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Redia Anderson      

Diversity & Inclusion Strategist, Executive Coach, Author

Redia Anderson is an executive coach, diversity and inclusion strategist, author, and speaker with over 25 years of experience in human resources and inclusion management. Anderson has provided leadership and strategic direction as a former Chief Diversity Officer at multiple prominent organizations including Deloitte & Touché LLP, Equiva Services, Sears, Roebuck & Co., and Abbott Laboratories. Before retiring from BP, Anderson also served in a similar capacity, overseeing initiatives aimed at the development, advancement, and retention of top talent.

As the Founder and Managing Partner of Anderson People Strategies, LLC, she has effectively coached and collaborated with senior executives at companies like Deloitte, Shell, the University of Houston, PwC, ExxonMobil, KPMG, and many others. Known for her outcome-focused approach in executive coaching, Anderson engages leaders in positive behavioral shifts that align talent, performance, and business results. Her expertise is further endorsed by her roles as a Certified Hudson Institute Executive Coach and a certified Executive Coach with the International Coach Federation, among other certifications in emotional intelligence and leadership effectiveness.

Anderson has co-authored the book "Trailblazers: How Top Business Leaders Are Accelerating Results Through Inclusion and Diversity," and founded AuthenticAllies, a contemporary women's leadership development program. Additionally, she has contributed to numerous boards focusing on health, children's, and women's issues. Based in Houston, Texas, Anderson continues to impact the field of human resources and inclusion through her dedicated work and innovative leadership strategies.

Speech Topics

Dare to Lead: Leading Inclusively, the 21st Century Shift

How to increase self-awareness to lead with vulnerability, courage, and authenticity

Now more than ever we need more courageous, inclusive, and authentic leaders. In the midst of 24/7 social media, and organizational uncertainties, leaders who demonstrate daily the value of courageous conversations, who invite inclusive and diverse perspectives, and who demonstrate that actions speak louder than words are absolutely essential. Courageous leaders are driving results through intentional shifts in how they lead talented people and create courageous cultures.

Redia is an ICF certified executive coach and a nationally recognized senior executive with 25 years’ experience in Human Resources and Inclusion Management. She has successfully led and engaged organizations in strategic, enterprise-wide change management efforts focused on the development, advancement and retention of top performing talent.

Leading courageously, inclusively and authentically is the shift required to positively impact an inclusive culture as demanded by today’s multigenerational and highly diverse workforce.

Audience takeaways include fully understanding the components of effective and inclusive leaders:

  • Understand what it takes to become a courageous leader
  • How to recognize that courage is observable, teachable and measurable
  • Understand that vulnerability is the birthplace of courage
  • How to recognize barriers and hold courageous conversations
  • Understand what it takes to become an authentic leader
  • Recognize barriers of armored leadership – why we self protect, what gets in the way and what we can do differently
  • Rumbling with Vulnerability
  • Learning to Rise
  • Understand what it takes to become an inclusive leader
  • IDEA Insights
  • Braving Trust
  • Living into our Values
  • Summary: Leading Inclusively is the shift required to become an effective leader
  • Specific examples of what you can do, starting today

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