Originally aired on Dec. 29, 2022, EP 33 with Nicole Smart walked us through how to bring successful DEIB to mono-culture leadership teams. Key thinking: meet people where they are and don't force feed the vegetables .

Nicole Smart has been helping de-homogenize leadership teams for 15+ years and found the meeting people where they are is step one for meaningful and lasting change.

More about Nicole:

Nicole Smart is the founder and principal of Smart EDI Solutions, LLC.  

 Throughout her 15+ year career span, Smart has evolved within a variety of roles that helped build upon her professional expertise within diversity, equity & inclusion, global human resources, labor relations and leadership development.  She has led, managed and facilitated strategic, operational and cultural objectives for national and global organizations in professional sports and professional live theatre. 

she received her bachelors in Leadership and Management Studies with a concentration in Organizational Management and Development from New York University and a masters Degree in Industrial and Labor Relations from Cornell University. She is also a certified talent optimization consultant for Predictive Index (PI).

Nicole Smart is a courageous and studious champion for change, She  supports organizations by providing strategic guidance, best practice recommendations and data-driven solutions to power up diversity, equity and inclusion programs and initiatives to achieve optimal business results.