Lori Adams-Brown is Director of Global Talent Development in a Silicon Valley tech company, a cross-cultural Talent Development expert with over 20 years of experience across 3 continents, and host and producer of the top 5% global A World of Difference podcast. As an advisor to Silicon Valley CEOs, she consults and speaks internationally on global leadership development. Her Key Leadership program has seen global growth in manager satisfaction and competence as well as enhancing EQ and CQ among tech managers across domains. She sits on the Silicon Valley Executive Board of How Women Lead where she leads change in supporting women to get on corporate boards. She also sits on the board of Justice Revival in Washington DC where she is working to pass the ERA. With her experience in international relief & development as a former nonprofit liaison with the UN in the Indonesian tsunami relief, Lori has led diverse global teams in multiple cultures and has lived in Singapore, Indonesia, Costa Rica, Venezuela, and the San Francisco Bay Area. Lori speak 6 languages, and enjoys reading, hiking and traveling.
Embracing Authentic Leadership in Challenging Times
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A World of Difference
Lori Adams-Brown is Director of Global Talent Development in a Silicon Valley tech company, a cross-cultural Talent Development expert with over 20 years of experience across 3 continents, and host and producer of the top 5% global A World of Difference podcast. As an advisor to Silicon Valley CEOs, she consults and speaks internationally on global leadership development. Her Key Leadership program has seen global growth in manager satisfaction and competence as well as enhancing EQ and CQ among tech managers across domains. She sits on the Silicon Valley Executive Board of How Women Lead where she leads change in supporting women to get on corporate boards. She also sits on the board of Justice Revival in Washington DC where she is working to pass the ERA. With her experience in international relief & development as a former nonprofit liaison with the UN in the Indonesian tsunami relief, Lori has led diverse global teams in multiple cultures and has lived in Singapore, Indonesia, Costa Rica, Venezuela, and the San Francisco Bay Area. Lori speak 6 languages, and enjoys reading, hiking and traveling.
Hi Reader, Six months, I was sitting at my desk trying to write a bio for a speaking engagement. I kept stopping because I couldn't figure out how to describe what I do without it sounding like a job description for a role I no longer had. That question "Who are you outside the title?" is one I've helped executives sit with for decades. Applying it to myself was completely different. So I did what I do when I need to reset. I drove to Santa Cruz, took my shoes off, and stood at the edge of...
Dear Reader, Because Women Deserve to Be Paid As someone who has spent a career advising Silicon Valley CEOs, developing global leadership programs for a $59B Fortune 200 tech company, sitting on nonprofit boards championing justice and inclusion, and working in a rapidly-changing environment of tsunami relief in Indonesia, I know the value I bring. I’ve led leadership summits across North America, China, Taiwan, and Europe. I’ve built programs that help executives grow their EQ and CQ, coach...