Risha Grant

My edgy equity training, facilitates honest, authentic conversations about unconscious bias, inclusive cultures, and micro-aggressions.

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Motivated by her passion to correct societal isms like racism, sexism, classism and plain old stupidism, it is Risha’s personal mission to expose the value of Diversity & Inclusion while shining a light on the economic impact it creates. From her race, gender and lifestyle choices, to growing a small business and tackling economic issues, every area of her life intersects diversity.

Founder & CEO of Risha Grant LLC, an award-winning diversity consulting and communications firm, as well as an edgy, educational and motivational speaker, author Risha Grant is an internationally renowned diversity, inclusion and bias expert. She covers these topics as NBC KJRH’s community correspondent and host of the Risha Talks series. Through her Tulsa World column, Risha Talks and as a contributor to Black Enterprise Magazine, she has motivated and educated numerous corporations, associations, and universities. In her book, That’s BS! How Bias Synapse Disrupts Inclusive Cultures and the Power to Attract Diverse Markets and her corresponding “BS” Video Series, Risha has led audiences to new places of respect and understanding. These audiences have included Discover Card Financial Services, Samsung Electronics America, Cox Communications, Wells Fargo, USAA Diversified Financial Group, Boy Scouts of America, U.S. Airforce, Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, NBA’s Oklahoma City Thunder, University of Oklahoma and Roger Williams University, to name a few.

She has been featured in Forbes, The Financial Times, Off Script, Bloomberg Media, Black Enterprise, Engage Magazine, Radioactive Radio, Take the Lead Radio, The Dream Catcher podcast, Money for Life podcast, DJC Oregon Newspaper, The Kansas City Star, WUSA-TV, KVUE-TV, KTLU-TV, WURD Radio, among other local and national media. Risha has also been awarded numerous honors such as being named a 2019 Top 100 HR Influencer by Engagedly, a 2018 Inclusive Leadership Award Winner and Entrepreneur of the Year in 2017.

Using passion, persistence and knowledge, she has worked with governors, NBA teams, mayors, CEO’s of Fortune 500 companies and other business and community leaders to reduce bias and further the understanding of Diversity & Inclusion. As an international speaker, Risha teaches and empowers attendees with D&I tools to increase their bottom line and permission to get rid of their BS.

EXPERT ON
Diversity
Employee/Workforce
Empowerment
Business
Communication
Inclusion

PROGRAM INFORMATION

PERMISSION:GRANTED TO GET RID OF YOUR BS

COMPANIES DON’T HAVE DIVERSITY PROBLEMS…THEY HAVE PEOPLE PROBLEMS!

Whether implicit or conscious, bias is the number one threat to humanity and any company’s success. If your company’s goal is to create cohesiveness within your organization, increase revenue, be innovative and/or elevate your reputation- the bias in your workforce and community is a roadblock. You know the problem. Permission::Granted is your answer.

Throughout this session, Risha allows attendees to authentically express their biases, while giving them easily applicable tools to get over them, however screwed up they may be. Although diversity can often be an uncomfortable topic, Risha’s approach helps attendees to easily understand the concept, without feeling bored or judged.

Risha Grant teaches Diversity & Inclusion through the lens of humanity using terms like B.S. or Bias Synapse as a way to explain our brain’s involvement in the processing and validation of bias.

GET RID OF THE BS (BIAS SYNAPSE)

Whether implicit or conscious, bias is the number one threat to humanity and any company’s success. If your company’s goal is to create cohesiveness within your organization, increase revenue, be innovative and/or elevate your reputation- the bias in your workforce and community is a roadblock. You know the problem. Permission:Granted is your answer.

Throughout this session, Risha allows attendees to authentically express their biases, while giving them easily applicable tools to get over them, however screwed up they may be. Although diversity can often be an uncomfortable topic, Risha’s approach helps attendees to easily understand the concept, without feeling bored or judged.

Risha Grant teaches Diversity & Inclusion through the lens of humanity using terms like BS or Bias Synapse as a way to explain our brain’s involvement in the processing and validation of bias.

PERMISSION:GRANTED TO BUILD AN INCLUSIVE CULTURE

Building an inclusive culture is imperative to business success. Learn the keys to creating a culture that welcomes all employees, boosts retention and productivity. During this talk, Risha shares applicable tips and strategies to take your company’s culture to the next level.

GET RID OF THE BS TO BUILD AN INCLUSIVE CULTURE

Building an inclusive culture is imperative to business success. Learn the keys to creating a culture that welcomes all employees, boosts retention and productivity.

During this talk, Risha shares applicable tips and strategies to take your company’s culture to the next level.

PERMISSION:GRANTED TO ATTRACT DIVERSE MARKETS

Companies need to know what to say and how to get diverse customers to buy their products and services.  Why? Because business sustainability, competitive advantage, a constantly changing economy and about $14 trillion in buying power. During this session, Risha will share with attendees the keys to effectively engaging various diverse groups and provide them with tips to create a diversity communications strategy for their company.

GET RID OF THE BS TO ATTRACT DIVERSE MARKETS

Companies need to know what to say and how to get diverse customers to buy their products and services. Why? Because business sustainability, competitive advantage, a constantly changing economy and about $14 trillion in buying power.

During this session, Risha will share with attendees the keys to effectively engaging various diverse groups and provide them with tips on how to create a diversity communications strategy for their company.

THAT’S BS! WEBINAR

Engaged Employees = More Output = Bigger Profits.

Diversity delivers dollars. Multiple studies show companies with an inclusive workforce perform better – 35% better – than other businesses. Beyond that, there’s the critical message that all voices should be respected and heard – which enables employees to create and innovate – providing your company with its competitive advantage. Grant’s training will teach you how to build a culture of inclusion and leverage it to improve performance and output.

Risha’s Solution

You will receive three modules of training that help assess the cultural and organizational barriers blocking your employees and business from authentic change. In this three-step process, you’ll be able to identify, own, and confront your bias while learning to build an inclusive culture and understand the micro-aggressions that keep us irritated and frustrated with each other. This training is for employees, managers and leaders from small businesses to major corporations.

Take this time of social distancing to unpack the BS in your organization, so that you can begin to build authentic relationships.

Diversity and Inclusion is an uncomfortable topic. In the That’s BS! Webinars, she will guide you and your employees to a place where you’re comfortable discussing the uncomfortable.

In this edgy equity webinar, international speaker and trainer Risha Grant, facilitates honest, authentic conversations about unconscious bias, inclusive cultures and micro-aggressions. It leads her audience to a new place of respect, understanding and inclusion. The end result is an energized workforce focused on diverse teams that generate new ideas, better performance, and sales.