Redia Anderson
About Redia Anderson
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
Speaking videos
Books by Redia Anderson
“Trailblazers: How Top Business Leaders are Accelerating Results through Inclusion and Diversity” (2010)
Praise for Trailblazers “Trailblazers presents a comprehensive and compelling framework for what it really takes for organizations and leaders to be successful in a multicultural world.” —Howard Putnam, former CEO, Southwest Airlines “This book is truly a ‘keeper’ for business leaders who want their organizations to be on the cutting edge of diversity and inclusion strategies and, most importantly, achieve meaningful results.” —Claudette J. Whiting, former head of diversity and inclusion for Microsoft and DuPont “Lenora and Redia go beyond the business case for diversity and inclusion. Trailblazers provides strong evidence and best practices that clearly integrate diversity and inclusion into successful leadership and business success.” —Frank J. McCloskey, Vice President, Diversity, Georgia Power “Trailblazers’ results-producing approaches from top corporations gives clear and compelling guidance to all those who are working to leverage diversity’s potential and create environments where talent thrives for the good of all.” —Anita Rowe, PhD, Partner, Gardenswartz & Rowe, and coauthor, Managing Diversity: A Complete Desk Reference and Planning Guide “Trailblazers is an impressive compilation of diversity and inclusion advice from some of the most admired companies in the world. Using real-time business examples, Trailblazers does an outstanding job of defining diversity and inclusion as a business imperative.” —H. Joseph Machicote, Vice President, Talent Management & HR Services, Lance, Inc.
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