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024 / Defining Your Personal and Organizational Legacy with Marie Quintana

We know you’ll find some treasures in our conversations with Marie, join the conversation as we dive into: * Key elements of multicultural marketing strategies for consumer products, retail, and healthcare companies  * Authentically incorporating diverse voices into your marketing efforts   * Building a legacy   * And personal, pivotal moments on resilience and determination as Marie and her family fled from Cuba and adapted to a new life in the states.  Marie Quintana [https://www.linkedin.com/in/mariequintana/] serves as an organizational advisor leveraging 30+ years of strategic marketing expertise, digital transformation, GTM, product launches, rebranding, communication strategies and D&I strategies to help private and public companies achieve their goals. She previously served as the CMO and EVP of Communications at Tenet Healthcare, and held various leadership roles at PepsiCo, Perot Systems, and IBM, where she pioneered multicultural strategies, established centers of excellence, and oversaw technology infrastructure consolidation. Marie is passionate about building strong, responsible corporate workplace cultures, delivering shareholder value, and supporting the community. Most recently, she authored a book called "Last Flight from Havana [https://www.amazon.com/Last-Flight-Havana-Memoir-Family/dp/B0CLD8HL4F]", a memoir reminding us that to live an authentic life we must allow ourselves be vulnerable and bold. Listen to Transformation Talk On Apple Podcast [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/transformation-talk-podcast/id1569642937#episodeGuid=substack%3Apost%3A37349927] or Spotify [https://open.spotify.com/show/3ibzNP5VEBbOJ9V9px12Vm]. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit transformationtalk.substack.com [https://transformationtalk.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1]

023 / Innovating on Organizational DE&I with Tiara Chesmer-Williams

In this talk, Tiara shares experience, anecdotes, and advice as we touch on:  * Prioritizing inclusion in your organization and ensuring your employees feel empowered to be authentically themselves   * Leveraging leadership development, training, and external tools like the intercultural development inventory to create widespread cultural awareness and intentional impact in the communities you serve  * Creating platforms focused on equity – such as leadership development, mentorship, and supplier diversity programs  * And why it’s important to leverage external communities to keep DE&I momentum in challenging times  Tiara Chesmer-Williams [https://www.linkedin.com/in/tiara-chesmer-williams/] is Vice President and Head of Inclusion, Diversity & Equity at Moët Hennessy. In this role, Tiara punctuates Moët Hennessy’s commitment to building a deeply inclusive, diverse, and equitable workplace by collaborating across the organization to develop and lead strategies that align with the organization’s business and accelerate IDE actions and results. Tiara works closely with LVMH, to ensure that MHNA principles and practices are consistent with those of the LVMH Group and serves as a member of the MH Global DE&I Leadership Committee, leading MHNA in the implementation of a Global Action Plan. Tiara is a passionate mentor who loves developing talent at all levels and spends her spare time working with Politiscope - A non-partisan app democratizing the political landscape and decorating homes and spaces with the interior design business, True Dwellings, LLC. Beyond that, Tiara is a huge foodie, basketball, and football fanatic, loves to travel and relishes time with her super tight-knit family. Listen to Transformation Talk On Apple Podcast [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/transformation-talk-podcast/id1569642937#episodeGuid=substack%3Apost%3A37349927] or Spotify [https://open.spotify.com/show/3ibzNP5VEBbOJ9V9px12Vm]. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit transformationtalk.substack.com [https://transformationtalk.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1]

021/ Overcoming Perfectionism through Vulnerable Leadership with Katy Jones

In this talk, Katie talks about her journey in overcoming perfectionism and the power of vulnerability as a leader in your reorganization. Through her anecdotes, we learn how vulnerability ties directly to culture and business performance in ways that lead to impactful organizational transformation. Katy Jones [https://www.linkedin.com/in/katyjonespr/] is the CEO of FoodLogiQ [https://www.foodlogiq.com/], an organization with a mission to map the world’s food supply chain, make it as safe as possible, and empower people to make informed decisions on the food they eat. Under Katy’s leadership, FoodLogiQ has consistently earned recognition and awards for innovation, performance, and investor funding. Listen to Transformation Talk On Apple Podcast [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/transformation-talk-podcast/id1569642937#episodeGuid=substack%3Apost%3A37349927] or Spotify [https://open.spotify.com/show/3ibzNP5VEBbOJ9V9px12Vm]. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit transformationtalk.substack.com [https://transformationtalk.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1]

20/ Creative Discipline & Building a Brand w/ Lynn Altman

In this talk, Lynn shares her unconventional brand-building story, shares insights on the importance of de-risking, the art of efficient brainstorming, hypothesis-based solutioning, and so much more. When it comes to crafting your brand, realize you’re never stuck and sometimes it’s ok to get ‘scrappy'! Lynn Altman [https://www.linkedin.com/in/lynn-altman/] is a fearless leader, brand-builder, and the President of Brand Now [https://www.brandnow.com/]. For over 20 years, Lynn has been the behind-the-scenes disruptor for big companies including Coca-Cola, Microsoft, Procter & Gamble, Gillette, McDonald’s, American Express, and UBS. Lynn is also the author of Brand It Yourself: The Fast, Focused Way to Marketplace Magic, has been interviewed on nationally syndicated radio shows, and has appeared on CNBC’s On The Money and ABC’s News Now. Lynn believes that working efficiently is the key to working effectively, but traditional branding and innovation processes not only take too much time—they rely too heavily on consumer input for inspiration. In order to get ahead of the curve, companies need to think more entrepreneurially, act more decisively and validate more thoughtfully. Listen to Transformation Talk On Apple Podcast [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/transformation-talk-podcast/id1569642937#episodeGuid=substack%3Apost%3A37349927] or Spotify [https://open.spotify.com/show/3ibzNP5VEBbOJ9V9px12Vm]. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit transformationtalk.substack.com [https://transformationtalk.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1]

19/ Connecting With Your Consumers through Culture and Multicultural Marketing w/ Danny Guerrero

In this talk, Danny leverages his experiences in inclusive storytelling in the travel industry to discuss how brands can better understand the culture, connect with their consumers, and treat multicultural marketing as mainstream marketing. Danny shares the importance of brands doing their research and doing the work to know their consumers intimately in order to market to the culture effectively. Danny Guerrero [https://www.linkedin.com/in/culturist/] is the Founder of The Culturist Group [https://www.culturistgroup.com/], a 100% minority-owned travel marketing company. Danny is an award-winning 20+ year travel and tourism marketing expert and thought leader for multiculturalism and diversity in travel. CULTURIST as a concept and consultancy practice bridges emerging cultural values and the needs of diverse consumers to travel brands via marketing and communications strategies to help the industry become more prosperous, and inclusive. Prior to founding The Culturist Group, he spent nearly 10 years of his career building and leading agency teams at two well-respected marketing firms, and another decade client-side leading marketing and communications teams. Danny is an Advisory Board Member with the Black Travel Alliance [https://blacktravelalliance.org/] and Travel Unity [https://travelunity.org/] and was the recipient of the ‘Outstanding Contribution Award’ granted by the World Travel and Tourism Council for his work advancing diversity and equity in the industry in 2021. Listen to Transformation Talk On Apple Podcast [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/transformation-talk-podcast/id1569642937#episodeGuid=substack%3Apost%3A37349927] or Spotify [https://open.spotify.com/show/3ibzNP5VEBbOJ9V9px12Vm]. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit transformationtalk.substack.com [https://transformationtalk.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1]