Liz Ryan is an influencer

Coach and creator. CEO and Founder, Human Workplace. Author, Reinvention Roadmap; Red-Blooded HR; and Righteous Recruiting. LinkedIn Top Voice.

New York City Metropolitan Area
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About

Human Workplace is a coaching firm and a three-million-member global movement to celebrate the human side of work.

We help people grow their flames to get more of what they want and deserve in their careers and their lives..

We help working people decide on their next, best career move and step into it.

We coach new and established career coaches, consultants and thought leaders to launch and grow their businesses and platforms.

I write and speak about the new-millennium workplace and how all of us can shift our mindset and methodology to have the careers we want and lives we deserve.

Check out our Career Coach Directory at humanworkplace.com/directory !

Human Workplace career coaches can help you navigate a job search or career change, advance at your current job or surmount any career challenge.

If you're interested in learning more about becoming a coach or consultant on a part-time or full-time basis, drop a note in my LinkedIn inbox or reach me via my taplink

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Articles by Liz

  • Is Your Brand Telling Your Story?

    Is Your Brand Telling Your Story?

    Dear friends, I understand why people say, "I don't want to have a personal brand." "I'm a person - not a bottle of…

    15 Comments
  • Get Your Dream Job - Registration is Open!

    Get Your Dream Job - Registration is Open!

    Dear friends, I teach my flagship course Get Your Dream Job once per year. Registration for my 2025 cohort is now open!…

    7 Comments
  • My Dream Job Formula (the exact steps)

    My Dream Job Formula (the exact steps)

    Dear friends, My course ‘Get Your Dream Job’ is launching on Wednesday, February 26th. I’m looking for 100 people that…

    14 Comments
  • Get the Job You Deserve in 2025

    Get the Job You Deserve in 2025

    Whether you're stuck in the wrong job or feeling frustrated about your job search, now is the time to get the job you…

    7 Comments
  • Want More out of Your Career? Raise Your Hand!

    Want More out of Your Career? Raise Your Hand!

    I’m calling for everyone who wants more out of their professional life to raise their hand (figuratively and…

    24 Comments
  • Your Invitation to Connect with Me - & Change Your Life

    Your Invitation to Connect with Me - & Change Your Life

    Dear friends, I love to answer the questions that come into my inbox every day, like these: How do I decide on my next…

    24 Comments
  • How I Woke Up - and Took Charge of My Life

    How I Woke Up - and Took Charge of My Life

    How Lora Woke Up Here’s a message that came into my LinkedIn inbox: Hi Liz, I’ve followed you for a couple years. I…

    12 Comments
  • My 2025 Career Guide is Here - Get Yours!

    My 2025 Career Guide is Here - Get Yours!

    Dear friends, Here’s the message that came through loud and clear in 2024: You have power in your life and career, but…

    7 Comments
  • Five Ways to Get Inspiration for 2025

    Five Ways to Get Inspiration for 2025

    Dear friends, I always get excited about a new year arriving. It's a fresh start - twelve whole months to make…

    31 Comments
  • Five Things I Know About Your Future

    Five Things I Know About Your Future

    Dear friends, One night about 15 years ago I made a grocery run with our two youngest kids, ages nine and five. We got…

    23 Comments

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Experience

  • Human Workplace Graphic

    Founder and CEO

    Human Workplace

    - Present 13 years 1 month

    Westchester County, New York, United States

  • Forbes Graphic

    Contributor

    Forbes

    - 5 years 1 month

    New York, United States

  • The Denver Post Graphic

    Columnist, Denver Post

    The Denver Post

    - 2 years 1 month

    Denver, Colorado

  • University of Colorado at Boulder Graphic

    Instructor, Leeds School of Business

    University of Colorado at Boulder

    - 4 years

  • Bloomberg Businessweek Graphic

    Corporate Provocateur

    Bloomberg Businessweek

    - 12 years 2 months

  • soprano

    Opera on Tap

    - 2 years 3 months

  • Northwestern University Graphic

    Presenter, "Your Journey, Your Career with Liz Ryan" webinar series

    Northwestern University

    - 1 year 1 month

    virtual

  • Kiplinger Washington Editors Graphic

    Columnist

    Kiplinger Washington Editors

    - 3 years 2 months

  • Networking Expert/Columnist

    Yahoo! Hot Jobs

    - 6 years 7 months

  • Workplace & Career Advisor, Keynote Speaker, Author

    Ask Liz Ryan

    - 5 years 7 months

  • Chief Encouragement Officer

    Ask Liz Ryan Online Community

    - 5 years 6 months

  • Vocal coach for "Sound of Music"

