Lisa Swift-Young | SpeakerHub

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Bio

Lisa Swift-Young has over 20 years of experience strategically growing businesses and driving change. As a multi-award-winning sales and marketing executive, she is considered a strategic partner and innovative thought leader.

Lisa and her daughter co-founded a clean beauty brand for naturally curly hair. Lisa loves to share her knowledge and is the author of two bestselling books. Furthermore, her wanderlust and curiosity have taken her to more than 20 countries.

As part of her family's commitment to helping others, Lisa and her family established the Change We Seek Fund. This fund supports financial empowerment initiatives for black and brown families to achieve financial independence. Lisa's work in mindfulness and philanthropy has been featured in multiple publications and media outlets such as The Tennessean, AARP Magazine, Thrive Global, and Medium.

What would it mean if you knew your empathy would make an impact? We all want to make a difference and improve the lives of those in our community. Learn three simple ways to get more joy from giving and find happiness without happenings.

Current position (6)

TEDx Speaker, Author & Philanthropist

Change We Seek

Give Black Give Back Founder

Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee

Philanthropist

Change We Seek Fund

Regional Account Executive

Walgreens Boots Alliance

Author

Pause 2 Praise

COO

Change

Achievements (2)

Corporate Social Responsibility Nominee - WBA

Walgreens Boots Alliance recognizes Lisa Swift-Young has impactful relationships with organizations that positively impact the lives of neighbors, local communities, and society. She has exceeded the expectations outlined in our Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) community goals.

Strobel Volunteer Award Recipient 2023

The Mary Catherine Strobel Volunteer Awards are Middle Tennessee's largest annual celebration of volunteerism. Group Volunteer Service recognizes a group of two or more individuals who volunteered together in 2022 for a specific issue or cause.
Read More: https://www.hon.org/strobel2023

Degrees (1)

Master Business Adminstration

Indiana Wesleyan University

2001 to 2003

Presentations

Presentations (3)

Why Giving Back is Good for Business

Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is more than a capitalist having a heart; it creates significant value, increases innovation, and benefits the bottom line. This talk shares why doing good and increasing stakeholder value are not mutually exclusive.

It’s good for business.
• Increase Economic Value
• Lower Financing Costs
• Gain a Competitive Differentiation
• Realize Higher Productivity and Innovation Efficiency

From Burnout to Belonging: Retaining Top Talent

High levels of personal and environmental stress are primary motivating factors for high employee turnover.

This talk presents the benefits of mindfulness practices as a low-cost, efficient strategy to reduce leadership and employee attrition levels.

In addition, the talk presents a framework for companies to incorporate simple mindfulness-based interventions into organizational practices to reduce stress, improve task focus, and ultimately improve retention.

Parenting in the New Paradigm: Parent and Adult Child relationships

Respect boundaries while building bonds. The talk presents an insightful five-step process to engage more authentically.