Mitra is a Senior Diversity & Inclusion Consultant with a global focus on organizational/cultural assessment, creating and delivering innovative solutions and training services that help implement successful and targeted organizational strategies. She has over 20 years of combined organizational development, leadership development and diversity & inclusion experience across variety of industries including Kellogg’s Company, New York Life Insurance, Colgate Palmolive and Philip Morris Company.

Her extensive hands-on experience in establishing integrated diversity & inclusion strategy, implementation plan and execution as part of organizational development initiatives allows her to define clear objectives, results and sustainable success. Her accomplishments include:

• Establishing Diversity & Inclusion strategies that are innovative and well-integrated with business

practices with a focus on developing leaders and delivering exceptional business results

• Successfully coaching and training hundreds of culturally diverse leaders across Africa, Asia, Europe,

South America and North America

. Designing and developing more than a dozen training programs focusing on interpersonal skills, cultural

competencies & leadership skills

• Facilitating over 500 Leadership and Inclusion training sessions-training over 5000 people globally

• Designing and developing a state-of-the-art Train-The-Trainer program

• Certifying over 200 facilitators around the globe

Mitra is currently working as a Sr. Inclusive Leadership Consultant with KnowledgeStart, a creative leading company offering online D&I assessment tools and training solutions/support to broad range of companies globally.

Key Competencies Include:

• Global Approach • Cultural Assessment • Developing D&I Strategy • Designing & Developing D&I Initiatives • Executive Coaching • Curriculum Design • Facilitation • Workplace Engagement • Organizational Development • Performance Management • Influencing • Multicultural Training • High Performance Teams •Global Work Teams • Project Management • Employee Resource Groups • Metrics and Measurement • Change Management • Cross Functional Collaboration

Education:

Ph.D. Instructional Psychology, University of Utah

M.A. Educational Psychology, University of Utah

Certifications:

• PowerPairs Mentoring

• Executive Coaching (CCL)

• Advanced MBTI - Master Trainer

• Positive Power & Influencing

• Multi-Cultural Dimensions & Communication

• Synectics “Creativity” - Master Trainer

• Criterion Referenced Instruction, R. Mager

• Quality Circles

Services

  • Speaker
  • Consultant
  • Facilitator
  • Trainer
  • Translator
  • Executive Coach

What I Offer

  • • Conducting Cultural, Climate and 360 Assessments • Designing & Executing Innovative Global Inclusion & Diversity Strategies • Designing and Delivering Educational and learning Strategies • Developing Communication Strategies for internal and external stakeholders • Creating & Implementing Employee Development Initiatives • Leading and Supporting Diversity & Inclusion Councils & Employee Resource Groups • Designing Diversity & Inclusion Metrics and Scorecards Linked to Key Business Objectives • Developing External Partnership Strategies • Facilitation and Certification Program for Leaders as Facilitators • Executive Coaching