Ritu Bhasin is a leading inclusion specialist, who shares her expertise as the Founder and CEO of Bhasin Consulting. Internationally recognised for her expertise in diversity, inclusion, equity, anti-racism, authentic leadership and personal empowerment, Ritu works with the world’s top organisations to better their workforce. Also highly sought-after to share her expertise on social and cultural issues across the globe, Ritu is booked as a keynote speaker for the likes of Facebook, CTV, CBC and Salesforce. When looking for a speaker who covers topics such as disrupting bias, authentic leadership, transforming organisational cultures and the foundation of diversity, equity and inclusion, look no further than Ritu Bhasin.
Having worked a diverse career, Ritu began working as an Associate Lawyer for Torys LLP in 2000. She later moved on to become a Litigation Lawyer for WeirFoulds LLP, where she practised human rights and constitutional law, administrative law and civil litigation. Changing direction in her career, Ritu then became Director of Student and Associate Programmes for Stikeman Elliott LLP, with whom she worked for several years managing programming for lawyers in organisational leadership, change management, professional development and many other avenues. She has also worked as an Instructor of the Governance Essentials Program and Executive Programmes for the Rotman School of Management, also specialising in strategy, stakeholder management and diversity.
Having experienced a variety of different workplace cultures, Ritu made the decision to found Bhasin Consulting in 2010. On a mission to build more diverse and inclusive workplaces, Ritu empowers individuals to be strategic and leverage their strengths to develop their careers. Having secured great success with Bhasin Consulting Inc, in 2012, Ritu co-founded Mivoko, a company that addresses the social and business issues of name mispronunciation. With her consultancy company, Ritu provides a range of services from organisational assessments to retention strategies that prioritise leveraging personal strengths. In addition to her services at Bhasin Consulting, Ritu has also published an Amazon Bestselling book titled The Authenticity Principle, in which she reveals a cutting-edge framework for living and leading more authentically. In 2023, she published "We've Got This: Unlocking the Beauty of Belonging".
Throughout her career, Ritu has won countless awards for her passions, with her most recent seeing her named as the SUCCESS Magazine Woman of Influence 2022. She has also claimed The Women’s Center Leadership Award 2021, the 2019 South Asian Bar Association Diversity Award, the 2016 Indo-Canadian Chamber of Commerce Female Professional of the Year Award and the 2014 City of Toronto William P. Hubbard Award for Race Relations to name but a few awards.
When looking for an influential thought-leader on diversity and inclusion, look no further than Ritu Bhasin. Having presented to hundreds of thousands of people across the globe, Ritu is internationally renowned for her expertise on authentic leadership, diversity, inclusion and equality, speaking through an intersectional social justice lens. Having also achieved the status of a Certified Cultural Competence Coach and a Certified Neuro-Strategies Coach, Ritu’s expertise is second to none. When looking for a speaker who specialises in diversity, equity, inclusion, authentic leadership, anti-racism and personal empowerment, book Ritu Bhasin today.
Books
The Authenticity Principle
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Ritu Bhasin's official speaking topics are listed below:
- The Foundations of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion: In order to embed DEI principles deep into an organisation’s culture, we first need to equip leaders and team members with foundational DEI knowledge, which includes a shared understanding of unconscious bias, cultural competence, and allyship concepts. Only then can an organisation create an inclusive and psychologically safe work environment, where everyone can thrive and belong. This keynote provides an in-depth and practical summary of key DEI concepts and strategies.
- Disrupting Bias - Overcoming Our Discomfort with Differences: When we know how to interrupt and address biases, people experience heightened belonging, feel safer, and feel more included. This keynote explores the critical first step to building more diverse, equitable, and inclusive environments: identifying and interrupting both conscious and unconscious biases.
- Authentic Leadership - Unlocking the Power of Belonging in Organisations: Organisations are more diverse than ever, but in a society that favours sameness and conformity, many workplaces still struggle to foster inclusion. To be truly inclusive, we need to focus on one key ingredient: authenticity. This keynote delves into how authenticity and a commitment to authentic leadership unlocks belonging, inclusion, empowerment, and innovation in the workplace and enables everyone to contribute to their fullest.
- The 'How' of Inclusive Leadership - Transforming Organisational Cultures Through Allyship: We’re hearing more than ever about the critical importance of allyship, in workplaces and in society at large, and many of us want to become an ally, but we don’t know how to make this happen. This keynote digs deep into the concept of allyship and how effective allyship can allow both leaders and team members to interrupt bias, develop their cultural lens, and create environments that are authentic, empowering, and innovative.
- Rise Through the Authenticity Principle and The Three Selves Framework: In a world that constantly pushes you to conform, how can you be more authentic? This keynote digs deeper into the central framework from Ritu’s bestselling book The Authenticity Principle: The Three Selves. Discover an innovative methodology for choosing how and when to be your Authentic Self or your Adapted Self in order to live, work, and lead in a more empowered and inclusive way.
Official Feedback from In-Person & Virtual Events
Feedback from In-Person Events:
"Ritu is a dynamic leader with amazing energy and a voice that is much-needed in the DEI space. Her authentic approach engages everyone in the audience to think again and to take a leap - from the novice learner to the DEI student, to the non-believer. Ritu makes an impact and leaves a mark with both style and deep substance. Ritu is the master!" - Joi, Global Director Diversity & Inclusion, Kirkland & Ellis
- 2023 - Author of "We've Got This: Unlocking the Beauty of Belonging"
- 2022 - SUCCESS Magazine Woman of Influence
- 2021 - Winner of The Women's Center Leadership Award
- 2019 - Winner of the South Asian Bar Association Diversity Award
- 2017 - Author of The Authenticity Principle
- 2016 - Winner of the Indo-Canadian Chamber of Commerce Female Professional of the Year Award
- 2015 - NALP Diversity Champion
- 2014 - Winner of the City of Toronto William P. Hubbard Award for Race Relations
- 2013 - Winner of the Western University Young Alumni of the Year Award
- 2012 - Co-Founder of Mivoko
- 2012 - Women of Influence Canadian Diversity Champion
- 2011 - Winner of the Gordon Cressy Student Leadership Award
- 2011 - Board of Directors HR Committee Member & Employment Advisory Council Member of the Toronto 2015 Pan American Games
- 2011 - Board Member of Yonge-Dundas Square
- 2010 - Founder & CEO of Bhasin Consulting
- 2010 - Instructor of the Governance Essentials Programme & Executive Programmes at the Rotman School of Management
- 2003 - Director of Student and Associate Programmes for Stikeman Elliott LLP
- 2002 - Litigation Lawyer for WeirFoulds LLP
- 2000 - Associate Lawyer for Torys LLP
- 1996 - Contributor for CBC and Radio-Canada
