Lizza Robb, MSW
Partner, Director of Research
Lizza is an executive coach, organizational consultant and facilitator at Redshift Leadership, a global consultancy that specializes in leadership and culture.
Drawing on research in emotional intelligence, positive psychology, and the brain science of happiness and resilience, Lizza works with leaders to maximize professional impact, cultivate effective and rewarding relationships, and realize visions for personal and professional achievement. Lizza’s work builds on a client’s vision of their ideal self as a leader, and leverages the client’s strengths to create an action plan for moving from current to ideal.
As Director of Research Lizza administrates Redshift Leadership’s Departmental and Organizational Inquiry Studies. Through in-depth analysis of qualitative interviews conducted with multiple stakeholders, the Redshift Leadership team creates a robust picture of an organization’s level of engagement, identifying underlying issues related to organizational identity, culture, values and performance that both help and hinder success. A report of findings provides a clear framework for identifying immediate, short-term and long-term areas of focus.
As a speaker and facilitator, Lizza’s sessions reflect her deep immersion in the research behind emotional intelligence and resilience. Lizza synthesizes these findings into energizing, interactive sessions that highlight the intersection of feeling our best with doing our best work.
Lizza’s training and experience in clinical social work and qualitative research—as well as a background in the fine arts and strategic marketing—fuels a creative approach to person-centered leadership.
Lizza has worked with of a wide variety of organizations including Nickelodeon, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, MTV, Lane Community College, the City of Eugene, OR, Families USA, the Ad Council, Health Care Without Harm and University of Vermont Medical Center (formerly Fletcher Allen).
Lizza earned both her bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the University of Pennsylvania. She completed her executive coach training at Teleos Leadership Institute in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.