Dr. Shirley Davis

President and CEO of SDS Global Enterprises, Inc.

Dr. Shirley Davis is an accomplished corporate executive, global workforce management expert, a certified leadership coach, and a master of reinvention. She brings a high-energy, high-content and high-value message to audiences all around the world. She has over 25 years of business experience in a variety of senior and executive leadership roles with Fortune 100 companies and served as the Vice President of Global Diversity and Inclusion and Workplace Strategies for the world’s largest HR membership association, the Society for Human Resource Management. She is the President of SDS Global Enterprises, which is a full-service consulting firm that specializes in providing solutions and strategies for achieving leadership excellence and in building high performing and inclusive workplace cultures where all talent can thrive.

Dr. Davis has also been a featured expert on NBC’s The Today Show, the Wall Street Journal, USA Today, CBS News, HR Magazine, Profiles in Diversity Journal, CNN.com, and Inclusion Magazine. She is also a popular author of several LinkedIn Learning leadership and diversity & inclusion courses.

She is the author of several bestselling books, “Reinvent Yourself: Strategies for Achieving Success in Every Area of Your Life,” “The Seat: How to Get Invited to the Table When You are Over-Performing and Undervalued,” “Living Beyond ‘What If?’” and the newest title , “Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion for Dummies”

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