Episode 59: Lillian Forsyth Shares How Believing In Your Vision Helps Pivoting In Your Career

Embrace the Pivot with Dr. Cheryl Robinson

Part of pivoting comes down to your self-confidence; the self-confidence to believe that you deserve something better in your life. The self-confidence to take a risk knowing that the journey is part of the success. Lillian Forsyth joins me on this episode of Embrace the Pivot Podcast to discuss her journey from human resources to starting her own leadership consultancy, Lead With Equity.

Lillian Forsyth is a coach, workshop facilitator, and consultant in the areas of communications, leadership, and diversity, equity & inclusion. She has 15 years of experience leading Operations and Human Resources for both for-profit and nonprofit organizations, and has gained unique leadership perspectives from her extensive experience living and working abroad. Lillian's passion for diversity, equity & inclusion work was born from her experience growing up in St. Louis, MO, one of the most racially segregated cities in the US. Since then, Lillian has found ways to bring equity & inclusion into her work, whether that's developing training programs on unconscious bias or helping organizations develop equitable systems for performance management.

In 2020, Lillian co-founded Lead with Equity, a company whose mission is to help leaders make space for the voices of historically marginalized people to drive change in organizations. With Lead with Equity, Lillian helps leaders drive retention and engagement of diverse teams by providing training and coaching on equitable & inclusive leadership practices, and helping organizations build the support systems to hold leaders accountable to these practices. Lillian has coached and trained leaders from companies like Facebook, Siemens, Delta Airlines, and IBM. She holds an MBA from the University of Hawaii's Shidler College of Business, and a BA in Asian and Middle Eastern Cultures from Barnard College in New York City.