Shola Richards is the CEO and Founder of Go Together Global®, a best-selling author, and one of the most powerful voices on workplace kindness, resilience, and culture transformation. His message has reached audiences across three continents – from TEDx stages to Silicon Valley boardrooms to the halls of Congress, where he testified on bringing civility to Capitol Hill.

Shola’s journey to becoming a kindness advocate began in the most unlikely place. Exhausted by years of workplace toxicity, he survived a life-altering moment on Interstate 405 that revealed a strength he didn’t know he had. That experience ignited a mission: to prove that kindness isn’t weakness – it’s the most courageous, strategic choice we can make.

As the author of three best-selling books – Making Work Work, Go Together, and Civil Unity – Shola provides organizations with practical, proven frameworks for building cultures worth fighting for. His work has transformed Fortune 500 companies, leading healthcare organizations, and teams at Microsoft, EY, Google, Salesforce, Allstate, Amgen, and many more.

Featured by Forbes, CBS This Morning, Black Enterprise, and Business Insider, Shola combines vulnerability with strength, humor with substance, and practical tools with genuine inspiration. He meets people exactly where they are and gives them everything they need to become the kind of leaders their organizations have been waiting for.