Diverse & Inclusive Leaders & CEO Activist Podcast by DIAL Global

"We’ve gone from what has been a pretty polite conversation around diversity… to a much more passionate and urgent conversation”: Tami Erwin - EVP and Chief Executive Officer, Verizon Business at Verizon

May 27, 2021 Leila McKenzie-Delis/Tami Erwin Season 1 Episode 166
Diverse & Inclusive Leaders & CEO Activist Podcast by DIAL Global
"We’ve gone from what has been a pretty polite conversation around diversity… to a much more passionate and urgent conversation”: Tami Erwin - EVP and Chief Executive Officer, Verizon Business at Verizon
Show Notes

Tami Erwin

Leila is joined by Tami Erwin - EVP and Chief Executive Officer, Verizon Business.

IN THIS EPISODE YOU WILL LEARN ABOUT

· How Tami’s upbringing as the daughter of a farmer/doctor gave her a grounding in compassionate leadership

· Tami’s career journey to date, which started over 30 years ago at Verizon as a customer service executive and has now seen her rise through the ranks to EVP/CEO level

· How conversations around diversity have become much more urgent/needed at board level in recent times

· Tami’s thoughts on how to further improve gender diversity and create a working environment more focused on creating a strong sense of belonging and authenticity

· The gender equality programme that Verizon has put in place to enable women to further progress their career in sales/senior level roles

RESOURCES & INFORMATION MENTIONED

https://www.linkedin.com/in/tamierwin/

Continue the conversation on LinkedIn