Monica Guillory

Monica Guillory, Founder & CEO of Back Pocket Wisdom, has devoted her career to enabling people to grow and thrive personally while meeting business objectives.  She advocates for more joy at work and firmly believes, employees tend to meet organizational goals to the extent they feel included and their needs are met. Executives and employees alike seek Monica’s counsel and practical expertise to address complex workplace challenges across differences, leadership levels and cultures. Monica’s expert and evolving human resources and diversity experiences well equip her to create HR/DEI strategies that deliver measurable, sustainable results.     

An executive with a successful reputation for leading leading Corporate Human Resources and DEI/EEO/AAP compliance teams. Monica has proven success in change management, leadership development, culture transformation, diversity, equity and inclusion (DE&I), executive coaching, employee relations, talent acquisition, mentoring, and program management.

• Experienced creating and implementing DE&I initiatives within a variety of business segments, geographies and talent levels.
  

• Trusted consultant and coach for senior-level executives concerned with any spectrum of human resources needs and processes, diversity-related, and for tailor-made strategies for preventative/responsive critical processes or bring clarity to high-risk human resource challenges.
  

• Collaborative, motivating leadership style teaches principles and personal accountability for managers and employees to enhance team effectiveness and accomplish business goals and objectives.

• Design and lead strategic initiatives to increase workplace inclusion and upward mobility of diverse talent from
  acquisition throughout the employee work-life cycle.
  

• Implement initiatives with attention to measurable results developing and empowering women to lead.
  

• Develop and manage culture and process integration programs benefitting organizations; including conditions resulting from mergers and acquisitions.
  

• Proven ability to deliver results within a fast-paced, growing, globally matrixed environment.