Deena C. Brown, Phd, Shrm-Scp (She, Her) Email & Phone Number

Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

* Upskilling and reskilling Manufacturing and Operations Leaders: Design and implement targeted learning programs to increase leadership capabilities within critical areas of the supply chain.* Strategic Advisory: Serve as a trusted advisor to senior executives, offering insights, recommendations, and data-driven strategies to drive organizational success.* DE&I Integration: Provide direction and leadership in strategically integrating and operationalizing DE&I initiatives, resulting in tangible improvements in diversity representation and hiring metrics.* Thought Leadership: Identify and drive partnerships, thought leadership, and community-building opportunities, such as Women's Circles and ERGs, to foster a diverse and inclusive workplace.* Engagement and Influence: Develop effective engagement strategies with leaders through facilitation, presentations, negotiations, and influential communication, resulting in alignment and support for DE&I initiatives.* Benchmarking and Best Practices: Identify diversity benchmarks and best practices to inform the design and implementation of initiatives, leading to measurable outcomes and continuous improvement.* DE&I Subject Matter Expertise: Act as a subject matter expert in DE&I, contributing valuable perspectives, insights, and knowledge to enable the organization to capitalize on diversity for global success.* Talent Development: Develop corporate strategies for recruiting, developing, and retaining diverse talent, resulting in improved representation and measurable improvements in hiring metrics.* Organizational Change: Conduct needs assessments to identify opportunities for change and drive desired outcomes, leading to positive organizational culture and practice shifts.

New Orleans, Louisiana, United States

* Strategic Advisory: Serve as a trusted advisor to senior executives, offering insights, recommendations, and data-driven strategies to drive organizational success.* DE&I Integration: Provide direction and leadership in strategically integrating and operationalizing DE&I initiatives, resulting in tangible improvements in diversity representation and hiring metrics.* Thought Leadership: Identify and drive partnerships, thought leadership, and community-building opportunities, such as Women's Circles and ERGs, to foster a diverse and inclusive workplace.* Engagement and Influence: Develop effective engagement strategies with leaders through facilitation, presentations, negotiations, and influential communication, resulting in alignment and support for DE&I initiatives.* Benchmarking and Best Practices: Identify diversity benchmarks and best practices to inform the design and implementation of initiatives, leading to measurable outcomes and continuous improvement.* DE&I Subject Matter Expertise: Act as a subject matter expert in DE&I, contributing valuable perspectives, insights, and knowledge to enable the organization to capitalize on diversity for global success.* Talent Development: Develop corporate strategies for recruiting, developing, and retaining diverse talent, resulting in improved representation and measurable improvements in hiring metrics.* Organizational Change: Conduct needs assessments to identify opportunities for change and drive desired outcomes, leading to positive shifts in organizational culture and practices.

Strategic Insight: Deliver high-level insights that shape leadership and management content through strategic thinking and a comprehensive, big-picture perspective.Thought Leadership: Shape key content and research at HBR by partnering as a recognized thought leader in leadership, management, and organizational development.Research and Analysis: Conduct studies to analyze trends, synthesize data, and contribute to evidence-based decision-making.Collaboration and Communication: Partner closely with editors and product developers, demonstrating strong collaboration and communication skills to effectively exchange ideas and provide actionable feedback.Content Development: Guide the development of HBR’s leadership and management content, ensuring it aligns with current and future trends.Innovation and Creativity: Apply creative thinking to generate innovative ideas that propel progress in the leadership and management fields.Leadership and Influence: Drive organizational change and shape broader industry discussions.

United States

Provide strategic organizational insights to remove the illusion of inclusion by helping leaders:Understand the global perspective of corporate inclusion, diversity, and equity;Articulate and Execute an authentic commitment to inclusion and belonging;Embed inclusiveness and belonging as a foundation for workplace culture;Understand the significance of conscious bias rooted in systemic racism and discrimination that derail growth and innovation;Identify leadership blindspots; and Implement practical and critical communication skills that employ inclusive language as the bedrock of difficult conversations.

Irvine, California, United States

The Executive Next Practices Forum is an established network of FORTUNE 5000 C Level and key executive leaders (CEO, COO, CFO, CMO, CIO, HR) who meet to review “first look” innovations in business and leadership strategies.Our unique and highly collaborative sessions are held with in a non-solicitation environment to encourage leaders to engage, create and build powerful business relationships.Our sessions are characterized by: We follow a “next practices” development method which discards the “status quo” in favor of more effective and relevant approaches to today’s issues and tomorrows impacts.Thought leaders set the stage at our carefully formatted sessions, designed for peer to peer interaction and actionable idea creation. Real life case reviews, success learnings and practical applications are reviewed, along with forward looking trends and implications for all businesses. To support the foundation of ideas created in the general sessions, the ENP Institute offers top level business advisory and executive team programs ranging from execution skills to marketing ROI.

