Dr. John G. Igwebuike is a thought leader, focus-group facilitator, and DEI consultant to schools, companies, and universities in the area of effective listening skills, uniquely and distinctly focused on the intersection of diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging.
As an active listening activist, Dr. Igwebuike is the founder of The Lead Listening Institute, which helps organizations, groups, and individuals tap the positive power of effective listening so that all voices can feel seen, heard, listened to, and understood from another person’s perspective. He is a focus-group consultant, restorative justice practitioner, circle leader, and founder of the Guanacaste: Transformational Listening Conference (TLC) hosted in Chicago, Illinois. (NB: Guanacaste, in the Aztec language Náhuatl, means “Listening Tree”.) As “the Listening Professor” he has led effective listening seminars for hundreds of organizations seeking to enhance cultures, climates, and communities of care for many years and is the author of a book entitled I Want to Hear You: 22 Tips for Artful Listening before, during, and after a Conversation (2020).
Dr. Igwebuike also authored a children’s book on listening, I Listen and So Can You (2022), that has been included within school districts, classrooms, and libraries throughout the United States. His unique work leveraging listening to cultivate cultures of care has been featured in Purpose, Inspire, Toastmasters International, Career Connections, Healthy Living, and National Academic Advising Association magazines.
A licensed attorney, Dr. Igwebuike is a lifelong learner, having earned his J.D. from The Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law, his Ph.D. from The Ohio State University, masters degrees from The Ohio State University and California State Polytechnic University, and two bachelor degrees from The Ohio State University. His TEDx Talk on Active Listening can be viewed below (https://www.youtube.com/watch?
