks.

“Savor the World” helps people reconnect to the moments that restore clarity, steadiness, and perspective — the very things that make meaningful work possible.

A talk designed to leave people more grounded, energized, and able to meet what’s next.

Staying Power™ Workshops

In every field, people are facing increasing pressure, complexity, and emotional load.

Staying Power™ strengthens the grounding, emotional intelligence, and sustainable mindset people need to work well in demanding times.

A practical, research-informed series that builds clarity, connection, and capacity.

Leadership Coaching

Leadership asks for steadiness in moments that don’t feel steady.

This coaching offers space to think, breathe, and move forward with greater clarity and less noise.

For leaders who want to navigate uncertainty without losing themselves in the process.

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This work is based on hundreds of interviews with values-driven leaders, neuroscientists and psychologists, Pulitzer Prize-winning authors, Nobel Prize-winning scientists, educators, and everyday good people doing hard things in tough times.

LISA BENNETT
Speaker | Author | Facilitator

  • Author of the forthcoming Savor the World

  • Co-author of Ecoliterate with EQ pioneer Daniel Goleman

  • Advisor for purpose-led organizations

  • Speaker and facilitator

  • Award-winning journalist

  • Former Harvard University fellow

  • Former Ashoka Changemakers Thought Leader

Testimonials Scroll

  • "Powerful and persuasive."

    SIR KEN ROBINSON, Creativity expert and #1-watched speaker on TED. (On Ecoliterate)

  • "Lisa is a gifted speaker and writer."

    ELIZABETH BIRCH, Former Executive Director of the Human Rights Campaign

  • "Lisa is a great collaborator."

    DANIEL GOLEMAN, NYT bestselling author of Emotional Intelligence

  • Lisa has an incredible talent for guiding conversations in a positive, forward-looking direction while ensuring everyone feels heard.

    ANACRON ALLEN, People and Culture, California Academy of Sciences

  • “Lisa is able to create completely new ways to engage audiences such that they can listen, hear and then internalize.”

    LISA RENSTROM, Cofounder of Values Advisor. Former Confluence Philanthropy board chair and Sierra Club president.

  • “Highly recommended!”

    JULIE SWEETLAND, Senior Advisor, the MacArthur Award-winning FrameWorks Institute

  • “Facilitation is an art and science and Lisa has both elements in abundance.”

    CHRIS SPENCE, Former Executive Vice President of the Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy

  • “Lisa understands that working with challenging topics requires meeting people where they are and helping them move forward in small, genuine steps.”

    ANDREW LEIDER, Managing Director, Potrero Group

  • She is a talent - and a delight to work with.

    KAREN BRESLAU, Bloomberg News California Bureau Chief

  • "Lisa combines a sharp, analytical mind with passionate commitment."

    JEREMY SMITH, Editor, Greater Good Magazine at UC Berkeley

  • "Lisa is an excellent public speaker. And she is a pleasure to work with."

    KIM MILLS, Sr. Director, Strategic Communications & Public Affairs, American Psychological Association

  • "Lisa's thoughtful perspectives about climate change and future generations is cutting-edge."

    CAROLIE SLY, Executive Director at Refugee Education and Learning International

Clients

The American Psychological Association, Brown University, California Academy of Sciences, Chambers for Clean Energy, Cornell University, Conferences for Women, Earth Knowledge, FrameWorks Institute, Human Rights Campaign, Institute at the Golden Gate, Packard Foundation, Protect Our Winters, San Francisco Zen Center, Southern Poverty Law Center, San Francisco Chamber of Commerce, Teleos Institute, Woodwell Climate Research Center, and more.

Lisa’s work has been featured in

Savor the World is on Substack.
Check it out here.