Unpack what it truly takes to break barriers at the highest levels of executive leadership with Lisa Davis, Executive Leadership Expert, Founder of Davis Core Advisory, award-winning CIO, and bestselling author of The Only Woman in the Room: How to Win in a Workplace Still Built for Men. From her 26-year career in the Department of Defense to leading multi-billion dollar turnarounds at Intel and Blue Shield of California, Lisa reveals how grit, vulnerability, and intentional career risks propel top performers forward. Uncover practical strategies for navigating high-pressure environments, treating rest as a critical business advantage, and leveraging irreplaceable human strengths in an era of rapid AI transformation.
Bio: Lisa Davis is an Amazon bestselling author, Fortune 500 executive, and keynote speaker who has spent four decades leading in rooms where she was often the only woman at the table — from Guantánamo Bay to Fortune 500 boardrooms. Her career spans government, academia, healthcare, and technology, including senior executive roles at Intel Corporation and as CIO of Blue Shield of California. She is the author of The Only Woman in the Room: How to Win in a Workplace (Still!) Built for Men (2026), an Amazon bestseller that distills four decades of leading through complexity into 9 human leadership principles that no technology can replace and no disruption can unravel. The book has been praised by leaders including Shelley Zalis, Founder &; CEO of The Female Quotient; Sandra Rivera, Chairwoman and Former CEO of Altera; and Jeff Amann, EVP & GM of Salesforce Industries.
Something Extra: “Especially for women, I would say own your power.”
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