    Thompson School District

    - 3 months

    Loveland, Colorado

  • Monster Graphic

    Careers/Networking Columnist

    Monster

    - 5 years 11 months

  • Mother Abbess, "The Sound of Music"

    Up in Lights Productions

    - 5 months

    Loveland, Colorado

  • Soprano

    Colorado Light Opera

    - 3 years

  • CEO/founder

    WorldWIT

    - 5 years 9 months

  • Ucentric Systems Graphic

    co-founder

    Ucentric Systems

    - 2 years

  • Principal

    Liz Ryan Consulting

    - 2 years 1 month

  • U.S. Robotics

    U.S. Robotics

    9 years

  • 3Com Graphic

    VP HR

    3Com

    - less than a year

  • Director HR

    Recycled Paper Greetings

    - 9 years

    Chicago, Illinois

  • Punk rock singer & waitress

    Punk Rock Singer/Waitress

    - 8 months

    NYC and Chicago

Education

Licenses & Certifications

  • Business Theatre Course Leader

    Human Workplace

    Issued
  • The Electric Classroom Course Leader

    Human Workplace

    Issued
  • Executive Search with a Human Voice Course Leader

    Human Workplace

    Issued
  • Team Mojo Course Leader

    Human Workplace

    Issued
  • Brand Yourself and Get the Job Course Creator Graphic

    Brand Yourself and Get the Job Course Creator

    Human Workplace

    Issued Expires

Volunteer Experience

  • stage director, soprano, Board president

    Rocky Mountain Revels

    - Present 19 years 8 months

    Arts and Culture

    Rocky Mountain Revels is the Colorado branch of the Christmas Revels, headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

  • Board member

    Boulder County CASA

    - Present 16 years 1 month

    Children

    I was on the Board of Boulder County CASA.

Skills

Publications

  • Reinvention Roadmap: Break the Rules to Get the Job You Want and Career You Deserve

    BenBella Books

    Break the rules and take charge of your career!

    The traditional job-search approaches just don’t work anymore, and the days of trusting your career to your employer are long over. The new-millennium workplace requires all of us to rewrite the rules and start treating our careers like we’re running a business—which means understanding the markets for our talents, knowing our value, and looking out over the horizon to plot our paths going forward.

    Liz Ryan is a former Fortune 500 HR…

    Break the rules and take charge of your career!

    The traditional job-search approaches just don’t work anymore, and the days of trusting your career to your employer are long over. The new-millennium workplace requires all of us to rewrite the rules and start treating our careers like we’re running a business—which means understanding the markets for our talents, knowing our value, and looking out over the horizon to plot our paths going forward.

    Liz Ryan is a former Fortune 500 HR SVP and the world’s most widely read workplace thought leader. She understands the recruiting system as only an insider can, and she shows you how to stay focused on your goals and distinguish yourself from masses of job seekers. In Reinvention Roadmap, you’ll discover new tools, such as a “Pain Letter” and your “Human-Voiced Resume” to land not just any job, but a job that celebrates your unique talents and takes you to the level where you want to be.

    Whether you’re entering the workplace or looking to switch careers, you can get the perfect job if you step off the beaten path and follow the approaches insiders use to gain access to the best positions. Reinvention Roadmap is the colorful, fun, irreverent, and deeply practical guide to getting the job you want and building the career of your dreams.

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  • Happy About Online Networking: the Virtual-ly Simple Way to Build Professional Relationships

    Happy About Books

    New to online networking, or wondering what you're missing? I used my husband, a 100% social media newbie at the time, as a guinea pig when I wrote this book. Write me at liz@asklizryan.com

    See publication

Patents

  • Black Patent Pumps, which look awesome by the way

    US 4.5 inch platform peep-toe pumps

Courses

  • Bargaining and negotiation

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  • Communication Theory

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  • Communication research

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  • Composition

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  • French diction

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  • Get Your Dream Job

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  • Interview and Get the Job

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  • Italian diction

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  • Mass communication

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  • Organizational communication

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  • Rhetorical analysis

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  • Take Charge Consulting

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  • Write Your Perfect Resume

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Projects

  • Anatomy of a Pain Letter Ebook

    I wrote the popular Ebook "Anatomy of a Pain Letter."

Honors & Awards

  • First Place Musical Theatre Competition, Second Place Opera

    NATS (National Association of Teachers of Singing)

    I competed at NATS and took first place for musical theatre singing "Losing My Mind" from "Follies" and "This Place is Mine" from the Maury Yeston "Phantom." I took second place for opera singing "Morro" from "Ballo in Maschera."

Languages

  • Zombie Business Language

    Full professional proficiency

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