KL071

Lenora Billings-Harris

Diversity Strategist and Hall of Fame Speaker

Leading Through Inclusion

Episode Summary

I interviewed Lenora Billings-Harris, an award-winning authority, a diversity strategist, researcher, author and Hall of Fame speaker. She is one of 100 Global Thought Leaders on Diversity and Inclusion was named by Diversity Woman Magazine as one of the Twenty Top Influential Diversity Leaders in the US. We discussed, Leading Through Inclusion.

Bio

Lenora Billings-Harris is an award-winning authority as a diversity strategist, researcher, and author. 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 academic 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 multicultural markets, and heighten the number of engaged employees. She partners with organizations to help them make diversity a competitive advantage.

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 twenty countries on six continents, including in the middle of the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.

Lenora is a Certified Professional Speaker (CSP) and a Council of Peers Award of Excellence (CPAE) Speaker Hall of Fame inductee. She holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Hampton University and a Master of Arts in Adult Education from the University of Michigan. She has held key positions with General Motors and CIGNA Corp.

Website

https://www.ubuntuglobal.com/

LinkedIn

https://www.linkedin.com/in/lbillingsharris/

Twitter

https://twitter.com/LBHdiversity

Facebook

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Instagram

https://www.instagram.com/disruptingbias/

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