Vivian Acquah
SHE / HER / HERS
As an inclusive Workplace Wellness Advocate, Vivian Acquah, CDE® (Certified Diversity Executive) advises managers on how to keep their team members engaged, energized, and safe in a sustainable manner.
Supporting leaders in (re-)activating their inclusive leadership journey to amplify DEI from within.
Popular Talks
Amplify Inclusive Leadership
This Inclusive Leadership workshop is to equip managers and leaders with the skills they need to build and sustain an inclusive culture.
The key takeaway from the Amplify Inclusive Leadership workshop is that inclusive leadership is a critical skill for creating an equitable and vibrant workplace culture.
Amplify Authentic Allyship
Allyship—the continuous practice of amplifying a culture of inclusion through positive, intentional, and conscious actions that benefit everyone.
The Amplify Authentic Allyship training is designed to help participants understand the importance of allyship and how to become effective allies.
Amplify Empathy
The workshop helps you to start working on empathy and improve the connection within your teams by using virtual reality.
This training helps participants understand the perspectives of others and overcome unconscious biases through interactive VR experiences.
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Workshops & Consulting
Workshops
Amplify Inclusive Leadership
This Inclusive Leadership workshop is to equip managers and leaders with the skills they need to build and sustain an inclusive culture.
Amplify Authentic Allyship
Allyship—the continuous practice of amplifying a culture of inclusion through positive, intentional, and conscious actions that benefit everyone.
Cultural Awareness
This workshop will provide you with tools to help your team members overcome cultural differences; they’ll be able to achieve the common goal.
Amplify Intersectionality In The Workplace
During this workshop, the audience will be provided with a safe space to reflect on intersecting identities such as gender, race, sexual orientation special abilities and so much more.
Amplify Empathy
The workshop helps you to start working on empathy and improve the connection within your teams by using virtual reality.
Amplify Your Voice – Seat at The Table
Leadership can play an integral role in supporting underrepresented employees in the workplace so that they can advance in their careers.
Deactivate Microaggressions @ WorkDeactivate Microaggressions at Work
This training is to help people understand how microaggressions undermine diversity, equity and inclusion, collaboration, decision-making, and management, and motivates them to engage in specific, effective behaviors that create more effective leaders, more productive teams, and a more inclusive organizational culture.
Coaching
The Amplify DEI coaching is for leaders and/or professionals who are seeking support to strengthen their DEI leadership skills and competencies on an individual, team, or enterprise level.
Consulting
I am passionate about advising managers on how to keep their team members engaged, energized, and safe in a sustainable manner, ultimately leading to an increase in revenue for your company.
“We worked with Vivian to gain more information and familiarise ourselves with the important, but sensitive, DEI topic within our Commonland organisation. She provided a few workshops and conducted a survey. The results of the survey gave a good indication of where we stand related to DEI. We are also using Vivian’s Amplifie DEI Academy with lots of short videos about DEI topics. Vivian is open to discuss what is the best way to introduce DEI topics to the team and also after the workshops she still is available for questions.”
– Anouk Breukers, People Director, Commonland
“Vivian was a great speaker for us here at Swift for our Black History Month’s session on DEI.
I highly recommend her if you are looking for a dynamite, energetic, and attentive speaker to bring insight on DEI topics to not only the management team but also to staff. Her presentation was full of invaluable data and goals set forth that was understandable and attainable. She was readily available when we were in communication with her for the preparation of the event and was also engaging afterwards. She went above and beyond our expectations and we received a lot of great reviews afterwards.”
– Amy Hunter, People Development, SWIFT
“Vivian gave a thought provoking presentation, Amplify Diversity in the Workplace, in our quarterly DEI webinar series for all employees. Throughout the presentation, Vivian used engaging tools to interact with the audience and maintain engagement. She even worked with me to increase awareness of our ERGs and what they do at Lighthouse by including this information in the presentation. I also appreciate how easy and fun she was to work with.”
– Tim Hammon, Associate Training Director, Lighthouse Document Technologies
“At C.H. Robinson we had the pleasure of connecting with Vivian to join one of our external speaker events for our European Women’s Network. She presented “Amplifying Allyship” to our network, helping to illustrate the tools needed to take action in support of DEI initiatives. The event was interactive keeping all participants engaged as well as creating a safe space for people to exercise their learning process on these topics. Vivian sets a great example and we need more people like her in the world to help generate change and create an environment where all people feel comfortable and can thrive. Would recommend Vivian to anyone looking for support to have an impact on their DEI initiatives or a thought evoking conversation. Vivian is easy to talk to and has a lot of experience! Excited to align again in the future and implement her teachings into our daily lives.”
– Stephanie Leduc, Manager Account Management, C.H. Robinson
“Vivian delivered tailored workshops for Indeed’s Inclusion Resource Group (IRG) leaders globally across Europe, Asia and North America. The focus was to reflect, pause and re-energize IRG leaders who often taken on extra burdens as they champion diversity, inclusion and belonging in the workplace and in our product offerings. Vivian helped us all to take a step back and focus on our own mental health and wellbeing as we drive transformational change.”
– Gill Quinn, DEIB Program Manager, Indeed
As an inclusive Workplace Wellness Advocate/ Certified Diversity Executive, Vivian Acquah CDE® advises managers on how to keep their team members engaged, energized, and safe in a sustainable manner.
Vivian Acquah is making topics related to workplace wellness & DEI accessible to everyone. She provides people with the right tools at the right time to embrace inclusive changes. Vivian motivates people to think consciously and inspires them to take action.
As a multicultural and multi-passionate human being, Vivian inspires and empowers people to be their best selves. Becoming a mother inspired her to shift from being a Finance/ IT consultant to becoming a workplace wellness & Amplify DEI advocate. Vivian made a promise to her son Orlando (2013) to help make the world a better place by creating thriving workplaces for EVERYONE. This is a promise not only to him and his generation but also to future generations.
Let’s collaborate to ensure a transformative experience.