Dallas Business Podcast

13. Trudy Bourgeois, CEO, Workforce Excellence: Why Diversity & Inclusion Is Not A Dirty Word, Allyship vs. Ownership, and The Courage To Be First

March 22, 2021 Earlina Green Hamilton Season 2 Episode 13
Dallas Business Podcast
13. Trudy Bourgeois, CEO, Workforce Excellence: Why Diversity & Inclusion Is Not A Dirty Word, Allyship vs. Ownership, and The Courage To Be First
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Trudy Bourgeois is one of America's leading experts on transformational leadership and a highly regarded leader in the field of leadership and diversity and inclusion. An expert at developing managers and leaders on how to unleash the greatest potential of every employee, Bourgeois is a highly sought-out resource. She is the founder and CEO of the Center for Workforce Excellence and has been leading the organization for nearly two decades.
 
Trudy and I discuss her upbringing during segregation, lifelong learnings, and the future of Diversity & Inclusion work.

Trudy has authored four leadership books, HER CORNER OFFICE: A Guide to Help Women Find a Place and a Voice in Corporate America and Her Corner Office (2nd Edition) and THE HYBRID LEADER: Blending the Best of Male and Female Leadership Styles and has just released her latest book entitled, EQUALITY: Courageous Conversations About Women, Men, and Race To Spark a Diversity and Inclusion Breakthrough.

https://workforceexcellence.com/

Run time: 45 minutes

Host, Earlina Green Hamilton 


pandemic processing
born into segregation
lifelong learning
early beginnings
good school
reflection
is there enough to go around?
value gaps
the conversation about D&I
allyship
can capitalism be conscious?
movement or moment
the future