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Wema Hoover

Wema Hoover

Former Google Global Head of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Global Thought Leader, Innovation and Culture Expert and Executive Coach

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Wema Hoover

Former Google Global Head of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Global Thought Leader, Innovation and Culture Expert and Executive Coach

In-Person Fee Range:
$20,001 - $30,000
Fee Details
Virtual Fee Range:
Inquire for Fee
Traveling from:
New York

Why Book

  • Wema Hoover speaks from experience and catalyzes change. As the former Global Head of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at Google, and in senior leadership roles at Pfizer, Sanofi, and Bristol-Myers Squibb, she led DEI efforts on a global scale integrating DEI and sustainability to build high performance organizations and drive business results.
  • Wema shares her own lived experience as a Black woman executive and business results as a DEI leader to champion thriving cultures of belonging. Inspiring and aspirational, she calls on all of us to be defined not by our boundaries—but by our boundless potential.

Biography

Wema Hoover has dedicated her career to driving tangible results while transforming corporate cultures.  She is a national and global thought leader in diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI); organizational development; authentic leadership; and women’s empowerment. An inspiring and impactful speaker, Ms. Hoover leverages both her own lived experiences as Black woman and track record as a global DEI leader to help organizations achieve the true potential of diversity, equity and inclusion. Before founding her own consultancy, Ms. Hoover was most recently Google’s Global Head of DEI. She has served as a trusted C-Suite and board-level advisor to Fortune 500 companies, leading global DEI efforts at Pfizer, Sanofi, and Bristol-Myers Squibb. In these roles, she developed multiple Global Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Councils to build internal capabilities related to belonging, unconscious bias, cultural competence, and global leadership.

Ms. Hoover’s experience working across cultures was gained while living and working abroad and leading globally diverse teams in the US, Asia, the Middle East, and Latin America. In addition to her roles leading DE&I efforts for Google, Pfizer, Sanofi, and Bristol-Myers Squibb, she has developed high-impact collaborative partnerships with worldwide organizations such as the United Nations, the World Economic Forum, Mercer, and McKinsey to harness the most progressive HR, culture, CSR, and DEI practices. She served as a member of the Coqual (Center for Talent Innovation) Hidden Brain Drain Task Force, providing best practice DEI research working across global markets in China, India, and the US. Ms. Hoover is also a National Member of the Society for Human Resources Management (SHRM) and a sought-after speaker on DEI. Additionally, she is an executive coach who holds a Master of Science in Human Resource Management and a Master’s-level Certificate in Organizational Change Management, both from New School University. Ms. Hoover is also a board member of Ten By Three, a nonprofit that reduces poverty by creating a cycle of entrepreneur driven growth resulting in sustainable financial independence.

Wema Hoover is a sought-after writer and has published articles on DEI, women’s empowerment, racial equity and inclusion regularly in publications such as Fast Company, Inc., Diversity Magazine and NAMI. She is currently working on a book about her experiences and the power of actualizing the benefits of diversity and inclusion.  

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Programs

EmpowerHER: Game Changing Advocacy Skills for Women

In this interactive and engaging 45-minute keynote, Wema will share how female leaders can build skills to empower themselves and others through self-advocacy, tapping into their full talent, skills and ability in work and life to elevate, advance and be successful in any environment. This keynote will explore how female leaders can create value both personally and professionally through effective advocacy skills by harnessing their competence, abilities and personal life experiences to excel and by managing common pitfalls and derailers that get in the way. These derailers, such as imposter syndrome, over-analyzing readiness to take new opportunities and believing their life choices are obstacles instead of being their greatest assets will be explored and dispelled as myths. Attendees will leave with actionable strategies to address unconscious bias, discover how to successfully leverage emotional intelligence and identify ways to embrace personal power and purpose to lead authentically, grow, develop and thrive in the workplace and environment. Attendees will ultimately learn how to use these strategies in work and life to create value for themselves and others through game-changing advocacy skills to reach their full potential in everything they do.

Expected Outcomes:

  • Harness full spectrum of skills and lived experiences and to learn, lead and grow
  • Empower self and others through using emotional intelligence as an asset and strategy
  • Identify and mitigate unconscious bias and microinequities affecting women
  • Develop a culture of allyship and support through mentoring and sponsorship
  • Understand personal strengths and power to lead authentically
  • Build workplace practices that empower & develop women at every level
  • Create a new norm and framework to amplify the voice, success and impact of women
Reframing Diversity, Equity & Inclusion; How Difference Can Make a Difference

In this keynote session, Wema demonstrates how to harness diversity to unlock an organization’s skills and abilities through inclusive practices leading to increased employee engagement and collaboration, breakthrough thinking and enhanced innovation. Wema also discusses unconscious bias, how to create a culture of belonging, overcoming unconscious bias, cultural competence, and global leadership.

Athena Affect: Maximizing the Female Potential in Your Organization

During this keynote presentation, Wema focuses on developing an organization’s capabilities to leverage the unique abilities, skills and leadership qualities of women through sponsorship, advocacy and intentional inclusion.

EQ & Inclusion: Unlocking the Value of Diversity To Address Racial Injustice

Wema explains the critical link between emotional intelligence and inclusion. This discussion explores the practical ways to build EQ in leaders, activate inclusion and promote equity to address racial injustice and embed equitable practices in organizational culture.  Wema also discusses unconscious bias: how to identify it, how to acknowledge it, how to overcome it and how to prevent it.

Turning Obstacles Into Opportunities: Harnessing the Black & BIPOC Women Advantage

Keynote discussing practical ways for Black women to turn their perceived obstacles into valuable assets to become extraordinary professionals, leaders enabling them to thrive and succeed.

Opening the Aperture: Building Diverse Talent Pipelines

Keynote focused on proven strategies to attract, retain and develop diverse talent internally and externally to build future talent pipelines. This discussion highlights ways to create cultures of belonging for diverse talent to stay and thrive.

It’s Ok Not To be Okay: Activating Inclusion to Drive Well-Being & Mental Health

Keynote focused on understanding and addressing the impact the global pandemic has had on employee’s well being and mental health. This discussion highlights ways to integrate inclusion, equity and belonging to drive sustainable practices to support employee’s overall health and well-being.

Wema Hoover Reviews

“Amazing presentation on systemic embedding of interventions and equity by Wema Hoover, GPHR!”

— Opal Group

“Thank you Wema for your presentation today: Creating Connections Across Community, Culture and Customers. It was a powerful discussion that will help further our efforts to create an inclusive environment for our team members and business partners”

— MediaAlpha

“Wema delivered a wonderful session for our manager’s retreat.  “Reframing Diversity, Equity & Inclusion” was a great topic for our group, which encouraged more participation than we normally see. They all gave very positive feedback as well.”

— Director, DoubleLine

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