Global

To come together as elite coaches, teachers, speakers and professionals, taking our leadership training, talents and skills and adding value to people all over the world. In doing so, we continue with our desire to do something of significance, as we transform lives and carry out the work of our leader, John C. Maxwell, and continue his legacy, while leaving an impact of our own.

United States

Millennial leadership expert and premier authority in transformational leadership practices that inspires, empowers, and transforms lives.

United States

We help organizations shift how they address diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging in the workplace. Our vision for every partnership is to become an extension of your existing team, pursuing shared outcomes and integrating with everything from back-office systems to your organizational culture. We bring a different perspective when measuring inclusion. When everyone is responsible for creating an inclusive environment, you start to see real change. Diversity is a fact. Equity is a choice. Inclusion is an action. Belonging is an outcome. We also have a signature program to support women in senior leadership who desire to utilize their influence to create greater impact by sharing their expertise via public speaking, authorship, or signature leadership programs.SPECIALITIES: Diverse and Inclusive Leadership Development, Maxwell DISC Personality Indicator, Mentorship Programs, Career MentoringComprehensive Diversity and Inclusion training that satisfies all the SHRM and government compliance requirements, improves employee engagement across the board, and mitigates the risk of these types of fines and other legal action against you and your company.Leadership Development and Peak

Irvine, California, United States

Program ManagementCreate and deliver executive career management workshops andseminars for the EMBA classes via in-class and webinar formats.Develop targeted career management and career advancement andjob search support materials.Identify and engage external experts to speak on specific careerrelated topics to supplement workshops delivered internally.Develop, coordinate, and host industry/function-specific seminars,guest speaker events, and executive mentoring activities.Create an executive level mentor program for EMBA students toassist with career development and their professional developmentDevelop career awareness programming includingCareer CoachingMeet with students one-on-one to assess and affect their readiness toeffectively launch and manage their career advancement process and/or jobsearch.Provide ongoing coaching individually and in groups to ensure that studentsare on track to achieve their career goals. Corporate RelationsCreate a dynamic corporate outreach strategy; develop newrelationships with companies who have the potential for supportingthe employment needs of executive MBAs.Manage and expand relationships to determine the best strategy to garner ongoinginvolvement and support for executive level career and educationalprogramming within the school including presenting jobopportunities.Provide expertise on industry/functional expectations, standardsand trends to inform, refine and improve career and educationalcoaching, training and programming. Executive MBA Programs AdmissionsRepresent the Merage School of Business and our MBA programs bothinternally and to outside constituents through active participation in nationaland international organizations such as the Executive MBA Council, AACSB,GMAC or The International Association for Management Education.

Orange County, California Area

Provided assessment, feedback, coaching, organizational development consulting, and support to fine tune leadership skills of managers at all levels-from first line to senior executives-in a variety of departments, including operations, financial services, business development, and accounting. Evaluated existing initiatives, programs and policies and recommended enhancements to promote a more diverse and inclusive culture and workforceDesigned and implement enterprise-wide programs and policies leveraging global trends, research, analysis and benchmarks across the diverse workforceFostered inclusive leadership, created an inclusive climate, and design equitable talent management structures and processes; determined next steps and best practices for inclusive leadership workPartnered with key stakeholders to launch and monitor key performance indicators, utilizing a robust data-oriented approach to drive effective decision making and measure success; leveraging data to inspire action, drive outcomes and reinforce accountability throughout the organizationProvided strategic partnership and guidance to the Administrative Leadership Team in developing and integrating diversity, equity, and inclusion goals and strategies into all business and planning processesPartnered across the HR function to insure inclusive and equitable best practices across the full talent life-cycle improving employee retention and work performanceCollaborated with learning and development team to design and implement professional development opportunities for employees to educate and foster inclusive behaviors and language at all levelsPartnered with the talent team (internal and external talent) to strengthen diversity, equity and inclusion in both internal and external talent pipelinesServed as strategic advisor for management team in facilitating the implementation of their programs and goals

South Korea, Germany

Highly skilled student-focused educational leader, possessing a strong commitment to student achievement, utilizes outstanding communication skills to develop strong and lasting partnerships with all members of the community, focused on the development of students, and staff, and committed to providing a stimulating, safe, and motivating learning environment.

Doctor Of Philosophy (Phd), Educational Leadership And Administration, General

Master Of Education (Med), Elementary And Middle

Bachelor Of Arts (Ba), Economics