Dr. Ebony Stone

What if the very things women have sometimes been told to minimize in the workplace are actually some of our greatest leadership strengths? In this candid, engaging conversation, Dr. Ebony Stone challenges women to rethink what it means to lead authentically. Drawing from more than two decades of executive leadership experience, Ebony explores the realities women face navigating spaces where they may feel pressure to change how they communicate, lead, advocate, or show up. Through personal stories, humor, practical insight, and honest conversation, Ebony encourages women to stop viewing their differences as obstacles to overcome and begin recognizing them as strengths they can leverage. Audiences leave encouraged to own their voices, trust the value they bring to the table, and lead with greater confidence and authenticity. Ideal for women's leadership programs, Employee Resource Groups (ERGs), corporate events, conferences, and Women's History Month programming.

We are taught how to push, perform, achieve, and keep going. We aren't always taught what to do when the life or career we've worked so hard to build no longer feels like it fits. Based on her book, The Power of the Pause, Dr. Ebony Stone shares what she learned when her own successful corporate career reached an unexpected turning point. This isn't a conversation about giving up. It's about recognizing when continuing to push forward isn't the same thing as moving forward. Ebony helps audiences understand how an intentional pause can create the space to reflect, reassess, reconnect with purpose, and make better decisions about what comes next. Through personal storytelling and practical insight, she challenges high-achieving professionals to see a pause not as a sign that they've lost momentum, but as an opportunity to gain clarity. Audiences leave with permission to slow down long enough to ask better questions, evaluate what success means now, and move forward with greater intention. Ideal for leadership conferences, women's organizations, employee development programs, professionals navigating transition, and organizations experiencing significant change.

You've built the career. Earned the title. Developed the expertise. Checked many of the boxes you once believed would define success. So what happens when you realize you want something different? In Purpose, Pivot & What's Next, Dr. Ebony Stone speaks to accomplished professionals navigating the uncomfortable space between who they've been and who they're becoming. Drawing from her own journey from corporate executive to entrepreneur, author, speaker, and business owner, Ebony explores why a pivot doesn't require abandoning everything you've built. Your experience, relationships, skills, failures, wins, and lessons all come with you. This engaging conversation helps audiences examine what they want from their next chapter, recognize the transferable value of what they've already built, and approach change with curiosity rather than fear. Because sometimes the question isn't, “What am I qualified to do next?” It's, “What do I want everything I've learned to make possible next?” Ideal for leadership programs, professional associations, women's conferences, career development programs, alumni organizations, and professionals navigating career or life transitions.