A diverse workforce has been proven to increase staff productivity and retention, equip a business to better tackle change, and foster stronger relationships with customer bases that are themselves increasingly diverse. Merely hiring employees form a variety of backgrounds, however, is insufficient; it is necessary to foster a truly diverse and inclusive culture from the ground up to truly benefit from your employees’ myriad viewpoints and backgrounds.

A top diversity keynote speaker offers informative, in-depth keynotes and can facilitate hands-on workshops to help your organization move from tolerating to embracing differences and in turn reaping the rewards that come with this.

Kwame Christian is a negotiation expert and diversity keynote speaker with two bestselling books and the world’s #1 negotiation podcast. A practicing attorney and the CEO of the American Negotiation Institute, he works with audiences from all walks of life to tackle difficult conversations and build stronger relationships.

Top leadership and diversity keynote speaker Verna Myers is an author, activist, and cultural innovator. Dedicated to eradicating barriers to diversity in the workplace, she is the founder of the Verna Myers Company, a firm specializing in making the most difficult conversations around bias, cultural competence, and inclusion accessible to all.

Cynthia Marshall is a top diversity keynote speaker and the CEO of the Dallas Mavericks. With an executive career that has seen her  leading teams at AT&T, the Dow Chemical Company, and the North Carolina State Chamber of Commerce, she has earned wide recognition for her ability to align employees and get things done.

Wema Hoover is the former Global Head of Google’s Diversity, Equity & Inclusion department and has served as a driver of transformational change for several Fortune 500 companies. Her informative, impactful keynotes demonstrate how embracing diversity leads to surges in employee collaboration, engagement and success.

Innovation expert and diversity keynote speaker Tan Le is an award-winning inventor who has been recognized as one of the most influential Women in Technology. As someone who grew up as an outsider, she shares the insights she’s gained into how thinking differently and existing outside social norms can be an advantage.

Empowerment speaker and bestselling author Eliza VanCort is a student of the performing arts and political science dedicated to uplifting people of all experiences and backgrounds. She transforms her audiences’ lives with actionable tips and tools that enable them to communicate persuasively, advance their careers and claim their space.

Transformative business leader Anne Chow is a top diversity keynote speaker specializing in unconscious bias and organizational transformation. The Former CEO of AT&T Business and an adjunct professor at Northwestern University, she engages with her audiences through panels and keynotes.

Robin Hauser is a documentarian and diversity keynote  speaker focused on issues of unconscious bias, especially as they affect women and their financial health. Her explorations into implicit biases in AI and the skewed vision of reality these algorithms create is invaluable for organizations truly committed to mitigating exclusion and inequality.

Gabrielle Scrimshaw is a storytelling, leadership and diversity keynote speaker specializing in social impact in the areas of economic development and governance. She assists organizations in both goal setting and group problem solving, working with leadership to design and teach a specialized curriculum tailored to each audiences’ particular needs.

DE&I expert and nationally recognized diversity keynote speaker Jonathan Lovitz is the Senior VP at the National LGBT Chamber of Commerce. An advocate for equal opportunity and empowerment, his message is suitable for any audience, but especially effective with college and university students looking to make a difference in their communities.

This article was originally published by BigSpeak Aug 16, 2023.