About Dr. Liza
Dr. Liza Ekole is a Global Authority on Interpersonal and Interprofessional Leadership, a sought-after Inspirational Speaker, an expert in Physician Engagement, a Healthcare innovator with more than 20 years of experience in the healthcare industry, and a philanthropist. She holds two Doctorates: Pharmacy and Leadership. Dr. Liza immigrated from Cameroon to the U.S.A, and her career journey has taken her from working at McDonald’s, to being a Clinical Pharmacist, to owning her Retail Pharmacy, to being the Director of a Hospital Pharmacy, to training Senior Consultants from Fortune 100 companies on her signature leadership concepts to speaking at Harvard multiple times during the Global Health Catalyst Summit; a yearly event dedicated to high-impact professionals from all over the world. She is the author and publisher of the only scholarly research on Relational Intelligence as a framework for Collaboration between Physicians and Pharmacists. Dr. Liza is the founder of Collaborative Relational Intelligence® Leadership Inc. She is proud of her humble beginnings.
Dr. Liza is a certified executive coach, certified diversity and inclusion professional, a certified human behavior consultant, philanthropist, and a licensed pharmacist, in addition to being trained in neuro-linguistic programming (NLP). Her patented work in leadership – The Double Rhodium Rule® and Collaborative Relational Intelligence® (CRQ) – is well celebrated and has been adopted as the approved leadership training for many notable organizations as well as Continuing Medical Education (CME) for some medical schools/organizations and (CE) for pharmacy organizations.
CRQ is an incredibly powerful approach to human behavior and emotional wellbeing. It is best described as “an offspring of Emotional Intelligence and Relational intelligence, CRQ is defined as an intentional interaction that starts with knowing yourself, understanding others, gaining value in the differences, and applying this knowledge to effectively and intelligently communicate to achieve a shared, win-win outcome. Dr. Liza works with a diverse clientele, passionately trailblazing a breakthrough way of communicating that is simple, practical, inspiring and when applied properly, is guaranteed to bring about individual and organizational transformation and success.
Dr. Liza is a recipient of many awards both nationally and internally for her patented work in Leadership and for her philanthropic endeavors through the Ekole Fountain of Hope Missions 501 c. She lives in Texas with her wonderful husband Alphonse Ekole, MD and their 3 beautiful kids.