Meet
Lenora Billings Harris
100 Global Thought Leaders on Diversity and Inclusion by SHRM
- Topics
- African American, Business, Business (Under Women's Conferences), Communication Skills, Diversity, Human Resources, Marketing, Sales
- Travels from
- North Carolina
- Speaking fee
- $7,500 – $10,000
About Lenora Billings Harris
- 100 Global Thought Leaders on Diversity and Inclusion by SHRM
- Named one of twenty top influential diversity leaders in the US.
As a diversity strategist, Lenora partners with organizations to help them make diversity a competitive advantage. She has been included as one of 100 Global Thought Leaders on Diversity and Inclusion by The Society of Human Resource Management (SHRM), and was named by Diversity Woman Magazine as one of the twenty top influential diversity leaders in the US. Her award winning diversity leadership research is recognized in journals internationally. Lenora’s ability to transform multifaceted diversity and inclusion concepts into immediately applicable “how to’s” have enabled her to help Fortune 500 companies, professional associations, government agencies and educational institutions facilitate change to attract and retain top talent, expand multicul- tural markets, and heighten the number of engaged employees.
Lenora is the co-author of TRAILBLAZERS: How Top Business Leaders are Accelerating Results through Inclusion and Diversity, and she is often an expert guest on TV and radio internationally. She serves on the adjunct faculty of the business schools of Averett University and the University of North Carolina- Greensboro, and leads a full service diversity consulting firm. She has presented to audiences in over eighteen countries on six continents including in the middle of the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.
Lenora is a Certified Professional Speaker (CSP). She holds a BS from Hampton University and an MA from the University of Michigan and has held key positions with General Motors and CIGNA Corp.
Keynotes
Bring the right conversation into the room.
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Lenora uses the characters of the Wizard of Oz as a metaphor to help you understand how you can use your brain, heart and courage to make a real difference in today’s multi-cultural world.
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Based on Lenora’s latest book, this presentation offers participants an opportunity to learn the best practices of trailblazing companies such as IBM, the Coca Cola Company, Verizon, Sodexo, American Airlines, Citi, Ford and many more, as well as see the surprising results of Lenora’s D & I research conducted through The Bryan School of Business and Economics at the University Of North Carolina-Greensboro.
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Join Lenora for this informative session exploring inclusiveness and diversity from a business bottom-line point of view. Determine whether or not diversity is required in your organization in order to achieve high performance. You will be surprised with some of the outcomes.
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Lenora uses personal stories, metaphors, audience interaction and quotes from Martin Luther King, Jr., Nelson Mendela and others to help you discover how you can use your abilities and courage to make a real and sustainable difference in today’s multicultural world.
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This highly interactive, non-judgmental and fun program provides an opportunity for participants to discover their own level of knowledge and understanding of people different from themselves, and then apply the principles of inclusion to build relationships.
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Men and women do communicate differently. Learn easy techniques to bridge the gender divide. This fun yet informative presentation will help you improve your communication skills with the opposite gender.
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Men and women do communicate differently. Learn easy techniques to bridge the gender divide. This fun yet informative presentation will help you improve your communication skills with the opposite gender.
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