For Business Leaders
I support business leaders in becoming more strategic, self-aware and confident communicators using “Broadway Basics™” to strengthen their leadership presence.
Act I · Lisa Nicole Wilkerson
About
One foot on the stage. One foot in the boardroom.
From corporate America to the arts to academia, Lisa Nicole Wilkerson has excelled in the storytelling industry at the highest levels. She is an award-winning Broadway actor, voiceover artist on an Emmy-nominated series, professor, speaker, and communication skills leadership and acting career coach. She bundled her extensive experience to found Broadway Confidence® Coaching & Consulting, a service that integrates executive communication strategies with “Broadway basics™”, performing arts tools and tactics, to support leaders with enhancing their professional presence.
As a New York University Stern School of Business adjunct professor, Lisa coaches Executive Education participants, teaches strategic communication skills to MBAs and undergraduates, and serves as an actor-communication skills coach for EMBAs and MBAs in the Leadership Accelerator program.
Other schools that have sought Lisa’s expertise include Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs, The Wharton School of Business at University of Pennsylvania, Howard University, and Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism, her alma mater.
Lisa’s clients span journalism, law, medicine, business, and the arts, and select corporate clients include Downing Capital Group, Holistic Index, Tokio Marine North America Services, and Council for Urban Professionals (CUP).
Lisa’s speaking philosophy centers on her signature slogan: “Everything You Need You Already Have, and Everything You Have Is Good Enough™.” She shares actionable methods and personal stories to inspire professionals and youth across business, the arts, sports, and not-for-profits, with a mission to empower and motivate.
Prior to academia, Lisa worked in consumer marketing PR at Burson-Marsteller. While performing on Broadway, she co-founded Broadway in South Africa, a not-for-profit that fostered cross-cultural exchange between South African youth and Broadway artists using their talents for change.
Lisa’s Broadway and national tour credits include The Lion King (Nala), Motown: The Musical (Anna Gordy, ensemble), Mamma Mia! (Ali), and Tony-awarded The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess (dance and fight captain), for which she won the Fred and Adele Astaire Award for Outstanding Female Dancer in a Broadway show. Her voiceover work includes the Emmy-nominated PBS American Masters UNLADYLIKE 2020 docuseries. She can be seen in Netflix’s Russian Doll, and additional select voiceover credits include the Aristocracy of Skin documentary and ad campaigns for American Heart Association, AT&T, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Ford Motor Company, Pantene, and Stop n Shop. For her body of exceptional work in the arts, Lisa was honored by being inducted into the inaugural class of the Lloyd Richards Fellowship Program in June 2025.
Lisa Nicole Wilkerson’s dynamic career, spanning Broadway, broadcast, business, and academia, reflects her unwavering commitment to storytelling, education, and empowering others to reach their fullest potential.
